Second All in One Disneyland TR Thread - Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: Breakout Review 5/30-6/2

[ACDSNY]

Darn your pics reminded me I need to figure out what we're doing about F. Hopefully I can get something set up for May 17th.

 

[franandaj]

I missed a lot of updates from the time Fran fell to now that I am finally getting time on the boards again. All the Frozen stuff looks kind of neat, I'm going to end up probably missing out on that.

Nice pictures on the dark rides. I didn't know that they had started a F! dining package. Interesting. Hopefully I'll be here a bit more often. Nice to hear of your plans for WDW, I'll be on a cruise that same day.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Another great set of pictures, Bret.

You got on the spinning cups with DD4???? You are soooo going on those swinging gondolas with me next time!!!!!
Love the pictures at BB. Especially the food porn! I think I might consider hitting BB next time if there are F! FP to be gotten.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the view of F! turns out.

Thank you PiO.

I don't know how DD4 got me to go on the Tea Cups that day. I was about to say no and not even a bribe or sad tears would got me on. But at least she didn't spin the cup. Maybe or maybe not.

BB is a nice place to eat. It is very expensive especially with the Fantasmic! dining package as well. It will be interesting to see if DL will do the F! dining package during the busy summertime but we'll just wait and see.

Darn your pics reminded me I need to figure out what we're doing about F. Hopefully I can get something set up for May 17th.

Hopefully you will be able to do the F! dining packages. There are four ways to get FP for the show without getting the FP's at the backside of Frontierland. I read and thought carefully of what package to do and it made sense to do the BB where it is quite a lot of money but you do get the seat cushion along with the best viewing spot. It was worth paying another $15 more over the River Belle Terrace dining package.

I missed a lot of updates from the time Fran fell to now that I am finally getting time on the boards again. All the Frozen stuff looks kind of neat, I'm going to end up probably missing out on that.

Nice pictures on the dark rides. I didn't know that they had started a F! dining package. Interesting. Hopefully I'll be here a bit more often. Nice to hear of your plans for WDW, I'll be on a cruise that same day.

Nice to see you Alison. Hopefully Fran gets better. The Frozen Fun event is nice especially during the off season until we get closer to the 60th anniversary.

Thank you. Some of the dark ride photos can be a little better. But overall they are nice. I know that you enjoy eating at Cafe Orleans and you should eat there one day. The F! dining package was well worth the extra money for dinner with the seat cushion and viewing spot.

It is nice to go back to WDW and experience the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando. I will have to try the Disney Cruise Line one day.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 2 – March 9th, 2015 – Part 6

Cruising with the Little People and Finding a Spot for Fantasmic! that Night.​

After having dinner at the Blue Bayou and getting FastPasses for the 9pm Fantasmic! show, we moved on to go on more rides that night until we have to get back to New Orleans Square to get in the FP line. This was going to be very interesting to go in the FP queue to see F! since I am so used to staking out spots for the show in the past. Now that Disney made F! a FP show just like World of Color at DCA, it depends on how long are we willing to wait in the line to get a spot. Luckily since we ate at the BB that night, we will be able to get the best spot to see the show even with the ECV’s that DAW and DML are using.

Passing by Big Thunder Ranch on the backside of Frontierland.


Before we head on over to ride that night, we stopped at the Mad Hatter store in Fantasyland in order to get some new ears that night. We bought the new Glow with the Show Minnie ears for DD4. I have been a fan of the Glow with the Show ears since it made its debut in the summer of 2012. Now, there are three news items to go along with the Sorcerer Mickey Wand, Minnie Bow Ears and Gloves. I have the ears and wand and now DD4 has the bow. She looked really cute with the bow on that I forgot to get a picture of her with it.

When we finished at the Mad Hatter store, we started to head on over to It’s a Small World. DD4 and DML are big fans of IASW. They remember It’s a Small World Holiday during the trip back in January 2013 and wanted to see the original version. Luckily the wait time was less than 5 minutes that night and it made sense to go on it with little wait time. We still had time until we head on back to NOS.

IASW façade was still under refurbishment to get needed paint.


