DATE: Monday 3 July, 1995
PLACE: Los Angeles
WEATHER: Hot
REMARKS: The morning is to be spent shopping in Anaheim
Plaza, especially at Mervyn's Department Store: jeans shorts,
sneakers, etc. all round. Prices make buying worthwhile. Also
Old Navy Store.
Back to Hotel to get 2:00 p.m. shuttle to Disneyland. Vast
carpark!!
Vast crowds!! We realize later that it's a holiday weekend
(Independence day, July 4)! Why on earth didn't we realize
that earlier??!
Took us a while to adjust to the queues -long! Nerves got
the better of us and we stayed primarily in Fantasyland -
'It's a small world', Alice in Wonderland', Mad Hatter's Tea
Party' (riding in cups!), Peter Pan's flight, Storybook Land
canal boats. This last disappointing. Jayne both frightened
and fascinated by other rides e.g. Peter Pan's flight. Eventually
found food - kids waste a lot! - and then continued into Toontown.
In afternoon had a good view of the impressive enthusiasm
of the cast of the lion King Parade - floats, dancers, songs,
etc. Evening also gave us view of the Main Street Electric
Parade - tacky but impressive from a distance.
Toontown is a good scale for Charlotte and Jayne - into
Mickey & Minnie's houses and a play area for Jayne.
Spectacular fireworks at 9:30 p.m. right overhead. Very
percussive as well as visually stunning. Even Jayne was entranced.
Pocahontas show is the popular event; Indiana Jones the
popular ride. Crowds too big and the wait’s too long in the
heat for us.
10:30 shuttle back to the hotel. Sleep very quickly!
Charlotte's constipation breaks during the night, giving
Desiree a very disrupted night, during which I am blissfully
unaware. Toilet is blocked as a result!
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