Trip 45: December 15, 2014. 9:30 to 7:30.
This is the day we said goodbye to Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. Granted, people enjoy the music but I get just as much out of hearing Billy talk. He has about the driest sense of humor as anyone and I really get a kick out of it. He was going on about their favorite show in the history of Disneyland ("The Country Bear Jamboree") and how over the years the Billys attended hundreds of their shows, but the bears didn't once attend one of the Billys' shows. Billy said of the Country Bears' act: "They were superb. Over the years so consistent. Like machines. Always on." I laughed out loud but too often I feel like I'm the only one laughing. Oh well. The show was great, but I miss the intimacy of Golden Horseshoe ... such a completely different experience and so many memories (like our most epic show ever from one of the boxes beside the stage on Roy's seventh birthday). For the finale the country bears came on stage and danced:
This is the first of three trips before our passes expire, and the kids and I put together a mini-bucket list for these annual passes. Billy Hill obviously topped it because even though we'll someday be back, indications are he probably won't. Surprisingly we'd not yet seen story time at Princess Fantasy Faire, so early in the day we attended Tangled. Excellent show; so good, in fact, our 2yo was asking to go back several days later. Next up on the list: Jedi Training Academy. Roy and Nancy both got picked. Walt was trying to get picked when the Jedi instructor reminded the audience this activity is for 4 year olds and up. Oops. Forgot that detail.
The only thing I had hoped to accomplish, but didn't, was to get Walt in the wheelhouse of Mark Twain. On the other hand, we did ride The Disneyland Railroad roundtrip from NOS, which was the final event on the bucket list for today. 4 out of 5 for the day is not bad.
Kim's mom joined us for the morning. When she was set to leave, Nancy and I weren't quite ready so Kim and the two boys headed home with her. Nancy and I got on 12 more rides in the afternoon/early evening including 4 trips on Space Mountain, 2 on Screamin', and a jaunt to Tom Sawyer's.
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