Treb's Blog Stop: Disney's California Adventure

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Disneyland Dreamin'

We had a fantastic visit to Disneyland this year! It was a little later and a lot hotter, but it was quality time none the less. We are home finally! Since I left to go to St Louis on the 10th of June, I have only spent about 5 days at home, and here it is the 19th of July. The rest of the time has been spent in either motels or on the Disney Wonder. I am happy to sleep in my own bed, but who is going to make it tomorrow?

One of my favorite rides steaming into Tomorrowland Station on a round trip tour of the "Magic Kingdom."

Aboard the Columbia. Disneyland's Sailing ship that does laps around the "Rivers of America" at Disneyland.

Lining up to blast up the ramp on California Screamin, the Awesome roller coaster at California Adventure

(right before I quickly took off the hat so that the coaster would not do it for me).

Poor guys... It must be 200 degrees in those latex suits. I am melting as I take the pic. I am standing at an ice cream vendor.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Another Perfect Day

Going into Disneyland you see this quote from Walt Disney Ready for another fun filled Zippidy Do Dah Day!

Screamin' Again

Patti is late for a very important date!

Grizzly Peak Waterfall

Visiting Tinkerbell

Disneyland is celebrating everyone's birthday this year.

I got to ride Space mountain twice today. Poor Danneel got her face blocked for this photograph.

Today we started the day off riding the kid rides. Like Snow Whites Scary Adventure, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Pinocchio, and Space Mountain... We ate breakfast at the Riverbelle restaurant, and then went over and rode California Screamin', then Toy Story Mania, then Screamin' again twice. Then we went back to Disneyland and rode the train around the park a couple of times. We ate dinner, then Patti and I rode Space Mountain again. About the time they were starting the fireworks, we we getting on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. After that we called it a night.

By the way, sorry about yesterday's tirade on the evil money magnet thing. When Walt Disney built his park, he envisioned a place where people could leave behind the problems of the world, and escape to a world of an easier carefree time in their life... Unless you are a child then it is just pure stimulation (you guys don't have anything to escape yet). Disneyland does that to a great extent and brings you back to another time, you can leave behind what adult problems you may have, and become a child at heart. I'm hooked, unless they design a patch that will do the same thing. Anyway yesterday... well lets just say I found a soap box, got too stimulated, and well... call it a weak moment. I was cured by a little "hair of the dog that bit me." Besides it's good for the economic stimulus, we all have to do our part for the USA, and I am going to do MY part at Disneyland.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Spring Break day 3, Perfect Weather

Today we were all over the place. Man are my feet, legs, and back ever sore.

We went back and forth for perhaps miles... From 10am to 11pm We were on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad during the fireworks, they we being launched right over our heads, seems liked the best seat ever.

The Sunglasses Shack

They are tearing it down soon for a Little Mermaid Themed ride

One of our shots from the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Again from California Screamin' I think this is the 6th time

Mr. Potato Head as we are going into the new Toy Story Mania Ride. This one is awesome!!!

Say bye bye to the Golden gate Bridge replica that graces the entrance of California Adventure. Disney is spending $2,000,000,000 to make Disney's California Adventure a people/money magnet, because it attracts crowds not hordes of people. That is one of the reasons I liked the park! That and the fact that it was Disney without being TOO Disney. Like Disneyland for adults. Well, they are putting an end to that nonsense. As long as there are stray dollars floating out there, they are going to try to get them. They are not going to spend two billion dollars, unless they have a plan for getting it back and then some, so look for you ticket prices to go up. Hmmmm, I know this sounds weird, but if they dropped their ticket prices 10 or 20 dollars, it is my guess that they would make money in the long run because people could actually afford it. It would attract more people! Or maybe... they could have made California Adventure a little less than Disneyland. The problem with people not coming to DCA was that they charged the same price as Disneyland despite the fact there were fewer E-ticket rides. It's not the electronic tickets of today, it is a thing of the past, but if you don't know what Disney E-tickets are google it. Well anyway, they took a PERFECT Treb park and ruined it with improvements. It's like the Mona Lisa, one more brush stroke would probably have ruined it. Leonardo Da Venci was smart enough to realize this, and was not driven by my $$$. If they had enough money to invest 2 billion, maybe they didn't need to make it into a dollar magnet. Oh well, I'm still and Disneyphile and I will be coming back. I have too! I gave them $530.00 for annual passes for Patti and I, and I am GOING TO GET MY MONEYS WORTH!