bekky
02-08-2006, 01:14 PM
I was thinking of buying a Disneyland travel guide to help plan our trip - but that was BEFORE I found this site & the WEALTH of information you all have right here at my fingertips !!! :D
So many of you here are fortunate enough to visit the park regularly and get the inside scoop on stuff that us occasional visitors just wouldnt normally find ourselves in just 2 or 3 days ... SO IM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU !! :p
Ive been reading the secrets etc ... here , but there is just sooo much that it can get overwheming & I just simply dont have the time to read all the archives.
(especially when I have to skip past 10 million posts on a "secret bathroom" debate or the diffence between a merry-go-round and carousel !! ha )
Im assembling a list to staple to our park map & use as our own "WALKING TOUR" to keep handy while we are buzzing around
( I can imagine my family is going to get sick of me saying,
" STOP ! ... we have to see something interesting here ! " every 5 minutes .. haha ! )
I do know now that I will be keeping my eyes peeled for the infamous "Maynard" ... hoping he is still at the park - not even sure where to look, but I WILL be looking!
(he & of course we'll be looking for Peter Pan - my daughter's future husband ...heehee)
And we were already clued in on the "Partners Statue" profile the last time we were at the park ( blush .. we did get a good giggle out of it ! )
Im not really interested in how things work (ie: how the rolling ball effect works on indy etc )
But I LOVED the little tid bit on the Eeyore Parking sign in the Indy line right where it used to be in the parking lot - those little tid bits are SO cool !!
As far as food stuff not to be missed ... we will be having a breakfast buffet at Goofys & Lunch at Blue Bayou ( I hear we MUST have the monte cristo & deep fried cheescake ... I guess I'll be bringing my tennies and doing a few laps around the park after lunch to work it off :p )
& a family tradition of ours is to always have corn dogs at the end of main street - behind the cart where we can watch for characters to come out of the secret gate !
OH .. one more thing - last time we were at the park, there were kids that got to be IN the parade ... I guess they were chosen early in the day .. is that a normal thing ? .... Id love any info on that
I'll paste on here what we have so far .. take a look & PLEASE let me know of any other GOOD SECRETS to add, or SPECIAL things to look / listen or even smell for :p (someone mentioned the candy shop) !!
So here is what I have so far :
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* all castle spires, except the one on the far left looking towards the castle from main street, are gold leafed.
the idea of having one not made of true gold is that "Disneyland will never be complete"!
* the central castle window remains dimly lighted during the firework as a tribute to "Walt looking over the show".
* I've recently noticed jumping fish in the fish pond across from Big Thunder Mountain. Apparently left over from the Mine Train Ride
* In Indy it is the Eeyore Parking Lot sign, up in the roof rafters of the movie room in the que, right where it was in the Parking Lot.
* If you ask, you can ride up in the captains area of the Mark Twain. They let you operate the bell and whistle and you get a river pilots license. I don't know who had more fun me or the kids!
* Sounds to listen for …I've heard the man taking a cold shower above the area in Main Street where the lockers are.
I've heard a jazz band practice over the charcoal sketching/restroom area in NOS.
There's also people gossiping on an old fashioned phone in one of the Main Street shops. And there's the police phone and manhole in Toon Town.
* About 9 pm, go to the Hungry Bear, and go sit at the very back along the river. You get to watch all the Fantasmic stuff go by and change. You can talk to the pirates and they talk back, often in character. There is another spot but my son doesn't like me to give away his special spot. (Let's just say its over by where the Mark Twain docks....)
* Gotta see PUSH and the trash can guys!
Push comes out around 10am (sometimes, I have seen him as early as 9:45am) and stays out till 5pm. He has 15 minute sets and takes 30 minute breaks in between sets.
Like someone said, City Hall can give you his times. I like to watch Push and the Laughing Stock, Co. (in front of the Golden Horseshoe) on the weekends.
* See Billie Hill and the Hillbillies, and the preshow in front of the Golden Horseshoe
* If you'd like to meet Mickey in a more private setting and spend a little extra time with him then go to his Toontown House where he greets guests in the movie barn at the back. For the shortest wait get there as soon as Toontown opens.
* Get to the park on a non-early entry day, right when the park opens (get in line 15-30 minutes before that.) For example, if the park is scheduled to open at 9:00 am on a non EE day, they open main street at 8:30, so get to the gates, tickets in hand around 8:15. When I was there they did a fun countdown at the main gate and then let everyone on to main street.
* see the Fireworks, they are awesome. Watch from Main Street or in front of the castle to see all of the effects.
* the firehouse is a cool place for kids to explore, and in the afternoon they have a flag retiring ceremony and also some more character games/interactions that are fun (Cruella de Ville was there, the Disneyland Band was playing her theme song, and she rounded up on-lookers to "model" and march around the square
* Purified, filtered water in the fountain outside first aid station to fill up water bottles !
