atrder9901
12-03-2006, 10:19 AM
We were at DL this past Thursday the 30th and December 1st. Thursday the park was very quiet. The longest wait was for Peter Pan at 15 minutes. We pretty much were able to walk on to HM and Pirates right away. My kids LOVED Pirates so much that I lost count of how many times we went on it. We really enjoyed the Holiday version of HM although my husband said he prefers the original better (he's not a big fan of Nightmare Before Christmas.) We attended the Jedi Training Academy (both of my boys are HUGE SW fans) and I have to say that it is just heartbreaking when they didn't get picked. My kids stood there so nicely with their hands in the air, but unfortunately they were no match for the kids who where jumping and yelling around them. But my boys did really enjoy seeing Darth Vadar and Darth Maul. We decided to eat lunch at the Pizza Place in Tomorrowland and I almost died of sticker shock when it came to $50 for 4 slices of pizza and drinks!!! Thursday was pretty quiet....fireworks were canceled because of the winds. Oh...and we tried our first Dole Whip and all I can say is YUM!!! After we finished the Whip we went back and got the Whip Float and it was heaven!!
Now Friday was a lot busier than the day before. Pirates and Haunted Mansion had sorta long waits at certain points during the day, but the lines seemed to move pretty quickly. I am sure that it was nothing compaired to what the lines are like during peak visiting times. We spent some time at DL California, but we find it hard to keep busy over there. Our kids are at a "inbetween age" for that park. They say they are too old for all of the Bugs Life attractions, but they refuse to go on some of the bigger rides like the Roller Coaster. So, after a hour or so we headed back to the main park. For some reason though it felt like DL got alot busier at night. We decided to hang out for the first showing of Fantasmic and I was shocked to see people waiting for seats 3 hours before the show was to begin. We had an okay spot...nothing to write home about though. There was a little "pre" Fantasmic show when a fight almost errupted betweent two people. A man in his family were in the front row standing up and everybody in the back was asking them to sit down so everyone could see. Well, after about 5 minutes of back and forth someone stormed towards the front from the back and got into a yelling match with the man in the front row. We were certain it was going to get physical by the way he was yelling. Thankfully no fight, but the people in the front still refused to sit because they said that they had been in that spot for 2 hours. But Fantasmic is amazing! And the second night they did the fireworks and they were better than anything I have ever seen on the Fourth of July!
We had a great trip!! We seemed to have only about 4 rides in our rotation...Pirates, HM, Star Tours, and Buzz Blasters. I loved the Holiday Small World, but my boys who are 5 and 7 said that the singing dolls are freaky! Boys..LOL!! But some words of advice, we discovered that Star Tours is probably not the best ride to go on after lunch!!!
This was our first time seeing DL at Christmas and it was just amazing!! It really got us in the mood for the holidays!!I was even able to talk my husband into putting up our Christmas lights when we got home!!!!:D
Now Friday was a lot busier than the day before. Pirates and Haunted Mansion had sorta long waits at certain points during the day, but the lines seemed to move pretty quickly. I am sure that it was nothing compaired to what the lines are like during peak visiting times. We spent some time at DL California, but we find it hard to keep busy over there. Our kids are at a "inbetween age" for that park. They say they are too old for all of the Bugs Life attractions, but they refuse to go on some of the bigger rides like the Roller Coaster. So, after a hour or so we headed back to the main park. For some reason though it felt like DL got alot busier at night. We decided to hang out for the first showing of Fantasmic and I was shocked to see people waiting for seats 3 hours before the show was to begin. We had an okay spot...nothing to write home about though. There was a little "pre" Fantasmic show when a fight almost errupted betweent two people. A man in his family were in the front row standing up and everybody in the back was asking them to sit down so everyone could see. Well, after about 5 minutes of back and forth someone stormed towards the front from the back and got into a yelling match with the man in the front row. We were certain it was going to get physical by the way he was yelling. Thankfully no fight, but the people in the front still refused to sit because they said that they had been in that spot for 2 hours. But Fantasmic is amazing! And the second night they did the fireworks and they were better than anything I have ever seen on the Fourth of July!
We had a great trip!! We seemed to have only about 4 rides in our rotation...Pirates, HM, Star Tours, and Buzz Blasters. I loved the Holiday Small World, but my boys who are 5 and 7 said that the singing dolls are freaky! Boys..LOL!! But some words of advice, we discovered that Star Tours is probably not the best ride to go on after lunch!!!
This was our first time seeing DL at Christmas and it was just amazing!! It really got us in the mood for the holidays!!I was even able to talk my husband into putting up our Christmas lights when we got home!!!!:D