baileykat
12-19-2001, 02:10 PM
1st off..LAX turned out to be a breeze on Sat...landed walked off the plane..went straight down the stairs luggage was allready waiting on us..waited for parents..walked out and got right on rental car shuttle to rental place..took 5 mins to get car and we were gone!...INNERSPACEMAN..thanks for the fab directions..they were perfect! We were at our hotel (Tropicana Inn) in 35 mins!...ckd in..went to guest services to pick up sisters ticket, got passes and headed to DCA!..(here we go)...I was a little doubtful about it...(as you might remember I was the one who started that wonderful "DCA..Why did they buildit?") thread..but I swore I would keep an open mind...going in it looked ok..we went to the left and walked right on to Muppets..loved it..cause I love the muppets...then walked around to Award Wieners and got fries only...then walked back to Paradise Pier...skipped Tough Bug...rode Screamin..I loved it!...kids rode Triton thing..My 5 yr old wanted to ride the Sun Wheel..got a moving car..not as tame as it looks..but fun..also a bit chilly!..left to go to Rainforrest Cafe..dinner was ok...back to DCA for Light Parade..just like I remembered it from across the way...kids loved it!..then went to Soarin..10 min wait...it was awesome!!!!!! the cutest part was my 5 yr old riding with her hands in the air like she was on a coaster...overall ..we could just as easily have been at Six Flags or the like...I can see where everyone was coming from..it's not Disneyland..there were some Disney touches and Soarin is really cool...but I do agree it's a half day park!
Day 2 and 3 were spent at DL..Sunday was my daughters 5th bday..got her sticker..every CM told her happy bday and the characters were great to her...they sang Happy Bday to her at Haunted Mansion....Sunday was great...in the am we knocked out Fantasyland in 1 hour! Sunday PM was a little crowded..but still ok....it should be noted that I think my daugher set the record for number of hugs given to a single character in a weekend...every time we saw Pluto she mobbed him!!!!!!!!! but he was always great....
Day 3 was great (monday)..got early entry and walked onto SM, Indy...saw the parade and fireworks this day...awesome!!! and the snow!!!!...I cried!!!!!
Over all..our trip was great! The longest line we had was the Matterhorn on Sunday PM..waited like 25 mins!..not bad...we only Fastpassed 2 rides...Autopia and Small World....Day 3 we went back to DCA for a couple of hours..we had missed the Monsters Inc show..saw that and rode Screamin again..and Mailboomer and Soarin...It was a perfect weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we rode everything except the Columbia and Jungle Cruise(cause it was closed!)..and Roger Rabbitt ride!..we even did Mr LIncoln..that was cool..like when he blows in your ear!
My 4 okay now she's 5 rode everything but Indy (she was too short!) She loved SPace Mountain!
Tuesday followed those great directions again back to LAX to come home...we left the hotel at 7:15..got to the airport in 45 mins!!! Security at airport sucked...1 hour in line to ck in! but ok after that!!!!!
I just have one question......"what is that awful smell coming out of the 1st restaurant in DCA..is that supposed to be a coffee smell..it just smelled like burnt microwave popcorn......ugghhh!!"
Day 2 and 3 were spent at DL..Sunday was my daughters 5th bday..got her sticker..every CM told her happy bday and the characters were great to her...they sang Happy Bday to her at Haunted Mansion....Sunday was great...in the am we knocked out Fantasyland in 1 hour! Sunday PM was a little crowded..but still ok....it should be noted that I think my daugher set the record for number of hugs given to a single character in a weekend...every time we saw Pluto she mobbed him!!!!!!!!! but he was always great....
Day 3 was great (monday)..got early entry and walked onto SM, Indy...saw the parade and fireworks this day...awesome!!! and the snow!!!!...I cried!!!!!
Over all..our trip was great! The longest line we had was the Matterhorn on Sunday PM..waited like 25 mins!..not bad...we only Fastpassed 2 rides...Autopia and Small World....Day 3 we went back to DCA for a couple of hours..we had missed the Monsters Inc show..saw that and rode Screamin again..and Mailboomer and Soarin...It was a perfect weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we rode everything except the Columbia and Jungle Cruise(cause it was closed!)..and Roger Rabbitt ride!..we even did Mr LIncoln..that was cool..like when he blows in your ear!
My 4 okay now she's 5 rode everything but Indy (she was too short!) She loved SPace Mountain!
Tuesday followed those great directions again back to LAX to come home...we left the hotel at 7:15..got to the airport in 45 mins!!! Security at airport sucked...1 hour in line to ck in! but ok after that!!!!!
I just have one question......"what is that awful smell coming out of the 1st restaurant in DCA..is that supposed to be a coffee smell..it just smelled like burnt microwave popcorn......ugghhh!!"