Photo TR: West Coast Bash ~ Disney ~ and Me! (o:

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My first day of the three, was my longest day in both parks. But it was definitely spent longer in DCA that day.

Going back to Disneyland, some times felt like I was just there to re-visit ride credits, or something like that.

And with the train out for SWL, as well as a well used back pathway in the park closed, Disneyland just didn't have

that "bit of space" that I was enjoying in DCA. It was definitely more packed with people than DCA was. To me.

I loves my Disney fake rock work! (o:

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~ My Magic Morning in Disneyland ~

 

After the rope drop, everybody scattered into Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, which were opened for this hour. My immediate plan was to head right to Space Mountain for a ride through it's Ghost Galaxy overlay. Well......it was....okay. I thought that over half the effects weren't either on, or there wasn't any more than what I saw. And the rest of the ride was in total darkness. Which was fine, but not very exciting. Ghost Galaxy at Hong Kong Disneyland was much much better, IMhO.

 

After that, I headed through Tomorrowland, looking everything over, but eventually getting over to a much missed attraction Matterhorn Mountain and the iconic Bobsleds ride. Both sides were open, but I remember there was single riders available on the "Fantasyland side" of it. Sure enough, I was greeted by a cast member who also advised, to "Forget going through the whole line. Just come up to the exit, next time." Cool advise! But - the right side of the Bobsleds was very, very slow and not very exciting. It felt like we were literally coasting through the mountain and not really racing fast through it. So much for that. And ride vehicle really cramped my legs up. Didn't feel comfortable at all.

 

Next, I wanted to get a ride on Alice In Wonderland, but then a light rain started coming down, and they stopped running the ride because of "wetness on the tracks, etc.etc." Terrific. On to Mr.Toad's Wild Ride I went. Not too long a queue, but I was already starting to feel tired and spent..and this was only in the first hour! What was going on with me? After a nice ride with Toad, I got over to Snow White and rode it. Still good and somewhat scary. I hope it stays that way, and doesn't get PCed at all, in the future.

 

And then it was 10 am and the park was opened to everybody. So, in the end, I managed to get four rides done. And thinking back on it, it really wasn't that much of an advantage. Huge crowds swelled into the park at 9, everybody heading for their fave ride, and it was instant long lines after that. After all the park all open, I headed over to New Orleans Square and got myself a FastPass for the Haunted Mansion.

 

Then, I went over to Critter Country, and rode Winnie The Pooh. And I can see why people aren't very thrilled with it, especially if they've been on the trackless one in Tokyo Disneyland, or even the other tracked one in Hong Kong Disneyland. I missed The Country Bear Jamboree, after riding this one. Then I went on Splash Mountain, and just after the little 'dip' in the ride, and into (what I call) The Buzzz Buzzz scene with Brer Bear, I got walloped with a small wave of water in my lap, in the dark! Never happened when I was on it over 20 years ago. But now here I was, totally wet in the crotch, and trying to enjoy the rest of the ride. The big splashdown didn't make me feel any more confident of a "dry landing", heh. It was enjoyable, but only "just."

 

Went back to Haunted Mansion, used my FastPass and had a great ride with all the gang from Nightmare Before Christmas. But I totally forgot to get any souvenirs with my hero, Scary Teddy, on it/them! Next visit. My planned go-to eatery, Hungry Bear Restaurant, was closed during my entire visit so I got to one of the non-reserve eateries in New Orleans Square. I had a nice lunch there, even if just a salad. But the dessert....yum. After this, a ride on Big Thunder Mountain, a closer look at the current construction for Star Wars Land, and then I took off, over to Disney California Adventure. My First Park Hop!!!

 

So after all this, in just three hours, I found that my park hopping later on,

and the rest of my visiting time there proved to be much better, and more enjoyable.

Space Mountain. In the queue. It looks...unfinished from this angle.

Space launch into Ghost Galaxy. It was 'okay.'

The mountain I really wanted to ride through! Last past visits, The Matterhorn

has always been down for maintenance. Not this time, woo hoo!

I rode the right side first. Then the left side on another day. Hate the seats. They cramp your legs.

Teacups with mostly adults on it. Go figure.

Yay Toad! Still a fun ride after all these years.

The elephant still flies.

After the 10 am opening, I got a better peek at the SWL construction.

I never got to check out the Mark Twain, while it was docked. Next visit.

I missed the Disney Gallery above the Pirates' entrance. It's in another of the park, but still.

Something I bought from the Disney Gallery, when it was in New Orleans Square.

