Originally Posted By Darkbeer Stopped by quickly this afternoon, mainly to check the progress on the Sub Lagoon. The signs around the Resort once again claimed Disneyland was "Full" (no more sales of single day tickets, but still allowing folks with AP's or pre-purchased tickets in). Since I was only going to be around for just over an hour, parked in Downtown Disney and took the Monorail in. The Sub Lagoon looked almost full, maybe 80 to 90%, just low enough that the Subs stay on the floor and don't float, as they still work on cleaning up debris and other work. Then headed to the Matterhorn for a ride on the attraction, and to grab some photos (only one good one came out) of the Lagoon. And since that was about a 40 minute wait, went right back to the Monorail to head back to the DtD lot. Took a lot of pictures thru the mesh, so give me a few hours to do some digital magic and let you see the work inside. Caught the workcrew removing the decorations from the Christmas tree at the Disneyland Hotel (in front of the Never Land Pool entrance), so a few shots of that. Then on the way home, stopped by the Disneyland Welcome Center at the Doubletree Suites on Harbor, just a couple of blocks south of Harbor. For those last minute folks, it is MUCH cheaper to buy 3 day or more ParkHoppers here, since they basically honor the "Everyone at the Kid's Price" promotion thru April 26th (They are $5 more than online, the same price as buying the tickets at Good Neighbor Hotels front desks). That makes and Adult 3 day ParkHopper $45 cheaper than buying at the Main Entrance! Also basically no lines! And then a few shots of the Ruth Chris's Steak House being built next door, which is scheduled for a February 2007 opening.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^And so is Morton's, which opened up a few weeks ago, also on Harbor about 1/2 block North of the upcoming Ruth Chris'.
Originally Posted By TheHoop cant wait to see the lagoon with water!!! how long has it been???? Thanks,DB!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^ Here is a photo with about 90% of the water level... (You shouldn't see the black part of the Sub when the water level is at the "full" level.) <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2315623/2/121065428/Large" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/2315623/2/121065428/Large</a> This photo came from the Matterhorn.
Originally Posted By Indigo Finally. Now we don't have to worry about the Matterhorn falling into the lagoon without the water pressure holding it up. Whew. :_)
Originally Posted By irishfan Thanks for the pics, so is the lagoon going to remained filled, or will it be drained again in the coming weeks/months?
Originally Posted By avromark <<Finally. Now we don't have to worry about the Matterhorn falling into the lagoon without the water pressure holding it up. Whew.>> Don't you know it fell it every night, but they had a crew raise it before morning Perhaps once the lines die down I'll be able to ride one of my favourite rides as a child again (and maybe meet an LPer or two)
Originally Posted By jonvn "^And so is Morton's," Yes, it is. In SF, we have several local places that are much less money and actually better than either of those two.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Finally. Now we don't have to worry about the Matterhorn falling into the lagoon without the water pressure holding it up. Whew." Do you know how many arguments I had with people over this? They KNEW it would happen. A CM told them. Or we had some other person on here who, say, worked in the laundry there or something and they kept insisting it would happen. One more bizarro little thing that came out of nowhere.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ya - I remember the lagoon being drained all the time when I was a kid (well at least once a year). Rumours, don't you just love them!
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Morton's is recognized as one of the finest steak houses in the US. The quality is consistent around the locations and they're always packed. The food is great. Ruth's Chris varies greatly from location to location--some are excellent, others are terrible. The good ones are great. Yes, they're expensive, but so are all good steakhouses and their prices are in line with the rest.
Originally Posted By onlyme Spent 4 days in SF last week. We went to Joes(of Westlake) twice. Dang, they've got some great food. Sorry, off topic...
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "For those last minute folks, it is MUCH cheaper to buy 3 day or more ParkHoppers here, since they basically honor the "Everyone at the Kid's Price" promotion thru April 26th" This offer is being advertised very heavily here in the Bay Area on TV as part of the "Million Dreams" promotion.
Originally Posted By danyoung Umm, would love to see the pics, DB, but there doesn't seem to be a link other than to the one of the lagoon.
Originally Posted By dlkozy jonvn, we travel to SF on a regular basis-would love to know the name of those restaurants that you hinted at! :0)
Originally Posted By Mr Snappy In case you did not know, Ruth's Chris and Morton's are mainly for the expense account crowd. When on business trips with our vendor's, you always seem to either end up at a local place (Like Steak in KC, Seafood in Boston, etc) or at one of these places. Yes, they are WAY overpriced...but they are really designed for people who could care less and want a place to take clients. Or, for travelers on an expense account. As for me, I never eat cheap when the company is paying for it (either mine or theirs) I have attended meals that were for 4 people that ran over $2,000 (most of that expensive wine) When it's my money, I would never step in the places unless a very special ocassion. You can get a great steak at Outback Steakhouse for 1/4th the price.
