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Visit Date: 08/21/09
Steps: 16,108
Parks Miles: 6.1
Time in Parks: 5

 
Trip Log:

Started the afternoon off a little later than usual arriving around 2pm. Parked on the roof of the garage and headed for the tram and DCA. Walked through the Wharf and out to the Pier. Went for a spin on the Fun Wheel and then continued on around the Pier and turn into the Bay Area and walked around GRR. Strolled through the Grand Californian taking some pictures of the new pool area and then headed out to Downtown Disney and over to Disneyland. Roamed around Main Street for a little while and made my way down to the Hub and into Tomorrowland. Grabbed a Fastpass for Buzz and then headed up to the Monorail for a round trip journey. Once back in the park walked around the Matterhorn and through the Small World Mall. Stopped by the Princess Faire on my way to Toontown. Circled the residential area of Toontown then walked back through Fantasyland and around the Big Thunder Trail. Continued on around the Rivers of America and out to Critter Country. At the dead end turned around and went through New Orleans Square and Adventureland on my way to Main Street for the Flag Retreat. After the Retreat headed to DCA and grabbed dinner at Taste Pilots then headed out to the Pier to check the lines. Toy Story was too long, but the Fun Wheel was a walk on. Heard the Pixar Play Parade coming so opted to bypass the Fun Wheel and found a spot to watch the parade from near the Zephyr. After the parade headed back toward the Sun Plaza and into the Backlot. Stopped in the animation building for a while then continued on out to the Tower of Terror area and then past Monsters on my way back to the entrance. Decided to call it an early evening and head for the Lazygeeks house.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Moderate Walking Stats (meaning over 2.5mph): 12,844 steps, 110 minutes.


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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,

Friday was a brief visit to the Disneyland Resort (well brief for me only 5 hours or so due to me wanting to get an early start on Saturday down to San Diego to check out Legoland - speaking of which is there any interest to see pictures or hear my thoughts on that park? I was not planning on doing anything since this is disneygeek.com but then thought there may be some interest...). The crowds at the Disneyland Resort felt about on par with those that we experience Sunday. It looked as if the evening was going to be more crowded though. As I was leaving the line to get into the garage stretched toward Ball Road and the light at Ball was backed up to the freeway light. Was anyone around after dark on Friday, how were the crowds?

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • The 2009 Summer Nightastic promotion officially ended Sunday... anyone have any thoughts on it? Overall the parks felt fairly crowded all summer, not sure if it was discounts, the promotion, or just Disneyland that pulled in the people. I would not call them jammed like I did during the 50th celebration several times though. I thought the little enhancements like Pixie Hollow, the Electrical Parade tweaks, as well as some of the Fantasmic tweaks (guess in Disneyspeak its plusses) were nice to see but I am guessing very few non disneygeeks planned a trip because of them. The Magical show was entertaining and seemed to fill the streets. I was a little disappointed in the musical selections at the Tomorrowland Terrace, but I guess I am not part of the key demographic for that location. (Happy to see Scot Bruce on the bill for this Friday... Elvis!) wonder if the Fab Four will ever return... and of course disappointed that the new Dragon for Fantasmic never made it into the show (current rumors are he might be appearing very very soon... as early as late this week).

  • I had no real agenda Friday since I was just at the resort on Sunday, but it was nice to just roam the parks with nothing on my plate, the last several trips there was always something we needed to do. I find it interesting to just gaze out at the construction work and see what new things I can spot. Its also a blast to listen to those around you speculate as to what is going on. One of the most repeated things I have heard is all the work in the Paradise Bay is for a new coaster.. seems almost every trip I hear at least one person saying that to their kid... kind of interesting to hear.

  • Over at Disneyland the Bank on Main Street looks brand new again and the Disney Gallery windows are a nice touch. I cannot wait to see the new Gallery... even though I really miss having access to the old one and the retreat above the crowds of the park. I always thought that location was special/interesting. At least now more guests will hopefully experience the exhibits. It was one of the few places in the park you could go to escape the crowds/chaos of the park on busy days... everything seemed a bit slower in the Gallery.

  • It had been quite a while since I paid any attention to what was going on at the Princess Faire and overall this really seemed to be a shell of its former self. Its basically a meet and greet plus a store. The line for the meet and greet was rather long, but the store was fairly empty when I walked by. Wonder if they will ever bring a show back to this theater. I always enjoyed the character shows (and Christmas show) that used to be there.

  • I caught the Pixar Play Parade from near the Zephyr and found it really interesting to watch the parade go through the dead zone between the construction walls. I read a rumor on another site that the walls will be pushed out further and the parade truncated in the near future (maybe starting yesterday even). That makes sense to me since very few people were out on the far side of the walls.. it was great to watch from there but really a waste from a resource perspective. Speaking of parade route changes has anyone seen anything on how or if the route will change once Buena Vista Street is finished? My initial hunch was it would not change substantially since the you cannot easily go up/down the street with the monorail beam in the way... and I am guessing there will be lines for the Red Cars too. So it may even be a shorter route then too.




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