What the Gallery (located in the Main Street entry plaza) is selling now... Castle BLING! (o;

Blue Bayou getting ready for the lunch crowd, and beyond.

Another "must visit" I had to do. The original HM NBC overlay. It was fun!

My hero!

Where doom buggies depart.

The annual gingerbread house that's made for the ballroom scene. Pardon the fuzz.

Toot toot toot!

Love that Oogie!

Lunch. A Caesar Chicken salad, with a jalapeno bun. And no reservation needed!

And a nice lightly flavoured pumpkin cheescake for dessert.

Taken from BTM. I didn't think the shot would turn out.

Taken from the pathway beside BTM.

What's coming here, give or take a few years. (o;

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"DCA is My TDS!"

 

After entering California Adventure, I went to the Radiator Springs Racers immediately and into the Single Riders queue. Only had to wait a few minutes and I was on my way! The attraction itself I've known so much about, but it's really an amazing feat of building and running, when you take the whole facade and backdrop into account. The race felt faster than it probably was. But it was great, especially looking over at the next car "racing" with us.

 

After racers, I proceeded to get my coaster credits in, and used Single Rider for both California Screamin' and Goofy's Sky School which were both really great coasters, in their own way. I also got a turn on Mater's Jamboree, which was really cool. And it only worked for me when there's a lot of people on it. I went into a queue on my last day at the park, and it was just me and two girls. I looked over, and the second queue 'corral' was nearly full. Did a quick count, then decided to ask if I could join the more packed line. They let me join in, and much more fun than with just two other people. Wonder how those girls felt, riding entirely to themself? We'll never know...

 

Which brought me back to the front of the park, so I took a break, with a glass of nice sangria, and planned how the rest of my day would go here. I went and did Luigi's Rollicking Roadsters, which I really enjoyed, and repeated two more times. I think I was more excited about the technology than the rest of who I was "dancing" with, heh. No matter. After that I did a turn (finally) with the Toy Story Midway Mania. It was fun, but it also made me appreciate the 'guns' I usually had in other shooting rides, like Buzz Lightyear. The puller on Mania was for me, a bit tough to maintain. Oh well, I did it, and finally learned what It was all about.

 

And as for Soarin' Around The World, the standby line was usually showing somewhere between 55min+. Since I still ended up with plenty of time to kill before the "World of Color" show, I decided to just accept my fate, and joined the line. Took about a 1/2 hour wait before I was in the queue leading towards the right theatre. About 20 minutes to go, when suddenly, a cast member called out for a "Single Rider." I put my hand up, and was the only one there to do so. WIN! So I got to move up the line, and ended up in an aisle seat in the center section of seats! And I loved it. For only a five minute film, and the beautiful score, I just loved it. And tears actually formed, when the Eiffel Tower showed up, me and David love Paris so much. So for now, when I visit DCA again, I head straight to Soarin'!

 

I had bought a ticket to the World of Color Dessert Party ticket for this night, so I paced myself, ate lightly and eventually checked in, got my table and relaxed the rest of the evening with food, cocktails and The Show.

 

About the "World of Color." It was nice. But to me this was a giant oversized dancing waters show. Which I had seen at other fairs and parks, including my own PNE back home. There's even one in Enchanted Forest in Oregon! And projections on the water 'screens'. No live interaction, like in Fantasmic! or other stage shows that Disney does. There was massive fire bursts in spots. But still... Having the desserts tray, cocktails AND a chair to sit on, after all the walking I did that day, was wonderful and to me, worth the $75 it cost me. But, unless I was with somebody else, and even with changes in the 'script' it's really not a show I would want to, or try to see again. Once was enough. IMhO.

 

Into DCA around noon, same day.

Three hours later.

In the queue for Luigi's Rollicking Roadsters. Arrrr, and very cool, I thought.

Fun, fun, fun in the sun.

In the Soarin' queue, just before I got a Single Rider freebie!

Did the Rapids Ride, too, Single Rider easy. Got a bit wet, but not a soaking as Splash Mtn. did to me.

About to ride the Zephyr.

I missed riding the wheel. Want to do that, on my next visit.

Thar be sprinklers a-plenty!

Getting a bit darker.

I read there's a bar in there, somewhere.

My World of Color Dessert Plate. And one of two cocktails.

I was happy, just to be sitting down.

I didn't take a lot of shots of the show. TPR has much better photos and videos of it all. So go find those. (o:

I had no idea how the crowd would be leaving the area, so I left a few minutes early, myself.

