Trip Report The Summer Adventure Continues....Our Live Disneyland Report Begins!

The morning we leave for Disneyland has come. We have spent the last six days in Arizona visiting my brother-in-law and doing some site-seeing. We spent some time in Phoenix where we visited our first water park,


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Cave Creek,


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Flagstaff,

and the Grand Canyon!!!!!


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The Grand Canyon Elk


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Can't think of a more beautiful spot I've been to. Amazing!!


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[HouCuseChickie]

We listened to the soundtrack from Phoenix to Flagstaff, from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon, and the Grand Canyon to DL!

Dear Lord ... that's torture!!! I think I'm going to lose it if I have to hear Falling For Ya over the next few days. My luck, they'll play it as a short at the next commercial break.

 

[coachwnh]

I forgot to also tell you, Catal (restaurant in Downtown Disney) is offering 25% off for annual passholders this month. I didn't know if you had plans on eating at Catal or not, but I just wanted to let you know.

We will check it out!

 

[Todd L]

They had two kids about 5 years old that were literally running across a long booth seat (much longer than a normal booth. it extended along the entire wall). Between the races they were running and the constant grabbing at and the shoving things in the faces of the characters, it was awful.

Awful.id die of embarassment if my kids Ever acted like that ...especially in public at everyones else's expense.

 

[Jessica Meier]

Yep, that's one of the things I LOVE so much about this country!
The closest I'd ever been east was when we lived in Huntsville, Al. for 18 months from 66 'til we moved to SJ, Cali. Dad was at the Redstone Arsenal-Marshall Space Flight Center.
The first time I ever went east was in 81' when a buddy from HS down here that was originally from the east moved back east after our sophomore year and came back down here to go to The University of Texas after HS.
He and a bunch of his buddies had a house on the Jersey shore for 2 weeks. And, believe it or not, it was at Seaside Heights, of all places...! The shore wasn't all that different than the craziness I had experienced anywhere on the Texas coast, actually, but Philly and NYC were like I was in a different country...! I lOVE this crazy country...!!!!!

I am in Huntsville, AL and you would not believe the difference here. We moved here in '82 with Boeing for my Dad's work. 31 years later and it is still home and amazing place to live.

 

[mcstensrud]

Did you make reservations for all your meals?
I only have done WOC and was planning on doing Fantasmic Desert priority seating at 30 days.
I feel like I should plan more?

 

[coachwnh]

Awful.id die of embarassment if my kids Ever acted like that ...especially in public at everyones else's expense.

Did you make reservations for all your meals?
I only have done WOC and was planning on doing Fantasmic Desert priority seating at 30 days.
I feel like I should plan more?

We did ADRs for all of them.

we did the fantastic dessert party last year. Not worth the money. View was good though. and I think the DL fantasmic is better then WDW for what it's worth

 

[coachwnh]

Awful.id die of embarassment if my kids Ever acted like that ...especially in public at everyones else's expense.

Parents were no better!!!!

 

[coachwnh]

Sat outside at Tortilla Jo's. very good!

 

[coachwnh]

Going to catch the monorail from DTD to DL

 

[coachwnh]

So I guess people just ride the monorail in DL to ride it? Taking three monorails to get on and the line isn't long

 

[Californian Elitist]

So I guess people just ride the monorail in DL to ride it? Taking three monorails to get on and the line isn't long

Yeah, the Monorail is considered a ride at DL.

 

[donaldtoo]

First up is Matterhorn

Still loved it as much in '10 as I did when I first rode it as a kiddo in '68!

 

[coachwnh]

Checking out the passholder only event in innoventions

 

[donaldtoo]

Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

Went to do it, but had to pass. The wait was 90-ish mins....

 

[donaldtoo]

Oops

No problem, just bein' silly I was...! Pretty sure speelchech misspells A LOT more words for people than people do...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

DL space mountain is the winner over WDW!

Same here! I liked the ride vehicles better, and although the ride was just as crazy, it seemed much smoother...!!!

 

[coachwnh]

No problem, just bein' silly I was...! Pretty sure speelchech misspells A LOT more words for people than people do...!!!

LOL

 

[coachwnh]

Same here! I liked the ride vehicles better, and although the ride was just as crazy, it seemed much smoother...!!!

Agree.

 

[coachwnh]

Waiting for ironman tech

 

[donaldtoo]

It's broke .

OH MY!!!
When we went to do it they told us it was gonna' be down for the rest of the day. A downer, alright.
That was DEFINITELY one of the "E's" we were lookin' forward to...
Next time...!