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- Apr 7, 2013
After spending some time in Bug’s Land Victoria wanted to do Monster’s Inc, so we decided to head over to the North side of Hollywood Land. I don’t think we have EVER had to wait in the outside queue, and barely ever had a wait even in the inside queue, but when we rolled up a few minutes before two, we were going to be spending some time outside.
A LOOONG for Monster’s Inc. twenty-seven minutes later, we were off and headed towards Buena Vista Street and the shops. On the way, I spied the AP buckets they were selling at the Popcorn cart outside of Elias and Co. For those who don’t know, you buy these for $15 (including popcorn), and you get $1 refills all summer (you have to show your AP every time, which is a little bit of a pain). In Elias and Co, we did some heavy shopping, which thankfully my Premium AP took the sting off of. I got a few shirts the girls got some baby plushes. On our way out, we saw Mickey and jumped in line for some pics..
I had wanted to swing over to Humphrey’s Service and Supplies over at the Airfield to see if they had any of the coffee cups with the Bearpaw Basin Smokejumpers logo on it which I had seen in Smokejumper’s Grill. On the way I took the time to admire the pull-out tray with the camping gear in the Rambler Wagon. The wagon had always been closed prior, so I don’t know if that is a new addition, but it sure let you see the absolutely GREAT accoutrement which makes Disney theming second to none.
Sadly, they must have been fabricated solely for the restaurant because they didn’t have anything of the sort.
Since we were in the neighborhood, I wanted to swing through the Grand and see if they had any new Grand Californian Swag in the gift shop. Unfortunately, I had all the GCH swag/clothing they were offering already. In hind-sight, I wish I would have picked up a second Grand Tile to frame out the other side of my Grand Display which has one of the framed prints you find in the room flanked by one of the tiles.
One thing I noticed when entering into the Grand was the DCA entrance hand metal detectors set up and they were sending everybody through them. That is going to SUCK on a daily basis. I’m not a fan of this approach for security at DLR and it really doesn’t stop anything, just inconveniences everybody.
A LOOONG for Monster’s Inc. twenty-seven minutes later, we were off and headed towards Buena Vista Street and the shops. On the way, I spied the AP buckets they were selling at the Popcorn cart outside of Elias and Co. For those who don’t know, you buy these for $15 (including popcorn), and you get $1 refills all summer (you have to show your AP every time, which is a little bit of a pain). In Elias and Co, we did some heavy shopping, which thankfully my Premium AP took the sting off of. I got a few shirts the girls got some baby plushes. On our way out, we saw Mickey and jumped in line for some pics..
I had wanted to swing over to Humphrey’s Service and Supplies over at the Airfield to see if they had any of the coffee cups with the Bearpaw Basin Smokejumpers logo on it which I had seen in Smokejumper’s Grill. On the way I took the time to admire the pull-out tray with the camping gear in the Rambler Wagon. The wagon had always been closed prior, so I don’t know if that is a new addition, but it sure let you see the absolutely GREAT accoutrement which makes Disney theming second to none.
Sadly, they must have been fabricated solely for the restaurant because they didn’t have anything of the sort.
Since we were in the neighborhood, I wanted to swing through the Grand and see if they had any new Grand Californian Swag in the gift shop. Unfortunately, I had all the GCH swag/clothing they were offering already. In hind-sight, I wish I would have picked up a second Grand Tile to frame out the other side of my Grand Display which has one of the framed prints you find in the room flanked by one of the tiles.
One thing I noticed when entering into the Grand was the DCA entrance hand metal detectors set up and they were sending everybody through them. That is going to SUCK on a daily basis. I’m not a fan of this approach for security at DLR and it really doesn’t stop anything, just inconveniences everybody.
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