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08/20/10 - My thoughts and observations from Fridays Disneyland Resort trip.
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08/20/10 - My thoughts and observations from Fridays Disneyland Resort trip.

Hello all,

Friday was a quiet visit to the Disneyland Resort as summer is winding down. I was surprised by how mellow the crowd seemed. There were a fair number of guests roaming around the parks, but lines were not a problem with most well under an hour most of the afternoon/evening. If you timed things right you could even walk on a few attractions for minimal waits in the afternoon.

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • As you saw in the pictures the new walkway between the Tower of Terror area and Bugs Land is now open. Overall I think it looks great and considering the small area the Imagineers had to work with I think it works. The area that everyone is assuming will be a Red Car stop looks good too. The bench had shade even in the heat of the day when I stopped by. One thing that stuck out on Friday was they had not turned on the background music. You could hear a little of the Bugs Land bleading in, but nothing else yet. I went back after dark to check out the area and the lighting is ok, not sure what I was expecting but it just seemed ok to me.

  • The work out at the Disneyland Hotel is kicking into gear with the walls going up around the shopping/dining village and the water falls. Also inside the Wonder Tower a wall has gone up blocking off courtyard side of the building. So the only entrance/exit is the one on the parking lot side. Seems like a major inconvience if you stay over there. Only good thing is in a few months you will be in a newly remodeled room and could have a birdseye view of the construction (speaking of which if anyone stays and has shots send them our way.. curious to see how the work on the other side of the fence progresses).

  • Had some free time in the early afternoon so decided to take a walk out to Harbor Blvd to see what can be seen of Cars Land from there. Most of the view is blocked by trees, fences, or buildings, but there was one small area where you could see a little of the rockwork. The scale of the project is really hard to convey in pictures, I cannot wait to be able to stand at the base and look up at this rock wall.. it looks like Disney is going all out on Radiator Springs to create a truely immersive environment like no other.

  • It was nice to see them painting Screamin, the tubes were really showing some wear. I would have liked to have seen another color, I do not get along with blue (hanging around USC all these years, its a reflex to be against blue).

  • I made a couple passes through Glow Fest. The crowd there seemed a little thinner than usual too. I am guessing it is because of the overall park crowd. Only a few more weeks for all you Glow Fest fans to enjoy it before its season ends.

  • While exiting DCA was asked to do a quick guest survey. It was a run of the mill set of questions about attractions I visited, my thoughts on them. The CM laughed a bit at my attraction list which was the Fun Wheel, SS Rustworthy, Zephyr, and Animation Building and I was in the park for close to seven hours.

  • I finally made it onto Snow Whites Scary Adventure to check out the minor tweaks/new effects. They blend in and look as if they have always been there and you need to really be a fan of the attraction to notice (which I have to confess I do not visit the dark rides that often, mostly because of the lines, nothing against the attractions).

  • Stopped by the Jungle Cruise for a night time cruise. Was a little disappointed by the wait, seems they only had a couple boats running and what should have been a couple minute wait turned into a 10-15 min one. Once onboard the skipper for our boat was terrible.. he plowed through the script and river barely taking a breath or turning around to look at the crew! Then we got to the end and had to sit and wait for the boat in front of us because he went so fast. To give you an example of the speed, we actually outran the piranhas. We were clear of the pool before they surfaced behind us in the dark. If this was my one and only time to see the Jungle Cruise I would have been really disappointed by the experience.


  • Interesting Web Finds/Notes:
    Below are some interesting links, notes, and rumors I found/stumble across/or have been informed of since the last Geekspeaks column.

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