Originally Posted By boyumz This is just my luck. First I went to WDW for the trip of a lifetime back in October and it rained the entire time we were there. Now, I'm bringing my oldest son to Disneyland on Thursday and Friday for a little bonding trip and it's supposed to rain the entire time! Sigh, I guess I'll just be packing the rain ponchos!
Originally Posted By friendofdd The weather folk are talking about the possibility of showers for the next week. They do not seem to anticipate heavy rain. If it is like today, it will just be occasional sprinkles and not really a problem at all.
Originally Posted By Zwitek Disneyland is possibly at its best for me personally, when it rains. No crowds, no lines for anything, the place smells refreshing. Ah, I wish I could make it there.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka There's nothing quite like climbing onto the Dumbo ride and into stepping into 6" of water.
Originally Posted By friendofdd It is wonderful to board the tram at the parking structure. Those seats hold only a half inch of water. New jeans may soak up the entire puddle.
Originally Posted By NJ AP I LOVE DL in the rain. If I lived driving distance away I'd join you in the non-existant lines. The day after a good rain the whole place glistens.
Originally Posted By Pollyananana Ride Thunder Mt. RR in the rain... Best facial you will ever get!! We laughed till we cried. Great fun!!!
Originally Posted By oc_dean boyumz, I don't know if you are from out of town ... but Jan is the month where SoCal traditionally gets it's heaviest rains. (That and Feb. as well)
Originally Posted By ADisneyPrincess From my last rainy experience in November, bring more than a poncho! I had a poncho and my arms (and legs) were still soaked. If you can, I would get a zip up rain jacket (and pants) that fully covers your arms and has a good hood. The CM's were wearing clear rain suits over their costumes and I so wished I had one like it. Despite being wet and somewhat miserable, we rode more rides that day! Most everything was a walk on and we basically got everything done before lunch. On Big Thunder Mountain they actually told us that no one was waiting to go on and if we wanted to ride again we could. The whole train stayed on for a second ride. Just make the most of it!
Originally Posted By boyumz I'm from Nor Cal and from the looks of the weather report, it's gonna be much worse up here. I really, really wouldn't care a bit, but this trip my son (he's 20) and I are making a little game out of it. We decided to see how cheap we could go. We got free tickets on the Megabus and a room at HoJo's for $59. We have APs, so no entrance fee. The only other cost is the PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION from Union Station to Disneyland and back. Which for locals, they would understand that means a series of buses, Metrolink, etc. So when you guys drive by the bus stop in the pouring rain Friday night, and see two people in rain ponchos that will probably resemble homeless people, honk and wave---that's us!! LOL!!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Um... What an adventure? LOL! At least it will be far better than the paintball field after a heavy rain. Nothing like that combo of icky, former cow pasture mud and paint! I can picture you two running from ride to ride, hair dripping wet. You guys will have a blast. Yeah, Channel 2 is saying there's going to be heavy rain in So. Cal. at the end of the week and our snow level is going to drop to around 1,000 feet! Will you be going over the Grapevine?
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka <<It is wonderful to board the tram at the parking structure. Those seats hold only a half inch of water. New jeans may soak up the entire puddle.>> HA!
Originally Posted By murfsmom were planning on going fri.we don't mind the rain, it's te wind and the rain, but crowds are usually smaller, and if you really want an experience go on the orange stinger, it's like being in a giant washer , the ride swings you around and it rains on top of you !! we were so wet, we didn't know if we should laugh or cry, it just started to rain when the ride started and we all yelled to stop but the guys wouldn't do it and we were soaked, no ponchos or anything !!!
Originally Posted By bean depending on the time best and fastest way without getting on to many buses is to take the orange county line metrolink form union station to Anaheim. Then from there take a bus or shuttle to the resort. To bad you can't just take amtrack to Anaheim.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Disneyland in the rain is its absolute best, IMHO. I long to be there something awful!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i love disneyland in the rain! its so much fun, and lots of times people leave when it rains and you have the park to yourself and walk right onto rides.
Originally Posted By fkurucz FWIW, we had rain on two consecutive trips. One was in Oct 2005. It started early in the day, but it wasn't all that cold. Hardly anyone left! And it was wet! After a while we were soaked and headed back to the hotel to dry out. Later in the afternoon it let up a bit and we went back. Still busy! Fast forward to March 2006. It started raining late one afternoon and it was cold! This time DL emptied out quickly.
Originally Posted By murfsmom well were going this fri., and we don't have to, we can go when ever we want, but we like the rain, as long as your dressed for it it's not so bad !! just have fun, it's an adventure with your son, so matter what you do you will have memories !! maybe we will see you there !!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By DISDANCEMOM I love it when it rains.. no lines,hot soup. and it feels like you have the whole place to your self. Your trip sound fun let us know how much you end up spending. My daughter and I have also gone to dland to see how little we can spend.
