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Quaking at Disneyland
We're back from Dland and it was a great trip! We got up early on Tuesday and walked from our Hotel to the entrance where we were first in line (for the regular folks, not the magic morning people, but still exciting for the kids). We went immediately to Nemo, based on consensus recommendation. It was ok. It was a little intense for Holly. It was not all that I expected, but it was OK. We waited an hour to get on. Maybe that's why it was just ok to me. Then we headed to Autopia. The kids loved it. The next ride was cool. The Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster ride. I got 53,700 points, beating Jill by 50,700. And the kids loved it, too. From there we went to the Fantasy Faire where Holly was made a princess, and then we got in line to meet them! at 11:42 I started looking round to figure out what ride was vibrating the ground. At the same time that I determined it was actually an earthquake, the earth made it abundantly clear. It moved over a foot, knocking several people off their feet. Here's the funny part. It became the indicator of where all the people in line were from. Non-Californians ran in large numbers away from the lines screaming at their families that they had to get out of the park, while people from California just moved forward and took their spots. So we didn't have to wait as long to meet the princesses, which as hoped, was the highlight of Holly's trip. They did shut all the rides down for a couple hours to be inspected, but we had planned on leaving the park for nap time anyway, so our day was not overly affected. We spent the rest of the day in much shorter lines. It was not crowded enough to make fast pass an efficient option, so we never even used it. We got on most rides in under 15 minutes wait time. So, Earthquake included, it was a great day; everything we could have hoped for on our kids' first visit. We took our own double stroller and that was a good choice. I was super impressed by the fireworks and we were able to keep the kids propped up and semi-awake until about 11:30. Then we walked to our hotel and crashed. Great day! 4 comments from 4 users
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posted by
Mom2CandC
on Jul 31, 2008 at 09:24 AM
Sounds like a great trip! Thanks for sharing the pics....what a cute picture of the kiddos crashed in the stroller! That's pretty funny about the Californian's vs. Non-Californian's! I guess we've been through so many...I found myself saying 5.4? that's not too bad....didn't even feel it here. So glad you had a good time with the family! Our kids loved the Autopia ride....especially steering into the corners! Buzz Lightyear was the ride we HAD to get on at least 3 times.....the tea cups were my favorite! posted by
srfbluemama
on Jul 31, 2008 at 01:24 PM
That sounds like you had so much fun! We're planning to make a trip to the park this fall, after school starts back up and lines are hopefully shorter. I laughed at your description of non-Californians--that was a nice outcome to have the lines shrink for the rest of the day! posted by
CheezieMommie
on Jul 31, 2008 at 01:25 PM
I literally laughed out loud at the comment about the Non Californians and everyone else moving forward! I even had to read it to my husband and he cracked up too :) So glad you guys were able to have a good (even better?) time despite the earthquake. And thanks so much for sharing the pictures! posted by
HeatherIjames
on Jul 31, 2008 at 08:02 PM
that's hilarious! so true.
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