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Today was the "Big D." Disneyland. Walt's living shrine.
It was crowded, though apparently not as bad as it usually is. After the experience of waiting 40 - 80 minutes for rides at the theme park earlier in the week, we decided to stick with kid rides and shows, and didn't end up waiting in line more than 10 minutes for anything.
Disneyland rides are suprisingly scary, even the ones in the kiddie-themed "Fantasyland." ELizabeth's new favorite ride, BTW, is "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride," and she wants me to read the story so she can "learn about all the characters." I assure you, readers, I did not attempt to indoctrinate her before or after the ride.
Back to my point about it being scary... the ride ends with Toad's descent into Hell, where fiery blasts of air buffet the riders, and devils pop out of the rocks, Satan cackles, and the riders are consumed by a dragon.
So, nothing like the book, really. It seems a bit hard on the four-year-old girls who have been pointing out to their mommy and daddy, for days now, that they don't want to go near "the spooky house at Disney" or on any scary rides. Nice inviting replica of a country house with a warm and friendly British narrator on the PA, charming little car replicas, descent into Hell.
Sigh.
To say nothing of being a four-year-old girl who was told about "the friendly pirates" in the Disney proganda DVD, and begs all day to go and see them... only to go on the Pirates of the Carribean ride to meet dancing skeletons, to ride through a menacing Cthulhoid facde projected on a sheet of mist, and (worst of all) to have your boat stop for several seconds next to a repeating scene of an animatronic pirate being mean to a cat.
So, a somewhat trying day for Elizabeth in some regards. However, that all said, she had a blast. At the end of the day she said it was the most fun she'd ever had. And even the pirate ride at its scariest more just vexed her than really scared her. And Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was her favorite part of the day.
I really enjoyed the pirate thing, partly because it was one of the longest rides, partly because it was cool and dark inside, and partly because... hey, robot pirates.
Claire was generally too overheated and overtired and bored to get much out of things, though she really enjoyed the Jungle Boat tour and seeing the characters, and the fish in the restaurant aquaurium at the end of the day.
I succeeded in drawing the sword from the stone, BTW. I'm totally king.
( Disney pics! )
I also noodled around the campus here, taking pics. One of the corridors here is haunted by a nun. Haven't seen her yet, but tonight is creepy and dark and foggy enough... maybe it'll happen!
Last night.
Tonight - the fog has rolled in.
It was crowded, though apparently not as bad as it usually is. After the experience of waiting 40 - 80 minutes for rides at the theme park earlier in the week, we decided to stick with kid rides and shows, and didn't end up waiting in line more than 10 minutes for anything.
Disneyland rides are suprisingly scary, even the ones in the kiddie-themed "Fantasyland." ELizabeth's new favorite ride, BTW, is "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride," and she wants me to read the story so she can "learn about all the characters." I assure you, readers, I did not attempt to indoctrinate her before or after the ride.
Back to my point about it being scary... the ride ends with Toad's descent into Hell, where fiery blasts of air buffet the riders, and devils pop out of the rocks, Satan cackles, and the riders are consumed by a dragon.
So, nothing like the book, really. It seems a bit hard on the four-year-old girls who have been pointing out to their mommy and daddy, for days now, that they don't want to go near "the spooky house at Disney" or on any scary rides. Nice inviting replica of a country house with a warm and friendly British narrator on the PA, charming little car replicas, descent into Hell.
Sigh.
To say nothing of being a four-year-old girl who was told about "the friendly pirates" in the Disney proganda DVD, and begs all day to go and see them... only to go on the Pirates of the Carribean ride to meet dancing skeletons, to ride through a menacing Cthulhoid facde projected on a sheet of mist, and (worst of all) to have your boat stop for several seconds next to a repeating scene of an animatronic pirate being mean to a cat.
So, a somewhat trying day for Elizabeth in some regards. However, that all said, she had a blast. At the end of the day she said it was the most fun she'd ever had. And even the pirate ride at its scariest more just vexed her than really scared her. And Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was her favorite part of the day.
I really enjoyed the pirate thing, partly because it was one of the longest rides, partly because it was cool and dark inside, and partly because... hey, robot pirates.
Claire was generally too overheated and overtired and bored to get much out of things, though she really enjoyed the Jungle Boat tour and seeing the characters, and the fish in the restaurant aquaurium at the end of the day.
I succeeded in drawing the sword from the stone, BTW. I'm totally king.
( Disney pics! )
I also noodled around the campus here, taking pics. One of the corridors here is haunted by a nun. Haven't seen her yet, but tonight is creepy and dark and foggy enough... maybe it'll happen!
Last night.
Tonight - the fog has rolled in.
