Disnep Land

When I was a kid, I mistakenly took the DISNEY in the Disney logo to read DISNEP.

What kind of Y is that anyway?

When I was a kid I also dreamed of going to Disneyland, (I assumed adding this 'Y' was Walt Disnep's way of making his name cuter, like how Parkinson is Parkey). Unfortunately my dad won't holiday anywhere that isn't free, so my Disnep dreams remained just that. 

Now I'm old enough to buy my own darn ticket, and within driving distance, we couldn't leave LA without giving old Disnep a visit.

We stayed at the Anaheim Hilton, which was by far the most swish hotel we've been to in a while. I have inherited my fathers cheapness, so staying at the Disneyland Resort was out of the question. 

Colin road testing the hotel room

Top floor, monkey chillin' by the pool. (Still to cold to swim)

When we got there I was disappointed to see it was just a theme park. Also, the magic castle was a lot smaller than that Disnep logo would have you believe. 

However, the mouse pancakes were made of win.

The guy at the back is Colin

"Not that big"

Also, bares mentioning that I hate Disney movies. Except for the witches, anyway. 

Colin on Mt. Splashmore or something

The Small world ride was less racist than other copies I'd been on before, but still slightly offensive and inaccurate. The giants of Easter Island were surrounded by Kangeroos and Koalas, not exactly right. Also, that song really grates on you after the 34th time of hearing it. The design was nice though.

One of the highlights of the day was seeing Michael Jackson in Captain EO 3D. We also looked cool while we watched it. Colin bought MJ's EO shirt. I learned that all the worlds turmoil can be solved with good dancing. 

The absolute, unquestionable highlight of the day was the Star Wars "Star Tours" ride that opened on the day we were there. The wait for it was 7 hours at the start of the day, by the time we decided to ride it was 100 minutes. Waiting in line for 100 minutes is really, really shit. 

The ride went for 2 mins, but it was well worth it. However, we didn't ride again. 

Disneyland was a pretty alright. Basically just a lot of waiting in line for rides with the worst people, and overpriced theme park-quality food. Also, a lot of people telling us how magical our day was. The low point was waiting 40 minutes for an epically shit Roger Rabbit ride. The high point was that Micky Mouse Ice-cream that claimed to be 'premium' and was just that. 

I've done it.

It is done. 

Let's try not to do it again.*

Brooke

*until my own children beg me to take them, I guess.