It didn’t took too long when we boarded IASW that night. DD4 was so excited to ride it along with DML.

DD4 and DML were so happy to ride the original IASW. When I asked them if they like the original or the holiday version and they told me that it was the original version since they were able to ride the original. I still like the holiday version over the original version anytime.

After riding IASW, it was now time to head on over back to NOS to get in the queue for the viewing area. It was around 8pm when we got off IASW and I planned to make sure that we got there plenty of time in order to get a good spot.

We walked on over to the Hub instead of going back towards the backside of Frontierland since we knew that a lot of the guests that are watching F! will be lining up around that area. It was so nice to see SB Castle without the tarps during the trip in which it was all painted really nicely.


When we went through the Hub, we went towards Adventureland instead of heading on over to Frontierland. When we went through Adventureland and over to NOS, the whole area to get in the viewing area was a mess. I never imagine what it would like to have a FP viewing specific area for F! and now that I have seen it in person, it can be very tricky. There were people around us asking the CM’s where they are supposed to go for the viewing area of what FP color they have. For us, we were told to go to the Harbour Galley right next to the area where you enter Critter Country by Splash Mountain.

It was busy to get on over to the BB/RBT queue that night.


When we got close to the Harbour Galley, there was already a long line. I was surprised that when we got there around 8:15pm that we would be close. DAW originally thought and asked if this is all for the BB. But actually it was for both the BB and RBT. So at least when we are escorted to the viewing area, there will be a stop area for the RBT FP holders and BB FP holders.


The line went close towards the entrance to Haunted Mansion.




Around 8:30pm, the queue for both BB and RBT was going and when we were passing by, most of the guests with the regular FP’s are already in the viewing areas. I never imagined that the sides would be all filled up before the center spot. If I ever do F! again in the near future, I am thinking of trying out the regular FP areas. But after seeing where the regular FP areas are, I might have to reconsider.


While we were moving closer to our area, the first stop was the RBT viewing area. The CM’s asked us to show what FP’s we have from BB or RBT. When we showed them the BB, we were told to keep walking up while the people with the RBT FP are to come in that area. The FBT viewing area is on the left hand side of the BB viewing area. The RBT viewing area is where I watch F! all the time when I stake out a spot for the 1st show.


When we got to our spot for F! that night, we were able to get the backside rope off area which was great since we had two ECV’s with us that night. If there wasn’t any rope off area available, we might have to be moved into another area since we had the ECV’s.

As always, I brought my blanket to stake out the spot and good thing since we can sit on the ground along with the F! cushions that we got as well from dining at the BB.

DD4 and DAW are all relaxing until it was time for F! that night. We had our Glow with the Show items ready for F! that night.


DD4 and DML with the Glow with the Show bow and ears.


Just a few minutes until the show, the whole area was all filled up that night.


There were a few spots left in the BB area


We had a dead center spot to watch F! that night which it has been a long time since I was able to watch F! close to the center. I mostly like the sides when I watch F! especially on the left hand side but it was nice to watch the show in the center especially with DML and DD4. This is there first time seeing F! since they didn’t see it the last time since it was down for refurbishment.

I warned DD4 that it can be a little scary but she was ready for the show. After seeing her cry during Anna & Elsa M&G, I was wondering if she can take it or not during the evil villains scenes. But we’ll just wait and see how she responds.

That is it for this post and continue on over to Fantasmic!.

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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 2 – March 9th, 2015 – Part 7

9pm Fantasmic! Show​

When we got our spot to watch the 9pm Fantasmic! show, it was time for the show. We were all excited to see F! that night that DML was getting even more excited.

I have seen F! at least over 30 times in my life and it is one of my all-time favorite shows at DL. But lately, I haven’t seen it a lot like the fireworks or WoC but it was nice to see it during the trip especially with DML and DD4 first time seeing it.

I used my Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens that night without using the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 since I wanted to get some more closer shots. It was difficult to take shots with that lens that night since I couldn’t get up close shots of the characters like with a telephoto/zoom lens.







I also noticed that King Louie and his monkey barge was not out during the show. There are three barges with them and one of them weren’t out there.






