Thumping Our Way Through Disneyland.

[Thumper_Man]

Not to tell you how to do your report,

Ever notice when someone tells they don't want to tell you how to do something, they're going to tell you how to do something?

but Mike,

Uh oh, there's that but. That means it's coming.

if you can, since you have been to both parks now,

Actually, we've been to all 6 parks now. MK, AK, DHS, Epcot, DCA and DL.

I'd really love to hear a not only Park comparison, but if yoiu could, a ride comparison as well.

There it is. Telling me how to write my TR. Just because you're a celebrity now don't mean you can tell me how to write a TR. I've stolen lots of ideas from you already.

I know, I'm being a jerk,

Jerk. Hey, you said it first. I'm just agreeing with you.

but we hope to get there next year, and , like for one thing, I can't WAIT to compare the INDY JONES ride up against it's sister, Dinosaur.

Oh. since you can't wait to do it yourself, does that mean I don't have to now?

Or the Disenyland side-by-side Space Mountain ride against the Worlds "single file" SM.

I had to laugh when I read this. You just posted before I did, and I did a Space Mountain comparison in my latest post. Had I posted before you, you would've had your comparison.

I've also wondered if food prices are the same.

Keep wondering. Or better yet, keep coming back and you'll find out.

I also have a feeling that there are more foreigners at Florida then in California, am I right?

IMO, you would be WRONG! In Florida, your major minority would be the Brazilian's. In California, your major minority seemed to be a lot of Oriental's.

See how I am?

I can't really see how you are. You're way over there and I'm way over here. I can't see that far.

Looking forward to what's next, as you might be able to tell!

You just missed it.

 

[Thumper_Man]

T-Man, I think anyone with a ticket can enter Main St. early, to do shopping, buy food, or just look around. They open the two areas that get the longest lines, Tomorrowland and Fantasyland, for EMH ticket holders. I imagine they don't open the whole park, because then you have to staff a whole park. That's my theory, anyway.

That would be odd then. When we arrived, they had a separate gate open for the EMH ticket holders. There were already people starting to line up at the regular gates. So either those people didn't know they could get in, or the CM's didn't let them in without having the EMH on their ticket.

I know what you mean about staffing the whole park. We've never stayed on site at WDW, so we've never done EMH at WDW. I'm not able to compare the 2, but makes sense to open those 2 lands first.

 

[dwheatl]

I know it's weird, but if the park "opens" at 9, then EMH opens at 8, and Main St. at 8:30. Then they have a rope drop (sometimes) at 9.

 

[smidgy]

I remember at MK when they only had morning EMH (called it early entry) and it was only fantasyland for about a half hour, then tomorrow land would open next. then they let the Hoardes in.

It seemed weird to see main street and sleeping beauty's castle.. It look smaller than I thought.

the resort look sreally nice! I esp. like the nightime pictures.

I am interested how Matterhorn is (for us coaster scardey cats, those of us deathly afraid of heights.

oh yeah, I wanted to add, did I ever get my butt reamed out a year or two ago on some thread when I said something about Orientals.

I was infomed that people are NOT Oriental.. they ar Asian..a rug is Oriental. .... sheesh.. ok, if I say Asian, it could be oriental, russian, Indian, etc. etc. dont' know why I shared this rebuke with you... well, so there is enough rebuke to go around.

 

[Thumper_Man]

It seemed weird to see main street and sleeping beauty's castle.. It look smaller than I thought.

Compared to Cinderella's castle, it is very small but still nice to look at. Gotta remember, back when you were young , SB's Castle was probably built as tall as they would allow them. I was reading about all the Disney castles and how Disney builds them to make them look bigger than they actually are.

the resort look sreally nice! I esp. like the nightime pictures.

Thanks. We hadn't taken any the whole week we were there. Last night before we were supposed to leave is when we said, we still need to take some night time pictures.

I am interested how Matterhorn is (for us coaster scardey cats, those of us deathly afraid of heights.

