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DISNEYLAND LISTS Ten Best Attractions in Disneyland Park 1. Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Space Mountain 3. Splash Mountain 4. Indian Jones 5. Fantasmic 6. Finding Nemo 7. Thunder Mountain RR 8. Jungle Cruise 9. Matterhorn Bobsleds 10. Disneyland Railroad
Least Favorite Attractions in Disneyland Storybook Canal Boats Mr. Toads Wild Ride (it isn't)
Favorite Queuing Lines in Disneyland Indiana Jones Star Tours Buzz Lightyear Space Mountain
Off the beaten path gems not to be missed in Disneyland Mickey's House in ToonTown Asimo in Innoventions Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (currently closed) The Disney Gallery
Attractions in Serious Need of an Upgrade in Disneyland Star Tours (Coming 2011) Honey I Shrunk the Audience
Wastes of Valuable Space in Disneyland that could be replaced Innoventions (other than Asimo the robot) Fairytale Theater Most of ToonTown (except Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin and Mickey's House)
Favorite Sit Down Restaurant in Disneyland Blue Bayou Carnation Cafe
Favorite Counter Service Food Places in Disneyland Hungry Bear Tomorrowland Terrace French Market
Favorite Snack Places in Disneyland Dole Pineapple Juice Bar Bengal BBQ (for the bacon wrapped asparagus only) Corn Dog Cart
Favorite Food to Eat While Walking Chocolate covered banana The churro Cream Cheese Jalapeņo Pretzel
Least Favorite Place to Eat in Disneyland Village Haus (Fantasyland) Rancho del Zocalo
DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE LISTS Ten Best Attractions in California Adventure 1. Soaring Over California 2. Toy Story Mania 3. Aladdin 4. California Screaming 5. Grizzly River Run 6. Tower of Terror 7. It's a Bugs Life 8. Muppets 3-D 9. Turtle Talk with Crush 10. Playhouse Disney
Least Favorite Attractions in California Adventure Mulholland Madness Monsters Inc.
Favorite Queuing Lines in California Adventure Tower of Terror Tough To Be a Bug waiting area Muppets 3D
Off the beaten path gems not to be missed in California Adventure Toy Story Zoetrope
Attractions in Serious Need of an Upgrade in California Adventure Muppets 3-D (Coming)
Favorite Places to Eat in California Adventure Wine Country Trattoria Taste Pilot's Grill Pacific Wharf Cafe
Dining Disappointments in California Adventure Ariel's Grotto Pizza Oom Mow Mow (closes 2010)
FAMILY PHOTO MEMORIES
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Recent Website Changes: Updates to the refurbishment schedule....Added Picasa Slideshow Viewer (whenever a picture has an arrow button on it, click on the arrow to begin the slideshow). Splash Mountain Splash (the latest Disney news bites)
Proving once again that its hard to keep a dead man down, Disneyland brings back Michael Jackson's Captain EO to the Magic Eye theater for a "limited engagement" beginning in February 2010 and sends Honey I Shrunk the Audience packing probably for good. Once EO completes it run a new attraction will be put in the theater which most likely will be Walt Disney World's Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor which is something of an interactive live show on the order of Turtle Talk with Crush. Captain EO closed in April 1997 at Disneyland. By the time it left it was tired, dated, attraction playing in front of small groups of people. You can see the non-3D version of film out on YouTube but after you see it once, you'll know why it was put out to pasture. In the end, except for a few cool dance moves by MJ, its really pretty silly.
Get ready...Fall 2010, the Epic Mickey video game makes its debut. No more Mr. Nice Guy as Mickey hits the steampunk world.
The Disney Vacation Club Villas have now opened (9/23) at the Grand Californian. From studios to a two story 3 bedroom suite with an upstairs lounging area with a pool table and view of the DCA park, these units look very nice. Yes, they are timeshares.
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Here is a map of the Disney's California Adventure makeover. Be sure to stop by the Blue Sky Cellars exhibit to see what's in store for the new and improved Disney's California Adventure.