The Columbia now made its appearance scene during the Peter Pan scene.






Now was the princess scene. I also saw that the Little Mermaid float wasn’t out there as well.




Evil Queen


Mickey versus Maleficent


Murphy made it’s appearance








The main finale was the Mark Twain with all the different Disney characters.














After the show was over, DD4 and DML were so amazed by the show that it was well worth eating at the BB that night and getting the prime spots to see F!. I asked if they wanted to see it again if they ever do come back and they said yes easily.

Now that F! is over, we had a little bit more time until DL closed at 10pm that night. So we head on over to our next activity that night.

Stay tune for what we have done after Fantasmic! that night.

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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 2 – March 9th, 2015 – Part 8

Sailing with the Pirates before we left Port.
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After watching the 9pm Fantasmic!, the park was almost about to close at 10pm. We still had at least one hour to go until DL closes that night.

When F! was over, we waited in the viewing area until it started to be less crowded so we can go on over to the next place. We had to use the restrooms so the closest restroom was around NOS.




After we used the restroom, we decided to go on Pirates of the Caribbean that night as the last ride. Since we were in NOS, it made sense to go on that ride that night.

We went through the exit side of PotC since we had the ECV’s since the regular queue can’t accept wheelchairs or ECV’s.


DML remember when they rode PotC that DD4 was so scared and cried a lot on the ride. But this time DD4 is four years old and now she can handle PotC.












DD4 was so good when riding PotC that she was excited to ride it that night.

Just when we got off, it was now time to head on out of the park and go back to the hotel to call it for the night. DD4 started to get tired that night and it was time to head on back.


While exiting DL that night, we saw that there was something going on over towards SB Castle. Looks like there was some kind of filming that night. So we head on over there to see what was going on.


I didn’t ask what was going on but the way it looked like it was some kind of romance filming going on that night.


After looking at what was going on at SB Castle, we head on out of DL that night.


But before we left, I had to get some long exposure shots that night. When I was doing that, DAW, DML and DD4 went on over to the Emporium to look at what other merchandise to get before we left.




I did a few shots with the long exposure at Main Street Town Square and I was finished so we head on out of the park until I got all three of them in front of MS RR station.


When we left, I had to get a shot of DCA entrance with the long exposure shot.


We head straight on over back to BWPPI to call it for the night. DD4 was able to stay up again after having a short nap in the afternoon. But it was good that she was able to last that long after a long day at the parks.

We went to bed around 11pm which was a little earlier than the other night where DL closed at midnight. This concludes the second day of the trip and the last day is always the saddest part of the trip on Tuesday the 10th.

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[ACDSNY]

You took some great pics of Fantasmic and your right the area for the BB looks great.

I was able to get a late BB F-dinner for the Sunday night in May. I'll keep watching to see if we can get an earlier slot as I don't want to get too tired on our first day.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Love the F! position but it looks like the FP system needs tweaking. I think I better put a BB F! meal on the plan if I ever head back to DLR.
Great shots of the night. And how awesome that DD4 was so much more grown up and didn't get scared by anything.

 

[Jane VanTassel]

OH MY GOODNESS!! What pictures. We are planning our next trip to DL/DCA next Christmas time; so those holiday pictures were awesome. The last time we were in DCA we saw that same Genie. He was so funny; Aladdin is a great show. Can't wait to get back to DL/DCA. Need a better camera so I can get great pictures like yours!!

 

[franandaj]

Your F! pics are so cool! Wow you did such a great job!

 

[mvf-m11c]

You took some great pics of Fantasmic and your right the area for the BB looks great.

I was able to get a late BB F-dinner for the Sunday night in May. I'll keep watching to see if we can get an earlier slot as I don't want to get too tired on our first day.

Thank you Angela. It was nice to have the center spot for F! when we ate at the BB that night. With less than an hour wait time to get the center spot is not that bad.

Great news to hear that you were able to get a BB F! dining package for your May trip. Hope you have a great time next month.

Love the F! position but it looks like the FP system needs tweaking. I think I better put a BB F! meal on the plan if I ever head back to DLR.
Great shots of the night. And how awesome that DD4 was so much more grown up and didn't get scared by anything.