I'll cover the Matterhorn in the next chapter.

oh yeah, I wanted to add, did I ever get my butt reamed out a year or two ago on some thread when I said something about Orientals.

I was infomed that people are NOT Oriental.. they ar Asian..a rug is Oriental. .... sheesh.. ok, if I say Asian, it could be oriental, russian, Indian, etc. etc. dont' know why I shared this rebuke with you... well, so there is enough rebuke to go around.

I'll keep this in mind.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Nebo asked for ride comparison's. I provided my comparison for Space Mountain and I mentioned about BLAO being the same. If there were any differences between MK's AO and DL's AO, I didn't really notice them. It's all about blasting the targets once you get going.

One ride I can't compare (just in case you're wondering Nebo) is Star Tours. When we went to WDW in 2010, Star Tours was closed for a major refurb. So we never got to ride it. I don't know what changes were made to Star Tours over at DHS. I'll find out this next trip. I can let you know then. Unless you already know what they are since you're the true WDW vet here. Then you can tell me.

Star Tours at DL is about the same as I remember riding it the first time back at MGM Studios in 2006.

 

[wiscbugs]

Space Mountain at DL is much, much better than at WDW. We made our first trip to DL in August and I think my son rode is about 25 times. It is much smoother than WDW and the sound is great.

Star Tours is exactly the same at the two places.

Buzz is a bit better at DL because you get to lift the gun instead of it being connected to the car.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Space Mountain at DL is much, much better than at WDW. We made our first trip to DL in August and I think my son rode is about 25 times. It is much smoother than WDW and the sound is great.

Star Tours is exactly the same at the two places.

Buzz is a bit better at DL because you get to lift the gun instead of it being connected to the car.

When in August did you go? This TR is for our trip in Aug. We were there 8/25-9/1.

See, I forgot the gun at MK was stationary. No wonder I did better at DL.

 

[pkondz]

Haven't read the last chapter yet... getting late and I'm tired... but I'll be back tomorrow.

However...

Well, yeah. Every guy knows what's at the very top of the list.

True.

Sports.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Haven't read the last chapter yet... getting late and I'm tired... but I'll be back tomorrow.

However...



True.

Sports.

And beer.

 

[pkondz]

Come with me
And you’ll be,
In a World of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you’ll see
Into your imagination

Yeah, yeah, yeah… where’s my chocolate?

Is it just me? Or does it look like they screwed up the sign?
Either it was “Whoops, we forgot the space between ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’… just put a comma in and it’ll be fine.” Or maybe it was “We’ve got a comma between ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’ so we don’t need a space too, do we?”

“How could I be here both tomorrow and yesterday when I’m here today? I don’t want to leave today, because then I might get to see what I came to see. I don’t want to wait until tomorrow and I can’t go back to yesterday. ”

I think what it means is that if you are here today, that means that if you were here yesterday then today has to be tomorrow but when you leave it’ll still be today. But if the park’s open late then it will be tomorrow and that would be fantastic so it’s a fantasy land.

There. Doesn’t that make sense?

This was the first thought I had when I saw this sign. Either way, I was happy to be here; no matter which here it is.

Where?

There has been a demand for lots of pictures. I don’t want to get lynched, so I will grant you your wish.

I’m only gonna say this once… so pay attention. I appreciate all the pictures. Keep ‘em coming. I like looking at all of them.

So next time when you post a bunch of pictures, don’t think, “Gee, pkondz must not like the pictures, he didn’t say anything.”

I might pick out one or two here or there, but otherwise I won’t mention ‘em again.
Speaking of which, the DL castle sure looks puny compared to the MK one. Or is that just the way the photo turned out?

The marine layer wasn’t quite as thick this morning.

Only thing worse is a thick marine lawyer.

