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Visit Date: 4/25/14
Steps: 22,836
Parks Miles: 8.6
Time in Parks: 9

 
Trip Log:

Started off this overcast afternoon at the Disneyland Resort being directed to the far corner of the Mickey and Friends Garage. Decided to walk down the back side and cut through a nearly empty Pinocchio Parking lot on my way to Downtown Disney. Spent a couple of minutes wandering around the Million Dollar Arm area then hopped on the Monorail to Reach Disneyland. Walked through Tomorrowland and around the Matterhorn to the Small World Mall. Doubled back past Alice in Wonderland then through a very crowded Fantasyland on my way to the Big Thunder Ranch. The Springtime Roundup has ended but characters and activities are still going on out there. After hanging around a while continued on down the trail past Big Thunder and along the Rivers of America. Walked all the way down to the Haunted Mansion then turn around and walked back through New Orleans Square. Hiked through Tarzans Treehouse and then strolled back to Frontierland to find the rest of my group. We walked toward Main Street and made a quick stop in Adventureland on the way. Walked down Main Street and took a quick look at the Mechanical Kingdom exhibit and Disney Gallery then made our way over to DCA. Strolled down Buena Vista Street and the parade route on my way to Bugs Land. A sneak peek of Maleficent was playing in the Bugs Theater so took in the show then walked out to the Wharf stopping at Ghirardelli. Next up a visit to Cars Land. Continued on down Cross Street to Fliks and then into Hollywood Land. Circled around the Backlot area and then back up Hollywood Blvd. Made my way to Taste Pilots for dinner then walked by a closed GRR and stopped a newly reopened Redwood Creek. Continued on to the Bay Area and waited for the Pixar Play Parade to pass then made a loop around Paradise Bay. The lines were longer than my patience so just kept walking. Ended up walking back to Buena Vista Street. Decided to pay Off the Page a visit then heard the Mad T Party Band so stopped by there to catch the end of their set. Walked through Fliks on my way to Cars Land and hung out there for a while. Returned to Buena Vista Street and watched Five & Dime then found the rest of my group before returning to the Backlot and Cars Land to find some friends who were also in the park. Walked through Bugs Land and the Hollywood Land again on my way to Buena Vista Street. Passed through some of the stores then made my way back to Disneyland. Wandered down Main Street USA, through Adventurelan and out to the Rivers of America about 10 minutes before Fantasmic was scheduled to start. Found a spot and watched Fantasmic then quickly made my way to Main Street USA. Arrived just as they were cancelling the show due to wind. So I started to shuffle my way toward the garage. Made it to Coke Corner and felt a sprinkle. By the time I reached the Cinema it was starting to drizzle. Packed up the camera and picked up my pace. By the time I reached Town Square it was a steady rain which contineud to pick up. I picked up my pace and headed for the trams. It was raining fairly good as I waited for one to pull up and I hopped on and got out of the rain. Found my car and headed for home, it rained almost the entire drive.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Moderate Walking Stats (meaning over 2.5mph): 16,218 steps, 146 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 an overcast and cool day. It felt more like winter than spring at the Disneyland Resort. Highs were in the 60s and we never really had any sun shine. It was breezy and just before 9:30 it started to rain to cap off the night. The parks felt crowded as you walked around, but the wait times were not that bad with most under an hour. Even the Racers were in the 60-75 min range as the afternoon/evening went on.

Jason

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

Thoughts and Observations:

  • Downtown Disney was hosting a Million Dollar Arm Pitching Contest to promote the upcoming film. The event was located in the area between Earl of Sandwich and ESPN Zone. When I walked by they were putting the finishing touches on the set up. There were four mounds to throw from and they were clocking your speed. Everyone who participated got 2 tickets to a screening of the film in the evening. Nine finalists would advance to Hollywood for the premiere on May 6th. The film opens May 16th. It looked like they were expecting a fairly good crowd judging by the number of Cast Members they had stationed around the area and working inside. I never did make it back later in the day once it got rolling. When I was there only a handful of guests were participating. Did any of you participate? What did you think of the event? The movie?