Got to my hotel shuttle pickup area, just fine.

A lot of great lighting goes into "World of Color."

And seeing this - this reminded me of inside Paris' Walt Disney Studios' main building. For just a sec. G'night!

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[Nrthwnd]

~ Weekend Xtra Photos ~

 

These are two photos that are actually preceding my next day at the Disney Resort. The first was another encounter with Snoopy (my third of eventually 4), this one in the Knott's Berry farm Hotel Lobby. I had just finished breakfast and was waiting for the hotel shuttle to take me to Disneyland and DCA. And naturally, when The Snoop shows up, anybody within 'his' sight is fair game for hugs etc.

 

I actually felt kind of inwardly bad that, after getting a hug with him, and then seeing him one more time (this dog I saw more times near and far than I ever did of The Mouse in that 'other' park), I wasn't really visiting his park any more. Knott's I was done with, a couple of days ago.

 

Nonetheless he gives good fluffy hugs, Snoopy does.

 

The second photo is of a show building, I think. Not sure. Could be something Star wars-y.

Well hello. Again. Snoopy.

Is this a new SWL building, or not?

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~ Mystery Pin Revealed! ~

 

For those of you who "might" have been following my little "what is it?" postings (on pages 2 & 3)

about a pretty awesome pin I found, on the way out of Disneyland!

 

I found it at one of those "last minute gift stands" on either side of the park's entry gate.

For those souvenirs you forgot about getting, and now HAD to have, heh.

 

They had a pin rack there, so I checked, and OMG this pin was there! It's part of (I later found out on eBay)

part of the Odyssey and/or Diorama Series of Disney pins, involving Disneyland's attractions. This one was of

the park's iconic Monorail. It also included Sleeping Beauty Castle; the Matterhorn; Grizzly Peak;

and a strange rep of the Golden Gate Bridge! Um, isn't that gone, now? Oh well, it's a very cool pin to find, really!

 

And besides the pin itself, there was a bit of 'felt' on the bottom of it, so you could just stand it up,

without scratching the table surface, etc. Very cool!

The pin on it's card. How I bought it.

Free standing.

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[ytterbiumanalyst]

^ That is a very cool pin! The Monorail is just such iconic Disneyland; it symbolizes Walt Disney's idea of the future. It's too bad that monorails never really caught on, but the future was not in trains, not for this country at least (while Japan and China have maglevs... ).

[Nrthwnd]

^ I personally think the monorail system at Tokyo Disneyland Resort is one of The Most DISNEYfied monorails,

you'll ever get to ride, lol! And it's quick, efficient and super fast at getting you around the Resort and parks.

On one of the monorail trains, on the Tokyo Disneyland Resort Line.

TPR 2007 Japan Tour.

And at Bayside Station (my avatar!) in TDLR, a photo collage of monorails around the world,

including Vancouver's monorail (now running at Alton Towers) during the 1986 EXPO 86 World's Fair!

TPR 2013 Japan Tour.

[ytterbiumanalyst]

Yeah, the Japanese whip our asses when it comes to trains. One of these days I'll get there, for Shinkansen, and Tokyo Disneyland, and all the other Japanese awesomeness.

[Nrthwnd]

^ I envy the next thirty years or so, that you and your kids are going to get to see and ride,

especially with the Disney parks and ESPECIALLY with ALL the Asian Disney Resorts!

[ytterbiumanalyst]

^ Yeah, that'll be great. Asia's still not feasible for us financially, but I really want to take them to Florida. Even that's a bit much right now, hence why we're going to Dollywood next year, but hopefully by the end of the decade we can get to WDW.

[Nrthwnd]

^ I'll keep thoughts for you and your family and some big LOTTERY WIN to come your way, for all that.

 

I don't think I'd even consider WDW for us to visit, except maybe in conjunction with something like the

Food & Wine Festival at EPCOT, etc. But four parks to visit, Disney Village, water parks... <$igh$>

[ytterbiumanalyst]

You're telling me. It's different with a family of 5, versus just 2 adults.... I've priced out several options, and I don't see it being any cheaper than about $2500. So we're going with 3 days at Dollywood, all in for less than $1000. Woohoo!

 

The important thing is spending time with family, and doing the things you like to do. If you do that, then you've had a good vacation.

[Nrthwnd]

^ This is very true.

Mono, mono... My final Disneyland Resort shot. Sept.15, 2016. 5 pm-ish. From the Hotel Shuttle Pickup Zone.

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^ And from the "My Monorail, Dept."...

