Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Operation Nemo-Toy Story

Our last day at Disneyland was quite an adventure. We had tickets to Toontown madness which is entry into Toontown one hour before anyone else. We chose to try for Nemo before heading to Toontown. We sprinted to Nemo when the rope dropped and did make it on to the third sub but with the nature of loading and unloading submarines that still took twenty minutes. Was it worth it? Not really it is cool but, not much different than Nemo at Epcot.
We then headed to Toontown to see where all the characters live. Disneyland does have a better Toontown than Disney World – more character houses and a better roller coaster.
Once we finished Toontown we crossed over to California Adventure prior to opening trying to get a head start on the Toy Story Midway Mania ride. We got in the pre-line at 9:30 and the park didn’t even open until 10:00, which goes against every Disney Vacation we go on, we refuse to wait in lines. However, upon opening the line immediately jumps to a two hour wait, and that’s insane. A few minutes prior to park opening they walk the pre-line back to the ride, overall we probably waited 45 minutes to ride. Was it worth it? Unbelievably, yes! This is a great ride. Think Space Ranger spin but better. You are participating in various shooting carnival games and instead of a laser gun like Buzz you have this pull string gun that translates to a virtual version on the screen. You get to play around five different games. Very fun. We grabbed lunch at Burger Invasion (McDonald's) rode a few more rides and finished the day by seeing the broadway style show Aladdin at the Hyperion Theater. Fabulous!

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