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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
California Trip Pictures Day 2
Current Mood: CC is listening to: I Left My Heart in San Francisco--Tony Bennett (Nissan Live Sets: Tony Bennett) September 26 DISNEYLAND!
Disneyland’s changed a lot since I last visited :-). They didn’t have the California Adventure theme park yet. Click on the map for a larger view :-).
At the ticket counters. If you wanted to visit just one theme park (either California Adventure or Disneyland), the admission is $66. If you wanted to be able to visit both theme parks in 1 day (highly discouraged—there’s no way you can do them both in one day), it’s $91. Steve and I got a 2-day admission for both parks. It cost us $122 each.
Disneyland was decorated for Halloween
A sign on the entrance archway: “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.”
Translation: “Check your grown-up worries at the door. For as long as you’re in the park, you’re a kid again.”
I appreciated that reminder. As an adult, we’ve all gotten a little jaded about the world. Our first instinct when we see the characters is that they’re just people in suits. While that is true, I think to REALLY enjoy the park, you’ve got to suspend that belief for a little while. Let the child-like wonder come back. Disneyland is SO much more fun that way :-).
Here’s a short video of how Main Street was decorated for Halloween :-)
I was in the middle of talking with Steve along Main Street when ZOOM! I just disappeared. Steve didn’t know what was going on. When he finally found me, I was waving him over because I saw Pluto and was in line to get my picture taken :-).
The Walt Disney/ Mickey Mouse Partners statue. On the plaque is a quote from Walt Disney that says: "I think most of all what I want Disneyland to be is a happy place where parents and children can have fun together."
I remember having my picture taken with a Native American statue when I was a little girl. I’ll have to find that picture in Manila and post it next to this one :-). I don’t think it’s the same statue though.
Mary Poppins and Bert!
In front of me in line to have pictures taken were two little girls. Mary and Bert were crouching down and talking to them, and I overheard part of their conversation. Mary and Bert were talking with an English accent, just like they were the real characters. And I heard Mary say something like, "Why just this morning, Bert and I were walking the streets of London, and I said to Bert…"
There was a parent in line that felt they were talking to the girls too long. He said, loud enough for them to hear, "Yeah we’re waiting for Mary Poppins!"
But they ignored him and went right on chatting with the children. I’m glad they did that. I’m glad their priority was the children, not the parents. Those two little girls will have an incredible memory to take home :-).
Taken at the Innoventions center in Tomorrowland. There really wasn’t anything to see; Steve and I were just goofing around :-). He did the classic "right-before-I-get-hit-by-a-meteor-or-eaten-by-an-alien" pose :-).
To infinity… AND BEYOND!
Taken right before we went on the Jungle Cruise. Wait times on the rides were not long at all, since we went on a weekday during the school year. The most we waited for a ride was 10 minutes.
A view of the park from Tarzan’s treehouse. This used to be the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse :-).
Steve: "You gotta leave cool at the door."
There are LOTS of people performing all over the park, totally for free :-). They’re a treat to watch :-). We were able to catch the tail end of a Barbershop quartet performance (they’re called the Dapper Dans). In this clip they’re singing, "When Irish Eyes are Smiling."
The joke was: Robby: "Hey guys, why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?" Frank: "I don’t know Robby, why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?" (you’ll be able to hear the punchline in the video) Frank: (after punchline) “Uh… Robby, you’re Irish, aren’t ya?" Robby: "Yes I am, Frank, and the Irish are known for their great wit." Frank: "Ohhh. So you’re half Irish."
Yeah, that’s me laughing in the background :-)
These are pictures of the parade right before the park closed for the night. Park hours during the time we visited was 10am – 8pm :-). The parade started around 7:30.
Some of the souvenirs we got at the park:
I love this Tinkerbell baseball cap. I accidentally left it at a relative’s while visiting though, so I’ll have to do without it for a few days while it gets mailed over.
If you let park employees know that it’s your first visit to Disneyland, you get a commemorative badge. Your best bet is to get them at City Hall. They’ll have badges for sure.
We had gotten the "Just Married" pins because we didn’t know until the next day that they had "Happy Anniversary" pins too. If I remember right, they also had "Happy Birthday" pins.
What’s neat about wearing these pins is that when employees notice them, they greet you :-). Steve and I got several "Congratulations, guys!" from people running the rides :-).
As we were returning Steve’s rented handheld captioning device (since Steve is hard of hearing, the handheld captioning device allows him to read what the announcer is saying during the ride while other people hear it), the attendant said to me, "You guys just got married and you took him to Disneyland? That makes you an Honorary Citizen!" And he gave me this pin. I’m not sure what being an Honorary Citizen means, but it’s pretty cool to be able to say, "I’m an Honorary Citizen of Disneyland!" :-).
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