{"id":1850,"date":"2013-06-26T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2013-06-26T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:26:14","slug":"disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2013\/06\/26\/disneyland\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Entrance<\/a>
Entrance to Disneyland resort as you walk across Harbor Blvd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a short interlude in our vacation for me to attend a work meeting, we continued to Anaheim, CA, for a couple days at the Disneyland resort. \u00a0While Walt didn’t like the hotels, t-shirt shops, and other commercialization that built up around Disneyland (which is why he purchased so much land in Florida), a nice aspect of Disneyland is the ability to stay in a hotel right across the street from the parks and walk. \u00a0You can walk from our hotel to Sleeping Beauty Castle in about 10 minutes, depending on the number of people waiting to get through the turnstiles.<\/p>\n

\"Entrance<\/a>
Entrance to California Adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first day we spent the morning and a little of the afternoon at Disney’s California Adventure park. \u00a0While this park has a few interesting rides, it just doesn’t seem “Disney.” \u00a0The whole Paradise Pier area seems more “Three Flags” than Disney. \u00a0We really enjoyed the Toy Story attraction (hitting it five times), which is like the one at Disney Studios in Florida. \u00a0We also enjoyed the Grizzly River Rapids raft ride. \u00a0New since our last visit to Disneyland was the Cars Land, themed on the Cars movies. \u00a0The Radiator Springs Racers ride combined aspects of Test Track (Epcot) and Splash Mountain (all the Magic Kingdoms). \u00a0I thought it was a little short for the amount of time spent waiting. \u00a0Disney seems to be spending a lot of time developing splashy rides that are too short and are not “people eaters.”<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking at Paradise Pier at California Adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Radiator<\/a>
Radiator Springs in Cars Land at California Adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then we went over the the Magic Kingdom for the rest of the day. \u00a0We had intended to just hit a few rides this first partial day, knowing that we had a whole day the next day.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Matterhorn Ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We beelined for The Matterhorn. \u00a0This has always been a favorite of mine, being one of the many rides at Disneyland not found at Disney World. \u00a0It was closed during our last visit.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>
Two handsome fellows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next day we went to The Magic Kingdom as the park opened, heading straight for Fantasy Land to hit all those rides before the crowds got bad. \u00a0We also had a chance to see all the new parades and many of the new shows. \u00a0We stayed late for the fireworks. \u00a0Sam really wanted to go on Splash Mountain, which was closed all day. \u00a0It opened about 2130, and after a 20 minute wait we were finally able to go on this ride. \u00a0We finished just in time to watch most of the Fantasmic water, light, and fireworks show and then hit a few more rides before the park closed.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>
Tom and Sam enjoying short movies at the penny arcade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The third day we spent just a couple of hours in the parks before beginning our death drive to Utah through the Mojave Desert. \u00a0We took this time for a little last-minute souvenier shopping and to hit the Toy Story and Indiana Jones (another Disneyland exclusive, deemed “awesome” by Sam) rides before bidding a sad farewell to the “happiest place on earth.”<\/p>\n

\"Waiting<\/a>
Waiting for the Mad Tea Party to begin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One last note. \u00a0The last time we visited Disneyland and sat through Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln<\/em> we were sorely disappointed. \u00a0They had modified the show — not for the better. \u00a0In fact, I wrote a letter to the company, entitled “Cheap Technology Tricks at the Expense of Mr. Lincoln.” \u00a0Great news! \u00a0They have gone back to the original show and added the most advanced animatronic figure to date. \u00a0The show was terrific, and Mr. Lincoln’s words about the nation only being defeated from within, not from external enemies, is a poignant and timely today as they were when he first uttered them. \u00a0I wish our national “representatives” could watch this attraction and take his words to heart.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>
Two handsome fellows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After a short interlude in our vacation for me to attend a work meeting, we continued to Anaheim, CA, for a couple days at the Disneyland resort. \u00a0While Walt didn’t like the hotels, t-shirt shops, and other commercialization that built up around Disneyland (which is why he purchased so much land in Florida), a nice … Continue reading Disneyland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}