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8/20/04 - Disneyland Resort thoughts and observations.
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8/20/04 - Disneyland Resort thoughts and observations.

* After you read this report you may want to check out the pictorial updates in our Disneyland Resort Pictorial Update section

Hello all,

The crowds at both parks were really light considering it was a perfect Friday in mid-August. The weather was in the mid 70s most of the afternoon/evening. Over at DCA Tower of Terror had a 13 minute wait posted, even though it was really a walk on. Soarin was around half an hour and GRR slightly longer. Where as over at Disneyland Splash was almost 90 minutes, but both Pirates and HM now without Fastpass were under 30 minutes for the whole afternoon/evening, usually looking like walk ons really. As you saw in the pictorial update upon arriving at Disneyland you could easily take photos of no one around the hub or the castle forecourt. Usually there are guest milling around or traveling back and forth, this just seemed weird. Guess with the castle covered it altered the traffic flow quite a bit.

Below are some comments and observations regarding this trip.

Trip logs and mileage reports are in thePark Miles section.

Disneyland & DCA:

  • It was really hard to walk around without knowing that the Primetime Weekend was coming up. There seemed to be more banners, signs, billboards up this year than in previous. Not sure why.. the entertainment offerings seem slightly less with the weekend. Also still no idea why they do not make the schedule for the two days widely available in the internet so you can plan your days.

  • Finally managed to catch a complete set by the Miner 49ers. They were great to watch and listen to. I still wish there was more seating in the area. Most guests have to stand many blocking the main walkway which just doesn't make sense. It means they are either causing a traffic jam or they end up moving on to get out of the way.

  • The Drawn to Animation show's film segment has been switched to talk about the upcoming release of Chicken Little. It seems really strange why they would skip the Incredibles since its a November release and Chicken Little isn't until next year. I know the relationship with Pixar isn't the beest, but seems to me they still have an interest in this new film succeeding, and the banners on the back side of Millionaire had been changed to Incredibles

  • As for the Chicken Little clips themselves they did not really make me want to see the film, not sure why. The computer animation looked good, but the story just did not draw me in. The tag line that stood out was this story picks up where the original leaves off.

  • We stopped in White Water snacks for an ICEE and snack and wow the prices have jumped. A few weeks ago the ICEE was around $2.60, we think $2.50 but then we thought it may be $2.59, anways Friday they cost us $3.69, wow now that is inflation...

  • We went out to the Monorail station for a ride into Disneyland, and upon seeing the line we wished they would change back to the system where everyone has to disembark the monorail at both stations, this way you could quickly get on with a one or two train wait. We waited through one train and realized if it kept on that pace it would be about a half dozen trains before we could get on. So we headed back down and walked to Disneyland.

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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