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Visit Date: 7/16/04
Steps: 21,508
Parks Miles: 10.16
Time in Parks: 8:15

 
Trip Log:

Started off the warm summer afternoon heading to Disneyland. Walked down Main Street and to the castle, then over to Adventureland, around Pirates and NOS on my way out to Critter Country. Strolled through then back along the Rivers and through Frontierland, around Big Thunder and out to the BBQ location. Next up through Fantasyland and past Small World and into Toontown. Back through Fantasyland and around Matterhorn and into Tomorrowland. Stopped by the cold drinking fountian by the AP processing center (Space Mountian Exit) then back toward Main Street. Cut through the Hub and into Frontierland, taking a walk through the restaurant before finding a place for the college bands 3pm show at Carnation. After the show it was off to the hub, with a detour to Coke Corner for some ice water. The down Main Street and over to DCA. Walked down the Backlot grabbing Fastpasses for Tower, then off to Bugsland, then the Wharf. Headed out by the Pier and then past GRR and Condor Flats. Checked out the Soarin' Single Rider line, and it was too long for us. Dinner time, so headed across the street to McD's then back to DCA to use our Fastpasses, but we had some time to kill. Went into the Animation Building and then out to catch the short show and then back in to see what the characters did inside. Finally our fastpass time so down to Tower we went. Lazygeek road and I walked.. then over to Disneyland to catch the Flag Retreat, made the Star Spangled Banner by about 10 seconds only. After the retreat it was down Main Street and into Fantasyland. Road Alice in Wonderland then caught the band at Carnation, Stompy Jones. Back down Main Street and out to Downtown Disney. The Lazygeek grabbed a Jamba Juice and we went to White Water snacks where I grabbed an ice cream sandwich. Cut through DCA and over to Disneyland. Down Main Street and over to Tomorrowland. Watch the band at Club Buzz, sandbox, and then back to Main Street to watch the fireworks before heading home.


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Note: These totals may be skewed because the pedometer is zero'd when we start and then left alone and read when we leave. So attractions, and other things may cause extra "steps" to be counted. The pedometer that we use basically measures up/down motion as a step, so if your standing in line and moving up and down it may be counting steps, etc.. so the total distances traveled and steps may be off.. so use these as rough distance comparisons between trips and they may not be accurate in terms of actual distance traveled.
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Hello all,

For a summer trip the crowds seemed about average. There were a lot of people milling about over in DCA, but the lines were almost all under 45 minutes (even Tower). Over at Disneyland Splash Mountain had a 105 minute wait but everything else seemed under an hour which seemed good to me with both Space and Thunder out.

Below are some comments and observations regarding this trip.

Trip logs and mileage reports are in thePark Miles section.

Disneyland & DCA:

  • Both Pirates and Haunted Mansion had their Fastpass Distribution closed. Guess the rumor about them closing them down permanently (except for Haunted Mansion Holiday) is fairly true.

  • They must be fairly confident that Big Thunder will re-open soon. There were no rehab walls up and two trains were in the station filled with weights (well large containers which we guessed had water in them).

  • The Big Thunder BBQ area is open, when we walked by mid-afternoon there was not too much activity, all the CMs were just standing around waiting for the crowds...

  • Caught the 3:00pm College Band set. Two of the members of the band did vocal solos, which were very good. One Georgia on my Mind (Ray Charles) and the other was Fly Me to the Moon by Sinatra.

  • While watching the band I noticed a group of Disney CMs (well I am guessing TDA people and maybe an Imagineer or two) come out and go over by the castle with some props and a painting of what the castle will look like for the 50th. They walked over to where the test paint was applied and it looked like two of them gave a brief demonstration, then the entire group returned backstage. I could not see anything too interesting from my seat.

  • Over at DCA we caught a little of the Surf Band's performance in the entrance plaza, they have modified the stage and woody a bit and it really looks good, probably what it should have looked like from the start with the surf boards and all.

  • We caught the full "show" in front of the Animation Building this trip, it is very brief, maybe 10 minutes tops from start to finish. We also went inside to see what was happening. After the show the characters stick around in the animation lobby and take pictures, sign autographs, and play games. It was fun to watch them play Duck Duck Goose with the kids... some great video and picture opportunities with your child chasing Mickey around a circle that includes Aladdin, Cinderella and Woody...

  • Over at Disneyland we learned there is no late set for the College Band, their last performance is before the parade on Main Street. We watched some of the Band at Carnation, Stompy Jones, which we kept calling Stumpy Jones. It was a great performance, we never would have guessed the guy who was the lead vocalist was the lead vocalist.. Also caught the Band at Club Buzz, called Sandbox. So it was a wide range of music we heard from Frank Sinatra to modern pop tunes from groups like No Doubt.

  • The Fireworks show was the conclusion to our trip and overall the show is still very unimpressive to us... and the recycled music still makes me laugh a bit.


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