A little train trip

On Disneyland Rail Road.

I’ve also added a few other random photos from around the park. Unfortunately, I didn’t take many photos today for a combination of reasons: I was tired, many rides won’t photograph well, and Disney is really better when you’re just living it.

Other things I did at the park today:

1. Almost got knocked over by a Disney princess. Now that was embarrassing. Aurora was never my favourite anyway.

2. Went on lots of rides. Like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan’s Flight and Pinocchio’s Travels (all very cute storytelling rides - but some screaming scared children). Dumbo the Flying Elephant and The Mad Hatter’s Teacups (both classics). Pirates of the Caribbean and Phantom Manor (very Disney combinations of story telling with a bit of a thrill rolled in). Star Tours (a fun Star Wars based ride). I tried to find the Indiana Jones ride, but by the time I finally worked out where it was on the app, I realised it was in this tiny out of the way place and my feet were too sore to take me there.

3. I wandered around some very interesting exhibits / areas like parts of Frontierland (western) and Adventureland (pirates), as well as Liberty Arcade (history) and Les Mystères du Nautilus (based on the submarine from the novel 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea). These are some fascinating little places and the details are amazing.

4. Watched Mickey’s Philharmagic Orchestra. A 4D experience and I loved it. It was much better that the one I saw in Orlando many years ago. It felt like you could reach out and touch things, plus the shaking of chairs, misting of water and blasting with air was fun. Donald has always been my favourite.

5. Shopped! But strangely enough I didn’t find too many things to buy. There was plenty that I liked (a Donald Duck backpack for 90€ anyone?) but not much that I really wanted to bring home. There were cute “shoulder pets” that magnetically clip to your shoulder in a range of sidekick characters like Mushu, Chip, Grogu, Sebastian etc but when would I ever use it again? And who would I choose? I am very happy with my Minnie ears headband.

All up it was a fabulous day and I wanted to stay for the light show, but that’s at 10:20pm. After the 10 hours I had already spent at the park today, I thought (and my feet agreed) that it was time to head in, sort out my stuff, pack my bags for tomorrow and check out the train timetables.

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