Okay, if you’d seen my post “I’m Going To Disneyland,” you’d know that this trip to DL was very spur of the moment. How spur of the moment? I was in bed at 10:00 p.m. exhausted from a hard week’s work, and as I laid there, I started thinking what I was going to do for the weekend. I decided to go to DL. So I hopped on the computer, booked a room across from the park, posted my post on wdwmagic, and then jumped in the car for the six hour drive from San Francisco to DL.
A word of caution, driving alone for six hours down I-5 in the middle of the night totally exhausted may not be the smartest thing in the world. There were a couple of times when I could have dozed right off the road. But for the first couple of hours, it was great because MKT was kind enough to call me and keep me company for a couple of hours. Nevermind that MKT was on EST and I’m three hours behind. Good guy!!
(I will now take this moment to announce that MKT is the ruler of the known universe, unexplored and unchartered dominions, and all her territories. Okay. Debt paid.)
Pulled up into the hotel at 6:30 a.m. totally exhausted after being up 24 hours straight but starting to get my second wind because I can see you know what across the street. Room was ready, thank you Lord!! And after I left my stuff in the room, crossed the street and walked through the gates to DL which was opening at 8:00.
I and a hundred others stormed the gates and proceeded to dash for Indiana, only to have them stop us due to the ride being down. Made a quick dash for HM and halfway there realized I’d forgotten to get a FP for IJA. Doh!! Got to HM and they were down as well. Really not feeling the Disney spirit at this point. Lukily, I was able to jump onto Splash Mountain and I was in the first car!! Whoo Hoo!!
As an aside, very dismayed to find that there was trash in the que areas for SM. The park had only been open 10 minutes and I was in the first group. Someone wasn’t doing their job. And they might as well call it Chewed Gum Mountain because I couldn’t believe the amount of chewed gum wads idiots had thrown all along the attraction. It was everywhere!! Stupid idiots may you rot in the seventh ring of hell!!
I was finally able to make it on to HM and I’d forgotten how much I LOVE this attraction. It’s definitely the best. Not as good as MK’s version, but I love it nevertheless. IJA was still down and so I decided to hop on Jungle Cruise. Had a great guide named Shaun who was very funny. It’s true that your guide makes all the difference
After the cruise I checked on IJA and was in luck. It was up and running. Took my chances and got into the standby line and waited only about twenty minutes. Not too bad. I made the decision to ride POTC to give my spine some time to recover from the turbulence of IJA. Ahh…nothing like relaxing on a dark ride with air conditioning. Thank you Willis Carrier for inventing air conditioning.
By this time my body was aching from the lack of sleep. My body needed sustenace and nourishment. So I made a beeline for the nearest churro cart. Mmmmm…..fried dough and cinammon sugar. Food of the gods. Now my stomach was really grumbling. I followed up my churro with popcorn. Watched the Teacups while eating my popcorn trying to decide what to do next.
By this time the park was definitely getting crowded and riding anything in Fantasyland was going to be out of the question. So I decided to have another churro. Mmm…..churro. Checked out Toontown and avoided the invitable runaway stroller. Crowds in this area weren’t too bad. By this time it was 11:00.
Got a call from the boyfriend asking me if I wanted to go see a movie. “Sorry, honey. I’m in Disneyland.” He didn’t believe me at first until he heard the music from IASW playing in the background. Then he believed me. Of course he thought I was crazy to take such a spur of the moment trip. Yup! I’m crazy.
After saying goodbye to the boyfriend, I realized that the park was now getting incredibly crowded. While deciding what to do next, I realized I should have another snack. Nope. Not another churro. This time I got a Mickey ice cream. I decided to head back to the hotel and try and catch some sleep and come back later in the evening. Made my way to Tommorrowland and checked out the land. Call me crazy but with Space Mountain closed, there wasn’t much to do. Except people watch as I ate a plate of pasta from Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port.
Okay, body was really crying out for sleep so I stumbled towards the exit to head home to the hotel. But not before I stopped by the bakery to grab a Mickey rice crispy. In case you’re wondering why I was eating so much crap, I gave up carbs for Lent and kinda continued past that. So when I got to DL, I went kinda crazy. To say the least.
