kevankiki
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2006
- Messages
- 1,235
Monday 9th April 2007
Credit as usual to DD for the photos!
Breakfast was booked for 7.30am this morning so we got a lie in! We both avoided the pickled eggs and made time to enjoy a hot drink on this particular morning, and then we were straight off to the park again, arriving soon after 9am. Straight over to our newly discovered favourite ride Buzz, where we went round twice with a very short queue, and bought BOTH of the photos! After a look in the shops we headed over towards Frontierland as the park was about to open and we wanted to get some FPs for BTM. Yet another queue, just to get the FPs, but we got them for 11.10am and headed off to PM. I was keen to ride on Mark Twain but it wasnt quite open, the CM said they were running some tests and it would be open later in the morning. By the time we came out of PM it was running and we managed to get on before it was time to ride BTM.
By now we were starting to feel hungry, we had decided to eat in Annettes Diner so we worked our way in the direction of Disney Village, pausing to watch Alphabet You Are on the way! Annettes is a great place to eat, not that Im biased or anything LOL and we were seated straight away. DD went for the Green Piece, which she said was the best burger she had ever had in her life, as part of a value meal that included a drink and a brownie. I opted for the Fifty Fifty as I remembered it was yummy from last time, I also had water and we shared a chocolate and banana milkshake. Neither of us had room for the brownie so our waitress packed it up for us to take away. The entire bill came to around 37 as we received 10% off with our Dream Pass. After we had eaten we decided to go to the Disneyland Hotel to try and buy some stamps for the postcards I needed to send (the shop we bought them from the previous day hadnt had any left). We had never been inside this hotel before, it really was lovely and well worth a visit! We headed back to the park and called by Discoveryland to see what the queues were like. We really wanted to try Autopia as it hadnt been open before when we were there, but the queue was way too long. We had decided we would make a special effort to see the parade properly today and staked out a spot opposite Belle Notte. The weather was fabulous and I found I needed to wear the sunhat DD hates me wearing, and slop on some sunscreen too! We had a great spot though to watch the parade and take some great photos!
Mickey and Minnie head off the parade:
I called him Chimp, but who is this guy???
After the parade we walked back over to Autopia and decided the wait time was bearable so we went for it. Mean as this may sound we wanted to have a car each, I had a red car and DD was in a blue one, I thought she was behind me and kept slowing down to almost stopping, but then found there were two cars between us. Still, it meant I could take a few photos of her coming in after I got off myself. We then headed round to watch Honey I Shrunk The Audience, which this time was in French, so we were the ones that had to wear the headphones. After HISTA we had an Autopia craving to fulfil and the queue didnt seems too bad so we got in it. Things moved a lot slower this time though as they had closed one side of the ride (why do they do that?), but DD did manage to be behind my yellow car in her blue car and I was able to take a few photos of her as we went round. We hatched a plan that next time I would make sure she had her camera with her so that she could take some of me . Hmmmm maybe that wasnt such a good idea? We then felt a little hungry ad thought a sandwich would make a nice snack. We stumbled on Victorias and the queue seemed short, how wrong were we?? I must have waited half an hour to get served, partly due to slow service and also thanks to one couple who tried several credit cards before giving up! Anyway, eventually we did get some food, but it wasnt very nice and we wouldnt choose to eat there again!
POTC only had a wait time for 15 minutes, or so it said, actually we walked straight on and ran round for a second go! As we returned the CM said that anyone wanting a second go round should stay in the boat, we didnt need telling twice! This did however mean that we missed most of Candlabration, but we caught the very end, and you cant have everything! We headed back to the Kyriad to pack up ready for a quick getaway the following morning.
Disneylad Castle at dusk:
Credit as usual to DD for the photos!
Breakfast was booked for 7.30am this morning so we got a lie in! We both avoided the pickled eggs and made time to enjoy a hot drink on this particular morning, and then we were straight off to the park again, arriving soon after 9am. Straight over to our newly discovered favourite ride Buzz, where we went round twice with a very short queue, and bought BOTH of the photos! After a look in the shops we headed over towards Frontierland as the park was about to open and we wanted to get some FPs for BTM. Yet another queue, just to get the FPs, but we got them for 11.10am and headed off to PM. I was keen to ride on Mark Twain but it wasnt quite open, the CM said they were running some tests and it would be open later in the morning. By the time we came out of PM it was running and we managed to get on before it was time to ride BTM.
By now we were starting to feel hungry, we had decided to eat in Annettes Diner so we worked our way in the direction of Disney Village, pausing to watch Alphabet You Are on the way! Annettes is a great place to eat, not that Im biased or anything LOL and we were seated straight away. DD went for the Green Piece, which she said was the best burger she had ever had in her life, as part of a value meal that included a drink and a brownie. I opted for the Fifty Fifty as I remembered it was yummy from last time, I also had water and we shared a chocolate and banana milkshake. Neither of us had room for the brownie so our waitress packed it up for us to take away. The entire bill came to around 37 as we received 10% off with our Dream Pass. After we had eaten we decided to go to the Disneyland Hotel to try and buy some stamps for the postcards I needed to send (the shop we bought them from the previous day hadnt had any left). We had never been inside this hotel before, it really was lovely and well worth a visit! We headed back to the park and called by Discoveryland to see what the queues were like. We really wanted to try Autopia as it hadnt been open before when we were there, but the queue was way too long. We had decided we would make a special effort to see the parade properly today and staked out a spot opposite Belle Notte. The weather was fabulous and I found I needed to wear the sunhat DD hates me wearing, and slop on some sunscreen too! We had a great spot though to watch the parade and take some great photos!
Mickey and Minnie head off the parade:
I called him Chimp, but who is this guy???
After the parade we walked back over to Autopia and decided the wait time was bearable so we went for it. Mean as this may sound we wanted to have a car each, I had a red car and DD was in a blue one, I thought she was behind me and kept slowing down to almost stopping, but then found there were two cars between us. Still, it meant I could take a few photos of her coming in after I got off myself. We then headed round to watch Honey I Shrunk The Audience, which this time was in French, so we were the ones that had to wear the headphones. After HISTA we had an Autopia craving to fulfil and the queue didnt seems too bad so we got in it. Things moved a lot slower this time though as they had closed one side of the ride (why do they do that?), but DD did manage to be behind my yellow car in her blue car and I was able to take a few photos of her as we went round. We hatched a plan that next time I would make sure she had her camera with her so that she could take some of me . Hmmmm maybe that wasnt such a good idea? We then felt a little hungry ad thought a sandwich would make a nice snack. We stumbled on Victorias and the queue seemed short, how wrong were we?? I must have waited half an hour to get served, partly due to slow service and also thanks to one couple who tried several credit cards before giving up! Anyway, eventually we did get some food, but it wasnt very nice and we wouldnt choose to eat there again!
POTC only had a wait time for 15 minutes, or so it said, actually we walked straight on and ran round for a second go! As we returned the CM said that anyone wanting a second go round should stay in the boat, we didnt need telling twice! This did however mean that we missed most of Candlabration, but we caught the very end, and you cant have everything! We headed back to the Kyriad to pack up ready for a quick getaway the following morning.
Disneylad Castle at dusk:
