Pre-Trip Reprt for DLR December 8-12 2007

[wendy darling]

Hello Fellow Disers-

Here are my plans for my upcoming trip to Disneyland.....

I am so exicted!!! I am a veteran at WDW- mostly because I am a sesaonal cast member there....I have been going there every summer since I was 2 years old, give or take a year!!

Anyways, I am finally getting to stay on property at Disneyland, something I have never done before!!

I will be staying at Paradise Pier with my sister.

My flight will get into Santa Ana Airport around 10am...then we are catching the Disneyland Express to the hotel. After we check-in, we will head for Disneyland to grab a fast pass for Indy and then hit other rides...after we ride Indy we will grab a fastpass for Peter Pan (do they have fast pass for peter pan in dl?) After we eat dinner we will watch Fantasmic ( we are doing the dessert seating at the gallery) and the fireworks. This day we are just eating table service. We will be staying on the concierge level so maybe around 5 we will head back to unpack and have snacks, and then head back for dinner and Fantasmic! and fireworks.

Sunday December 9- We will head for the opening of California Adventure... stay until mid-afternoon I have yet to see Aladdin and we are seeing it this day before we head back to the room, head back to the room to relax and have snacks and drinks in the lounge...then head back for more rides, I am hoping they have the Electrical Parade up and running by December After the parade we might head to DTD to catch a late movie

Monday December 10- We will head for Disneyland Park and ride everything we missed from Saturday. We will have lunch at the Blue Bayou. Then stay and watch the afternoon parade. Then go back to the room to relax and have snacks and drinks (notice a theme- but hey we are paying extra money for the service) in the lounge. Then we are heading to DTD to shop and eat dinner at rain forest cafe or the espn zone (what ever it's called)!!

Tuesday December 11- We will have breakfast at storytellers cafe and then head over to California Adventure...back to the room again for the lounge and maybe a nap.... then head to Disneyland to watch the fireworks again.

Wednesday December 12- Our flight leaves LAX at 10pm, so I would guess we have until around 5-6pm to get our stuff together to leave for the Disneyland Express with enough time to get to LAX. We will hit Disneyland Park again in the morning and then head over to DTD to eat lunch and shop one last time.

I know in this plan we are spending the majority of our time in Disneyland park but I think we have allowed our selves plenty of time in California Adventure as well o do everything. We will buying AP's, so we will be back again in February for my birthday!! (I'm saving all my comp tickets for when I head for the overseas disney parks)

 

[CardinalsFan]

Cool pre-trip report! We'll be in the parks Tuesday through Friday of that week.

One thing about trying to eat at the ESPN Zone on Monday night: there will be a Monday Night Football game that night (New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons) which will start on ESPN at 5:30PM Pacific (how weird must it be on the West Coast for Prime-Time sports to start so early)? I mention this for two reasons: 1) it might be cool to be at the Zone when ESPN is airing a game, and 2) it might be crowded because ESPN is airing a game.

I've never been to an ESPN Zone before, so I can't speak from experience, but as a sports fan, I was hoping to go there during that game. Thinking every sports fan thinks like me, I'm expecting it to be crowded, but maybe not until the parks close?

And based on last year's schedule, I'm predicting that the ELP will make its holiday season debut on Friday, December 14 (sorry). This is only a prediction, based on matching up last year's schedule to this year's dates.

 

[iceskatejen]

Just an FYI--none of the Fantasyland rides in DL have FP.

 

[wendy darling]

Thank you CardinalsFan for the advice... not being a footbal fan it never crossed my mind about monday night football...I don't think I would enjoy that atmosphere...so it looks like we will be eating at Rain Forest Cafe that evening!! Or maybe Goofy's Kitchen~ I hope that maybe they'll change the date for EP...if they don't maybe I will have to fly out again and go December 21 and 22, I will be at WDW before that!! 2 full weeks of Disney Parks, what will I do with myself!!!

And thank you iceskatejen, I guess all my fantasyland rides will have to be done when we go for opening one of the other days!!