Finally made it to the hotel room and crawled into bed at noon for some much needed sleep before heading to the park for the evening.
Tune in for part II. What’s my review of DCA? What was the most annoying part of the trip? Will Gordon eat another churro? Tune in and see.
A word of caution, driving alone for six hours down I-5 in the middle of the night totally exhausted may not be the smartest thing in the world. There were a couple of times when I could have dozed right off the road. But for the first couple of hours, it was great because MKT was kind enough to call me and keep me company for a couple of hours. Nevermind that MKT was on EST and I’m three hours behind. Good guy!!
(I will now take this moment to announce that MKT is the ruler of the known universe, unexplored and unchartered dominions, and all her territories. Okay. Debt paid.)
Pulled up into the hotel at 6:30 a.m. totally exhausted after being up 24 hours straight but starting to get my second wind because I can see you know what across the street. Room was ready, thank you Lord!! And after I left my stuff in the room, crossed the street and walked through the gates to DL which was opening at 8:00.
I and a hundred others stormed the gates and proceeded to dash for Indiana, only to have them stop us due to the ride being down. Made a quick dash for HM and halfway there realized I’d forgotten to get a FP for IJA. Doh!! Got to HM and they were down as well. Really not feeling the Disney spirit at this point. Lukily, I was able to jump onto Splash Mountain and I was in the first car!! Whoo Hoo!!
As an aside, very dismayed to find that there was trash in the que areas for SM. The park had only been open 10 minutes and I was in the first group. Someone wasn’t doing their job. And they might as well call it Chewed Gum Mountain because I couldn’t believe the amount of chewed gum wads idiots had thrown all along the attraction. It was everywhere!! Stupid idiots may you rot in the seventh ring of hell!!
I was finally able to make it on to HM and I’d forgotten how much I LOVE this attraction. It’s definitely the best. Not as good as MK’s version, but I love it nevertheless. IJA was still down and so I decided to hop on Jungle Cruise. Had a great guide named Shaun who was very funny. It’s true that your guide makes all the difference
After the cruise I checked on IJA and was in luck. It was up and running. Took my chances and got into the standby line and waited only about twenty minutes. Not too bad. I made the decision to ride POTC to give my spine some time to recover from the turbulence of IJA. Ahh…nothing like relaxing on a dark ride with air conditioning. Thank you Willis Carrier for inventing air conditioning.
By this time my body was aching from the lack of sleep. My body needed sustenace and nourishment. So I made a beeline for the nearest churro cart. Mmmmm…..fried dough and cinammon sugar. Food of the gods. Now my stomach was really grumbling. I followed up my churro with popcorn. Watched the Teacups while eating my popcorn trying to decide what to do next.
By this time the park was definitely getting crowded and riding anything in Fantasyland was going to be out of the question. So I decided to have another churro. Mmm…..churro. Checked out Toontown and avoided the invitable runaway stroller. Crowds in this area weren’t too bad. By this time it was 11:00.
Got a call from the boyfriend asking me if I wanted to go see a movie. “Sorry, honey. I’m in Disneyland.” He didn’t believe me at first until he heard the music from IASW playing in the background. Then he believed me. Of course he thought I was crazy to take such a spur of the moment trip. Yup! I’m crazy.
After saying goodbye to the boyfriend, I realized that the park was now getting incredibly crowded. While deciding what to do next, I realized I should have another snack. Nope. Not another churro. This time I got a Mickey ice cream. I decided to head back to the hotel and try and catch some sleep and come back later in the evening. Made my way to Tommorrowland and checked out the land. Call me crazy but with Space Mountain closed, there wasn’t much to do. Except people watch as I ate a plate of pasta from Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port.
Okay, body was really crying out for sleep so I stumbled towards the exit to head home to the hotel. But not before I stopped by the bakery to grab a Mickey rice crispy. In case you’re wondering why I was eating so much crap, I gave up carbs for Lent and kinda continued past that. So when I got to DL, I went kinda crazy. To say the least.
Finally made it to the hotel room and crawled into bed at noon for some much needed sleep before heading to the park for the evening.
Tune in for part II. What’s my review of DCA? What was the most annoying part of the trip? Will Gordon eat another churro? Tune in and see.
such humble words from such a "modest" man.