 

Here's the shot of me and the monorail that used to be at my city's Worlds Fair back in 1986.

 

Now it travels from the parking lots to Alton Towers front gate. And is still running!

 

And another shot of me and our (then) monorail operator, as we made our way back to our hotel.

TPR 2006 UK Tour.

I forget his name, sorry. But he was a wealth of Monorail Information! TPR 2010 UK Tour.

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Day 2 at Disney Resort ~ It's All About Tomorrow...Land!

 

After a good breakfast, and a huggy sendoff from Snoopy, I was back to Disneyland with a "sort of" plan: to hit Alice In Wonderland first, then the rest of the Tomorrowland attractions that I want to ride.

 

Alice was great. Always was. It`s still a mystery to me why it`s never been cloned in any other Disney Magic Kingdom. I`m hoping one day for a trackless version, that is also able to go uphill and down. Or maybe even use elevators like Transformers does, at Universal. It'll certainly be a ride to remember, if they ever do clone it.

 

After Alice, I checked out The Bobsleds. Only the left side was open. Which was fine, as I had done the rather slow-ish right side, the day before. Well, what a difference between the two! The left side sleds whipped around the mountain like it was really in a race! I was shocked there was such a difference in speed between the two tracks. And at one point, I don't know how, we actually passed another sled going the other direction! It was awesome, and I wish they'd dispatch the two trains at the same time, more often. Like Wicked Colossus, two trains running at the same time, is much more fun.

 

After the Matterhorn, I went back into Tomorrowland and started riding one attraction after the other. First up was Autopia, which may not seem that important, but to me, when I was last here the two Autopias were still separate and not combined, like they were years later. That said, it was a fun jaunt, and probably longer than other Disney Autopias I had been on before. Next, was riding a Submarine to "Find Nemo" etc.etc. Honestly, I enjoyed the first part of it, in the open pool, much better than the 'show' inside the sub show building. And in comparison, I think I even enjoyed the original sub ride better than this.

 

Then I took a ride on the Mono, Mono...Monorail!, rode the entire circuit, and enjoyed a great view from the 'nose' of the train. I was tempted to get off at the Disneyland Hotel and check out the Trader Sam's Bar there. I didn't, but I reminded myself to check it out, next visit.

After Alice, back to the Bobsleds. Rode the left side track. Awesome speed!

Didn't ride this. Already ridden one or two of these in other Disney MKs.

Autopia!

I bought myself a "Driver's License of the Future," after I exited the ride.

Lookin' good there!

My submarine to board.

Dive! Dive!....

Pretty.

Big Fish.

Bubbles!

Taking the Mono, Mono....

On the loading platform.

Our train arrives!

Oooooo controls. And our operator had been running the Monorail for over...31 years!

Green Light means GO, at the Disneyland Hotel Station.

Hi, Indy Jones Show Building!

IAsW. I passed. This, I have already been on it several times, around the world.

Missed out on the Tea Cups too. Maybe next visit...

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Day 2 at DLR: More of Tomorrow, Some Dole Whip and...The Ears

 

After the monorail ride, I decided to check out how my score went on this version of Buzz Lightyear. But, it was down for a short time, so I had to pass on it for now. But. Star Tours was opposite, and although my last couple of rides on this were mostly in the Paris version, it was still the "old version" film and effects, and it just rattled me around too much to enjoy. So I've avoided riding any version of it. Till now.

 

So, I decided to take a chance on the new version (with several films and "destinations" now available), and got into the queue that at that time, was going to be around 40 minutes. About 20 minutes in the queue, which snaked inside and outside of a building, I heard a voice calling out "Single Rider?" I immediately raised my hand, and a young woman came over, explaining to me that they had to go and couldn't use 'it'.

 

'It' turned out to be a Fast Pass for Star Tours, that was ending in just ten minutes! So I took the Pass, thanked the woman (I think I blessed her too, LOL), got out of the Standby Queue and headed up into the Fast Pass line and was on Star Tours in less than five minutes. Win! And the ride itself was not - that - bad as I remember it. I didn't come off of it feeling ill, and I actually felt like it would be worth a re-ride, since there were different scenarios happening. Next visit.

 

After leaving Star Tours, I saw that Buzz was now open, so I just strolled across the pathway to Buzz, rode it, and got a pretty good score on it, too.

