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Visit Date: 12/21/07
Steps: 13,046
Parks Miles: 5.97
Time in Parks: 9:00

 
Trip Log:

Started off this cool Friday afternoon heading for DCA. Walked through Condor Flats, grabbing a Fastpass for Soarin, around GRR, through the Bay Area and out to the Pier to take a look at Toy Story Mania. Went for a spin on the Sun Wheel and then circled back around the Pier and over to the Wharf. Walked through the farm and Fliks Fun Fair then back through the entrance plaza and down the Backlot. Circled around past Monsters and then Tower of Terror before swinging through the Animation Building. I walked back through Condor Flats and out to the Grand Californian. Took some pictures of the new lobby and the expansion work and then headed out to Downtown Disney and over to Disneyland. Wandered down Main Street USA and took a left into Adventureland. Stopped by the River Belle Terrace and then the Haunted Mansion Holiday to grab a Fastpass. Hopped on the Train and took it to Tomorrowland. Walked back to Main Street and spent some time taking pictures of the Castle then headed into Fantasyland. Walked out to Small World Holiday and watched a little of the Christmas parade then went for a ride through the attraction. After my cruise around the world it was back to Tomorrowland via the walkway by the Matterhorn and went for a round trip journey on the monorail. Once back headed to Main Street to catch the Flag Retreat then over to DCA to grab a quick dinner at Taste Pilots Grill. After dinner walked out to the Pier to get some night shots, along the way caught the Block Party Bash. Finished a loop of the Pier area and then a quick trip down the Backlot to get some more pictures before heading back over to Disneyland. Managed to get down Main Street through the parade traffic, stop by Tomorrowland to get a Buzz Fastpass and then head for the Castle for some night shots before the parade started. Took some pictures of the Castle then roamed through Fantasyland and out to Toontown. Milled around Small World Holiday to see if there would be a projection show at 7:15 (there was not). Had some time to kill so walked through Tomorrowland and then back to Small World Mall for the 7:30 Snow show and projection show. After the show walked through Fantaslyand and around the Big Thunder trail and the Rivers of America on my way out to the Haunted Mansion. Used my Fastpass and then walked back through NOS, Adventureland, and the Hub on my way to Tomorrowland to use my Buzz Fastpass. Went to stop by Innoventions but it was closed for the evening already so doubled back to Main Street and milled around for a while waiting for the Fireworks. They were postponed twice then canceled due to weather, so had to settle for the Snow finale and then headed for the tram, car, and home.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Actual Walking Time: 2:47:37
* 77 steps per minute average
* 2.13 mph average


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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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My Thoughts & Observations:

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Hello everyone,

Friday I was pleasantly surprised by the crowds at the Disneyland Resort. I was expecting to arrive and find myself parking on the roof and facing jammed parks. Instead I found the parks to be about normal and parking to be about half a floor more full than usual (usually I end up near the end of the 4th floor this time I was about the middle of the 5th). I am not sure if this is the calm before the Holiday storm, the cold weather scared some people away, or something else that lead to this impression. The lines for most attractions were not bad with many at DCA being walkons or near walkons, such as Tower of Terror for most of the afternoon. Over at Disneyland most of the longer waits were still under an hour, except for Nemo of course.

Jason


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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • While walking through the entrance plaza at DCA I caught a set from the Wave Riders and this time they were playing Christmas music (unlike the previous couple times I caught them).

  • Not much else of interest to report from DCA, it was fairly uneventful, the only other comment I have is how with each passing visit Toy Story Manias queue building just keeps taking on more detail, which is great to see and I think this will definitely add to DCA.

  • Over at Disneyland things were a little more hectic, but still nothing compared to what will be next week probably (and what it was last year). One new traffic wrinkle I ran into this trip was a major bottleneck going from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland by way of the Matterhorn (the narrow trail between the sub lagoon and the mountain). This area was really jammed up with people in the Matterhorn queue, the Nemo queue, others trying to get into one of the two lines, and then the rest of us trying to get through the area, add to that a trashcan positioned at the narrowest point and the two times I tried to get through this area it was a bottleneck with people stopped and some pushing their way through..

  • I tried to get a glimpse of the new monorail train that was delivered to the park on Thursday, but no luck, the roundhouse bay it was in was blocked by the mule (the diesel tow). Click here for a YouTube Video of the new trains arrival (it says its from the Disneyland Podcast)

  • Believe was postponed a couple of times then canceled due to the winds, so this was my first chance to see the replacement show, which is basically an extended version of the snow show then the snow finale from Believe. It was a nice touch to end the night, better than just being sent home without the fireworks. Speaking of the snow show, I still do not know its official name and its not listed in any guidemaps but on the past few trips the first act has been at 5:30 and the second at 7:30.

  • On the way back to the garage had a great CM on the tram who was very entertaining, he even broke out in song (and he was not much of a singer but he tried), he made the cold tram ride a bit more enjoyable.



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