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Visit Date: 5/30/14
Steps: 26,650
Parks Miles: 10.0
Time in Parks: 9

 
Trip Log:

Arrived at the Disneyland Resort just after lunch and was directed to a spot in the far corner of the Mickey and Friends Garage.. a hike to the trams from there but only a couple minutes to park. Took the tram to the Esplanade and decided to visit Disney California Adventure first. Strolled down Buena Vista Street and around Carthay Circle before making my way through Condor Flats, Around Grizzly River Run then out to the Pier. The Little Mermaid was a walk on so went under the sea then circled Paradise Pier, clockwise. Stopped in Paradise Gardens for a while to listen to the band playing then continued on through the Wharf including a chocolate break at Ghirardelli then entetered Cars Land and walked down Cross Street. Spent some time on Route 66 then returned to Cross Street and headed towards BugsLand. Passed through there and into Hollywood Land. Returning to Buena Vista Street to wrap up my tour of the park. Crossed the Esplanade and entered Disneyland. Wandered around Main Street USA and to the hub. Made my way through Tomorrowland. The original plan was to go for a Monorail ride but there was a line so kept on walking around the Matterhorn and out to Toontown. Walked around then back through Fantasyland and out to the Big Thunder Ranch. Took a couple pictures then strolled along the Big Thunder Trail and the Rivers of America (grabbing a Fastpass for Big Thunder for later). Walked all the way to Critter Country then turned around and doubled back through New Orleans Square and into Adventureland. Hiked up the Treehouse to get a birdseye view and then quickly walked through Adventureland and up the parade route to the Fantasyland Theatre to catch a showing of Mickey and the Magical Map. After the show stopped by the Village Haus for dinner then back to Main Street so others could get some dessert at the Jolly Holiday Bakery. Returned to Tomorrowland and walked onto the Monorail for a round trip voyage. Upon returned it was 6:45ish so walked down to the parade route and caught Soundsational. Then back to Tomorrowland Terrace to catch a set from the Suburban Legends. After their set walked back through the hub to Frontierland and the group went for a ride on Big Thunder, I roamed around Frontierland while they road. We then walked through Frontierland and decided to take a look into Adventureland at the wait for Jungle Cruise, too long so we returned to Main Street. Decided to head for Disney California Adventure again and walked out to the Little Mermaid. This time there was a 15 minute wait but some had not ridden so we waited. Walked back through the Wharf, getting some more chocolate, then paid a visit to Cars Land. Continued on through Bugs and into Hollywood Land. Stopped to listen to the final set of the night from the Mad T Party Band then returned to Buena Vista Street to watch Magical from there. After the show walked back to the Mickey and Friends Garage, found my car, and headed for home.

Other Interesting Stats:
* Moderate Walking Stats (meaning over 2.5mph): 19,714 steps, 175 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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My Thoughts & Observations:

Hello all,

Arrived at the Disneyland Resort just after lunch with the hope of a lighter crowd at the parks this week and a relaxing trip. Parking this week was back to normal with minimal waits, unfortunately my luck of being sent to the far corner of the garage was still there. Once in the parks the crowds were about normal. Wait times were mild most of the early afternoon with only a few exceptions and they crept up as the evening went on. It was a Grad Nite day so there were large groups of high school kids roaming the parks and this skewed some lines, for example Tower of Terror was at 105 minutes just before 9pm.

Jason

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

Thoughts and Observations:

  • I spent the early part of the afternoon walking around Disney California Adventure. I circled the park to see what was going on and the conclusion was nothing too noteworthy. There was some new merchandise out at the Fly n Buy for Soarin, even though the Disney Parks official blog said not until June. Great to see attraction specific merchandise coming out.

  • I had a request for menus so I made a point to take pictures of most of the menus I passed on my way and included them in the update. Is this something you all enjoy seeing? Do you want to see more or more frequent checks?

  • Stopped by the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree and the Springtime Roundup is still going on. Great to see Roger Rabbit still out. Really surprised to see no line for him, just like the other characters. The only one with a line this visit was Minnie and that was a handful of guests. Wish Disney did a better job of promoting the Jamboree and maybe would bring in some entertainment to help draw guests. The current offerings do not seem to doing the trick. I am glad they are keeping the area open at least. But I would have to think it is under performing based on what we have seen there. From a guest perspective it is a great opportunity for some character interactions with minimal waits usually. I would advise checking it out if you are in the parks to see who is out.

  • As I walked around Disneyland I heard quite a few guests commenting on Space Mountain being closed. Especially the Grad Nite groups. They were quite disappointed. Also heard the same over at DCA about Grizzly River Run and the great weather (it was in the low 80s when I arrived and cooled down to the low 70s/upper 60s by the time I left.

  • This year Grad Nite is following the same format as last year. High School groups show up throughout the day and are mixed in with regular park guests. The students can park hop and enjoy all regular attractions and entertainment. Then at 10pm as Disney California Adventure is closing for regular guests the Grad Nite festivities kick into gear in Hollywood Land and Cars Land with DJs and dance floors set up. After the regular World of Color ends and day guests leave more of DCA becomes available just to grads. DCA remains open until 2:00am for Grad Nite. There is a special World of Color featuring a several minute Grad Nite performance with the fountains performing to modern dance music.

  • I ate dinner at the Village Haus and they have not changed their french fries.. as good as the ones were last week at Taste Pilots that is how bad they were this week. I should have looked before I ordered but I was in the area and hungry so grabbed some food.

  • Closed out my evening watching Magical from Buena Vista Street. I learned I really can get lost with no sound track with this show. With Remember Dreams Come True I am fairly good at figuring out where they are in the show.. but with Magical I was out of sync until near the end.

  • As I was leaving traffic on Disneyland Drive was really backed up. They were not allowing cars onto Magic Way (guessing the Downtown Disney lot was full and the overflow to the parking structure was getting there. A fairly steady stream of cars were arriving on the 4th floor of the garage as I was leaving so looks like it was still open.

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