We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What ? Stories from New DLR Locals - Updated 1/15

[AussieDisneyNut]

Loving your report as always.

 

[tlenzendorf]

What I found interesting abut DL splash was how long the line always was. 60 minutes every afternoon. It's NEVER that long at WDW except high crowd season.

We definitely have new 2 favorite rides now. Out of all the Disney parks Indy and RSR are the top 2. Fantastic. We rode RSR 4 times and Indy 2 or 3.

You guys both being out of state would explain not seeing you guys

 

[tdashgirl]

We hoped that things would start looking up now that we had finally arrived, but little did we know that the events of the next few days would make our flight delays look like child’s play.

What a cliff-hanger!

 

[tayalltheway]

Looks like a great evening at DL and a cool beach day at Huntington.

I'm not liking the sound of where your next update is heading to as I think I remember that weekend. I suspect that, in the 'wash-up', you might have been better off staying in town and DisMeeting with us.

Definitely was a fun couple days in SoCal before heading to the wet CO. I think you are quite right that we should have just stayed put and met up with you all!

I need to make this quick as the "Twilight Zone" is about to hit.

I got so far behind, I've been on a whirlwind to catch up. I couldn't help but love your comment about "Why do they let kids in Disneyland?"

I do remember, what it to come. You should have turned around and gone back home. You could have had a fun DISmeet with PIO, myself and Bret and avoided all that flooding and stuff!

I hate to tell you this, but get used to September. That heat was actually nothing unusual. I kept trying to remember if we had awful heat last year and I think that while it was excruciatingly hot, it wasn't "record hot". I DO remember one year when I had to go to the Fairfax District for some reason and the temperature hit 119 while I was there. THAT was awful. What we had last year was just regular hot weather.

I was at DL on the Wednesday after Labor Day and it was Hot, Hot, Hot but we still went on a ton of rides. We got some pictures on the stairs of the Cour of Angels back in August since I heard about it closing as well. Sad, but I guess that's what they call "progress".

Hopefully we can meet up sometime next week. Text me if you're out there Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. We arrive Wednesday after and are staying at the VGC until Friday, but we'll be around the parks on Friday. Not sure how late, but at least for a while.

I'm glad I finally got caught up. Things have been hectic for me lately! Love hearing about your exploits, we just don't get out there often enough!

Glad to hear you're all caught up as well!

I think we definitely should have just gone home once our flight was delayed for the umpteenth time and then just hung out with you at Disneyland! Oh well...

Definitely not surprised that this September wasn't exactly an anomaly. In fact, I think the heat actually held off better than it usually does because I'd read August was supposed to be super hot, but it wasn't half bad. Maybe this year will somehow be unseasonably cool too!

There's a very good likelihood that we'll be in the parks at least one of those evenings, so I'll be sure to text you when we go! Hopefully we can finally meet up in person Hope you enjoy your trip down! Sounds like it will be a blast to stay at VGC!

Loving your report as always.

I'm glad!! Thanks for continuing to read along!!

What I found interesting abut DL splash was how long the line always was. 60 minutes every afternoon. It's NEVER that long at WDW except high crowd season.

We definitely have new 2 favorite rides now. Out of all the Disney parks Indy and RSR are the top 2. Fantastic. We rode RSR 4 times and Indy 2 or 3.

You guys both being out of state would explain not seeing you guys

Splash is definitely one of the most consistently popular rides here. I feel like it gets up to at least 45 minutes on even the slowest of slow days.

I'm so glad to hear you loved Indy and RSR so much! I think both of them are such great rides. I definitely agree with you that they're among Disney's all-time best!

What a cliff-hanger!

At least you know we escaped from the flood alive since I'm still here to tell the story!!

 

[tayalltheway]

Chapter 138
The Deluge​

 

[PrincessInOz]

OMG. That is one heck of a homecoming. I'm so sorry you had to live through that.

Whilst I'm sure that you would have been better off anywhere else, I suspect that you were in the right place to help Tracy's folks. That flooding looks awful and if this was one of the lucky ones, then it must have been horrendous for everyone else. And I'm pretty sure Tracy's parents appreciated you being there.

I hope that most people have cleaned up and repaired the damage by now.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

Taylor, what a truly horrible experience for you and Tracy, and all others in that area!

What a blessing you and she were able to help out her parents, and stay safe at the same time!

 

[AussieMumma]

Some of those photo's are just devastating. Tracy's family are very lucky to have only received a small amount of damage and they were definitely very lucky to have the two of you on hand to help.
I imagine you must have been extremely glad to get home from that trip and head back in to the serenity of Disneyland

 

[tdashgirl]

Wow. So glad you guys had such (relatively) minimum damage.

 

[Tasscrapper]

Wow, what an experience. I am sure Tracy's parents felt blessed that you guys were there to help. That must have been so overwhelming.

On a side note I was wondering if you could give any recommendations on a place to eat at Huntington Beach? My dh and I are going in April and will have a car rental the Saturday we get there and I was wondering about heading to the beach since we are blocked from DL.

 

[franandaj]

I think it was very good that you were there to help. I'm sure that they appreciated having you two around. What an awful experience though, it's one of those things that you can say "you lived to tell about it". And then hopefully you never have to go through it again!

 

[heaven2dc]

What a scary couple of days you had! So glad you were there to help out and that you are all safe. Hope the rest of your visit was less eventful!

 

[scrpbookr]

What an ordeal! Perhaps you can invite them out for the next earthquake... completely kidding, of course...

 

[TheChapman6]

I live 20 minutes from Longmont and relate to this story all to well. Anyway, I've been following your story for a while and wanted to say I'm coming out to Disneyland with 2 of my kids and my mom from march 2nd Sunday until Wednesday night. To my knowledge you still haven't had a caramel apple? I'd love to meet up a treat you guys!

