jswtsang
02-13-2005, 05:48 PM
I went to DLR this weekend, I stayed at the Tropicana thanks to help from mousepadders' reccomendations, it was nice, and I think it was indeed the same place I stayed many years ago. My only complaint was that the mattresses were plastic so they got a bit hot and were a bit squeaky, but at least they can be cleaned i guess.
I went to disneyland on saturday, we had a blast, it rained a bit but that kept the crowds down in the AM. We were supposed to celebrate a friend's birthday at carnation cafe but they neglected to tell them when they made priority seating reservations that if it rains, they close the cafe. We waited til about 2 for lunch for nothing! We ate at the bengal barbeque and I have to say I don't recommend it, it may be inexpensive, but as I found out later, the turkey leg cart in fantasyland near the petit chateu was much better and cheaper!
I rode the matterhorn for the first time in 15 years and I really enjoyed it! :)
I also saw fantasmic and I thought it was great! :)
We also went to disney's california adventure, we were exhausted from a long first day so we went around 11 and there were huge lines to get in, so we cruised around downtown disney. I got some charms and we headed into the park when the lines went down. I've never been to DCA but I have to say I loved soarin, it was so much fun :). I also really loved aladdin! The whole park seemed like MGM grand but with a weird carny atmosphere (I know it's supposed to be like a beach boardwalk but it still didn't seem disney). I felt that it wasn't very disney of a park, without the 75 mickeys all around, I could have been anywhere else. I suppose MGM grand is kind of like that, but that's probably my least favorite of all of the florida parks.
All in all, i really enjoyed the things I chose to do in DCA, but we were there for only about 4 hours and 1 hour was waiting for soarin and 1 hour was watching aladdin. I can't say i'd pay full price for it, but it was worth the checking out since we had the free second day from vons.
I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice for things to go to, I finally got to see the jewel of orleans, i never went in before b/c i thought it was a perfume store (b/c of the sign). It was cool to look at jewlery at disney, and i had a blast and the walk was easy from the hotel and we didn't have to wait for a shuttle!
thanks again, I really had a great and relaxing weekend!
jt
I went to disneyland on saturday, we had a blast, it rained a bit but that kept the crowds down in the AM. We were supposed to celebrate a friend's birthday at carnation cafe but they neglected to tell them when they made priority seating reservations that if it rains, they close the cafe. We waited til about 2 for lunch for nothing! We ate at the bengal barbeque and I have to say I don't recommend it, it may be inexpensive, but as I found out later, the turkey leg cart in fantasyland near the petit chateu was much better and cheaper!
I rode the matterhorn for the first time in 15 years and I really enjoyed it! :)
I also saw fantasmic and I thought it was great! :)
We also went to disney's california adventure, we were exhausted from a long first day so we went around 11 and there were huge lines to get in, so we cruised around downtown disney. I got some charms and we headed into the park when the lines went down. I've never been to DCA but I have to say I loved soarin, it was so much fun :). I also really loved aladdin! The whole park seemed like MGM grand but with a weird carny atmosphere (I know it's supposed to be like a beach boardwalk but it still didn't seem disney). I felt that it wasn't very disney of a park, without the 75 mickeys all around, I could have been anywhere else. I suppose MGM grand is kind of like that, but that's probably my least favorite of all of the florida parks.
All in all, i really enjoyed the things I chose to do in DCA, but we were there for only about 4 hours and 1 hour was waiting for soarin and 1 hour was watching aladdin. I can't say i'd pay full price for it, but it was worth the checking out since we had the free second day from vons.
I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice for things to go to, I finally got to see the jewel of orleans, i never went in before b/c i thought it was a perfume store (b/c of the sign). It was cool to look at jewlery at disney, and i had a blast and the walk was easy from the hotel and we didn't have to wait for a shuttle!
thanks again, I really had a great and relaxing weekend!
jt