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Hello all,

Saturday was a very relaxing day at the Disneyland Resort. I roamed the park with the Lazygeek and his one year old and we thought the crowd seemed mild given the great weather. The lines were manageable for most attractions, even Toy Story was well under an hour the couple times we walked by. Everything else seemed a little on the light side for summer, but still a healthy crowd around the parks.

Jason

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Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

• The lazy days of summer have arrived around the resort with not much visible going on. Summer is slowly wrapping up and then the real action begins with the extreme make-over for DCA starting this September... I took the opportunity on Saturday to roam the park a bit and try and get some shots of the anticipated projects so I will have some before pictures. It is really easy to forget how empty the first hour or so of the parks days are if you are not rushing to an attraction. I walked the Pier area stopping at the SS Rustworthy and some other points along the way and had the area to my self.. it was a nice touch.
  
  
• The trams on Saturday seemed to be running rather slowly. For example in the late morning I took a ride back to the garage and we waited a good five minutes at the tram stop before pulling out. The driver and other CM met in the middle of the tram and just talked. A couple other trams drove by.
  
  
• Stopped by Innoventions again to try and explore in a less crowded environment and to see if more was working... They still are not operating at 100%. Only two loading pods appeared to be open and the line took almost 30 minutes to get through. Once inside it was fairly empty. Also some of the curtains seemed down on the outer ring of the first floor but we still walked by the empty sets on our way to the Front Door. On a second impression I walked away with the same as my first.. the house was not all that innovative or interesting... but the A/C was nice for a while...
  
  
• Summer evenings are one of my favorite times at the park, with the mild weather and full entertainment offerings. Saturday did not disappoint with the College Band performing, Scot Bruce (Elvis) at Tomorrowland Terrace and Stompy Jones at Carnation. These three acts all seemed draw good size crowds that were having a great time!
  
  
  
  

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