 

[tayalltheway]

OMG. That is one heck of a homecoming. I'm so sorry you had to live through that.

Whilst I'm sure that you would have been better off anywhere else, I suspect that you were in the right place to help Tracy's folks. That flooding looks awful and if this was one of the lucky ones, then it must have been horrendous for everyone else. And I'm pretty sure Tracy's parents appreciated you being there.

I hope that most people have cleaned up and repaired the damage by now.

It certainly was something else!!

And it's true that while we had a pretty miserable time of things, we happened to be in the right place at the right time to help out Tracy's parents. I'm sure they would have had a lot more damage if we hadn't been there just since we were able to provide a couple pairs of extra hands and go out and get some supplies while they held down the home front.

As far as I know, pretty much everyone has at least gotten cleanup/rebuiliding underway, though I know some families are still struggling...

Taylor, what a truly horrible experience for you and Tracy, and all others in that area!

What a blessing you and she were able to help out her parents, and stay safe at the same time!

Exactly, it was definitely a blessing and a curse! We hated going through it, but we were really glad we could help!

Some of those photo's are just devastating. Tracy's family are very lucky to have only received a small amount of damage and they were definitely very lucky to have the two of you on hand to help.
I imagine you must have been extremely glad to get home from that trip and head back in to the serenity of Disneyland

They were definitely extremely lucky--mostly just because they didn't have a true basement! And we were happy to help as much as we could! By the end of this trip, though, we couldn't WAIT to leave soggy Colorado behind and return to the dryness and sunshine of SoCal!

Wow. So glad you guys had such (relatively) minimum damage.

Me too!! It was certainly quite the experience!

Wow, what an experience. I am sure Tracy's parents felt blessed that you guys were there to help. That must have been so overwhelming.

On a side note I was wondering if you could give any recommendations on a place to eat at Huntington Beach? My dh and I are going in April and will have a car rental the Saturday we get there and I was wondering about heading to the beach since we are blocked from DL.

We were glad to be there to help even though it was awful to go through. I'm sure if we had been in CA, we would have just been worried through the whole ordeal, so we were sort of glad to be on the front lines and able to see that everyone was safe with our own eyes.

So I don't think we've ever eaten in Huntington Beach, BUT I looked on Yelp, and there is a Bruxie location there. So that would earn my highest recommendation when it comes to non-Disney food!

I think it was very good that you were there to help. I'm sure that they appreciated having you two around. What an awful experience though, it's one of those things that you can say "you lived to tell about it". And then hopefully you never have to go through it again!

Definitely glad we could help, and we were DEFINITELY glad when it was all over!! Hopefully the 1000-year flood will stay true to its name and not return any time during our lifetimes!

What a scary couple of days you had! So glad you were there to help out and that you are all safe. Hope the rest of your visit was less eventful!

It was definitely scary, though we luckily never really felt like we were personally in danger. We were mostly just worried about the house and the possessions within it--which is MUCH less scary than being scared for our lives! Luckily, everything turned out about as well as I think it could have in the situation, and the rest of the trip was definitely less eventful!

What an ordeal! Perhaps you can invite them out for the next earthquake... completely kidding, of course...

I think we've satisfied our quota of natural disasters for a while (or at least I hope so!!). Maybe we'll miss the next earthquake to repay that karmic debt!

I live 20 minutes from Longmont and relate to this story all to well. Anyway, I've been following your story for a while and wanted to say I'm coming out to Disneyland with 2 of my kids and my mom from march 2nd Sunday until Wednesday night. To my knowledge you still haven't had a caramel apple? I'd love to meet up a treat you guys!

That's so sweet of you to offer! We'd definitely love to meet up! It's still a little far out for us to be able to know when we can make it to the parks for sure, but we'll gladly firm up plans a little closer to when you're actually here.

I'm sure you can TOTALLY relate to our flooding experience! Did you guys have much damage where you are?? Hopefully everything turned out all right! Thanks for reading

 

[tayalltheway]

Chapter 139
And Now for Something Completely Different​

 

[PrincessInOz]

I normally don't like seeing any wild animals caged; but I love love love animal sanctuaries like this. Glad that someone is taking care of the furbabies most in need.

Sounds like you got a good deal with the accommodation.

 

[Dizzy4DL]

I didn't know wild cats are okay with us walking above them, how interesting! I grew up near a park called Wildlife Safari in Oregon. I remember petting a cheetah while having a picture done at the park. We even rode elephants there. Of course, that was in the 80's, and I don't think they let you do either anymore. Probably for a very good reason too.

 

[heaven2dc]

What an interesting wildlife park....love the concept!

Dizz4DL - we visited Wildlife Safari in Oregon a couple of times in the 80's too! I wish my kids had been old enough to take when we visited. We visited the San Diego Zoo Safari last fall and I was very disappointed. Guess AK's safari spoiled me lol

 

[RachelleBeaney]

Chapter 136
Limited Time Darkness

World of Color had just ended (which is why they had started adamantly checking wristbands). We went over to the lagoon and saw that the fountains were still going strong even though the show was over.





The fountains are just so pretty. I love the energy they add to that whole area.



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I LOVE these pictures of World of Colour! We always struggle to get good ones!! Amazing...

Also I echo your thought about kids at Disneyland...my husband and I have no kids and love the parks and sometimes wish there were no kids allowed! Not always, of course, but when you see the unruly and rude kids with even unrulier and ruder parents it makes it hard to feel the Disney magic...It's more for me about how parents control their kids in the parks, every child is going to be a little crazy on vacation but just because you're on vacation doesn't mean your on vacation from parenting! Though some parents clearly give up setting rules for their kids on holidays!