bayareadisneyland
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2008
Just returned from our trip. We usually do onsite/ offseason and this time did offsite (CMTPE) and peak season (March 16-19).
A few stories/ notes:
1. My 6 year old rode Space w/ her dad for the first time on Sat and LOVED it. Well, he couldn't come to the park the next day so she BEGGED me to ride. Well, I have a 80% rate of puking after the ride, but my daughter won. I told her I would ride. The auto gates open for us to get in our rocket and I step in first, sit down and I see her standing at the gates as they are closing. I have no idea why she didn't get on the rocket. She froze or wasn't paying attention (I will always load SECOND from now on). Anyways, I hear she WAILING at the loading dock as the rocket pulls away. There is a cast member standing at my rocket as we are stopped looking up at the control booth. She says "you are going to get to ride twice! Once without your daughter then once with your daughter!" For some reason, I blurted out "I'm going to throw up." She then went to the control board and instead of our rocket going to the right and going up to the ramp, we went left to a rocket storage area. They had to evacuate our entire rocket with a ladder. I was MORTIFIED. It only took a minute or so but I felt horrible and everyone was glaring at me. I was reunited w/ my daughter at the boarding area, we all got back on the rockets. I rode and then puked in the bathroom.
2. I have always gone to DL w/ 10am openings (with EE at 9am). I really liked the 8am opening! Sat and even Sun were great. Crowds were good, nice weather, we got a lot done. Monday and Tuesday were insane. I thought Sunday would be the worst day bc passes weren't blocked? Anyways, I think we are going to do Weds- Sunday next time.
3. CMTPE was great. Especially since we didn't need the extra hour in the morning from staying onsite. The pool was super small but I think the slides are fantastic for the under 10 crowd.
4. I went to City Hall to ask if they could move our Magic Pass to the next day. Matterhorn broke down at the end of the day. They had no problem w/ it at all but asked me to write my name and phone number on a piece of paper. Well, I got back to work and told the receptionist (she used to work at City Hall) she told me they track all of the "favors" they give out- yikes! I guess monitor for trouble guests. Won't be asking for anything in the future!
5. My son was dying to see Mr Incredible. On our last day, we spendt the morning on the pier waiting for him. We was really late- then a cast member came out and said he was busy chasing Bomb Voyage. Does that happen? How can a character run late and then not come at all? There was a huge line of people upset!
A few stories/ notes:
1. My 6 year old rode Space w/ her dad for the first time on Sat and LOVED it. Well, he couldn't come to the park the next day so she BEGGED me to ride. Well, I have a 80% rate of puking after the ride, but my daughter won. I told her I would ride. The auto gates open for us to get in our rocket and I step in first, sit down and I see her standing at the gates as they are closing. I have no idea why she didn't get on the rocket. She froze or wasn't paying attention (I will always load SECOND from now on). Anyways, I hear she WAILING at the loading dock as the rocket pulls away. There is a cast member standing at my rocket as we are stopped looking up at the control booth. She says "you are going to get to ride twice! Once without your daughter then once with your daughter!" For some reason, I blurted out "I'm going to throw up." She then went to the control board and instead of our rocket going to the right and going up to the ramp, we went left to a rocket storage area. They had to evacuate our entire rocket with a ladder. I was MORTIFIED. It only took a minute or so but I felt horrible and everyone was glaring at me. I was reunited w/ my daughter at the boarding area, we all got back on the rockets. I rode and then puked in the bathroom.
2. I have always gone to DL w/ 10am openings (with EE at 9am). I really liked the 8am opening! Sat and even Sun were great. Crowds were good, nice weather, we got a lot done. Monday and Tuesday were insane. I thought Sunday would be the worst day bc passes weren't blocked? Anyways, I think we are going to do Weds- Sunday next time.
3. CMTPE was great. Especially since we didn't need the extra hour in the morning from staying onsite. The pool was super small but I think the slides are fantastic for the under 10 crowd.
4. I went to City Hall to ask if they could move our Magic Pass to the next day. Matterhorn broke down at the end of the day. They had no problem w/ it at all but asked me to write my name and phone number on a piece of paper. Well, I got back to work and told the receptionist (she used to work at City Hall) she told me they track all of the "favors" they give out- yikes! I guess monitor for trouble guests. Won't be asking for anything in the future!
5. My son was dying to see Mr Incredible. On our last day, we spendt the morning on the pier waiting for him. We was really late- then a cast member came out and said he was busy chasing Bomb Voyage. Does that happen? How can a character run late and then not come at all? There was a huge line of people upset!