DL Park pictures!

[ItsmeSunnyV]

Those are really good ones Robin... Next time I go, I promise to take more detailed pics.. When do you plan on going again?

[Alice28]

They have the COOLEST parade right now that they introduced for the 50th birthday- I was in tears and agape, it's SO AWESOME. This is the Pinocchio float- you can see the marionettes on stretchy rubber things- they would bounce and flip and do all these cool acrobatics. Then there was a Little Mermaid float, Alice in Wonderland where they had a whole tumbling mat thing on the tea party table where they would do more acrobatics, a Lion King float....it is AWESOME. DH and I didn't see it last Oct and I sorely regret it.



Lots of interactive stuff over at DCA for the kids- this is at Redwood Creek challenge, which had rope climbs, tunnels, and this zip line that my younger son is doing- good fun!


Interactive fountain in the Bug's Life area of DCA- more fun for little ones!

[DisneyMa]

I loved the pictures, and now I miss Disneyland

That's it!! I'm planning my 2008 trip!

[linanglab]

I liked the ride pics! A Pinochio ride???? I would love to go on those rides that they do not have in WDW. Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[faithhope]

The slideshow was great. the castle looks so pretty.

[Alice28]

Those are really good ones Robin... Next time I go, I promise to take more detailed pics.. When do you plan on going again?

I honestly don't know. I used to go about 1-2 times per year when I lived in CA. Now we go every other year? It's fiscally CHEAPER for us to make a vacation to WDW- isn't that crazy? Hotels are cheaper at WDW for us, and the airfare has been about the same. Weird.

DH has his preliminary orders for Iraq for 2009 (Jan I think). If he does go, then I bet my parents would go to disneyland with me with the kids at some point in 2009. If he is home, I'm not sure we would do DL- he's kind of sick of it.

[Alice28]

I liked the ride pics! A Pinochio ride???? I would love to go on those rides that they do not have in WDW. Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

The pinocchio ride is rather cute, too. Let's see, off the top of my head, DL has these rides that WDW does not have:
Pinocchio
Alice in Wonderland
Matterhorn
Casey Jr train
Storybook Land Canal Boats
Roger Rabbit's car toon spin
Finding Nemo Submarines
Indiana Jones (ride is like Dinosaur, but better)
DL still has the Canoes

New Orleans Square (but no Liberty Square)

Rides that are QUITE different at DL-
Pirates
Buzz Lightyear (the guns come out of their holster, game a little more interactive)
Space Mountain (smoother, music soundtrack)

Plus lots of rides at DCA, namely the big Roller Coaster, Monsters Inc, Grizzly River Run. A lot of rides they have at DCA are at WDW though (soarin, TOT, Playhouse Disney, Turtle Talk).

I have to say that i think Dining is WAY better at WDW. The food was very 'eh' when we went in October. Maybe we ate at the wrong places. Some decent restaurants at the hotels, but the park food was lacking. I used to LOVE to eat at DL, but the last 2-3 trips have been disappointing.

[disneynut]

Oh I loved all the pics. Now I have the Disney bug, I am sure DH will thank you for that. It looks quite nice. Now I will have to go and experience it first hand.

[wilsonfamily4]

I so understand the "cheaper" to go to WDW. When we wwent to WDW last year everyone asked why we just didn't go to Disneyland. But airfare was the same price to Florida, we could stay onsite fairly cheap renting DVC points,we did not have to rent a car, and there were so many more options for meals. Somday we will drive down there but that will be when the kids are a bit older.

[monorailsilver]

I can't wait to go to DL but I want my kids to be a bit older so they can tolerate the time change with out me being annoyed that they are not good, ie tired when they need to be up & running.

I so want to go. I only went there once in 1977 & I was 5 going on 6 so I don't remember much other then that is where I rode Space Mountain for the first time.

And the hotel we stayed at by the beach had dolphins & I threw a Tic Tac for them to eat & when they cleaned the dolphin tank I swear the Tic Tac was still there.