As we entered the gate, the CM handed us a card that we would have to give to another CM at the end of Main Street in order to enter Fantasyland and/or Tomorrowland. Again, this is another one of those things you want to know why DL does what they do

I think dwheatl covered this already… made sense to me, so it may not be accurate.

After we hand the CM our “makes no sense” card, we notice most everyone is headed to FL.

I know you mean Fantasy Land… but when I see that, I think: “Everyone headed to Florida? Disneyland not good enough?

Here she’s already getting a little nervous. This will be the first time on any trip she rides a roller coaster first.

Great shot! She really does look nervous.

First comparison, Space Mountain DL vs. Space Mountain MK

Thanks for the comparison. I too had heard from several other Disers that the DL version was not as rough.

There really is no difference between this one and the one over at MK. At least none that I really noticed.

And yet just a couple of pics down, you clearly see the difference. You holding the ‘gun’ up in your hands. wiscbugs came out of lurkdom just to point that out for you.

Did I mention that I am the defending champ for this ride over at MK? Lady H is the defending champ for TSM. I have to defend my championship here at DL.

The winner and still champion of the world: Thumper_Man. Look at that score baby.

You’re such a guy. Typical Mr. Competitive.

Attaboy.

I still need to figure out how to climb that mountain. I'll end it here for now while I go and figure it out. Plus our Early Morning Magic hour is over. Park is officially open.

Thanks for the update T-Man! :

Ask and you shall receive. I posted some of the major highlights of the resort. Didn't want to post too many. Then what would I talk about? Plus trying not to make the posts too long.

MORE RESORT PHOTOS!

I'll also post the link in Post #2, where I've been posting the chapter links; along with the pie and eventually cake recipes.

Thanks, I looked at all of them (didn’t I mention that I won’t talk about the pics?)
I liked the dolphin bench. Never seen one like that before.

 

[smidgy]

I think what it means is that if you are here today, that means that if you were here yesterday then today has to be tomorrow but when you leave it’ll still be today. But if the park’s open late then it will[/] be tomorrow and that would be fantastic so it’s a fantasy land.

.

when my daddy would wake us up, after playing reveille on his recorder, he would yell out "it's today! It's tomorrow's yesterday! It's yesterday's tomorrow! It's today's today!"

 

[dwheatl]

when my daddy would wake us up, after playing reveille on his recorder, he would yell out "it's today! It's tomorrow's yesterday! It's yesterday's tomorrow! It's today's today!"

Love it!

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

Yeah, yeah, yeah… where’s my chocolate?

Is it just me? Or does it look like they screwed up the sign?
Either it was “Whoops, we forgot the space between ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’… just put a comma in and it’ll be fine.” Or maybe it was “We’ve got a comma between ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’ so we don’t need a space too, do we?”

I noticed the same thing. And I wondered about it for awhile, and figured it had to be the Y from Yesterday, because it looks like there is enough space in between the two on the bottom and then thought...I'm at Disneyland and I'm wondering about whether the sign posted is grammatically correct....

I think what it means is that if you are here today, that means that if you were here yesterday then today has to be tomorrow but when you leave it’ll still be today. But if the park’s open late then it will[/] be tomorrow and that would be fantastic so it’s a fantasy land.

There. Doesn’t that make sense?

Then why didn't they just say that?

I’m only gonna say this once… so pay attention.

I appreciate all the pictures. Keep ‘em coming. I like looking at all of them.

So next time when you post a bunch of pictures, don’t think, “Gee, pkondz must not like the pictures, he didn’t say anything.”

I might pick out one or two here or there, but otherwise I won’t mention ‘em again.
Speaking of which, the DL castle sure looks puny compared to the MK one. Or is that just the way the photo turned out?

Got it...More pictures. That shouldn't be too hard. We took tons of them. Just have to upload them all...That may take a while...

Regarding the castle, It is very different, and definitely much smaller than what we are all used to at WDW. I think we are all used to seeing Cinderella's Castle and so when you see Sleeping Beauty's castle, the differences stand out. Between the size and the fact that it's pink, you can tell you aren't in Florida anymore.

