Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Some of you may have read that DH and I had planned a 54th birthday trip for him around whether we received AP Preview tickets for Nemo. When we didn't receive the email, we talked seriously about going to Tahoe, Reno, Cambria and Carmel but it always came back to that semi planned trip to DLR. Saturday night we decided to go ahead and go as planned and just do some things that we haven't or don't typically do. Just a relaxing trip with no expectations. We arrived at Disneyland via Monorail (after chatting with a nice CM named Don)at about noon today. We noticed that the Nemo line not only wasn't wrapping around much it really looked pretty sparse. DH went to talk to a CM, nicely saying that we had entered the drawing, didn't receive an email and was there any chance of still going on? The CM was very pleasant and said to check back later and if the line was short they may let AP's enter. DH went to get fastpasses to Space and I did a little shopping. THEN DH wanted to go BACK to Nemo right away and ask again! Sheesh! I said he'd soon have a warning out about him to all the NEMO CM's to keep this guy away So he goes over there as I keep walking and pretend I don't know him. I glance back and he is waving me over!!!! A CM waved us in and another checked to make sure we had AP's and we were on our Sub in less than 10 minutes!!! We noticed that most people in the sub had small children with them. I think we were the only people in our age group. Two very big kids! It was a VERY magical moment. We gave tons of thanks to the CM and sent a compliment to Guest Communications, not naming what she did incase it was a no, no. But commenting on the magic she created for us DH also received a surprise later at Greetings from CA. A young girl needed a bit more change to buy her candy, as she was fumbling for more money, DH handed the CM a dollar. He was rewarded by the CM with the Dreams pins Now he is on the lookout for a child who looks like they would like to have the pin. Fun stuff! We also had a "whoa" moment while deciding where to eat lunch. We had sort of decided on La Brea and were walking down MainStreet and noticed there were empty tables at Carnation Cafe. No wait at the cafe??? We had a perfect lunch and enjoyed a visit with Oscar It's been a very magical day indeed! Tomorrow is DH's birthday, another unplanned day of fun
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Clever how you managed to not talk about the ride itself. Hehe. Glad you had fun.
Originally Posted By 8 ilovemickey 8 That's so awesome! I love magical days @ Disneyland like that! Luckily almost every day in Disneyland seems like that (maybe minus the nemo ride ). Which is probably why we all love it so much!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 trekkeruss, you know I thought about that after I pushed "send." I wanted the post to be about the magic and the ride itself sort of became just a part of it The ride was fun, some things that we didn't expect, a good time seeing some things left from the old sub ride and the CM's were ALL super nice. I was happy to be on a sub full of kids who were soooo excited to see Nemo Thanks for the wishes Dave! I'll pass them on to my Dave Thanks for reading everyone.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS That was surely a magical day! I love when CMs are appreciative. I too received the same pin for waiting and waiting and waiting to get a hat embroidered when the sewing machine kept malfunctioning. I gave the other half of the pin to Ursula, and piratebrittany gave her other half of her pin to ilvdland. Aren't those pins the coolest??? Be glad that your DH is persistant. Otherwise, you wouldn't have had that ride experience. Good for him. A big happy birthday to him, too, by the way! Can I ask how the seating in the subs are? The same as before? I am not very skinny so I am worried...haha!!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 99HAUNTS, the subs themselves are the same. The narrowish winding stairwell and the jumpseats. DH has a knee that goes out on him occasionally, he is 6'2" and weighs 200ish lbs and he did just fine getting in, sitting in the confines of the seats and getting out. As you may remember, most people lean forward looking into their porthole which leads to more wiggle room. There were lot's of kids in our row which I'm sure helped You could walk by the loading area and watch other people getting in and see how they do. I'm sure you'd be fine
Originally Posted By poohbear14 amazedncal2 - Thank you for your report. You inspired me to go to the park today to see if I could sneak a peek at Finding Nemo ride. I went by the ride around 1:40 and saw that the lines weren't very long at all. Makes you wonder how many APer's were actually chosen to preview the ride. I noticed one CM telling people the ride didn't open until Monday and another CM letting some people in that weren't APers. I approached the second CM and asked if there was a chance I might be able to sneak preview the ride. She asked if I was alone and when I said yes, she said go right on in. Yippee!!! I was in! The wait was about 10 minutes, then I was on my way! I love all the colors. And yes it was fun hearing the kids on the ride yelling out Nemo! Dory's my favorite. The yellow subs make the whole lagoon look lively and colorful. Its great to see them going again!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 YAY! poohbear14, I'm glad I inspired you to take a chance. Or maybe I should say that DH inspired you, I'll let him know I agree about seeing the subs moving in the lagoon, it's great to see that again! They did have a soft opening yesterday (Friday.) We saw it around 5PM while we were on a tour. I thought, shoot, now why didn't I learn to access the web from my cell phone so I could let other LPers know to head for the Park
Originally Posted By ABBY What a fun trip! Are you glad you decided not go to Tahoe or Reno ?? <<So he goes over there as I keep walking and pretend I don't know him>> Had to laugh at this, seems like I end up doing this at some point every time we are at DL
