DL Park pictures!

[Alice28]

As we discussed in chat, you gotta get to Disneyland if you've never been! It has some great attractions the world just doesn't have. Here are a few pics from when DH and I went last October. (no kids! :p )

This is on the new Tom Sawyers Island/ now called Pirate's Lair.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland030.jpg

Jack Sparrow et al perform here several times a day- very cool!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland032.jpg

Haunted Mansion, all dressed up for the Holidays!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland023.jpg

[Alice28]

More mansion-
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland021.jpg

Really pretty Snow White Wishing Well which is off to the side of the castle- yeah, that's me in the pic.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland006.jpg

DL still has TOAD!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/disneyland002.jpg

not to mention the Subs, Indiana Jones, Storybook Land, Rockin' Toontown, Casey Jr., Pinocchio, Pirates is about twice as long, WAY BETTER Fantasmic, Better Buzz, Matterhorn, Alice in Wonderland......I'm so for a DL 2009 SR meet! :cooldance:

[DisneyMa]

When were you there in October? The reason I ask, is our family was also there!

We never did get over to Pirate's Liar. I do love the Haunted Mansion for the Holidays!!

So, when is this 2009 Disneyland SR meet??:clap: :clap:

[Alice28]

Yes we were there in Oct- the HORRIBLE weekend of the WINDS and smoke/fires. Tons and tons of people left early on Sunday, fireworks/Fantasmic canceled, we eventually left early too cause the wind and smoke in the eyes was too much. Still fun to be away just the two of us. And we used SR money for several meals and PINS! When were you there?

We loosely discussed a DL SR meet in 2009 in chat on Friday. Cindy brought it up as a possibility.

[ItsmeSunnyV]

I love the new Pirates Island! And I am so ready for a SR DL meet!! :) I will be there in Feb. again. I can't wait. :cooldance:

[icartjetta]

Those are awesome, I love to see DL pics!

[Magical JenK]

I've really never seen any DL photos, so yes, please anyone (err V, Robin, DisneyMa...) post them!!

For sure keep us updated on the 2009 DL SR Meet up! How fun would that be!!!

[Kycha]

I've really never seen any DL photos, so yes, please anyone (err V, Robin, DisneyMa...) post them!!

For sure keep us updated on the 2009 DL SR Meet up! How fun would that be!!!

Don't forget Dude!

[bs4free]

Thanks for the DL pics if you have more that would be great i love pics of all things disney!

[linanglab]

Love to see more pictures! Thanks for sharing. Never been to DL. Someday I would love to go!

[faithhope]

I'm so up for a DL meet! would love to meet my online friends in RL:hugs:

[Alice28]

I will post more later today.:minnie:

[linanglab]

I will post more later today.:minnie:

Yeah! Can't wait!

[ItsmeSunnyV]

I tried to make a little slide show of about 75 pics of DL, and right when it got to the end..My Computer froze. :( Will try again today. Maybe I had to many pics.:rotfl:

[linanglab]

I tried to make a little slide show of about 75 pics of DL, and right when it got to the end..My Computer froze. :( Will try again today. Maybe I had to many pics.:rotfl:

That will be awesome. All that work though, for nothing! But we appreciate all that work. Especially those of us who have never been!

[m4travels]

For an SR meet in 2009 just say the date! I'll be there!!!

[Mandi]

I've got at least 500 (ok, probably 10x that :rotfl: ) photos to DL if anyone wants to see some more. I can link a few shutterfly accounts. I will say they do have my kids in them. Of course they are the cutest kids in the world so they wouldn't be hard to look at. ;)

[bartleby1]

The pictures are great! I'd love to see more! My parents took me to disneyland twice (drove there from NJ!), but I was 3 yrs old on the first trip and 5 yrs old on the second so I really don't remember much. I vaguely remember looking up at a large pirate ship which we didn't go on. It might have been a restaurant?? For some reason that is the one thing that really sticks out in my mind. Crazy. Someday I'd love to go back!

[ItsmeSunnyV]

Click on this photo...Lets see if this works...I have more if it does..
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/th_Disney335.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/?action=view&current=ef37ce69.pbw)

[Alice28]

OK, here are some very DL specific pics from our June 2006 trip:

This is DL's Teacups- behind it you can see Monstro, whose mouth you glide thru on the StorybookLand Canal boats-
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06156.jpg

Tiki bird grotto - at DL, you sit in a little courtyard and there is a preshow with about 9 tiki gods who talk and move, etc.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06170.jpg

This isn't a good pic as far as the scope of Toontown, but it's WAY more interactive- mailboxes to pull, step on manholes and someone talks to you, etc. Really neat-
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06157.jpg

[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.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06180.jpg

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!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06246.jpg

Interactive fountain in the Bug's Life area of DCA- more fun for little ones!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/disnychck/june06214.jpg

[DisneyMa]

I loved the pictures, and now I miss Disneyland:D

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. :p

[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. :angel: :sunshine: :mickey: :minnie:

[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.

[ItsmeSunnyV]

Heres a few more...Sorry if some are sideways..LOL :)

Just click on the pics.

This is Album 2
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/th_36b15be8.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/?action=view&current=36b15be8.pbr)


This is Album3
(For ROBIN LOL)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/th_Disney190.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/vernfonzndrian/Disneyland/?action=view&current=d03feba0.pbw)

[Alice28]

AWESOME~ thanks for the Alice pics! I love that ride- it's the best dark ride IMHO. And WHAT kind of camera do you have where you were able to get such GREAT pics of the sub ride? Wow!

[ItsmeSunnyV]

And WHAT kind of camera do you have where you were able to get such GREAT pics of the sub ride? Wow!

Thank you!!It was really hard taking pics in that ride!! lol I have pics of Nemo and Dory but they are really blurry. As for the camera it was my Christmas present of 06 this is what it looks like:
http://www.cheap-electronic.com/images/s700.jpg

[Alice28]

I am still amazed- will have to look into that camera! Between the darkness of the inside of the sub, and how closeup you have to be to the window to see out- WOW- such clarity! And even on the dark rides- you took those pics without a flash? They're so CLEAR, considering you're moving!

[ItsmeSunnyV]

- you took those pics without a flash?
:blush: No, I used my flash. :blush: Shhhh, don't tell anyone, So I don't get in trouble. LOL But I had to have good scrapping pics. LOL

[bs4free]

Thanks for the more DL pics and the slide shows WOOT they were great :woohoo:

And yes its true that for most cameras to get a good shot you need to use your flash on the Darkrides... I know bad....

[Magical JenK]

Great photos!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[Alice28]

:blush: No, I used my flash. :blush: Shhhh, don't tell anyone, So I don't get in trouble. LOL But I had to have good scrapping pics. LOL

Iunderstand a good scrapping pic.

The dark rides aren't so bad if you use a flash, cause USUALLY no one else is in the section with you.

It's Pirates or Haunted or Small World the drive me NUTS! Hello! There is a whole nother boat load of people right here. Our whole boat had to yell at a guy in DL, cause he wouldn't knock it off. Finally, twice, the CMs got on the loud speaker and told him to STOP IT. Ugh.

[howdyfrtx]

Thanks for the picture...it makes me wish I was there. Growing up in Orange County and visiting DL alot...makes me miss it.