Only thing worse is a thick marine lawyer.

I think dwheatl covered this already… made sense to me, so it may not be accurate.

Makes sense that it would make sense, however, when we were there and trying to make sense out of the whole thing, it didn't make sense at all. Make sense?

I know you mean Fantasy Land… but when I see that, I think: “Everyone headed to Florida? Disneyland not good enough?

It is an automatic reaction to think Florida when you see that isn't it?

Great shot! She really does look nervous.

I was...Extremely nervous. I'm not a huge fan of coasters. I will go on them at least once so I can't regret it later and say "I wish I did it," but the whole line for any coaster I'm usually walking behind T-Man saying "dumb wife, dumb wife, dumb wife!!!" It's sort of a mantra you know?

Because I have been on the one in WDW, I was expecting the same thing here and so got a little nervous when there really wasn't a line to give me time to psych myself into it.

Thanks for the comparison. I too had heard from several other Disers that the DL version was not as rough.

Even I can say that I liked this one. T-Man and I were discussing it recently and I mentioned that I was able to see more on this one compared to the other. He looks at me a little strange and says, "Really? because I thought this one was way darker and I couldn't see a thing. I normally have to wear my sunglasses at the one in WDW to get the same effect." I thought about it and said, "Maybe because this one was smoother and I finally opened my eyes and enjoyed this one."

Thanks, I looked at all of them (didn’t I mention that I won’t talk about the pics?)
I liked the dolphin bench. Never seen one like that before.

The dolphin bench was one of the first things I noticed and fell in love with. It was so unique. Unfortunately it was little too heavy to try to take to our room or put in my luggage. I was already cutting it close, didn't want to pay $500 in overage fees for the extra 1000 lbs.

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

when my daddy would wake us up, after playing reveille on his recorder, he would yell out "it's today! It's tomorrow's yesterday! It's yesterday's tomorrow! It's today's today!"

How fun! All I ever got was "GET UP, OR YOU'LL BE LATE AGAIN!"

 

[pkondz]

when my daddy would wake us up, after playing reveille on his recorder, he would yell out "it's today! It's tomorrow's yesterday! It's yesterday's tomorrow! It's today's today!"

 

[Backstage_Gal]

How fun! All I ever got was "GET UP, OR YOU'LL BE LATE AGAIN!"

I just got a glass of cold water in my face.
Yeah, I'm still horrible to get out of bed

 

[dwheatl]

I was...Extremely nervous. I'm not a huge fan of coasters. I will go on them at least once so I can't regret it later and say "I wish I did it," but the whole line for any coaster I'm usually walking behind T-Man saying "dumb wife, dumb wife, dumb wife!!!" It's sort of a mantra you know?

I know your feeling. I love SM at DL, so I never feel nervous about it. But 3/4 of the way up the line for Summit Plummet this July, I looked around the line and saw that I was probably the oldest person in line. When I got to the part when you lie down, I wondered why I was doing this. And when I went over the edge, I thought it would really be idiotic if I died of a heart attack going down this slide.
I think it's safe to say, I won't be riding Summit Plummet again in this lifetime, and if it's in the next life, you'll know I was a bad girl.

 

[pkondz]

I'm at Disneyland and I'm wondering about whether the sign posted is grammatically correct...

Makes sense that it would make sense, however, when we were there and trying to make sense out of the whole thing, it didn't make sense at all. Make sense?

No... But I can make change... correctly.

I'm usually walking behind T-Man saying "dumb wife, dumb wife, dumb wife!!!" It's sort of a mantra you know?

I thought about it and said, "Maybe because this one was smoother and I finally opened my eyes and enjoyed this one."

 

[dwheatl]

Any one of the quotes Pkondz pulled out would be a great one for the tag fairy to stick you with. Particularly the "open my eyes and enjoy it" quote.