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Visit Date: 04/23/10
Steps: 22,546
Parks Miles: 8.5
Time in Parks: 9

 
Trip Log:

Started off this cool spring day hopping on a tram and heading toward the parks. First stop DCA. Wandered down the parade route and out to the Pier. Walked around to the Fun Wheel hoping for a ride, but the line was almost to the ramp and thus almost 40 minutes probably so I kept walking around. Stopped at the SS Rustworthy for some shots and made my way around to the Zephyr, which was closed due to winds. Continued on through Paradise Park and then the Wharf and Farm areas on my way to Fliks. Made the circle there and then headed for entrance plaza. Stopped by to watch the celebrity chef of the day, Jeffrey Saad. Then I headed down the backlot to see what was going on. There was a choir competition on the stage and some new walls near Tower of Terror. I turned around and headed back toward the entrance and then over to Disneyland. Hopped on the train and took it around to Toontown where I disembarked and hiked up the hill to Toontown to see if there was anything new there, made the circle and then headed back through Fantasyland, around the Big Thunder trail and the Rivers of America on my way out to Critter Country. Doubled back to Frontierland and stopped to watch the Billys at the Golden Horseshoe. After the show I headed for the Tree House for some more pictures of the Rivers and then wandered through Adventureland and back to Main Street. Ended up heading back to DCA and caught a little of another culinary demonstration by Jonathan Rollo then strolled through Condor Flats and saw pilot Goofy out for some pictures. Decided to head back down the Backlot and saw Chef Goofy out working with the Jr Chefs, so I stopped to watch that show. Afterwards it was back to the Sunshine Plaza to Jammin Chefs - Whats Cooking show before heading to Taste Pilots for dinner. After dinner walked through Condor Flats, around GRR and out to the Pier. Made my way around to the Fun Wheel which had maybe a 10 minute wait so I lined up and went for a spin. Then made my way around to Paradise Park and over to the Blue Sky Cellar. Nothing new so continued on and headed for Disneyland. Decoded to stop and see the Volunteer Cavalcade before heading to Tomorrowland. Stopped by Captain EO and then roamed out to the Matterhorn where they were cycling some sleds, including the new one. Continued around the Matterhorn and into Fantasyland. Walked around the Castle and into Frontierland. Ended up circling around to Adventureland and then heading back to DCA. Made my way out to the Pier. The Zephyr was running again so went for a spin. Then hung out in Paradise Park to see if they were going to do any World of Color testing.. they really did not so I made another loop of the Pier and then headed for the Backlot. Took some pictures just as the park was closing. Decided to head for the tram and Parking structure and watch the fireworks from there. After the show it was time to head home.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Moderate Walking Stats (meaning over 2.5mph): 17,898 steps, 153 minutes.


For Comparisons to other trips or more park miles click here to visit our park Miles Section.

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:

Hello all,

Friday was a semi-unplanned trip to the parks. After visiting the last two weeks I was going to try to get back to my every other week schedule, but then I looked at the weather forecast and next week did not look promising so I decided to head back for a third week in a row(which of course has changed and now this week looks fine). The crowds were mild throughout the afternoon and they grew slightly as the day went on. The wait times were spotty and seemed to swing a little depending on events and your luck/timing. Overall most e-tickets seemed to be in the 30-45 min range for most of the time.

Jason

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

Disneyland & DCA Thoughts and Observations:

  • A tram with doors pulled up to the stop as I was waiting to head to the parks, so I was able to give the doors another ride. Again no real problems with them and loading seemed about the same, the doors were not the reason for the slowness... I was kind of surprised the doors are completely manual, but upon further review I guess it makes sense. Sometimes the simple solution is the proper one. The doors did seem to make it slightly harder for people to try and get strollers into the regular rows, it took at least two people to accomplish this, one to hold the door and the other to lift.

  • Looking at the time guides for the parks it was nice to see the new Jammin Chefs made the cut. They perform Fri to Sun at 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:30 and 5:30. I was skimming through the Disneyland side and I noticed the Princess Tiana show is no longer listed, but I thought I saw them out in NOS (I saw a group leaving but when I made it around to the area they were long gone so I did not get a good look).

  • The Food and Wine Festival entered its second weekend. I stopped by a couple of the culinary demonstrations. They were all full but there was plenty of room if you wanted to stand around the outside and watch. Also I caught entire Jr. Chefs show... its a nice little experience and the interaction with the CMs and Goofy could make for some great pictures.

  • Stopped byCaptain EO, the theater was about half full (hard to tell with how spread out everyone was but I would say close to half). The audience was still really into the show and all seemed to be having a good time. The theater movement seemed to be slightly less than I remembered, but then again its been a few weeks.

  • As you saw in the pictorial update there was not that much activity in Paradise Bay in the evening. It looked like they were setting up for some World of Color testing but nothing was happening during park hours. I guess that means the bugs must be under control that the testing scheduling has been reduced. It seemed like there was always testing going on before.

  • I was surprised that the overpass to Ball Road was closed in the evening (actually come to think of it, I did not see any cars using it when I arrived either). Anyone know what was going on? This backed up traffic on Disneyland drive for a light or two and meant a good 5-10 minute delay in exiting the structure and getting to the freeway.



  • Interesting Web Finds/Notes:
    Below are some interesting links, notes, and rumors I found/stumble across/or have been informed of since the last Geekspeaks column.

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