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01/30/10 - My thoughts and observations from Saturdays Disneyland Resort visit.
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01/30/10 - My thoughts and observations from Saturdays Disneyland Resort visit.

Hello all,

I made a rare weekend visit to the Disneyland Resort.. I was pleasantly surprised by how peaceful (read un crowded) the parks were. I thought with the mild weather there would be a heavier crowd. The wait times for most attractions at DCA were under 20 minutes except for Toy Story which was at 40 the couple times we past it. At Disneyland a couple of the e-tickets crept up to the hour mark but most were well under most of the day.

Jason

Trip logs and mileage reports are in the Park Miles section.

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • Parking was easy again, I am guessing since it was a light crowd the garage was the primary spot and people were not sent to the far lots.. I did not hear anyone complaining this time around either.

  • As you saw in the pictorial update the Silly Symphony Swings are taking shape with the installation of the ride itself. The ride is basically the same as before but with a different graphics package on it. I am going to wait to comment until I see how it looks/feels with the queue structure, its a little unfair to judge based on a partial installation. One note is I was surprised at how small Mickey was on top. I was expecting something a little larger. I do like the panels around the top, I am guessing once it rotates you get the effect of a flipbook/moving image.

  • We stopped by the Muppets film, first time in quite a while and the image looked clean/clear/crisp to me compared to the WDW version I saw a few months ago.. Also decided to take in the Aladdin show to see what was going on (and to try and get a peak over the construction walls a bit). After seeing the show both the Lazygeek and myself agreed that it was time for something new. Its a great show but its just been there so long we were ready to see something new. It will be interesting to see how the Toy Story show works in there. I was really hoping for something more along the lines of the Blast! show.. I really enjoyed that and thought it was something different to see in the parks.

  • We had the Lazygeeks two and a half year old with us and we were too lazy to bring the stroller onboard the train so we ended up making the grand circle tour, first time in quite a while I had done that.. usually I just go a couple stops and use the train as a transportation device.. the short distance between stops and the number of stops really stood out, compared to WDW.

  • We caught the Volunteers Cavalcade out near Small World, then went for a ride on Small World and walked to Main Street afterwards and still managed to see some of the Street Party from the hub.. it just seems odd how far in advance the pre-parade is due to the two fifteen minute stops for the Street Party before it reaches the Small World Mall. So if you are out at the mall waiting for the parade you see the pre parade about a half hour before the parade/street party reaches you. Keep this in mind if you are out there and want to see the Muppets.

  • Speaking of Small World, as you saw it is back from its holiday transformation. The regular show is running and no changes jumped out to me on our ride through. Seems it was just a quick transformation.

  • Starting this Friday (and running through September) there will be a new show in New Orleans Square called Tianas Mardi Gras Celebration. No schedule is posted on the Disneyland.com website but thought I would let anyone heading to the park know.. wonder if the showboat jubilee has a chance of returning for the summer, that would be great to see, the show seemed to be enjoyed by most who saw it.


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Be sure to check out the picture update that goes with this Geekspeak column, it can be found in our Disneyland Resort Pictorial Update section

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