Our spot during the F! was great which is the best spot to see the show on the ground sitting area but just as you said that the FP system needs a lot of work which it just causes a lot of traffic when going to your next destination.

Thank you PiO. DD4 has gotten better except the times where she did got scared of Anna & Elsa.

OH MY GOODNESS!! What pictures. We are planning our next trip to DL/DCA next Christmas time; so those holiday pictures were awesome. The last time we were in DCA we saw that same Genie. He was so funny; Aladdin is a great show. Can't wait to get back to DL/DCA. Need a better camera so I can get great pictures like yours!!

Thank you @Jane VanTassel Going during the holiday season at the DLR is the best season to go. But with the 60th Anniversary this year, the holiday season will be a lot different from years past. The Genie is always funny when I see the Aladdin show. A better camera is good but I still remember what PiO says to me that it is all about the photographer and not the equipment that will get you a better picture.

Your F! pics are so cool! Wow you did such a great job!

Thank you Alison.


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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report


Day 3 – March 10th, 2015 – Part 1


Last Day of the Trip along with Cruising to Arendelle​

After another great day at the DLR where we were able to go on a lot of rides and try out the Fantasmic! dining package at Blue Bayou, it was the last day of the trip which is always the saddest part of any trips. While it is tough to leave the Happiest Place on Earth on the last day, we still had about more than half of the day at the parks to continue. DML and DD4 were having a great time and glad that they went with us during the trip.

On that Tuesday just like Monday, the parks don’t open till 9am. It was not during Spring Break or off-season but the crowds were really nice and not that crowded which was a good thing. There were times where it did felt like the parks were busy. Just like on Monday, we didn’t have to get up early that morning but we did get up and started to pack all of our bags. Since we didn’t drive during the trip in which we flew instead to SoCal, we had to back our bags and bring them to the lobby. It was a good thing that we are able to leave our bags in the lobby while we were at the parks that day.

Before we head on over to the parks, we went to have breakfast on the second level of Captain Kidd’s restaurant. When we had breakfast or continental breakfast, it was so packed that it was hard to find a table until some family left. If you ever plan on eating the continental breakfast at Captain Kidd’s, go early so you are able to get a table or you will be having to wait a while until one opens. The upper level doesn’t house too many tables which can be filled up quickly.

After having breakfast at the upper level of Captain Kidd’s, we head on over to the Disneyland Resort to do our first activities that morning.

It did took a while to go through the security check point form the bus loading/unloading area but at least it was way faster than on Monday where we waited for some time. The park just about opened and there weren’t too many people at the Esplanade.


The first thing we did was head on over to DCA. We weren’t able to ride Radiator Springs Racers on Monday since the ride was mostly down all morning and in the afternoon. DAW told me that we had to go on this ride during the trip in which this is her favorite ride. Good thing that DD4 is tall enough to ride it where she wasn’t able to ride it the first time when she was 2.


The line was close to the Carthay Circle Theater. But at least the line was moving and that was a good sign that RSR was running that afternoon. While I was in line, the others went to the stores.

When I got the FP’s, our return time was from 11:30am to 12:30pm which was a decent time to get FP’s for RSR during that time of the day.

After getting the FP’s for RSR, we head on over to DL. Since we have done mostly everything except for RSR, it made sense to go on over to DL and go on some rides.

When we got on over to DL, the first thing we did was to head on over to the Hub in order to get FP’s for Storytelling at the Royal Theatre which is the Frozen segment. I wasn’t able to see it during the February trip in which I was determine to see it during this trip.


Just like Anna and Elsa Meet and Greet along with the Frozen Sing Along at DCA, the Storytelling also had FP’s for the show which you can get seats.


When I got the FP’s, we got the 12:10pm show. This was bad luck since we had FP’s for RSR at 11:30am to 12:30pm. So I knew that they would want to go on RSR over seeing this show so it was a no brainer that we skipped seeing the 12:10 Storytelling Frozen show. I hope to be able to get FP’s for the later show that day so I would be able to see it.

