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Page Last Updated: 12/26/08 |
Disneyland December 2008 - Day 4
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What We Did Went through Sleeping Beauty Castle Diorama Peter Pan's Flight (breakdown) Peter Pan's Flight Matterhorn Bobsleds Enchanted Sweets & Treats Roger Rabbit it's a small world (aborted trip) Disneyland Railroad Innoventions Buzz Lightyear Pirates of the Caribbean Haunted Mansion Billy Hill & the Hillbillies it's a small world Dinner back in the room
Highlights Hardly anyone in Disneyland Asimo the Robot
Lowlights Cold, raining, and windy all day Peter Pan ride breakdown Monorail power failure Flooded boats in it's a small world Disneyland forced to close 2 hours early
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Disneyland In the Rain PWe woke up to a steady rainfall and throughout the day, it never stop. It wasn't a shower, or a sprinkle, but a full on rain combined with bone chilling cold temperatures and wind. The mountains that surround LA were getting blasted with the heaviest snow they say they had in the last 10 years. What are you going to do? We ventured into Disneyland preparing ourselves for a unique experience. Check out the flags in this picture.
We were desperate to stay out of the rain and would do anything to stay out of the rain. Here is a picture of the Sleeping Beauty diorama which you can see by walking though the castle. The next picture is what you see in Peter Pan's Flight when the ride stops and all the lights come on. The wind had blown open an emergency door which immediately forces the ride to shut down. It took 20 minutes to inspect the ride (to make sure no had gotten through the opened door) and power cycle it back on. It was fascinating but suspended 20 feet in the air was a bit un-nerving. The carousel ran but the tea-cups never did that day.
PI wanted to try a knockwurst or bratwurst and the only place you can get these food items in Disneyland is Enchanted Sweets & Treats found adjacent to the Princess Fairy Tale Theater. The lady at the county said we could go down there to eat to stay out of the rain. No one was in there. (And yes....for whatever reason....Disney provides tables full of color crayons and pictures to draw).
Again, another opportunity to stay our of the rain was to go into the Innoventions building. It is one giant commercial but it housed the most amazing thing I seen on this trip - Asimo, the Honda robot. I was stunned and spooked at the same time.
We wanted to ride it's a small world early in the day but passed when we found out it required sitting with your feet in a couple of inches of standing water. By the end of the day, cold and very wet, we just didn't care any more and finally got on...
And after a truly dreary day, and they announced the park would be closing 2 hours early - no parades - no fireworks....This is what you are left with on the way out. It's why you keep going back. The magic and detail is unlike anything else.
A Rainy Day Video Collection It rained all day on our last day at Disneyland, the following videos were all shot in the rain. You can hear it hitting the umbrella. And check out the wind too. A nasty, nasty day.
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