Hello all,

Friday was a nice calm day at the Disneyland Resort. The weather was mild in the afternoon and a bit on the cool side in the evening. The walkways, etc.. of the parks felt fairly crowded but the attraction wait times were about normal with many actually on the light side. For example Nemo was 20 min or less on several passes. I was able to hop on with only a 10 minute wait (maybe 1 set of subs).

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

• Started off the day with some good parking luck. The overpass for Ball road was sort of open. One half the sign said closed and the other half said theme parks so I opted to go that way and bypass the congestion from the light which was all the way back to the entrance to the overpass. Was directed to the 4th floor in a fairly close parking spot. The Lazygeek said the signs on Ball were directing you to turn onto Harbor (the one near the intersection) then the one near the garage said to go straight but the Anaheim PD did not have it blocked off so he veered into the garage.
  
  
• First stop of the day was DCA to check out the refilled Paradise Bay. Great to see the water level back up to the top. Also it was interested to see the World of Color testing. The projection screens are definitely large but with the distances it is hard to relate to the size of ones for Fantasmic.
  
  
• Went for a spin on Casey Jr since it was only a one train wait and there were two running. As we went around Storybookland I did not spot any substantial changes to the area or to Casey Jr, both just came back from a lengthy rehab. Everything looked fresh and clean cut, but nothing stood out as new or different.
  
  
• Noticed for the 4:15pm Showboat show they are using the center tower of Fantasmic to provide light. This really adds to the show. Over the next few weeks with it getting darker earlier I would think the effect is going to look great!
  
  
• Nothing too new report from the guidemaps. I did notice the Operation: Playtime! - Featuring the Green Army Men is now on the guidemap. Great to see!!
  
  
• Did anyone make it to the Candlelight this weekend or the D23 event? If so and you'd like to share pictures/thoughts let us know.. I was unable to attend so I have no first hand info from this year.
  
  
  
  
• Interesting Web Finds/Notes:
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  • OC Register story on the return and technology of Great Moments
    
    
  • YouTube Videos
    • World of Color light testing
    • World of Color Fire Testing (In case you missed it)
      
      
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