So many of you here are fortunate enough to visit the park regularly and get the inside scoop on stuff that us occasional visitors just wouldnt normally find ourselves in just 2 or 3 days ... SO IM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU !! :p
Ive been reading the secrets etc ... here , but there is just sooo much that it can get overwheming & I just simply dont have the time to read all the archives.
(especially when I have to skip past 10 million posts on a "secret bathroom" debate or the diffence between a merry-go-round and carousel !! ha )
Im assembling a list to staple to our park map & use as our own "WALKING TOUR" to keep handy while we are buzzing around
( I can imagine my family is going to get sick of me saying,
" STOP ! ... we have to see something interesting here ! " every 5 minutes .. haha ! )
I do know now that I will be keeping my eyes peeled for the infamous "Maynard" ... hoping he is still at the park - not even sure where to look, but I WILL be looking!
(he & of course we'll be looking for Peter Pan - my daughter's future husband ...heehee)
And we were already clued in on the "Partners Statue" profile the last time we were at the park ( blush .. we did get a good giggle out of it ! )
Im not really interested in how things work (ie: how the rolling ball effect works on indy etc )
But I LOVED the little tid bit on the Eeyore Parking sign in the Indy line right where it used to be in the parking lot - those little tid bits are SO cool !!
As far as food stuff not to be missed ... we will be having a breakfast buffet at Goofys & Lunch at Blue Bayou ( I hear we MUST have the monte cristo & deep fried cheescake ... I guess I'll be bringing my tennies and doing a few laps around the park after lunch to work it off :p )
& a family tradition of ours is to always have corn dogs at the end of main street - behind the cart where we can watch for characters to come out of the secret gate !
OH .. one more thing - last time we were at the park, there were kids that got to be IN the parade ... I guess they were chosen early in the day .. is that a normal thing ? .... Id love any info on that
I'll paste on here what we have so far .. take a look & PLEASE let me know of any other GOOD SECRETS to add, or SPECIAL things to look / listen or even smell for :p (someone mentioned the candy shop) !!
So here is what I have so far :
************************************************** ********
* all castle spires, except the one on the far left looking towards the castle from main street, are gold leafed.
the idea of having one not made of true gold is that "Disneyland will never be complete"!
* the central castle window remains dimly lighted during the firework as a tribute to "Walt looking over the show".
* I've recently noticed jumping fish in the fish pond across from Big Thunder Mountain. Apparently left over from the Mine Train Ride
* In Indy it is the Eeyore Parking Lot sign, up in the roof rafters of the movie room in the que, right where it was in the Parking Lot.
* If you ask, you can ride up in the captains area of the Mark Twain. They let you operate the bell and whistle and you get a river pilots license. I don't know who had more fun me or the kids!
* Sounds to listen for …I've heard the man taking a cold shower above the area in Main Street where the lockers are.
I've heard a jazz band practice over the charcoal sketching/restroom area in NOS.
There's also people gossiping on an old fashioned phone in one of the Main Street shops. And there's the police phone and manhole in Toon Town.
* About 9 pm, go to the Hungry Bear, and go sit at the very back along the river. You get to watch all the Fantasmic stuff go by and change. You can talk to the pirates and they talk back, often in character. There is another spot but my son doesn't like me to give away his special spot. (Let's just say its over by where the Mark Twain docks....)
* Gotta see PUSH and the trash can guys!
Push comes out around 10am (sometimes, I have seen him as early as 9:45am) and stays out till 5pm. He has 15 minute sets and takes 30 minute breaks in between sets.
Like someone said, City Hall can give you his times. I like to watch Push and the Laughing Stock, Co. (in front of the Golden Horseshoe) on the weekends.
* See Billie Hill and the Hillbillies, and the preshow in front of the Golden Horseshoe
* If you'd like to meet Mickey in a more private setting and spend a little extra time with him then go to his Toontown House where he greets guests in the movie barn at the back. For the shortest wait get there as soon as Toontown opens.
* Get to the park on a non-early entry day, right when the park opens (get in line 15-30 minutes before that.) For example, if the park is scheduled to open at 9:00 am on a non EE day, they open main street at 8:30, so get to the gates, tickets in hand around 8:15. When I was there they did a fun countdown at the main gate and then let everyone on to main street.
* see the Fireworks, they are awesome. Watch from Main Street or in front of the castle to see all of the effects.
* the firehouse is a cool place for kids to explore, and in the afternoon they have a flag retiring ceremony and also some more character games/interactions that are fun (Cruella de Ville was there, the Disneyland Band was playing her theme song, and she rounded up on-lookers to "model" and march around the square
* Purified, filtered water in the fountain outside first aid station to fill up water bottles !