Since we had time until we head on back to DCA to use the RSR FP’s, we first head on over to Fantasyland to go on some rides.


The first thing we did in FL was to head on over to the Alice in Wonderland ride. Since DAW and DML were in ECV’s, we were able to go to the CM at the exit area of AiW and have our ticket & AP scanned and give a return time to come back to AiW and get in the line without waiting in the regular standby queue since it couldn’t take ECV’s through the line. It was a 15 minute wait time at the AiW line so we had to come back 15 minutes including the one hour in between return time.

After we got our return time for AiW, we head on over to ride Storybook Land Canal Boats. I have been wanting to ride SLCB with the new Arendelle added to the attraction.


We were able to get the front where DD4 was able to sit up front on the boat.




When passing by, I was focus on getting the town of Arendelle.






Passing by Casey Jr




Now we are passing by the Village of Arendelle. I was impressed how detail the town was from the castle, boats, mountains, the Ice Palace, etc. It was kind of weird to see it especially where it took over the Old Mill part of the ride. It was sad that the Old Mill section was replaced by the Village of Arendelle from Frozen.


Anna Ice Palace






Can’t forget about Oaken’s Trading Post


We were now back at the port and got off SLCB. I was impressed with the new Arendelle section of the ride which was a nice addition. But it was also sad to not see the Old Mill section of the ride. I can understand why Disney did that since the movie Frozen is so popular.

After we got off, we started to head on over to our next attraction that morning.

Stay tune for what we have done later that morning at Disneyland.

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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 3 – March 10th, 2015 – Part 2

Going down the World of Alice & Nemo​

After riding Storybook Land Canal Boats, we head on over to ride Alice in Wonderland. Since we were able to get our tickets and AP scan to return to the ride without waiting in line which able us to go on SLCB and then AiW, we were ready to go on the ride.

DAW and DD4 were up front while DML and I were in the back.

Going down into the world of Alice in Wonderland. I was able to take a lot but a lot of the shots were out of focused.
















When we got off AiW, DD4 was full of energy that morning where it was a little hard for us to get her to calm down but what can you do when a four year old is having a great time at the DLR.




We still had time until it was time to head on back to DCA, so we went on over to Tomorrowland to ride the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. It is so nice that the FNSV has been open for a few months ever since the long refurbishment.




We waited for some time to get on board the subs since the wait time was about a 20 minute wait. DML was on her phone while DD4 was riding with DAW.


We rode 607 Explorer


Everyone was all ready to go under the sea into the world of Nemo and Friends.


We got the Starborn side which is the best view when riding the FNSV which you can see more out while the port side is where you see the land more.






Neo and Friends










The old Sea Serpent which used to be in the original Submarine Voyage




We got off the FNSV and DD4 was glad to go on the FNSV that day. She wanted to go on more rides at DL and that will happen with other things that are going to happen.

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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 3 – March 10th, 2015 – Part 3

Above the Highway in the Sky and back to DCA​

After riding the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, we moved on to our next ride that morning at Disneyland. We still had time until we had to get on over to Disney California Adventure to use our FastPasses for Radiator Springs Racers.

Since we were right in Tomorrowland and by the FNSV entrance/exit, I had to go on my favorite ride at the DLR which is the Disneyland Monorail. Since it was during the morning, the wait time should be a walk-on when one of the monorails are at the TL Monorail station.


When we were approaching the station, Monorail Mark VII Blue was already at the station so we were lucky in order to get on that monorail that morning.


DML and DD4 are all excited to ride the Monorail.




Passing by DCA


Now entering the former Condor Flats while it is still under construction where it will be transform to Grizzly Peak. There were a lot of changes to Grizzly Peak when I last saw it in February.




We decided to ride the Monorail back to Tomorrowland in order to get the ECV’s since we left them at the TL Monorail station.

While when we were heading on back to the Tomorrowland Monorail station, I noticed something backstage and saw that the log for Splash Mountain including the pirates ships from Peter Pan Flight are at the backstage area where both rides are down during the refurbishment.


You can never get tired of seeing the front entrance of DL from the Monorail.


Work is still being done on the Matterhorn during the long refurbishment.


