"OUR BIG, FAT DISNEYLAND ROADTRIP" The End 4/20 pg. 44 Better Than Cats...

[annie1995]

Hey Wendy! I love the update, another great installment! I hope that fever stayed away, and Norah continued to be fine the rest of your trip! Thanks for all the pictures! They are great!

 

[disneyaddicted]

Can't seem to get enough of your trip reportyness style. waiting for the next. Glad that Norah got to feeling better. Was it possibility the magic of Disney?

 

[UtahMama]

I cant believe you guys found my purposely mis-"spelt" word, Attack/Attic!!!

Just making sure you were not skimming!

I love LOVE LOVE the DisneyLAND boards! This is really fun making new friends!

And my new(ish) friend, SDY, and her song!!!!
Thank YOU Sidariffic! I totally lof you too!


Everyone!!!! Thank you for reading this! It's so fun to compare the parks! Even if gross errors occur (like the dino-bones being in both parks...sorry about THAT by the way!)

You all are WAYYYY nice to me! Thank you so much for reading this! YOU ROCK!!!!

 

[HaleyB]

I am getting homesick for my beloved Disneyland.

Why did they go and mess with Space Mountain??? They JUST redid it and made it all extra cool and dark. Did you get to ride it after they reopened it a few years ago (or was it last year??) It was way cool. Darn it.

I love Toon Town. Even if there is a scary clown on the Roger Rabbit ride. Great queue. Did you turn all the door knobs? You have to touch everything in DL. Did you get a photo of the kids in jail? Did you play with the mail box that talks? Man I am homesick.

I am glad Nora didn't stay sick. How cool that Peter sprinkled you with Pixie Dust!

 

[NAB]

So glad Norah felt better. Cool that Peter Pan was there to cheer her and you up while you were waiting. Loved her Barbie hair. It made her look even more grown up.

That was a pretty fancy looking room to change babies in. The picture of Walt is neat too.

I was showing DD your pictures. She liked Norah's pink Pooh. And asked if we could go to Disneyland this summer.

 

[corinnak]

UM, you are making me want to go to DL right away! Innoventions looks really cool there, and IASW, too!

I am glad there was some relief for Norah. I have to say, my little guy is the same way when he gets a fever. He goes from ornery to compliant, and while I feel badly for him, I do kind of enjoy the ease a fever can provide. Does that make me a meanie?

This second TR is just great. Waiting patiently for the next installment.....

 

[celerystalker]

DL does look pretty cool. Toontown definitely looks awesome.
Did you take any pictures inside blue bayou?
That is definitely sweet that Peter Pan spent extra time with the sicky poo Norah.
She is so cute in that Matterhorn picture! Like "Look at me! I'm a big girl! And a kitty!"

 

[mikayla73]

UM you rock with the installments ... like the hits they just keep on comin'! Are you ready for Oct yet?

 

[dwheatl]

Peter Pan himself leaped in! My little girl smiled and hugged him and I swear, Peter Pan sat with us a good 10 minutes and held her and tried to make her laugh. It was so incredible he took the time out of his busy day and sat with just one feverish girl and her mama. Well, I can say, the Tylenol and Pixie Dust worked and she seemed fine in a short while. Peter got Norah another drink of water, hugged us both and just like *that* he was gone.
No, I didn’t have the camera at that time. THAT picture is in my heart, though!

They must schedule characters to work in First Aid. DH fell once and had possibly cracked ribs, and Mickey came in to make him laugh. Like that's a good idea with broken ribs. Sounds like your character encounter was a little more magical. Did you tell him your name is Wendy?

I decided to take her to the Baby Care Center to change her Pull Up and wash her face. It’s right next door. My DH and boys met up with us and I asked him to take a picture of Walt as a baby. His very cute mug hangs in the Victorian-themed baby care center. The lady at the front desk informed us it was his Christening day photo and babies wore dresses back then.

That's where I want to work when I retire. Aren't those ladies the nicest?

Time had passed and Norah is right as rain and is back to her normal pleasant self so we decided to ride the Matterhorn!

