It was Jeanette’s birthday, so I took her to Disneyland Resort. Just the two of us. It rained on the the way there and all through the night, but it had stopped by the time the park opened at 8 am. It was overcast most of the morning and then the sun broke through and it was a beautiful afternoon.
We really enjoy walking around Disneyland and California Adventure just watching people and deciding which rides we want to go on. I love the fast, slightly dangerous rides and Jeanette likes the slower ones. I was surprised when she said she’d go on the Astro Orbitor (the rockets that go around similar to Dumbo). She said she was dizzy afterward, but she seemed to recover quickly. We were going to ride It’s A Small World except it was closed. I guess it was because of impending rain. We did go on Buzz Lightyear and the first time, she beat me, but I won the second time.
Having never ridden the Trolley from The Castle to the entrance, we thought it might be fun. It was,until a woman got on that should have had the whole bench to herself. Almost sent me into the street. Then as we were traveling down Main St. the horse decided it was time to poop. Wow that was a sight.
At California Adventure we noticed work being done to change the entire entrance into what Walt saw when he got off the train when he first arrived in Los Angeles. It is going to be really neat. It will give the young people a look at what life was like in an slower time and us old folks a bit of nostalgia. They are putting in a train system like the old Red Cars as they were in the 1920′s and that I remember riding in the 1940′s versions. What memories. One of the coolest things is they are building CARS LAND taking up part of BUGS LAND and the south parking lot. I can’t wait. It is supposed to open in 2012, so I guess I’ll have to wait. Maybe it will open at the same time “CARS2″ the movie is released.
There is going to be a LITTLE MERMAID ride across from the WORLD OF COLOR. We had Fast Passes for World of Color, but when we saw that it was standing only, we passed. Too much for our feet at the end of the day. Hope to see it live someday.
If you have 27 minutes to spare and would like to see a video of World Of Color, click here.
I have to mention The Tower of Terror…we both love that one. And I had to ride California Screamin’ another one I love and can’t get Jeanette to ride. One trip a few years ago, our grand-daughter Tashina and I rode Screamin’ at least 17 times in a row on a slow night…may be a record. During our stay, we did the Toy Story ride and Jeanette won the first one and I won the second.
Our trip to Disneyland is never complete without at least one show of Billy Hill and the Hillbillies at the Golden Horseshoe. Love those guys even though their shows are about 10 or 15 minutes shorter than they used to be. Still the can’t miss event for us. This is a photo of Billy Hill and three of the Hillbillies with our grandson Grayson. Billy (Kurt Wall with the guitar) has a daughter named Grace and made a funny remark about him calling her Gracedaughter. Hope she doesn’t read this.
