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Monday, December 18, 2006
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Day 18
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Notes from Disneyland
The one thing that sticks out...
the lights!
So many lights. Lights upon lights. Christmas lights everywhere. It was lovely. Oh if you haven't been to Disneyland at night during Christmas, you haven't lived. So many lights...
And the tree was beautiful as well.
I was in awe as soon as I walked in. I was 9 years old again.
And as we walked down Main Street, the castle was purple. I don't know if it is normally that purple, but I think I melted at some point. It was beautiful.
Another thing that I noticed was all the people. There were hordes of people! It made us both claustrophobic. But...we made our way over to the area near Thunder Mountain (my favorite). I made Angie get on, because she's a baby like that. I love that ride so much! We hollered our lungs out and got out any stress over our workday. It was nice.
Then Pirates....oh the Pirates. They have changed it, but not as much as I thought I would. That was by far the longest line we had to be in, but it went by as we looked around at more lights upon lights upon lights. It was incredible.
One thing I did not expect was that we'd stand in lines that were all 15 minutes or far shorter. Who knew? All those people and.....no lines? What? Weird. But we didn't ask questions. The Haunted Mansion was amazingly decorated and none of my pictures of it came out very well. There were pumpkins everywhere and Christmas things and...yeah. It was the Nightmare Before Christmas. Truly. I was only sad that the Haunted Mansion was now cutesy. As much as I loved the deocrating, it was no longer slightly creepy. It was........cute. Very, very cute. Oh well. It was the most amazing eye candy.
And the fireworks...up close. The fireworks! The incredible fireworks! Sigh.
We stayed until the park closed even though I was sicker than sick. For a few hours at least, I didn't mind. I was being distracted by bright shiny things and fast rides. Yay!
Did I mention no lines? That's a gift in itself. I hear from others who went on Friday that it was certainly not the case then. We got lucky.
There was even some fake, "snow". I could just feel the tourists from the Midwest and East going, "Fuck you!" at the snow as it fell. But the Southern California natives were in awe. It was just a little bit magical. A lot of us had never seen snow (even fake "snow") fall from the sky. I had to leave the country to see snowfall for the first time. So, this was understandable. Add some music and the fireworks and well...yeah. Lovely.
I didn't mind that I had to brave the Matterhorn by myself. It was still fun. I let Angie go on the Small World.
I was exhausted and tired. And very, very ill. But it was so worth it. It was the vacation I needed for my mind.
4 hours. 6 rides. Easy parking, No lines, Fireworks, Christmas lights, and "snow". I think this was the best Disneyland trip ever. |
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posted by purplefishy
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