Have I ever told you my mother rode this ride when she was BIG pregnant with me? I KNOW!
Jeez, that’s what’s wrong with me! She claims they let her, no problem!

BORG! My mom did that too. I was going to put this in my trippie, but you're much more efficient than I am. My mom said they asked her if she was "a lady in waiting" and she said no, so they let her on. I was the 6th kid, so she was pretty casual about everything.

It was nearing Fireworks time and the park was beyond crowded! I havent riden on the Astro Orbitors since they'd been re-done years ago...so me and Riley crammed ourselves onto this while Dallen rode by himself. Of course there's this sign in the queue reminding you to "stand....NOT dance!"

Our DS loves that sign. Crazy funny!

Prior to fireworks, DH snapped this little beauty of the tiny castle of Sleeping Beauty:

I never noticed how tiny it is until coming back to DL after WDW last summer. It's awful pretty though.

Great job on the installment. You make me want to be there.

 

[jw50]

I had the low carb omelets which I could only eat maybe half of and a diet coke.

I hope that was a typo

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

Wow, another installment already! I guess begging pretty please and patiently waiting does work. You Rock!

 

[bunnysmum]

I just found you! Good grief, how did I miss this earlier?? Now I have reading to catch up on. I may have to post several times 'til I catch up.

We've been practicing playing "kitty" with her new harness LEASH device to keep her from running off. So far it's great fun meowing at strangers as we navigate Walmart.

Oh good! I'm glad to hear you did the leash! I've heard all the criticisms, of course, "What kind of parent would blah blah blah". But I always counter, at least mentally, with, "Perhaps you'd rather I were the kind of parent who would just let my child run off, then? Or run amok?"

Using the leash to play "kitty" is an awesome idea. My 7 yr old is always and forever telling me to pretend she's my baby something or other. Often it's a kitty, sometimes a puppy, but lately we are branching out. Earlier this week it was penguin, and then yesterday, a camel. A baby camel. Am I lucky, or what?

Love the paint chip idea! Do you think Home Depot would notice if I filched...say, 300 or so of those babies? For our next trip (I do hope!) in Jan, 2008?

Okay, I'm off to read some more....

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
you made me so happy, oh Wendy

Awesome song, Sid! I didn't even see that coming

Great installment, Uma. Loved the castle pic. It was covered up with a big blue tarp when I went in 2004.

Not very magical.

 

[mikamah]

Awesome installment. How magical for Norah to have a special visit with Peter Pan. I hardly have enough time to come here to read, how on earth do you find the time to write this awesome trip report? You are the best.

 

[DisneyObsession]

Well you proved me wrong......some good DID come out of the First Aid Station! Sweet little Norah met PETER PAN!!!
How cool was that?!?

I am sooo glad the fever hasn't hung on or reappeared as of yet. I am crossing every possible body part that she remained fever-free!

Thanks for taking me down "Memory Lane". I had completely forgotten about The Matterhorn and I that ride!! DH thought I wouldn't, but I did! (My kids liked it too!)

The castle looks sooo small, but just as beautiful!! I am saving that pic to put on my desktop!!!

This was a great way to start my day!!!

 

[PrincessV]

Little did we know, (NOTHING good starts with “little did we know…”) a raging fever was brewing in our youngest child’s body. She was being awfully good, which is a red flag.

I know exactly what you mean - its the same for my DS!

First Aid is located outside of Tomorrowland toward Main Street. By then her little cheeks were red and she was miserable. There were 3 or 4 NICE nurses to help us. One of them took her ear temperature and it was 102*. They gave her 2 dissolving Tylenol and a drink of water. They gave me a list of several ER’s we could take her to with a map. I sat with her in the foyer of the First Aid station when Peter Pan himself leaped in! My little girl smiled and hugged him and I swear, Peter Pan sat with us a good 10 minutes and held her and tried to make her laugh. It was so incredible he took the time out of his busy day and sat with just one feverish girl and her mama. Well, I can say, the Tylenol and Pixie Dust worked and she seemed fine in a short while. Peter got Norah another drink of water, hugged us both and just like *that* he was gone.

