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Hello everyone,

Saturday was a perfect Southern Californian day, perfect in other words. The crowds at the parks were mild, peaking during mid early/mid afternoon. Most wait times for the big attractions were around an hour, with Nemo being the constant exception but a couple others heading over the 60 minute mark occasionally too. DCA really seemed to thin out as the evening went on. We went back to catch the Electrical Parade and arrived as the parade was stepping off and managed to get a front row seat with no problem.

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

• I started off the morning taking pictures of the DVC work at the Grand Californian. As I was taking the pictures I wondered if they routinely clean the stairwells any more and if the bird mess in them is just that constant that it always looks that way for me or if its just been that long since that one has been cleaned. It appears it has not been cleaned in a while.
  
  
• As I was roaming the park I noticed around 11am that the Disneyland Railroad was closed and the monorail was being backed out too. Both were operating after lunch. Was anyone around and know what was going on? Speaking of closures Screamin opened a bit late, Big Thunder and Matterhorn were also down part of the afternoon.
  
  
• While wondering through Fantasyland we noticed the Casey Jr. line did not seem too long so we got in line. We soon realized only one train was running and after about four or maybe five cycles we moved about 10 feet only, so we gave up on that line. I do not remember that line moving so slowly (but I guess I usually do not get in it either if I see a line).
  
  
• Early in the day I saw a sign up in front of the Castle that the US Navy Band from Washington DC was going to be performing later in the day. I made a point to come back to Main Street at 5pm to catch the show. I was pleased to see a sign up. I only wish that for groups like this and other special performances that they would make it into the guide map more often and even better yet the Disneyland website so people would know what is coming up. I would image some people would come to the park to see certain groups, I know it may be a tipping point for me. Also it would not cost much, especially the web version as most of the entertainment already makes it into the cast schedules, how hard is it to have an application to take what goes in there and push it to the web.
  
  
• Last I have one more picture that I did not inlcude in my pictorial update but its of a new window/sign on Main Street. Its a window paying tribute to Bob Gurr (for those who don't know pretty much anything that moved at Disneyland in the early years he worked on, such as the Autopia, Monorails, etc...). I noticed the bicycle and thought it looked new but I did not walk down the alley to see then I saw the announcement about his window this week. Next update I will have better shots. The window is behind the bike.

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