 

After all of the Tomorrowland stuff, I crossed the Hub and went to Adventureland, to check out stuff I missed the previous day. Indy Jones was still down for maintenance, (and wouldn't be opened until the next day woo hoo!), so I took the Jungle Cruise and we got a rather wierd guide on our boat. She would get into this giggly sort of young schoolgirl voice, and then set us up for The ZInger Joke, whatever it was. It was all in good fun, and the attraction was just as good as I remembered it, over 20 years ago.

 

Next up was the Tiki Room, one of the parks original attractions to use Audio Animatronics in it. But before I headed inside, there was Dole Whip to have...

 

Now, Dole Whip has kind of taken on this almost lengendary status as something "you must have before you leave!" It's basically a soft serve flavoured with pineapple.. and that's it. When I tried a similar version of it, back during when the PNE was open in Vancouver, it was amazing! Very creamy and it had these bits of pineapple in it... well back then, I loved it so much I ended up buying it three times during my visits to the Fair! But, this version. I was disappointed after so much hype I'd read about it in Disneyland. It was still soft serve pineapple flavoured...but nothing else to it.

The Tiki Room was a fun throwback to the old days of how attractions were done in Disneyland. This was pretty much the original show that I experience with my mom back in 1963. And it was still fun, even with all the old corny jokes in it.

 

Out of that, and I was heading out of the park, when I decided to check out this shop that sold a lot of the "ears" being worn in both parks. Walked in, and there "it" was. My Ears. And put my name on the back of it, too. Which made for a few interesting interactions with others in the parks. They'd call out my name, I would turn around and reply "you just read my mind" we'd all laugh, and on I'd go. I enjoyed that.

 

It just added to the enjoyment of the visits there.

Time to take a Tour.

On my way through the Fast Pass queue.

He was funny.

My door to our vehicle. Lucky 3! And the ride was great!

On to Buzz. And I see these extra Buzz-like characters around him in the queue. Are these from

a Buzz animated series, or is it something else? Or nothing at all? Curious.

Buzz in his Red Period.

Now I was off to Dventurland! (o;

And eventually, in to see the Tiki Tki Tki Tki Room!

But first - a Dole Whip float. It was 'okay.' Nothing special.

This is what I got in Vancouver during our PNE. It was good!

Then I decided to go "exploring".

Into the unknown they went.

I found My Ears. In the Mad Hatter shop, front of Main Street.

Cool ears.

Where it's ended up, in the house. Among my other "caps and hats" from Disney parks.

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The One Big Regret I had (and still have) about my WCB weekend and Disney Resort visits...

 

The ONLY CHANCE I had to really be really "up close" with the Disneyland Trains, as they were all parked at the stations around the park,

inviting the public to come and actually be close to the trains without them moving. And a couple of the stations had the BONUS of being able

to actually walk across the tracks and see the actual theming behind the train, up close.

 

This will change next year when the new train trestle is (supposed to be) complete, with the new added scenery, and water effects, etc.

 

I knew all about this in advance, and had actually planned to go up on each station, get some photos etc. And then it totally left my mind,

when I started panicking around Magic Morning which happened to also be my first day at either park. And it - was - crowded.

 

So, a very much missed opportunity for myself. But there is a book I can order through Amazon.com and I will enjoy Disney's trains, that way.

BY THE WAY - if any of you have plans to visit Disneyland these next weeks, Visit All The Trains! It's a real rare opportunity for you,

and maybe your whole family, to see these great engines up close, and everything around it/them. Some great photo ops here, too.

So visit them now, before they go back into service.

~ Now available through Amazon.com ~

From my 1963 Disneyland map, mounted and framed up on the wall... (Sorry for the fuzzy photo.)

The name of each type of train was actually printed there on the map, beside each train!

The whole train.

Up at the top of the park...

And that's the old Mine Train Ride there under the train, before it was turned into Big Thunder.

I also wondered how the 'seating' would be done, in this type of train. Hmmm.

And rounding around Tomorrowland...

...Coming around to The Present Day... Us!

Closest I got to one of the trains, on this trip. From the Monorail, lol.

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Day 2 at DLR: Bling! Beer! & The Kitchen Sink! (Sundae)

 

Right now, I should also tell, that after my really long first day here in both parks, and the Magic Morning AND the World of Color Dessert Party... that was a lot for somebody who hadn't seen the place in over two decades! Overwhelming comes to mind. Making me forget things I was planning to do (i.e. see the trains). So I changed my original shuttle pickup times from late ones to both being 5:20pm for the two days left. Since then, I have thought that I needed to figure out better use of more parks time without exhausting myself. So on my Next Visit I will have a "to do list" written down, heh. I mean, I saw DCA at night with WoC. But I never saw Disneyland at night, on either of the two other days I spent there. So I need to see that too, eventually.

