Fantasmic!329's DL/DCA Trip Report

Fantasmic!329

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Original Poster
Enjoy!
(FYI- If I say 'we' it means my mom and I on both Thursdays, and 'we' means my my mom, my sister-in-law, my brother, and I on Friday.)
Thursday, August 18, 2005:
Our driver picked us up at 6 AM and we drove to EWR. Thank goodness for on-line check in, because the ticket counter lines were crazy. Curbside baggage is very helpful too! We boarded the plane at about 8:45 AM EST, and arrived at 11:41 AM PST.
After picking up checked bags, we got on the Super Shuttle and they drove us to the Desert Inn. The room wasn't ready yet, so we went next door to Denny's for lunch. (It was the most disgusting Denny's I ever ate in.)
We went back to the hotel, checked-in, and crossed the street to DCA. Our very first stop there was the ticket booth to redeem our S. Californian City Passes for actual DLR tickets.
From there, we went into the park, and our first stop was to pick up a Soarin' FP.
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After picking up the FP, we went to Golden Dreams, a wonderful movie about the different immigrants that have come to California over the years.
Next up was two rides on Orange Stinger. The Sun Wheel was after that.
Soarin' is my new favorite ride! You can probably guess that it was next.
One of my favorites was next, MuppetVision 3D! Next to the Muppets, construction is well underway for the new Monsters Inc. ride, replacing Superstar Limo.
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Block Party Bash was viewed by walking past- really not all that it is cracked up to be.
The 6:00 PM show of Aladdin was wonderful.
Next up was "Turtle Talk with Crush"- hadn't seen it in TLS, and don't think we'll bother next time we're in WDW.
Does anyone else notice the typo on this sign?
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We had dinner at Pizza Oom Mow Mow, and watched "Disney's Electrical Parade" from there.
After dinner and the parade, we went on Mullholland Madness. Even Primeval Whirl is better than this one.
Our final two rides were both at Soarin'. Gotta love section B2!
Did some shopping in "Greetings from California!" and went back to the hotel.
 

Fantasmic!329

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Friday, August 19, 2005:
We woke up early, and we (my mom and I) checked out of the Desert Inn, and my brother and sister-in-law picked us up, and we drove to DL.
We got them their 1-Day Park Hopper Pass (although we didn't hop) and went into DL.
Here's a nice Castle pic. for you.:
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1. Indiana Jones - worst ride I ever went on, I'm not a Dinosaur fan, but Dinosaur is better than Indy. (Sorry Jay.)
2. Jungle Cruise
3. PotC
4. HM
5. Winnie the Pooh
6. Tikki Room (in all of its original glory, no Zazu and Iago bologna)
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7. BTMRR
8. SplM (FPed it)
Lunch at Club Buzz
9. Matterhorn
10. Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster
11. Star Tours - my mom and I aren't too good with those types, so we sat out
12. Omnibus around MSUSA
13. Parade of Dreams (watched near IASW)
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14. IASW
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15. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - not too crazy about it
16. Pinnochio's Daring Journey - too short for too long of a queue
17. Peter Pan's Flight
18. Snow White
19. Disneyland Railroad (from FL & MTT all the way around once, and then exiting on MSUSA)
Walked to DTD for dinner at Tortilla Jo's.
20. Monorail back to DL.
21. FPed SpaM.
Drove back to my brother and sister-in-law's house in Laguna Hills.
Part 3 - COMING SOON
 

BRER STITCH

Well-Known Member
Fantasmic!329 said:
Does anyone else notice the typo on this sign?

I see even the West Coast is not immune to the dreaded apostrophe fever!
(THE ONLY CURE IS MORE COWBELL!!!)

:lol:

Great trip report!
We're heading to DL next weekend! CAN'T WAIT!!!

:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:
 

stranger

New Member
From the pictures and seeing the size of the crowds, you manage to do a lot!

Curious, what was it about Indiana Jones you didn't like?

Can't wait to read rest of the report and thanks for posting pictures! :wave:
 

Fantasmic!329

Active Member
Original Poster
Sorry it has taken me soooo long to finish this.
Friday, August 25, 2005
Here is just a brief description of what we did:
1. Went to DL bright and early and rode MTWR, Alice, and KAC.
2. MSUSA Bakery and got Nequik and a choc. chip cookie. :slurp:
3. Over to DCA, and did Soarin' 4 times, GRR once, and Aladdin.
4. Went to the gigantic Disney store (name escapes me) in DTD and took a long time to shop.
5. Back to DL and did Roger Rabbit (awful ride, truly awful; and the queue is VERY decieving, you think you are just gonna hop on, but instead, you twist and turn through very claustophic hallways); saw RDCT, and Fantasmic!

Had a wonderful trip to the DLR.
 

stranger

New Member
Thank you! The queue in Roger Rabbit is pretty cool to look at, but if you’re stuck in line in there, yes, you do get a sense of claustrophobia! On busy days, I never ride that attraction, but I do like it!
 

Connor002

Active Member
stranger said:
If you can make it here by tomorrow morning, I'll be more than happy to take you! :D

Hmmm... an hr. to get to the airport.
2hrs. to get through security get tickets, etc.
6 hrs. to get to Cali

Let's see that's nine hours, that would mean I might be able to make it there by six...

Wait, if the plane was traveling West, would that me I would arrive in Cali about the same time as when I left. So I could get there tonight...
But then what happened to all that time in the air...

Great Heavens Above Batman, I think I just found a way to travel through time!:drevil:
 

stranger

New Member
Connor002 said:
Hmmm... an hr. to get to the airport.
2hrs. to get through security get tickets, etc.
6 hrs. to get to Cali

Let's see that's nine hours, that would mean I might be able to make it there by six...

Wait, if the plane was traveling West, would that me I would arrive in Cali about the same time as when I left. So I could get there tonight...
But then what happened to all that time in the air...

Great Heavens Above Batman, I think I just found a way to travel through time!:drevil:


I end up losing time if I were to visit you. :p
 

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