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Visit Date: 06/29/07
Steps: 17,854
Parks Miles: 8.45
Time in Parks: 11.5

 
Trip Log:

Started off this great summer day heading for Disneyland. Roamed down Main Street and into Tomorrowland. Grabbed Fastpasses for Buzz then walked along the Nemo line to see how long it was, it was about 2 hours so we kept on walking into Fantasyland then onto the Big Thunder Trail. Made a quick stop a the ranch then headed around the Rivers of America and caught the end of the Pirates show from across the River. Noticed the treehouse was open so hiked up and through it then headed back to Fontierland to catch the first Billy Hill show of the day. After the show wandered around the Rivers of America and out to Critter Country to grab some pictures of Tom Sawyer Island. Then headed back through NOS and into Adventureland. Stopped by Tomorrowland again to grab more Fastpasses for Buzz then walked down Main Street, pausing to watch the Disneyland Band in Town Square and take some pictures of the Main Street Train Station before heading over to DCA. Once in DCA grabbed a bite to eat at Taste Pilots Grill and a Fastpass for Sorain then walked through GRR and out to the Pier. Wandered around and took a spin on the Sun Wheel and then finished the loop and walked past the Farm on my way back to the entrance. Headed back to Disneyland. Walked down Main Street and out to Plaza Gardens to catch the 2:00pm College Band set. After their set walked into Frontierland and went for a voyage on the Mark Twain then cut through the hub and back to Tomorrowland to use one of the Buzz Fastpasses. Walked past the Matterhorn and out to the Small World mall. Was trapped by the Parade of Dreams and had to wait for it to perform and pass before crossing over to the Toontown train station. Took the train back to Tomorrowland where I had to hop off to grab a missing Fastpass for Buzz (the others continued on to Main Street). I hiked through the parade crowd and rejoined my group on Main Street for the Flag Retreat. We cut out a bit early from the retreat to make the 4:45 College Band set in front of the castle. Headed over to Tomorrowland to ride Buzz again and then out to Tomorrowland to catch the College Band set there. After the show walked back to Main Street. Caught the Ratatouille preparade then ate dinner at the Plaza Inn. After dinner got caught up in the Parade of Dreams again (it was delayed about 15 minutes for some reason) as we made our way down Main Street to catch the last College Band set of the day in front of the train station. After the set we headed out to the Tomorrowland Terrace to watch Scot Bruce3 and his Elvis tribute then we continued on to the Plaza Gardens to catch a set by the Swing Band performing there before heading to the Rivers of America to watch Fantasmic. After Fantasmic we headed for Main Street to watch Remember before heading out for the evening.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Actual Walking Time: 3:10:06
* 93 steps per minute average
* 2.66 mph average

We had a second pedometer on this trip and he did not do the DCA loop, and a couple Main Street loops. His numbers were: 4.11 miles, 8,992 steps, 1:41:31 walking time, 2.42 mph, 88 steps a minute


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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,

I was a little un-sure what to expect Friday. With the 4th of July Holiday falling mid week next week I was not sure if this would be the "busy" weekend or next. The crowds Friday at the parks were what I would call average summer. There were a lot of people and waits did exist but it was not wall to wall people as you get during the holidays. Most attractions were under an hour with Splash Mountain and the Subs being the two out standers. The subs peaked at a posted time of 180 minutes that we saw during the lunch hour but as the heat of the day kicked in the line dwindled to a mere 90 minutes most of the late afternoon.

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • I noticed several vending carts along the Nemo line now selling Nemo related snacks, popcorn buckets, etc.. I am not sure if this is good or bad... at least its themed and meeting a need, but I still think some of the merchandising/food is over the top and I do not know how much fun it would be if your stuck in line around a child whose parents said no to one of the treats.. that could make for a long long wait.

  • We took in the first Billy Hill show of the day and as usual it was a good performance. They had some technical difficulties, namely a guitar strap broke and the guitar went crashing down and broke a string, but after a couple minutes they recovered. Always fun to see where the show goes, that is one of the great things about live shows.

  • I do not have too much to report from California Adventure as I was only in the park for a little over an hour. I basically ate lunch, walked the Pier, road the Sun Wheel and headed out. Speaking of the Pier the Midway games were still open, I thought I read they were closing the 20th of June... maybe it was July. The Toy Story Mania building is taking shape as most of the roof steal is now down as you saw in the pictures.

  • Went for a journey on the Mark Twain and the boat is looking great. The decking and paint work really show. The new Spiel works, its interesting to hear what has changed, such as the cabin part and the Indian part, as well as all references to the Island. Its kind of sad to go around the Island and no longer see the fort out in the woods...

  • I hopped off the train in Tomorrowland to grab some Fastpasses for Buzz and noticed the smoking area is now located right along the walkway from the Train into Tomorrowland. This really makes no sense to me at all on several levels. The first is for us non-smokers to have to walk right through the smoking area. There is no alternative route and this is a medium traffic area I would say. Secondly for the smokers they are stuck out in a walkway dealing with the mass of people every 5 minutes coming off the train and its a narrow walkway to begin with. Wonder if this is temporary or permanent and how long it will last there (did this just come into being when they closed down the one for the Nemo queue area out where the Fantasyland Autopia used to be near the Matterhorn)? Seems to me this needs to be moved somewhere else.

  • The 2nd Parade of Dreams was delayed a good 15 minutes or so. Not sure what happened but noticed the people who are usually on the vines for the Lion King Unit were not out for the second parade. I did not see anything else out of the ordinary. Does anyone know what happened? It was kind of odd the pre-parade rolled as usual then come parade time nothing... about 5-10 minutes late an announcement came on saying the parade was late then about 5 minutes later or so it started and ran as usual.

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