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What's on the list? Off the top of my head, I can think of things like the Finding Nemo subs, the Indiana Jones Adventure, the Matterhorn etc. I know I'm missing loads, but they're what comes to mind immediately.
In the California Adventure, Monsters Inc, Grizzly River Rapids and Cars Land, plus the coasters, if that's your thing - it's not ours. Oh and of course, there may be a Frozen show there by the time you visit....
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Just thought of another - d'oh, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride of course!
Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm getting excited thinking about all the rides. Over course these will all go into spreadsheets and all other sorts of planning documents I'll come up with.
Anyways... love the photos with the BTMRR backdrop! I've seen them in a couple of TRs and find them hilarious.
Churros... at least they'll tide you over till you find something better or lunchtime.
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Glad you were able to find something to tide you over for a bit! Nice that you were able to get a few photos of Hook as he passed by. The little girl holding his hand is so cute! I love the smile on the her face!
Great PP photos with the BTM backdrop!
I was so excited to finally ride Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, definitely a Disney classic and so cute. It will be a must do each time we visit. Churros for breakfast also sounds very Disney. I think the BTMMR was my favorite of the special backdrops.
You definitely needed the churros after hitting nothing for breakfast in DL! Some great photos and so sad I never got to experience Mr. Toad's in WDW, when it was there! My first regular trip (multi day and resort stay was in 2002). I think it was gone long before that...have specifics on this attraction? Great photos overall!
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Glad you were able to find something to tide you over for a bit! Nice that you were able to get a few photos of Hook as he passed by. The little girl holding his hand is so cute! I love the smile on the her face!
That's a real magical moment right there, isn't it?
I was so excited to finally ride Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, definitely a Disney classic and so cute. It will be a must do each time we visit. Churros for breakfast also sounds very Disney. I think the BTMMR was my favorite of the special backdrops.
There were others I preferred... which we'll come to in due course.
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You definitely needed the churros after hitting nothing for breakfast in DL! Some great photos and so sad I never got to experience Mr. Toad's in WDW, when it was there! My first regular trip (multi day and resort stay was in 2002). I think it was gone long before that...have specifics on this attraction? Great photos overall!
Yes, I believe it would've been gone by then - it made way for Winnie the Pooh and I don't remember now whether it was there for our honeymoon trip in 1999. Maybe? I could look it up, but where would be the fun in that?
Thursday 10 September – part four: what the heck this ride is all about?
We criss-crossed back into Fantasyland, as someone mentioned that he “might as well get it over and done with” and go on It’s A Small World.
However, when we got there, the line was insane, and just did not seem to be moving, so much as I love to torment Mark with this ride, I gave up. There was no point in standing in the heat, sapping our energy even more. As we left, I noticed there were at least 10 boats in line at the exit, so I suspect something had gone wrong somewhere.
We were lucky enough to catch the cute display from the clock though…
We headed next into Mickey’s Toontown, an area of the park we’ve never really explored on our previous visits. As Mark observed, it’s built outside the railroad tracks and therefore a bit hidden away. It’s a lot of fun, and full of visual gags…
We made our way into Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin, after everyone told us that we’d be fine on it. The wait was posted at five minutes, but I think it was probably closer to 10 minutes in total. The waiting area is bizarre, although there’s lot to see along the way. It winds round in different directions, and at some points, it’s also very dark, so I found it all a bit confusing.
Well, if I was confused by the line, I had seen nothing yet. My goodness, can anyone please tell me what the heck this ride is all about? I thought the Alice in Wonderland ride was a bit psychedelic, but it’s got nothing on this. Ok, so you spin around a bit, and everyone you were right, it was something I could cope with, although I would say it was a lot more than Toy Story Mania. The problem is you’re so busy spinning, you can’t really see the scenes you’re going through, and therefore you can’t take anything in. I know I probably saw the movie 20 years ago, but I was hoping I’d remember more of it. I’m glad I can say I’ve done it, but frankly, I don’t ever feel the need to do it again. It’s just far too way out for me…
We went over to the Gag Factory, and browsed inside the nice air conditioning. I’m guessing you’re now getting a feel for how all our days here were going…
Too bad Mark wasn't able to ride his favorite ride.
Toontown looks like a cute area. I thought I read something about it closing down but I may be wrong. I hope not because I would like to explore the area.
Love your pictures at BTMMR, so cool. We have discovered the Disney does not seem to think that people eat breakfast any more unless they are doing tableservice. There is a huge lack of breakfast options other than pastries at WDW too. There used to be places where you get a "real" breakfast and they seem to have gone by the wayside. It is rather frustrating for those of us that like to get up early and get to the parks to do some stuff and then look for breakfast.
Again so sorry about the heat wave that you are stuck in. Just crazy how hot it was there.
Too bad IASW was having issues, I know Mark was just so upset that he could not ride it.
I sure hope you're able to get on Small World later. Just wouldn't be right without Mark getting on his favorite ride!
Toon Town is so cute - I just love it! While Roger Rabbit is a fun ride, I don't know what the point is either. I've never seen the movie! It's just all very weird and.... whatever!
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I love your pictures of Toontown! That will always have a special place in our hearts, if for no other reason that we were there on opening day. I have a framed Disney Dollar and ticket for the park from that day, marking the occassion. They made a really big deal out of it at the time, as it was the first new land at DL since it opened, I think?
Too bad Mark wasn't able to ride his favorite ride.
As you can imagine, he was heart broken... not!
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Toontown looks like a cute area. I thought I read something about it closing down but I may be wrong. I hope not because I would like to explore the area.
I don't remember reading anything about it closing down at Disneyland, but with Star Wars Land coming, who knows? I seem to recall it's being built somewhere near the back of the park, which is why the ranch is going, but I may be remembering wrong.
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I think the BTMMR was my favorite of the special backdrops. 
Some great photos and so sad I never got to experience Mr. Toad's in WDW, when it was there! 
My first regular trip (multi day and resort stay was in 2002). I think it was gone long before that...have specifics on this attraction? Great photos overall! 
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My goodness, can anyone please tell me what the heck this ride is all about? 
everyone you were right, it was something I could cope with, although I would say it was a lot more than Toy Story Mania. The problem is you’re so busy spinning, you can’t really see the scenes you’re going through, and therefore you can’t take anything in. I know I probably saw the movie 20 years ago, but I was hoping I’d remember more of it. I’m glad I can say I’ve done it, but frankly, I don’t ever feel the need to do it again. It’s just far too way out for me…
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