WOW. I was impressed just with how nice and helpful the First Aid nurses were. But a visit with Peter Pan?! WOW! You guys got the motherload of pixie dust - so cool!

I was worried about the theming. WHY would the Red Hot Chili Peppers be blasted on a SPACE ride? As it turns out, it isn’t a space ride per say anymore. It’s a sad dark ride with cool music.
So the song chosen is not exactly a top 10 hit, if you know what I mean. I would have really liked “Californication” or “Give it away, give it away now…”

Okay, I had to read this a few times and I'm still not sure if you're messing with my mind... for real, they're piping in RHCP music on Space Mountain??? Now, I went through a major punk stage and I still love me some old school Chili's, but at Disney? On that particular ride? It's just not right, I say. Out of curiosity, which song did they use?

 

[sorul82?]

Yes UMama! Which song?? You have to tell us! Sir Psycho? Naked in the Rain?? Funky Monks??? Mellowship Slinky in B Major????

 

[mmeb144]

About Space Mountain (from Wikipedia):

Rockin' Space Mountain
Also part of this major "new" Space Mountain was a nighttime transformation of the attraction to Rockin' Space Mountain, in which the calmer soundtrack of the attraction in daytime hours was to be replaced at night by a driving rock soundtrack, and different special effects. The original version of Rockin' Space Mountain, called Rock-it Mountain, premiered for Grad Nite 2006, with a track by rock group Hoobastank.

Rockin' Space Mountain premiered during the "Year of a Million Dreams" Celebration, and is being promoted alongside Rockin' California Screamin, a similar modification to Disney's California Adventure's California Screamin' roller coaster beginning January 3, 2007 and continuing through April 26, 2007. Contrary to the original plans for the attraction, "Rockin' Space Mountain" runs during all operating hours of the park.

Rockin' Space Mountain does not use the Dick Dale soundtrack that many Disney fans enjoyed, but the Dick Dale Space Mountain theme makes one final appearance on Disneyland's 50th Anniversary 6-CD box set. On December 28, 2006, Disneyland announced that the soundtrack to be featured for "Rockin' Both Parks" are two songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Space Mountain received an edited version of the band's 1989 song Higher Ground. The song has been remixed to "heighten every twist, turn, rise and drop of the attraction." Rockin' Space Mountain's counterpart at Disney's California Adventure, Rockin' California Screamin', uses a remixed version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Around the World." [1]

The main differences between the regular and Rockin' Space Mountain include: a different soundtrack, new projections within the mountain, and many lights alongside the track. Riders begin their journey with "Uncle" Joe Benson, a radio disc jockey from the Disney-owned 95.5 KLOS, introducing the riders to the "Space Stage" where the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be "broadblasting live." The "rocket rockers" continue the flight with a "sound check" with guitar riffs accompanied by projections of bright colors and sound waves. Climbing the last lift, the soundtrack transitions into the song, "Higher Ground." Some of the new scenery includes colored strobe lights, projection of dancers and other bright visualizer images. Many colored lights line the tracks strobing in sequence and projecting on walls and the surroundings. Re-entry and the station remain mostly unchanged except for some added instruments(drum set, air/electric guitar, ect.) floating in space with the astronaut in the "planet orbit" screen. Another notable change to the station is that the neon lights that flash when a rocket train is "launched" to the right remain on and do not shut off. Also, the queue has received new lighting fixtures.

Marie

 

[MommyPoppins]

P.S. "Squoze" IS a word, really!

Oh yes. There it is in the UNword Dictionary. From UNWORDS.com:

Definition of squoze :.
(skwōz)

1. (v.tr.) To have squeezed something previously. The past tense of squeeze.

Example: Yes, I squoze it as hard as I could.

Submitted by: Anonymous, Topics: Miscellaneous

Suuuure it's a word, UMA!

Great report by the way! Makes me wanna visit Disneyland. Which may happen one day when our children are grown and gone.

Norah is such a cutie! LOVE her dress! And who knew a "kitty leash" could be so stylish. Norah rocked that thing!

 

[spongemommie05]

great great great love the installment and love the pictures ,sorry about norah but she met pan that is awesome waiting on the next one ...