We got off the Monorail and back at the TL station.


The Mine Seagulls on the buoy at the FNSV lagoon which are nice to see again.


We started to head on out of DL and back on over to DCA to use our FP’s since it was close to 11:30am that morning.


The park didn’t feel that busy but it did later on during the day.


The Esplanade didn’t look that bad.


After entering DCA, it wasn’t that busy as well so we head on over to Cars Land.


A look at Grizzly Peak Airfield wall where the former Condor Flats is going through a transformation until we get to May. At least Smokejumper’s Grill is now open which I am looking forward to seeing when I go next month.


Now we are in Cars Land heading on over to RSR. This will be DML and DD4 first time riding RSR where we didn’t get to ride it back in January 2013 since DD4 was too little. Now she is four, she is tall enough to ride RSR this time. CL did look a little busy that afternoon.


Luigi’s Flying Tires is now closed with the refurbishment walls up. But the entrance is still nice to look at.


We head on over to the entrance of RSR to ride it. That will be it for this post and stay tune for DML and DD4 first experience to ride RSR.

 

[PrincessInOz]

DD4 must be quite tall for her age if she can ride RSR. Actually....come to think of it....I'm not sure I know what the height restriction is for RSR.

Another great set of pictures.

 

[franandaj]

Great pictures! I'm wondering what will be up when we go for my birthday!

 

[tksbaskets]

As always a great trip report. I'm bummed that I don't seem to get email updates anymore when you post. I'll have to make more of an effort to check in. I always enjoy your pictures. Especially the ones you got at F!

 

[mvf-m11c]

DD4 must be quite tall for her age if she can ride RSR. Actually....come to think of it....I'm not sure I know what the height restriction is for RSR.

Another great set of pictures.

She is a tall girl for her age for which she could ride RSR. She was about a few inches short during the 2013 trip in which it was amazing that she was tall enough to ride it. The height restriction of RSR is 40 inches (102 cm).

Thank you PiO.

Great pictures! I'm wondering what will be up when we go for my birthday!

Thank you Alison. Hopefully there will be something during an AP preview in early to mid May before the kickoff of the 60th Anniversary on May 22nd. There is a possibility that an AP preview will happen before May 22nd. It won't be too long until your birthday weekend at the DLR and hope you have a great birthday bash.

As always a great trip report. I'm bummed that I don't seem to get email updates anymore when you post. I'll have to make more of an effort to check in. I always enjoy your pictures. Especially the ones you got at F!

Thank you TK. It is odd that you don't get the email updates when there is posts that you keep track of.


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[mvf-m11c]

Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 3 – March 10th, 2015 – Part 4

Racing in DCA and DL that Afternoon.​

Now we are heading on over to ride one of my favorite rides at Disney California Adventure which is Radiator Springs Racers. Since we didn’t get to ride it on Monday thanks to the ride being down for most of the morning and to the afternoon, we had to go on this ride before we leave. DAW loves riding RSR every time we come to the DLR. This is one of her must do like I am with the Monorail. This will be DML and DD4 first time riding RSR. They weren’t able to ride it the last time since DD4 was short. But now she is four, she is able to ride it. DD4 is a tall girl for a four year old.

The wait time was 80 minutes which was not that bad during the afternoon but it was still a long wait in the standby queue.


When we showed our FP’s, we went through the line and thought it wouldn’t be that long and we did had to wait about 10 minutes to go through the FP queue to the entrance.


Radiator Spring is amazing every time I see it.




We boarded our car and off to the world of “Cars”. DML & DD4 were so excited to go on this ride while DAW and I still enjoy it every time we go on this ride.

Radiator Falls waterfall


Sherriff pulled us over for speeding in their town.


The whitewall tires look amazing on our car.


We are ready to race.




DML and DD4 were so excited to ride it that they enjoyed it so much. DML really loved RSR that she wanted to go on again except unless she is willing to wait about 90 minutes to go back on the ride. DAW never gets tired of this ride as well as me.

Our victory photo.