  • Since I was in Downtown Disney hopped on the Monorail to the park. It appears that the original track layout for Alice is staying. You can see new supports as well as temporary markers testing clearances and distances. I posted a couple pictures. I think this is great that it is staying as it was. The internet rumor had been they were going to re-configure and remove much of the outdoor portion.

  • Small World is closed once again after its brief couple weeks of up time to celebrate its 50th anniversary. My understanding is they are wrapping up the backstage/safety work. Judging by what I saw on my last visit nothing substantial had really been done to the guest areas.

  • I stopped by the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree and the Springtime Roundup has lost its Easter decorations, egg decorators, and entertainment but the area was still open for pictures with characters and the performing arts groups. When I stopped by only two characters were out (Thumper and Brer Rabbit). At the top of the hour they headed backstage. Baloo and Mickey came out then. The area was really empty. If not for the group watching the performing arts group it would have been nearly empty. They are advertising the ranch in the time guide as a place to meet characters. But seems it is not able to draw guests. The good news is if you are looking for some quality character time it seems to be a great spot most of the time still.

  • While passing through Adventureland spotted some new merchandise (or at least new to me). The good news is it was Adventureland specific and featured plates, salt and pepper shakers, mugs. The bad news is it seemed to be from WDW and not Disneyland. The dishes looked to be straight out of the Polynesian Resort. This was confirmed later in my visit when I found more of the trash can salt and pepper shakers and the Frontierland one listed the Railroad Station (Disneyland does not have one there and WDW does).

  • Stopped by the Disney Gallery and Disneyana to show the Mechanical Kingdoms exhibit to some friends who had not seen it. In Disneyana they have a check signed by Walt for sale.. the IRS quarterly tax check sold and they have another, this time for a senate race.

  • At Disney California Adventure Maleficent has taken over the Bugs Theater for a sneak peek. The film opens in theaters May 30th and stars Angelina Jolie. The sneak peek was about 10 minutes and featured an extended scene (where the fairies are bestowing their gifts on Aurora) and then some clips that have been in the trailers/video releases. To play the movie the theater projection system was upgraded and the picture quality was incredible. Should be interesting to see how the Tough to Be a Bug film looks when it returns. This is still one of my least favorite theaters. The hard bench seats just are not comfortable. Note if you have small children or others who are easily frightened you may want to skip this preview. It is dark, loud, and could be scary to some. The showing I went to was somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 full. There was some signage out front, but I did not notice anything inside for the film. They did remove the bug movie posters from the inside queue.

  • As you saw in the pictures the Wharf area renovation project continues. Its looking good, but taking a long time. The other news out of the Wharf area is Ghirardelli is now passing out minis as the free sample instead of the regular squares. They are smaller, but still just as good. Was happy to see the return of caramel with milk chocolate as the sample.

  • Redwood Creek has partially returned after its lengthy down time. It appeared to look about the same as it did last time I visited. No substantial changes jumped out to me. The rope bridges were still closed. It looks like they replaced some of the rope and supports and installed new pads. Guessing it will open any day.

  • Across the path Grizzly River Run has closed for its annual work. Not sure why they pushed it to be late spring. Seems it should have been done in the winter months not as things are supposed to warm up. I am sure this upcoming week with temps forecasted to hit 90 guests will be looking for it.

  • Remember Dreams Come true finishes its current run this week. Next weekend Magical takes over the skies for the summer. Unfortunately the show was cancelled due to winds on Friday evening so I did not get to see it one last time.

  • It started to drizzle as I made my way down Main Street after the fireworks cancellation and the rain kept picking up. It was fairly steady by the time I reached Town Square. Of course my umbrella and rain jacket were in the car. Weather.com kept saying a slight chance after 10pm.. someone forgot to tell Mother Nature though and it arrived ahead of schedule. I always forget how this is close to no cover between the train station and tram. It became apparent Friday as I walked in the rain and then waited for the next tram. Luckily it was pulling in as I walked up. But still I managed to get fairly wet.

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