Tuesday 1st April.
Nothing important happened today
We were up and out to the parks by 9am ish and headed under the Disneyland hotel to enter the park. I received a lot of Happy birthdays in various languages ( including a German lady who shared the same date) due to an inconspicuous badge gifted to me by my "daughter".
First up was Phantom manor. The wait was only 5 minutes and it was really a walk on. Love this ride and it might be our favourite Haunted Disney house .
As it was still deathly quiet in park we headed back around again and re-rode all the way to the proposal again.
Our next ride was one we had never done in any of the parks . The Teacups. We spent the queue watching a young girl (about 2) desperately trying any option to escape from her parents. Even when the gaps in the bars were getting smaller it didn't stop her from trying to fit through. We enjoyed this ride and its on the list for next trip.
After our tea break we wandered over to the Agrabah section going past (and maybe through) Sir Mickeys. Just as I was taking a quick photo of the Cinderella fountain , who should come wandering around the corner than Ariel. She paused briefly so I could get a picture and then headed off to see how Sebastian was keeping.
The character interaction we had during this trip was amazing as we never queued for any meets but saw and spoke to quite a few as they seem to be more mobile than at WDW.
We did the Aladdin walkthrough and headed over to Main Street to Caseys as we hadn't eaten yet.
We both opted for a barbecue dog with caramelised onions and a Tropico drink to go. We were surprised by the "to go drink" as we were given a plastic beaker of drink rather than a disposable cup. We headed around the corner into Frontierland and found a pleasant bench in the sun to eat and watch the world mosey on by.
We did some more merchandise perusal after lunch before I headed over to hyperspace mountain for the solo rider line.
The wait was posted at 20m minutes for this but it felt longer. As with any single rider line it moves quicker when there are more odd number groups in the regular line.
I enjoyed the ride but man was it intense. It was definitely a one and done for the trip. I'm glad I did it but there is no way I could ride repeatedly . Whilst we were in the area we headed in to Startours and visited the wookie planet and defeated Boba Fett. Next up we went to watch Mickey's Phillharmagic. We both love this show and love the fact that the theatre "moves" with big effects. We were pleasantly surprised that the Coco addition had made it to this park . Unfortunately the water and other effects ( popping champagne bottles) either weren't working or aren't there . Neither is Donald crashing through the back of the theatre. None the less still a great show.
Taking the path behind cafe Hyperion into Fantasy land we were headed over to Pirates as the wait time wasn't too long. Taking a break along the way we saw another bunch of characters strolling past including Hook , The female Mice From Cinderella , Belle and Aladdin .
Eventually we got over to the other side of the park and the pirates ride. This version is fun and I may have got a little damp from a cannonball shot
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Pinocchio was a short wait so we hopped on to. this is a slightly disturbing ride that runs close to the original source with cigarettes and alcohol featuring quite heavily.
It was now time to get to our reserved area for the parade. This was the busiest we saw the parks anywhere and we were so glad we had got a less crowded space. The parade was fun and the floats really looked great.
We waited for the craziness to disperse before heading out of the park via the gift shops.
Starbucks may have made a nice end to the day and we picked up the you are here mugs we wanted.
It was a nice relaxed birthday and a great day overall.
