More photos from our grand day at Disneyland!
Love those squirrel rain spouts…
The castle is really looking good after a major refurbishment last year. It may not be large in stature, but with it’s bold colour popping and looking great under the strong California sun it captures the eye and is once again a grand centrepiece for the park.
Got to visit with Nick! (Judy was out on patrol…)
ShadowCheetah was wearing this fun and semi-subversive shirt that was filled with traditional Star Wars poster imagery but with title text at the bottom said “Star Trek” in the Trek font. Though he hadn’t approached Nick, as we were leaving Nick runs over and stops him to energetically point at the title on his shirt as if to say “What the heck?!” That ol’ sharp eyed fox! Spotted it from 6′ away! And then, if that wasn’t amazing enough, he proceeds to pantomime pulling out his pad, writing up an infraction/ticket, and handing it to ShadowCheetah. We laughed so hard, what a perfect act by Nick, a great interaction and totally impressive that he spotted it in passing from so far away!
The park as a whole for the day was delightfully quiet. We didn’t even get or need a FastPass once throughout the day, and managed to see/explore/ride an amazing number of things (listed in no particular order):
- Space Mountain
- Star Tours
- Pirates
- Thunder Mountain
- Jungle Cruise
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Smuggler’s Run (3x)
- Rise of the Resistance
- Castle Walkthrough
- Matterhorn
- Submarine Voyage
- Guardians (3x)
- Incredicoaster
- Nick Meet & Greet
- Lunar New Year Processional
Plus exploring Batuu and many areas of the two parks. My oh my, it was a gloriously full day!
There’s something certainly beautiful of walking through the park long after closing, but also… mildly disconcerting. It’s weird to not have anyone else around, and with the silence that accompanies it. I totally loved it, don’t get me wrong, it’s peaceful beauty and I am now scheming to ensure I get to do that again. But it was very amusing to be in that headspace space of both marvel and unsettled at the same time.
I mean, though, how could you not love seeing the castle and main street so clear and free like this?
Getting to start the day standing before the castle nearly an hour before rope drop (ie park opening) and ending the day again before the castle nearly an hour after closure, with non-stop attractions in between. Truly a spectacular, wonderful, and fun-filled day.
Lynx Thoughts 