Sunday, February 16

Trying to get onto the new ride, we got to DLR a bit early. We were still unsuccessful in getting a "Boarding Pass". As such, we may never ride it. This is probably one of our final trips on our Annual Pass, which comes due this summer. It has "paid for itself" after 7 days in the parks, and we have now hit the magic 10, I believe. We don't want the Magic to die, and it's starting to do so with high prices and long lines. Walt will have a few words to say to Bob Chapek, if they ever meet in the after-life. Walt always wanted families to be able to afford the parks.

So we spent a short day at Disneyland, riding a few things -- I'm always good for two or three runs on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (a favorite), a run on Space Mountain (so glad they removed the Star Wars overlay). We also got on two rides we have not done in a long long time: Alice in Wonderland (Fantasyland) and Winnie the Pooh (Critter Country, near Splash Mountain). They're both what I call "fun house" rides, very simple and definitely easy on the blood pressure.

We listened to the Dapper Dans a couple of times that day. They've added a little tap dance to their routines, and I wanted to know how often they have to change the taps on their shoes. (Dancing on pavement is very hard on taps.) The answer, from the leader, was "Yeah, a lot, and I'm probably due for some new ones." (I talked to the one in purple.)

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I love the history of the Disney company, and the park is part of that. So when they add something new to the museum outside of the Lincoln attraction, I'm there to see it. They had two things from Griffith Park there. One was the carousel horse that Walt watched his daughters ride, and the second was the bench that he was sitting on while watching those two daughters (Diane and Sharon). It was then that he conceived of Disneyland. I didn't get a picture of the carousel horse, but here's the bench and the plaque that is now on it.

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