Showing posts with label disneyland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disneyland. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween Time At Disneyland



Heather described Halloween Time at Disneyland as "The longest candy line eh-ver." Disney closes California Adventure at 5:00 pm, pushes out all the guests, and then reopens from 6:30 to 10:30 pm for all the costumed guests. The event was sold out but not too crowded. Disney cast members stuff handfulls of candy in the kids baskets. Erika loved her red velvet cape which grandma sewed for her. We feared the kids would conk out before 10:30 but they made it to the very end.



































Thursday, June 11, 2009

Celebrity Sightings

Saw Fred Armisen at Disneyland. Big fan. Most people know him for his lamest impression - Barack Obama. I much prefer his Governor of New York David Paterson impression or his imitation of a Native American comedian. In my book Armisen makes a great celebrity sighting - not too famous and not in a place where you'd expect to see him. I've seen more famous people walking the streets of La Jolla or at a Hollywood cast and crew party. But none of those sightings compare to, let's say, Tom Waites racing to the airport with a panicked look on his face in a rented Geo Metro. Tom Waites, panicked, Geo Metro. Really.

Dandy Land


We had quite a weekend. Friday night we went to the grandparents, dropped off the kids, and saw the Dandy Warhols in concert. We were three rows from the stage, dead center. Another great two hour set. I can't enough of this band. I'd see them anywhere but what I'd like to do most is see them at Roseland or the Odditorium. The opening act, The Meek, were kinda funny. Lead by a charismatic emo, the rest of the band were trying their hardest not to have any fun. The guitarist/keyboardist did his best impression of Anton Chigurh to no effect. He was so wrapped up in himself that the lead singer had to lean over during the middle of the second song and turn on his keyboard - I kid you not! But it didn't matter. We just wanted to see the Dandys and they were amazing.
After four and a half hours of sleep, we awoke Saturday morning, dressed the kids, and ran off to Disneyland. First to arrive, we ran around the park for two hours never waiting in a single line. At 10:00 a.m. we went to an empty California Adventure. The lack of a crowd was, well, a little sad. We rode the bumper cars but there were only a few other cars to bump into. The crowds picked up in the afternoon and the kids were pooped by 6:30 p.m. We took them to the grandparents and Heather and I went back for another three hours of adult rides. That's right 8:00 a.m. to midnight coz that's how we roll.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Pirates



They'll melt your hearts as they plunder your silverware.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Hand Cut




If you haven't had your children's silhouettes hand cut at Disneyland, then don't delay. Actually, we had ours done at Disneyworld. No matter; both parks have a shop for silhouettes. The woman at Disneyworld merely looked at our kids' profile and began cutting. Within 30 seconds we had a perfect profile of Christian and Erika. Here's a link to a story about silhouettes.