On saturday we broke our fast at the clarion hotels anaheim resort
diner, the tivoli gardens. Sigh. Two eggs, 3 rashers of extra salty
bacon, toast and hash browns for $7.49, with surly serivce and dish
water coffe? We added a short stack (2) pancakes for $3.99. These 2
pancakes were as big as the plate. But then I ordered an extra scrambled
egg and 3 sausages from a server who didn't speak english well.
Wow I am good at whining. Maybe I could whine professionally.
Anyway the sausages were unlike any sausage we had ever eaten before.
Extra salty and thick and chewy.
I didn't order the kids juice because though I can buy them 4 oz of
sugar spun into cotton candy for $3 at disneyland I can't buy them $3
apple juice - I'm not that stupid. Sigh.
Took the ART trolley style diesel to disneyland. This time went to the
california adventure. We got there at 9:45, which meant we got to wait
15 minutes with the crowds of other people till the park opened.
Adventureland seems like disneys response to all the "recent"
competition for the teen market - not the family market. More so than
disneyland, a many more of the rides have height restrictions. The park
also feels less magical - the sight lines aren't very good. The layout
is too wide open - except in the bugs life area - the different areas
bleed together too much - or maybe it is not as packed full of stuff.
On the plus side - it seems like it scales better and the attractions
have been designed to handle much larger patron loads resulting in less
queuing. This in done by having more theatre based entertainment. The
old disneyland has one 3d theatre - honey I shrunk the audience - but
adventure has 2 - muppetvision 3d and it tough to be a bug, crush the
sea turtle - plus a real theatre - where we see a 45 minute staged
version of aladdin. These theatre experiences all break the 4th wall and
can contain huge amounts of people that don't have to wait long and
leave happy.
Mike and sulleys adventure
The first ride of the day was mike and sulleys adventure - a classic
side scroller if it were a video game - you sit on a miners cart as it
takes you through a series of glow in the dark freak show tableaus (the
circus sideshow redone). There was nothing innovative. The cart has a 5"
lcd screen that gets used for the first 15 seconds and does nothing
after that - too bad.
Monsters inc is my daughters favorite show so she liked it.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 2
Muppetvision 3d
Waiting for this show was funnier than the real show. Scooter keeps
getting interrupted - at one point by gonzo when he does a tap dance
routine with a potted plant on his head - of course you never see his
feet - which makes it even funnier.
The inside of the theatre is great - statues of angelic miss piggy and
kermit adorn the walls.
The 2 old guys - siskel and ebert? - and there in person jeering and
wise cracking as usual.
The show itself is lame but exciting. Its a cop out - its not a show -
its an introduction to the new muppetvision 3d that mr bunsen-honeydew
invented. Its a good ride but not a good movie.
They literally break the 4th wall.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 6
Fun for toddlers - 3
Fun for mom and dad - 6
In flight entertainment - 8
Repeatability - 6
Turtle talk
Dude, Turtle Talk is totally awesome. I had read about it - a real time
digitally animated turtle that asks and answers questions in real time -
but the map is not the journey. Wow what a journey. Crush is hilarious
improv comedy and audience participation.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 5
Fun for mom and dad - 10
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 10
Heimlichs chew chew train
Its a train - its a caterpillar with an embarassingly bad german accent
- its heimlich. Get in his body and go for a ride past huge apples and
candy and go through a water melon that sprays water on you while
listening to heimlich talk about what he wants eat.
Good spot for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 6
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 1
Francis ladybug boogie
Spinning teacups that look like francis that go in a figure 8 to boogie
music. Its too? short.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 4
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 5
Tuck and rolls drive 'em buggies
Bumper cars by disney. Had to wait 48 years - but hey worth the wait!
These electric bumpers cars don't have the annoyings poles. They are
also designed for kids to drive - so kids can actually reach the peddle
on the floor and steer - plus there's leg room on mom and dads side.
Too short. Good for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 8
Fun for mom and dad - 8
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 10
Flik's flyers
Its the tilt and swing disneyfied. Instead of sitting in a swing and be
lifted up and tilted, you're sitting in a chinese tax out box and lifted
up and tilted. May make some people with easily upset stomachs sick.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 8
Fun for toddlers - 9
Fun for mom and dad - 8/1*
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 10
* if you have easily upset stomach
Redwood creek challenge
Just what a theme park that you paid over $300 to get in needs - a
playground! All facetiousness aside - its exactly what disneyland needed
- a place for toddlers to run and play and slide down slides and have
fun. Its a great big jungle gym with a suspension bridge, rope work
bridges, a place to boulder (simple rock climbing) and more.
Excellent for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 10
Fun for mom and dad - 10*
In flight entertainment - 10
Repeatability - 10
* happy kids faces are fun for me
At this point we were all hungry, tired, and getting cranky. We tried
going to paradise eating area - but the lineups were too long and the
menus had nothing for my low carb diet. We ate breakfast and carls jr.
leftovers and drank water fountain water.
It was getting close to 2pm - the time when aladdin would start at
playhouse disney. We started off, and on the got some pink cotton candy
for $3. $3 for 4 ounces / 109.2 grams of sugar. Here are the nutrition
facts for 1 bag of 4 ounce cotton candy:
Serving = 1/2 ounce or 15g
Serving per bag = 8 - that's 8 people sharing 1 bag!
Calories = 57, or if you eat the whole bag = 456
Total carbs = 15g, or if you eat the whole bad = 109.2g
Playhouse disney - aladdin
The live version of aladdin was great.
Singing = great
Acting = great
Funny = great
Spectacle = great
Dancing = great
Suprising = great
The kids were spellbound. It was funny and exciting and a little scary
and really fast paced. Never dull or boring.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 10
Fun for mom and dad - 10
In flight entertainment - 10
Repeatability - 10
Joshua Paul
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