After we got off RSR, we were about to head on over to Hollywood Land in order to see Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular during the 12:20pm show. Since we had some minutes to kill until we head on over to the Hyperion Theater, we first needed to get some lunch. So what better place to have a snack or a light meal is at the Cozy Cone Motel.

We did eat at the Cozy Cone on the other day during the trip. But DAW loves the Chili Cone Queso which she got the Mac & Cheese Cone the other day so this time she wanted to get the Chili Cone Queso.


Of course, DAW wanted something cold and what better treat to get is a soft serve ice cream.


After having a quick bite to eat at the Cozy Cone, we headed straight on over to the Hyperion Theater so we can catch the 12:20pm Aladdin show. We were able to get to the theater with about 10 minutes to go until the CM’s let the guests in.


I didn’t took any pictures inside the Hyperion Theater during the show since we were seated in the back of the Orchestra seating area. Since we got here a little late, we weren’t able to get the up close seats.

DML and DD4 enjoyed the show. DD4 asked why Aladdin and Jasmine looked different from the movie. I didn’t want to say anything but DML must have told DD4 something after the show since she was asking about it.

After we got out of the Hyperion Theater, it was time to head on over to DL since we have done everything at DCA during the trip which was great. I wanted to get them on over to ride Toy Story Midway Mania but I remember that DAW doesn’t like those kind of rides by wearing 3D glasses or simulations like Soarin Over California.

The Animation Building decorated during the Frozen Fun event.


After we head on out of DCA, we are not back at the Esplanade. It wasn’t that busy outside which was a little surprising.


DL was not that bad as well.


When we were in DL, we had to get my favorite treat as well as DML. We can never get tired of the Dole Whip Floats at the Tiki Juice Bar. Since it was during the afternoon and it was getting warm, the line to get the dole whip was already close to the exit of the Enchanted Tiki Room.

Instead of coming back later during the day to get one, we went inside the queue for the Enchanted Tiki Room which makes sense to get one in inside line at the Tiki Juice Bar and also go inside the room as well to see the show which I haven’t done for quite some time.




After we watched the Enchanted Tiki Room, we head on out and started to move to our next activity that day at DL. Since we are able to be in the parks for a little longer, we had a little bit more time to do some other stuff until we head on back to our hotel and get our luggage so we can catch our flight back home to Sac that night. This is so unusual since I don’t leave this late in SoCal back to NorCal. Mostly I leave around noon or 3 to get back to NorCal just before midnight.

We head on over to It’s a Small World Plaza in order to get a spot for the 4pm Mickey’s Soundsational Parade. DD4 wanted to see the parade during the trip and this was the best time to do it since it was at 4pm and we are at the park that day.


We decided to watch the parade from It’s a Small World Plaza since it does attract less crowds than by watching it from Main Street, Hub and Town Square. I have watched the parades from all sorts of spots and I do enjoy watching it from IASW Plaza.

We were able to get nice spots for the parade.


DD4 was asking what parade it will be and I told her that it was the same parade that she saw back in January. The only thing she remembered and told me was the princess float with Snow White, Aurora, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Belle which was her favorite scene.

That is it for this post and stay tune for Mickey’s Soundsational Parade at 4pm.

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Last Installment on the Trip Report

Day 3 – March 10th, 2015 – Part 5

Soundsational Parade & Flying Back Home​

Now it was time for the 4pm Mickey’s Soundsational Parade. I have seen MSP ever since this parade debut in 2011. There hasn’t been much changes to the parade except for the Frozen pre-parade float that made its debut last year where the movie “Frozen” has become so popular and the DLR has all sorts of Frozen stuff.

DD4 was all getting excited to see the parade while we have seen it during the January 2013 trip which should be the same like last time. The only thing they didn’t see was the Frozen pre-parade float which was the former A Christmas Fantasy Parade Ice Rink float. It is still disappointing to see the Ice Rink float as the Frozen pre-parade float but I can understand why Disney did that.

I asked the CM’s where the parade was starting and they told me that it was coming from Main Street Town Square. So it would be a while until the parade came on over to IASW Plaza.

The Frozen pre-parade came first about 10 minutes after the parade started at 4pm. DD4 was excited to see Anna & Elsa. I was surprised that she was excited to see them after she was scared of seeing them during the meet & greet at DCA.