 

Well, after picking and buying (and embroidering) my Ears in the Hatters shop, I went right next door, to where they had moved The Disney Gallery. This was also part of The Opera House, where the original Lincoln AA show was done. And "Great Moments With..." still happens, I'm guessing. And past that, before the archway back out of the park, there used to be a full service BANK, too! They exchanged travellers' cheques (go ask your grand parents) of all major countries. Very convenient.

 

So the Gallery is where the BLING happens, AND can be bought. If you have right amount of $$$$$$$. Small and large models and such about either Disney movies, or theme park stuff. It's pretty heady just walking through it, and then seeing something, you never thought you could own - and of course, can't afford what's being asked. Life happens.

 

After that lovely tour, I was back to DCA, ate a meal there (w/Beer!), got a faaaabulous dessert (w/The Kitchen Sink!), then found my AWESOME T-SHIRT, and then left late in the afternoon for a nice dinner at the Hotel, a swim, a jacuzzi, and rest! G'night!

Speaking of EARS... and all yours, for just $625. Note: it's a "small."... Very very small.

Or maybe a castle that Blings and Sparkles.

Especially when you throw a FLASH of light onto it!

I loved all of this. And want the Ghost Organ Player!

The little light in the Firehall apartment window, actually lights up and "flickers." Just beautiful.

Once in DCA, I made the mistake of strolling through here.

I stopped. I considered. I couldn't decide. I left. Sadly.

A nice salad WITH BEER. Outside at a table and watched all my Fellow Disney Freeks wandering by. (o;

I like this shot I took. No people. No cars, ha! Just the open road...with a Giant Gate on the left.

Luigi's!

Rolliking!

Roadsters!

And this is where The Kitchen Sink was found. I remember this only being available at the

Soda Shop beside the Disney Theater in Hollywood. Surprise! So I looked and looked...

And decided on a good old Strawberry Sundae! Although the Oswald looked very, very tempting. This was great!

And so I bid Adieu to Radiator Springs ~ till tomorrow, woo hoo!

This shot of my 1962 DL map, you can see the building where I saw sets from the (then)

recent Disney movie, "Babes In Toyland." And where I got my "official" Mickey Mouse Club

Membership Card. (o; It also shows The Bank too, if you look close enough. The hat shop and

the Disney Gallery seen on this visit, were all above where Babes In Toyland is located.

...And my MM Membership Card I got at that Babes In Toyland display! April, 1963. (o:

[bert425]

Great report, Bill.

 

you really know how to cram in the fun. .it's exhausting just reading your adventures!

 

[Nrthwnd]

^ Thanks Bert.

 

Honestly, I don't think I really crammed (crammed?) in that much. But I definitely travelled a lot through both of the parks,

and thankfully the pavement in Disney parks isn't like asphalt is in some other parks. Still, I wish I had one of those

pedometers on me, to see exactly how many 'miles' I had walked, heh.

Coming up - (almost) "45 Years of Ears!"

[ytterbiumanalyst]

Funny you should say that. I do keep track of how much I walk each day, and my day at Disneyland was a new steps record at around 38,000--literally 3 times as many steps as the old record.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Good for you! But even that, sounds exhausting, LOL!

The "Mouse Ears" that started it all. What do you think it looks like, on the front of it? (o;

Edited October 16, 2016 by Nrthwnd

[ytterbiumanalyst]

It was exhausting, but totally worth it. I didn't realize how huge Disneyland is. Still enjoying the trip report, especially since you spent more time there than I did and got to see and do a few things I skipped.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Well, in hindsight, I did get to ride (or see) every attraction that I wanted to do in both parks, at least once during my visit.

 

And the only 3 attractions I actually went on twice (and that was it) were the Tower of Terror; Racers (both tracks!); and Indy Jones.

 

I did miss a couple of things here and there in Disneyland. And there was MiM (Mermaid in Maintenance) in DCA.

 

And like I've said before....Next visit.

Found a couple of extra, differently "covered" maps for both Disney parks.

[ytterbiumanalyst]

^ I'm glad Indy opened back up for you. I missed it since it was down for renovations when I was there. Tower of Terror is definitely worth a re-ride; I went on it twice myself. I'm a big fan of drop towers, and that one is far and away the best I've ever been on. I hear people saying the Florida version is better, but really, Disney at its worst is just so much better than everything else. It's just impossible to have a bad time there.