Disneyland and California Adventure

ChrisJ

I took a trip to DL and CA with the LAShooters last month, and never got around to posting my shots.

Here's part of the entrace plaza between the two parks:



First stop (not in chronological order), California Adventure:


We head out to California Screamin' roller coaster to practice our panning:


A little relaxing around the Jellyfish ride:


The focal point of the park, the giant Sun Wheel:


On to Disneyland... Hmm, where should I take a picture of the castle?


A little detail at Mr. Toad's Wild Ride:


My favorite part of the trip, taking a leisurely ride on the Lilly Belle:

This was a private train car imagined by Walt himself, but he never got to ride on it. It was only completed about 10 years after he died.

Entire gallery is here: http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/gallery/2815252

Hope you enjoyed seeing the Happiest Place on Earth!

Tee Why

Nah, Walt's frozen head is in the train, so he's riding it after all.

Skippy

ChrisJ wrote:

I took a trip to DL and CA with the LAShooters last month, and never got around to posting my shots.
Here's part of the entrace plaza between the two parks:
First stop (not in chronological order), California Adventure:
We head out to California Screamin' roller coaster to practice our panning:
A little relaxing around the Jellyfish ride:
The focal point of the park, the giant Sun Wheel:
On to Disneyland... Hmm, where should I take a picture of the castle?
A little detail at Mr. Toad's Wild Ride:
My favorite part of the trip, taking a leisurely ride on the Lilly Belle:
This was a private train car imagined by Walt himself, but he never got to ride on it. It was only completed about 10 years after he died.
Entire gallery is here: http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/gallery/2815252
Hope you enjoyed seeing the Happiest Place on Earth!

Hi Chris, Disneyland is my favourite place too
Everyone's a big kid once they are there.

Has the Finding Nemo section opened yet ???
If not do you know when it's due to open by any chance ?

I'm going there again on my way home from USA later in the year.
It's a wonderful way to break up a long trip, I love the atmosphere, the colours, the sounds, it just makes you feel like a kid again.

My most favourite rides are.

Space Mountain (The Best Ride in the Park) :ivar
Indian Jones
Big Thunder Railroad
Pirates of the Carribean
The Haunted Mansion

Thanks for sharing your images, got yourself some real nice shots there
..... Skippy
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ChrisJ

Tee Why wrote:

Nah, Walt's frozen head is in the train, so he's riding it after all.

Hopefully we didn't trod on it by mistake.

ChrisJ

Skippy wrote:

Has the Finding Nemo section opened yet ???
If not do you know when it's due to open by any chance ?

Hey Skippy, The new subs are opening June 11th! Here's a picture I took from a slightly later trip after they finally took the walls down:


My list of favorites is very simliar to yours, except I also like Splash Mountain and the Matterhorn. The new roller coaster in California Adventure is definitely worth a ride, too. But just down the road in Knott's Berry Farm, Ghost Rider tops them all for thrill purposes.

Also, with a 2-year-old, I'm getting much more acquainted with Poo, Dumbo, and Small World than I ever necessarily wanted to.

Skippy

ChrisJ wrote:

Hey Skippy, The new subs are opening June 11th! Here's a picture I took from a slightly later trip after they finally took the walls down:

My list of favorites is very simliar to yours, except I also like Splash Mountain and the Matterhorn. The new roller coaster in California Adventure is definitely worth a ride, too. But just down the road in Knott's Berry Farm, Ghost Rider tops them all for thrill purposes.

Also, with a 2-year-old, I'm getting much more acquainted with Poo, Dumbo, and Small World than I ever necessarily wanted to.

Ohhhhh those Subs looks pretty neat
It will be open when I go whooohooo!! yippy!!

I don't like rides that flip upside down, and I think Knott' Berry Farm is full of those kind of rides isnt it ??

I made sure I went on the boat ride through " It's A Small Word "
they could use that as a brain washing technique cause you cannot get that dang song out of you head once you have been on that ride

I must confess, I have been on every ride, yup even the little kids rides in Disneyland, except for the TeaCups, they would be enough to make me motion sick with all the spinning .

Thanks for the update on Finding Nemo .... Skippy
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cunarder534

Hey Chris,

Good work. I like number three the best.

Angelo

Chris - Fantastic shots!

I'll be there today. Hope I can capture equally beautiful shots.

Skippy

Angelo wrote:

Chris - Fantastic shots!

I'll be there today. Hope I can capture equally beautiful shots.

Awwwwwww ya lucky man you wish it was me going ... Skippy
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ChrisJ

(Lost this thread!) Thanks Tim and Angelo!

Skippy, Knott's does have some upside-down coasters, but Ghost Rider is a good old wooden roller coaster, it's just fast and wild, no inversions. Magic Mountain has tons of the serious thrill rides that you wouldn't go on. I don't ride the Teacups anymore, either. I may be forced into it when my boy gets a bit older though!

Angelo, where are the pics?