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Visit Date: 12/27/07
Steps: 10,141
Parks Miles: 4.64
Time in Parks: 12:30

 
Trip Log:

Started off this brisk December morning heading for the Grand Californian to take a look at the expansion work then walked back to Downtown and over to California Adventure. Strolled out to the Pier for Toy Story Mania pictures and went for a ride on the Sun Wheel. After my trip around the sun walked back along the Pier and then through the Bay Area, around GRR, and through condor Flats. Took a quick trip down the Backlot and through the Animation building before heading over to Disneyland. Roamed around Main Street USA taking some pictures then stopped to watch the Disneyland Band and the characters in front of the Castle. Met up with the rest of my group for the day near the train station and we headed off toward NOS by way of Adventureland. The line for Pirates was all the way to Frontierland so we bypassed that and grabbed Fastpasses for Haunted Mansion. Noticed there was not a wait to get out to the Island so went out there for a while and explored the caves and play area. Once back on the main land wandered out to Critter Country and ate lunch at the Hungry Bear. After lunch used our Haunted Mansion Fastpasses and then walked along the Rivers of America and along the Big Thunder Trail to the ranch. Took some pictures there and continued on through Fantasyland and out to Small World. Hopped in line and waited about 30 minutes to sail around the world. After our cruise we spent some time in Toontown taking in the holiday decorations and grabbed a Fastpass for Roger Rabbit. Next up we headed over to Tomorrowland via the walkway by the Matterhorn. Grabbed Fastpasses for Buzz and continued on to Main Street. Found a nice place to sit by the Castle for a while and wait for the parade then found a spot to stand in the hub for the Christmas parade. After the parade it was back to NOS by way of Frontierland. We got into the Pirates line which said 45 minutes. About 20 minutes in as we were heading up the ramp toward the door the line stopped, and we waited.. after about 10 minutes of not moving we gave up and walked back to Main Street. Took a quick trip back to the cars for warmer jackets and then ate dinner at the Plaza Inn. After dinner walked around the Castle a bit and then into Fantasyland and back out to see Small World at night. Kept going into Toontown and used our Roger Fastpasses and wanted around taking some pictures. About 7:15 headed back to Small World mall to find a spot to watch the 7:30 Snow Show. After the show headed back to Tomorrowland, stopping to see the Nemo line, still too long, to use our Buzz Fastpasses. After saving the Galaxy it was back to Main Street USA. Did a little shopping then visited the 50 Magic Years show. After the show had about 20 minutes to kill till the fireworks. After Believe it was back to the tram, cars, and home to call it a day.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Actual Walking Time: 2:21:45
* 71 steps per minute average
* 1.96 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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Hello everyone,

Well I decided to brave the holiday madness and go to the park the week between Christmas and New Years... I did this for two reasons. The first is to see some out of town company and the second is because its Disneyland I its hard for me to pass up a trip! The crowds were heavy to start the day and into the afternoon but they seemed to thin as the day evening approached. I arrived a little after 9am and was parked in the last row of the third floor of the garage (the Lazygeeks gang arrived around 10:30 and they were almost directly above me at the far end of the 4th floor). I heard by 11am they had stopped selling single day tickets but I never heard anything about restricting entry, even though they were prepared and the hand stamp rule was in effect for everyone. (Interesting note here DCA was stamping your hand as you entered).

Jason


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Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • It was nice to see them loading at both tram stops on the left at the garage, this made for a much shorter line and kept things moving. I was a little surprised that the far parking lot entrance, the one off Magic Way (I think its Magic Way, the street by Downtown Disney) was closed. Everyone entering the structure had to use the main parking booths.

  • I stopped by DCA for less than an hour right at opening to grab some pictures and see what was going on, it was a great time to visit as usual with minimal waits on everything. This was the first time in a long time that I had been in the park for the rope drop. There seemed to be a problem with the announcement. I was standing right under one of the speakers and I could barely hear the announcer. The announcement went along with the Year of a Million Dreams campaign and I could not hear the song but it was different than the last time I had heard the opening (last time they were playing the California track off the original CD).

  • The Sun Wheel only filled four or five cars and that made for a quick trip with only one stop to unload the group in front of me and then my car. By the time I left though Soarin was already pushing 45 minutes and I would assume Screamin and Tower were not far behind as the line to get in was fairly constant.

  • By contrast I made it over to Disneyland around quarter to 11 and Main Street was packed with people heading into the park. The line for the train at the Main Street station stretched all the way down to the street. The other attractions were filling up fast with some, namely Pirates stretching forever. We stopped by a little after 11 and the line for Pirates was outside its queue and stretched down to the Golden Horseshoe. Eventually they got the extended queue set up and you would wrap around the the river and Fantasmic viewing areas.

  • We roamed the park today with the Lazygeeks son, who is just over 5 months old, and it amazed me at how rude and oblivious other guests are of strollers and babies. I never really paid much attention to it, but it was amazing how many people ran into the stroller or just did not want to move or keep moving so we could get by. I overheard several other guests saying the same thing. We overheard one woman near the castle actually yelling at a group of people for running into her stroller. One other interesting note is we went on Cartoon Spin and they current rule there is the child must sit on the seat no matter what.. no holding the child. Last note he loved Small World Holiday... he looked like a bobble head following the lights, animation, etc.. around, it was great to watch!

  • Speaking of Small World, if you wanted to ride before the long rehab, you only have a couple more weeks.

  • We stopped by the 50 Magical Years film to warm up a bit and kill some time while waiting for Believe to start. Wonder when Great Moments will be coming back? Or the offices in the to the display area?

  • I was a little surprised that with the park as crowded as it was there was no band at the Tomorrowland Terrace or anything going on at Plaza Gardens. I would have thought both would be active with the expected crowds.



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