krismom
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- Mar 12, 2004
We just returned from 6 days at Disneyland- and we had an absolute blast! I am no good at trip reports, so I'll give a summary instead....
Highs:
~The Disneyland park!!!! WOW! The quaint atmosphere and the magical feelings are everywhere.
~Fantasmic! When the sailing ship Cloumbia rounded the bend with Peter Pan and Captain Hook dueling- I thought my son would faint!
~The CM's were very kind and went out of their way to please. My twins had their birthday at Goofy's kitchen and the server brought over only one cupcake- when I asked her if we could have 2- she had Alladin bring it personally!
~The Neverland Pool! The slide, the hot tub the drink bar! They would have swam all day if I let them.
~Haunted Mansion Holiday! It took my breath away- we rode it at least 10 times!
Lows:
~(flame suit on) The million dreams promotion. I really wish I wasn't as well informed as I am (thanks Dis!), because, I saw people everywhere with Dream fastpasses, dream Mickey ears,lanyards and dream shopping sprees- I kept thinking, maybe our turn willl come too!, but alas, it never did. Not even a free churro. I know envy is a sin- but it's hard when you keep seeing the prizes all over!
~The Disneyland hotel. Lets just say our wallpaper wasn't glowing in the dark. The room was run down, the walk was FAR at the end of the night (the monorail wasn't running!), there was no "food court" place to get cash and carry items....
~The weather- it was COLDER than I expected! Very chilly mornings and after 4:00pm. The kids always had their sweatshirts on thier waists- this also meant the pool was much colder and they spent most of the pool time in the hot tub.
~No Autopia! This wasn't listed as in rehab on the website during my planning- and was down our entire trip! My sons were VERY dissapointed.
Since I want to end on a positive note all I can say to anyone contemplating a DL trip is to DO IT! We are WDW people and I was worried about it being too small- but it was perfect! Everything is so easily accesible by walking and no dealing with trams, busses, etc, was a relief!
Highs:
~The Disneyland park!!!! WOW! The quaint atmosphere and the magical feelings are everywhere.
~Fantasmic! When the sailing ship Cloumbia rounded the bend with Peter Pan and Captain Hook dueling- I thought my son would faint!
~The CM's were very kind and went out of their way to please. My twins had their birthday at Goofy's kitchen and the server brought over only one cupcake- when I asked her if we could have 2- she had Alladin bring it personally!
~The Neverland Pool! The slide, the hot tub the drink bar! They would have swam all day if I let them.
~Haunted Mansion Holiday! It took my breath away- we rode it at least 10 times!
Lows:
~(flame suit on) The million dreams promotion. I really wish I wasn't as well informed as I am (thanks Dis!), because, I saw people everywhere with Dream fastpasses, dream Mickey ears,lanyards and dream shopping sprees- I kept thinking, maybe our turn willl come too!, but alas, it never did. Not even a free churro. I know envy is a sin- but it's hard when you keep seeing the prizes all over!
~The Disneyland hotel. Lets just say our wallpaper wasn't glowing in the dark. The room was run down, the walk was FAR at the end of the night (the monorail wasn't running!), there was no "food court" place to get cash and carry items....
~The weather- it was COLDER than I expected! Very chilly mornings and after 4:00pm. The kids always had their sweatshirts on thier waists- this also meant the pool was much colder and they spent most of the pool time in the hot tub.
~No Autopia! This wasn't listed as in rehab on the website during my planning- and was down our entire trip! My sons were VERY dissapointed.
Since I want to end on a positive note all I can say to anyone contemplating a DL trip is to DO IT! We are WDW people and I was worried about it being too small- but it was perfect! Everything is so easily accesible by walking and no dealing with trams, busses, etc, was a relief!