We woke up at
6:30 am to get ready. I was proud of myself. It was weird walking out to dusk
because we’ve been leaving when the sun is high up in the sky, burning us away.
When we arrived in Anaheim, it took us about an hour to get there, which was
odd because I remember it taking about two. But I wasn’t complaining! The great
start of my day was when I received my Disneyland pass for $70, $22 cheaper
than the original price. Score!
Asian Girl: Have you guys already bought your tickets yet?
Panda: Um, no.
Asian Girl: Oh, well I have this pass and I can’t use it. I
want to sell it since my boyfriend couldn’t come. I promise that it works! I’ll
even come inside with you guys just to prove it!
Asian: Well, I only have $70 in cash.
Asian Girl: I’ll take it. I can come with you guys just
prove it works?
Asian: It’s fine. I see that expires today. I can take your
word for it.
So I pretty much
took a leap of faith with this girl. But I’m glad that I did. I paid a cheaper
entry fee that was valid as a PARK HOPPER! Which meant I saved like $67. I was
a happy camper indeed. Then we entered Disneyland half an hour early; the lines
were getting long.
Throughout the
day, we went on rides, saw shows and was just entertained. We made all but three
rides, only because I thought it was closing at its usual time; midnight.
Because it was Labor Day weekend, the park closed one hour earlier. Now, there
were some rides that just didn’t seem fitting for the land we were in;
Fantasyland.
Roger Rabbit
The ride itself
was a very entertaining ride. I actually wasn’t freaked out by it. Panda told
me about how she was troubled by this ride when she was younger and I couldn’t
understand why. Then we got to these two very large, clown cutouts the hovered
over us.
Asian: See, this ride isn’t so bad?
Clowns
Asian: Mm, that was questionable…
Other than that,
it wasn’t all too bad. This was definitely a good ride to end the Toon
Town/Fantasyland adventure.
Mr. Toad’s Wild Adventure
This was only a
two person ride. So everything was fine. At least, so you think! Like Snow
White, you thought everything was just peachy. I thought that we had made it to
the end of the ride when the Judge is sentencing someone. NOPE. Instead, we
entered hell.
Asian: Well that was a nice ride!
Panda: Yeah. It wasn’t as ba–
The doors opened to
what we thought was the end; Hell
Asian: What is this?! Why is there a devil in front of us?!
………
Asian: Where are we?!
………
Asian: I thought this ride was over?!
………
Asian: no! No! NO!
Needless to say,
this ride was scary, but I don’t think as bad as Snow White.
Snow White
The first ride we
went on was Snow White’s Adventure. We made it to the end of the line and these
two girls in front of us wanted to sit in the front, but had to sit in the
back.
Girl 1: I want to sit in front.
Girl 2: Yeah, me too.
Girl 1: Do you guys want to go in front of us?
I immediately
responded with
Asian: Nope.
Not the answer
they were looking for. They weren’t young enough for me to allow them the
pleasure of sitting up front (teens). But why any sane parent would allow their
child to sit in the front of this rode would be beyond me.
As we got on,
they just went ahead and didn’t seat anyone behind us. It was both a good and
bad thing. Bad because there was no one there to experience what we
experienced, good because they didn’t experience what would have happened in
front of them; us, particularly me. Everything was all Honky Dory until we got
to when Snow White’s Stepmother changed into the haggard woman. Everything went
dark, the trees had horrifying expressions, it felt like they could reach out
to you and there was one point when the holographic image of the witch was in
your face.
Asian: OMG!!!! What is going on?!
………
Asian: What is this?!
………
Asian: Why is this so terrifying?!
………
Asian: AHHHH!!!!!!
………
Asian: THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN’S RIDE!!!!!!!
Another highlight of the day was when we went "canoeing". Now, it's been awhile since I've rowed, but I'm not that bad. I don't know what happened, but Panda and I were stuck behind two children, toddlers I suppose I should say. We had made it our goal not to get wet; that didn't happen. The children, just kept splashing water on us and somehow, the girl behind me splashed the guide in front of me. Now, I wouldn't blame it on the children. In actuality, it was the mother who splashed all three of us. She was "helping" her kids, but was instead splashing us. He literally showed everybody how to handle the paddle and stroke. She obviously was not paying attention.
Other than that, I had a very enjoyable time with Panda in the burning, sweaty 100 degree weather that Disneyland had present us. Seriously, sweat running down my back. On top of which, I had people greeting me happy birthday AND one of the employees remembered me. Mostly because I had the birthday button, TBA Shirt, and adorable hat. But we can also say that it was my dashing good looks as well.
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| I had to shrink |
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| Man or Woman? |
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| On point recreation |
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| Soaking wet; half of my body! |
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| "My Prince" Why yes, yes I am |
I love Disneyland yet agree that some rides are just too scary! I HATE waiting through the tunnels of Roger Rabbit -- too clautrophobic! My favorite 'Zen' ride is the Stroybook Canal....
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