Trying Again... My Trip Report
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snoozy · 11-07-2004, 03:45 PM

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I just wish there wasn't the fact that all the rides (exept the dark ones) stay open during the show, making Fantasyland still as loud as it normally is....

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Speaking of loud, and I don't think I'm acting old because my kids noticed it too but, the entire resort was loud when we were there. It was nice to get back to the room just for some quite.

Fantasmic! kid · 11-07-2004, 10:00 PM

I like that about it, it makes it seems like there's magic in the air....

Fantasmic! kid · 11-08-2004, 08:36 PM

Before I start day 2, I would like to let you know I am going to Disneyland Park this Saturday!

I will be staying from 9-9 (yep--I can't stay for Believe

) with my Church group. I will do a mini update when I get back on this thread.

Now to Day 2: Storytellers and Disney's California Adventure

I woke up and found that Mom and bro were already up

. I looked outside at Downtown Disney, and gasped at there being not a soul in sight

! I knew that was normal because it was around 8 AM, but man was that weird...

We went down to breakfast at Storytellers. Even though we had not made a reservation and that it was Sept. 1 (school was still out), we didn't even have to wait! When I looked at the menu I chose frosted flakes, but I wanted to do the buffet, but Mom said it was too expensive for a small trip like this. But man I wish I could have done it! I walked by the counter, and my mouth just couldn't stop drooling. The Hot Chocolate was the BEST though! I have never have had such good hot chocolate before. Disney has done it again!

And, of course, Chip and Dale were their awesome self's, as always (my family

s chipmunks and squirrels).
We then went up to our room to get our bags and check out. I turned around one last time at the room and said

and left to take our bags to the car. (Yes, I even feel their way about their hotel rooms

)

After dropping off our bags we cut through the hotel and entered Disney's California Adventure through the hotel entrance. We headed to Tower of Terror, saying to little bro all the way "It's going to be fun! Your going to be fine!" because he had never been on it before, and he was nerves. We saw to my dismay that the line was 5 minuets long! (I say "to my dismay" because I am always arguing with my friend about which is better: ToT or Revenge of the Mummy, and mummy is getting 1 hour lines in the fall now and ToT is getting 5 minute lines, so I can't say "clearly the people like ToT more"). We entered the hotel and instead of looking at the detail, I looked at the control consul for the bell hop in the lobby. Yes, that's what I want to do for my collage job: be a bellhop for ToT. I even bought the bellhop training manual off of eBay! I think it's the best ride to do because you are the last thing the guests see before the ride begins, and that means you can say a parting note like "Thank you for... dropping by..." or "If you need anything, just scream..", etc. Anyway, we entered the library and watched the pre show. At the very end, when the lightning strikes, a group of girl teens all screamed a very loud high pitched scream that seemed to make all our ears go deaf for several minutes

. Take my word: if you go into the library scene with a bunch of teens that seem to be other then "supervised" and "controlled", plug your ears

. We then headed to the down stairs boiler room and waited for our elevator. A question to anyone that would know: Is the upstairs ride the same as the down stairs? We never got to go on the upstairs ones... only down. The doors opened the bellhop let us in row by row, until we all sat down and got strapped in. As the doors closed, the bellhop said the famous "If you need anything, just scream!", and the doors closed. I have memorized the script to the ride, and recited it with rod serling as we moved backwards, and then up to the first show floor, the mirror, where you wave good bye to your self, and then lightning flashes and then your reflection disappears, "because you have just entered: The Twilight Zone". We headed down and to a hotel hall way, and the people that crashed on the elevator appear in a shower of electricity, and then disappear. The hall way disappears, and you see them again in an elevator door. While inside, they drop, and then, we dropped. I LOVE the drops on ToT, and have memorized them: Small drop, small drop, shoot up, fake drop, big drop, shoot up that doesn't quite make it to the top then drops again, 2 medium shoot ups, and then a full huge drop. What a picture we had! We all acted goofy on the picture, and boy did it turn out to be funny! My bro liked it allot, and we went on it again before lining up for Aladdin.

Coming up next: Aladdin: A musical spectacular

And later: Sorin', lunch, and Grizzly

snoozy · 11-08-2004, 10:19 PM

Fantasmic Kid you are so

isn't it fun being a Disney fan? I didn't go on TOT, I don't like the elevators in the hotels I have a fear of them. I always thing the cable is going to break. Yeah its dumb but, it could happen. DD, DH, and DN just loved it though and that was good enough for me.

Your TR is great and I hope you have a fun time with your church buddies this weekend.

Fantasmic! kid · 11-09-2004, 11:24 PM

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You are too! You are very funny (I still laugh over you telling somone about head dunking for whiners in your TR), and you make great posts. Gosh I love this PP board comunity!

Anyway, what you said about a cable snaping, remember that there is no cable... it's more like a ride car then an elevator (which it is). The AGV (the elevator) begins by following a guide wire on the floor to the back of the shaft, then enters and is attached to the VVC (the thing that takes you up and down), and the VVC is like a powerd rollercoaster car that only gose up and down, so there is really no way it can crash. The one time at WDW when it actually did lose controll of it's movment, emergency brakes kicked in on the spot. It's okey if you still have a fear of it though, I know many people do

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