We just got back from a week long Disney trip, a first for all of us. The trip was designed for my kids, but my hubby and I, and my older kids 10 and 12 were bored. Not one ride, really excited me. And I LOVE amusement rides. We noticed that they speed the rides up in the afternoon, so fast you couldn't even take in what was going on. We found this out because during our early entry we re-rode some of the rides from other days and they were going so much slower.
I was Ticked our last night there. Got into a fight with a gal who worked the gate, she tried to lecture me because we hadn't signed our tickets. Ummm hello, it was the 5th day and our last trip into the park to see the fireworks and she was treating me like a little kid. Not one other person all week had told us we were supposed to sign them. Then we got the kids the mouse ears hats. They didn't have anyone to embrodier thier names on them, even though they offer it for free. The only person who knew how to use the machine was gone! Lines were long, and not enough characters were out to interact with the kids. The one day we had early entry, was the one and only day we saw Mickey Mouse. We tried to get in line, but then a disney worker told us he wasn't going to see anyone else, but we could return at 9am to see him. UM freaking hello, what the heck was the point of having early entry then, if we had to wait in line with everyone else to see him. Another day my daughter saw Woody from toy story and ran up to give him a hug. She's 4, and another disney worker pushed her away and said she had to get into line. Crushed her, she didn't know what standing in line meant to give someone she adored a hug. Where is the magic for the little kids if they can't show the affection for the characters they love. Never saw any princess characters in the park, good thing we made dinner reservations with them. Which was awesome by the way. Restaurants that we wished to patron were closed, as was Pirates of the Carrabian. Space Mountain was down for one of the days we were there. Compared to Six Flags Amusement parks, and even Kings Dominion, this place sucked!
Most of our fun was at the California Adventure Park.
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