The Mouse Is Back
11-06-2004, 12:49 PM
We arrived at DL at around 2:30. As soon as I saw how sparsely populated the parking areas and trams were, I went "woo hoo!"
The weather was great. The decorations looked beautiful. The castle looked really good! What a relief, I thought it was going to be Barbie/My Little Pony redux, but it's much more subtle than that.
No lines anywhere. We pretty much walked onto HMH, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Star Tours, Winnie the Pooh (which we had never ridden before - cute but nothing that special). We tried the honey-caramel popcorn, and it was good but not great.
The crowds were really light, even around the infamous Indy area.
My daughter wanted to leave around 8:00, so we didn't get to see "Believe" this time around, and no hop over to DCA.
I would STRONGLY suggest that if you can, visit the Park on a weekday before Thanksgiving. IMO, this is the ideal time to enjoy all that holiday magic.
On a negative note - I was wearing my shirt from election day and had my "I Voted" sticker still on it. A CM at the Emporium said, "I see you voted, were you happy with the election?" Well, I voted for Senator Kerry, so of course I'm not. I politely told her the same, and she launched into a speech about why Bush is great, and why Kerry is horrible, pretty much along the same lines as the filthy attacks against him during the campaign. I seriously entertained the thought of reporting her. The only thing that prevented me from doing so is that she was a senior and sometimes they can get like that, but she put a major dent in an otherwise nice visit.
-Allegra-
The weather was great. The decorations looked beautiful. The castle looked really good! What a relief, I thought it was going to be Barbie/My Little Pony redux, but it's much more subtle than that.
No lines anywhere. We pretty much walked onto HMH, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Star Tours, Winnie the Pooh (which we had never ridden before - cute but nothing that special). We tried the honey-caramel popcorn, and it was good but not great.
The crowds were really light, even around the infamous Indy area.
My daughter wanted to leave around 8:00, so we didn't get to see "Believe" this time around, and no hop over to DCA.
I would STRONGLY suggest that if you can, visit the Park on a weekday before Thanksgiving. IMO, this is the ideal time to enjoy all that holiday magic.
On a negative note - I was wearing my shirt from election day and had my "I Voted" sticker still on it. A CM at the Emporium said, "I see you voted, were you happy with the election?" Well, I voted for Senator Kerry, so of course I'm not. I politely told her the same, and she launched into a speech about why Bush is great, and why Kerry is horrible, pretty much along the same lines as the filthy attacks against him during the campaign. I seriously entertained the thought of reporting her. The only thing that prevented me from doing so is that she was a senior and sometimes they can get like that, but she put a major dent in an otherwise nice visit.
-Allegra-