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Disneyland Commentary Disneyland Traditions and Superstitions I have to admit I hadn't given it any thought but in reading a Disneyland website forum the other day, the topic was put out there "Do you have any superstitions or traditions that you follow on a trip to Disneyland?" I was amazed at the amount of responses with things like "always enter the park from the left side tunnel" to "look up at the light above the firehouse and say 'good-night & thank you" to Walt" to "always stopping at the Main St. Cinema to see a few minutes of Steamboat Mickey" to "making Peter Pan's Flight the first ride of every visit". It really was quite a list. And then I thought about whether I have any traditions or superstitions. I guess the answer would be "no" but its never to late to start making some. And while I don't have any traditions or superstitions, I guess (or I should say "we" for Lisa and me in many cases) there are some very definite tendencies we have that could be formed into actual traditions. Generally speaking, while we tend to enter the park through the tunnel closest to the turnstile we enter in, I think we almost always exit the park from the right hand side tunnel closest to the city hall and the firehouse. I would like to think its because, especially if its after dark, it gives me the chance to look up at light above the firehouse when it can really be seen. When we first enter Disneyland on the first day of a trip we almost always walk up Main St., make the left hand turn and head for New Orleans Square (or we'll take the train over there) and make a ride on Pirates our first ride (it could be second if there's no wait for Indy). And if Pirates is the first ride, we almost always make the short walk over to the Haunted Mansion and make that our second. This seems right since they are the two most elaborate rides the Walt Disney actually had a hand in creating. Speaking of train rides, we always make at least one complete full circle trip on the Disneyland Railroad (though Lisa cringes every times she goes through the primeval world diorama - hasn't changed in 50 years - and it looks it). As for the rest of the rides, we always go on the Jungle Cruise, Mark Twain, it's a small world, and Buzz Lightyear. While we have other favorites, almost everything else is optional depending upon the weather and how long the line is. At our age, "riding all the rides" isn't really a priority anymore. As far as the other attractions, we will always go into the Enchanted Tiki Room to see the birds (and enjoy a pineapple float beforehand though the quality of those treats may have deteriorated through the years). At least once each trip we will stop into the Golden Horseshoe to see an always fun performance by Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. When it re-opens in December, we will make a visit to the Disneyland Opera House to see Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln on each trip, Hmmm....Tiki Room, Golden Horseshoe, and Lincoln....3 places I've been in with my parents and I'm in my middle 50's. Outside of Buzz, you could probably throw in all of the above though I'm not sure if mom and dad made it to the Haunted Mansion. I guess there is something to tradition after all. For food, I will always get a safari skewer (bacon-wrapped asparagus) from the Bengal Barbeque, eat a frozen banana and at least split a churro with someone. Since we've made three trips to Disneyland over the last year we have had a chance to sample other dining places and the Carnation Cafe, French Market, and Blue Ribbon Bakery all have a chance to become dining traditions. Its hard to have traditions over at Disney's California since the park is not even 10 years old and still not fully developed but we always go see Aladdin (though my understanding this elaborate stage play is renewed on a year by year basis and may not run forever). Unless the weather is ridiculously cold, we will make it though the Grizzly River Run and we love the Pixar Play Parade along with with Turtle Talk with Crush. Even though we've seen the shows plenty of times, It's Tough to be a Bug and Muppets 3D generally will be seen on every trip. But a must add to the traditions list is Toy Story Midway Mania, one of the best rides in either park. We don't have any dining traditions over at DCA but I think we both enjoyed our meal at the Wine Country Trattoria and enjoy the chicken sandwiches from the Taste Pilot's Grill. So that's it for now. Before we make our next trip, I plan to sit down and come up with some real traditions if not outright superstitions. What could be better than to touch this or pick up that from Disneyland on every single visit?
Commentary Archives Commentary - Disneyland Holidays The Strange Case of Oswald the Rabbit DCA - Not Just and Afterthought Anymore
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More Disney Links: DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE ATTRACTIONS
CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE FOOD AND DINING DOWNTOWN DISNEY FOOD AND DINING
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH: DISNEY WHINES, GRIPES, & COMLAINTS
Great Disney Links: WDWNTube (Submitted videos relating to Disney and the Disney theme parks) ocresort.freedomblogging.com (Orange County Register Around Disney blog) More links coming ______________________________________________________________
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