Now the rest of the parade started to come down.
































DD4 was happy to see the parade that day and she did remember a lot of the characters and floats when she saw it back in 2013. She has a good memory of remembering all the different floats and characters for a four year old who was 2 a couple of years ago.

After the parade was over, we had about an hour until we had to leave the parks and head on back to our hotel so we can catch our shuttle to John Wayne Airport and head on back to Sacramento. We had a 9:25pm flight back home to Sacramento. DAW wanted to get to the airport early so we are able to catch our flight on time. I didn’t think it was necessary to be there early but it was her decision.

The next ride that we went on was the Disneyland Railroad. This is another ride that I like to go on when I am at DL. We head on over to Mickey’s Toontown Depot which is the closest station to ride the DLRR since we were at IASW Plaza. But I also worried about going to that station since most of the crowds that watched the parade from IASW Plaza would go on the train. I have done it before in the past and had to wait a while to board the train.

So we head on over to MTT Depot to ride the DLRR. We had to wait about 15 minutes at the station until the E.P. Ripley Engine #2 along with the Excursion Car set.




We rode round trip around the park since we left the ECV’s at Mickey’s Toontown Depot. I always enjoy riding the DLRR around the park to see all the different lands. Everybody enjoyed the train ride around the park.

It was around 5:30pm and it was time to head on out of the park and get back to the hotel so we can wait to catch our shuttle at 6pm.

DD4 didn’t want to leave and wanted to stay a little longer but we had to go since we had a shuttle to catch to the airport. She was not happy with it but I would guess that she knew afterwards that we had to catch our shuttle.

We exited DL and head back on over to Best Western Park Place Inn until the SuperShuttle arrived and pick us up and drop us off at John Wayne Airport. We had to wait a while until the shuttle picked us up at our hotel.

It was around 6:10pm when the shuttle picked us up and we head on over to John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

We waited about two and a half hours until our flight was at 9:25pm that night. That was the last flight out of OC to Sacramento. There was another flight that we could have gotten on but DAW didn’t want to pay the extra fee for a one hour early flight.

When our flight was ready at 9:25pm, we boarded the plane and noticed that there wasn’t too many people on the flight. When the cabin was closed the plane was ready to leave OC, I looked to see how many people were on the flight and saw that there was about 15 passengers on the flight. I was shocked to see the plane empty heading on over to Sacramento that night. I can also understand why there weren’t too many people on the flight since it was the last flight out of OC on its way to Sacramento. So we had a nice enjoyable flight back home to Sacramento.

We got back to Sacramento International Airport around 11pm that night and Cousin C came by and picked us up at the airport. He took us home and this concludes the trip.

This was a fun trip in which we were able to experience it with DML and DD4. Originally it was supposed to be DD4, DAW and I during the trip but DML was able to get time off work and join us which helps us out with DD4. They had a great time and it was memorable. There were some bumps during the trip in which DD4 was not behaving well and got scared of seeing Anna & Elsa. We were able to do mostly everything on our list during the trip. There were a few things we missed that we forgot to do. But overall it was a successful trip. The highlight of the trip for DD4 was able to go on the rides like IASW, Monsters Inc. & RSR. DML enjoyed coming along and being with the three of us. DAW enjoyed the trip with them but she went along with what they wanted to do during the trip. But when DAW and I go back next month, it will be during the 60th Anniversary. I can’t wait to go back next month and see all those new nighttime shows and ride updates.

This concludes the March trip and now I am ready to head on back down to SoCal next month during the 60th Anniversary. I will get to the details later on when we get closer. There is also my pre-planning for my WDW trip in October where I will be going in October 16th to 23rd, 2015 during the Halloween season & Food & Wine Festival.

I haven't been on lately since I have been busy the whole week including the weekends. I have a show to work this weekend in San Jose called "Big Wow Comicfest 2015" and next weekend "Kraken Con" in Oakland. Including working at basketball tournaments, it has been so crazy lately. It won't be too long until the next trip and stay tune for the pre-planning.

Thank you for following along my trip report.