MotorBoat Cruiser
02-22-2004, 11:14 PM
All of the threads concerning rain recently left me nostalgic for a rainy day at Disneyland. Today seemed the perfect day to bundle up, pack the ponchos, and head to Anaheim. We arrived a few minutes after the park opened, greeted with a minor downpour, just what we had hoped for.
As we had expected, the crowds were light. The new location of the bag checks really seemed to lighten the entrance traffic as well. We headed towards Peter Pan, hoping for a short wait. It took about 15 minutes, which is the shortest time I have waited for that ride in a long time. Afterwards, we headed to Casey Jr., hoping for the caboose. There were only two people ahead of us in line so we felt our chances were excellent, until they headed directly for the back car. Oh well. We sat directly in front of them and a light rain began to fall as soon as the train left the station. “Perfect”, we though to ourselves. I was able to get some decent photos of Storybookland, which made me happy.
Next, we headed to the Matterhorn. It was almost a walk-on, which most of the attractions turned out to be today. Unfortunately, the rain let up and the sun came out. Realizing that there were other ways to get wet, we headed to DCA and Grizzly River. We got soaked, which helped give us our rain fix a little. We got on the coaster to dry off and then got a free tortilla. Much to our surprise, we found the sourdough bread factory. Somehow we had overlooked this tour in the past. The bread was yummy but the tour was boring.
Being a little chilly at this point, we headed back to Disneyland for another first for us, the Golden Horseshoe Review. We got our chili bread bowl and sat in the balcony. The chili was great but the portion turned out to be too small for two people to split. Regardless, once the show started, we forgot about the food. We were quite entertained by the show and really enjoyed ourselves. Next, we took a ride on the Mark Twain and it was really pleasant and peaceful.
Other highlights of the day included some really yummy coconut cashew crunch from the candy store, riding monorail blue for the first time, and seeing them test the fog for Fantasmic. Shortly afterwards, it started to rain pretty hard and I would imagine that they cancelled the show. Since the rain was falling again, we ended our evening on the Matterhorn, in a pretty heavy rain. It was cold but wonderful.
The day was everything we had hoped for, even if it didn’t rain as much as we wanted. We still had very light crowds, short ride wait times, and the opportunity for some cool pictures. You can see some of them here if you would like:
http://photos.yahoo.com/motorboatcruiser
All in all, it was a great Disney day and boy are my feet tired. Rainy days at Disneyland are the best! :)
As we had expected, the crowds were light. The new location of the bag checks really seemed to lighten the entrance traffic as well. We headed towards Peter Pan, hoping for a short wait. It took about 15 minutes, which is the shortest time I have waited for that ride in a long time. Afterwards, we headed to Casey Jr., hoping for the caboose. There were only two people ahead of us in line so we felt our chances were excellent, until they headed directly for the back car. Oh well. We sat directly in front of them and a light rain began to fall as soon as the train left the station. “Perfect”, we though to ourselves. I was able to get some decent photos of Storybookland, which made me happy.
Next, we headed to the Matterhorn. It was almost a walk-on, which most of the attractions turned out to be today. Unfortunately, the rain let up and the sun came out. Realizing that there were other ways to get wet, we headed to DCA and Grizzly River. We got soaked, which helped give us our rain fix a little. We got on the coaster to dry off and then got a free tortilla. Much to our surprise, we found the sourdough bread factory. Somehow we had overlooked this tour in the past. The bread was yummy but the tour was boring.
Being a little chilly at this point, we headed back to Disneyland for another first for us, the Golden Horseshoe Review. We got our chili bread bowl and sat in the balcony. The chili was great but the portion turned out to be too small for two people to split. Regardless, once the show started, we forgot about the food. We were quite entertained by the show and really enjoyed ourselves. Next, we took a ride on the Mark Twain and it was really pleasant and peaceful.
Other highlights of the day included some really yummy coconut cashew crunch from the candy store, riding monorail blue for the first time, and seeing them test the fog for Fantasmic. Shortly afterwards, it started to rain pretty hard and I would imagine that they cancelled the show. Since the rain was falling again, we ended our evening on the Matterhorn, in a pretty heavy rain. It was cold but wonderful.
The day was everything we had hoped for, even if it didn’t rain as much as we wanted. We still had very light crowds, short ride wait times, and the opportunity for some cool pictures. You can see some of them here if you would like:
http://photos.yahoo.com/motorboatcruiser
All in all, it was a great Disney day and boy are my feet tired. Rainy days at Disneyland are the best! :)