Originally Posted By Kayoss with the upgrades, Alice is a serious contendor to tie with Peter Pan for best Fantasyland dark ride. Regardless, it's now the most high-tech ride by a very large margin. And it DESERVES it!!!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^I LOVE *my* Alice! I saw all the changes back in December (not sure why I didn't see this thread) and was thrilled! Re: The one-character-per-dark-ride-rule... Doesn't work for Pinocchio - He's in there several times - the marionettes, his nose growing and at the end (that's all I can think of without looking it up.) He's my second favorite dark ride - tied with Peter Pan.
Originally Posted By mstaft I love that in this new season of respect for Disneyland, the smaller attractions are being taken care of as well as the E tickets! Good call- keeps this park amazing!
Originally Posted By liveforvacations I cannot wait to go on Alice on my next trip! It's funny! I had never gone on it until our last trip in December of 2005. It seemed every time I was there previously, it had boards around it or was not open for some reason or another. It is a great ride and I even enjoy waiting in line as I love listening to it and looking at everything. I am also going to go on Pinocchio. I only went on that once when my daughter was three and it scared her so much that she would not go on any other ride that "went inside". I think I may have a negative view of it that is undeserved. For me, next to when you first walk on to Main Street and see the castle, walking through the castle and entering Fantasyland is one of my favorite parts of a trip to Disneyland. I like that they are working on Fantasyland because even though all the E-ticket rides are a blast, Fantasyland to me is "Disneyland".
Originally Posted By wonderingalice "...Fantasyland to me is "Disneyland." I agree! So fun and colorful and wonderful music (yes, we sing along with the toots and doodles music - especially near the Teacups. *L* - we're so weird. It's such a happy place to escape to.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Yep I love that even though Disneyland us historically shortchanged when it comes to new ETickets, we generally get more of these little upgrades. Perhaps it's that WDI folks are more sentimental about DL and therefore always looking for ways to plus it. Or perhaps it's just that our infrastructure, being much older than WDW seems to need updating more obviously. Whatever the reason, it's nice to see these little loving touches enhancing the show! Can't wait to see what they do with Toad!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Wondering....we sing and long with every little note too, not caring what guests are looking at us like we're escapees from the loony bin! Go, Alice!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove PS Keep Hell Hot! (we'll have to print some bumper stickers, or something)
Originally Posted By Waistcoated Rabbit Hell was hot for me last year hahah. Nice and toasty. Ahhh I can't wait to go on Alice now! I think I'll risk losing my spot at the POTC premier just so I can go on it.. heheh
Originally Posted By avromark If they turn the heaters off in hell does that mean everyone who has ever muttered the phrase "when hell freezes over" will be in for a shock?
Originally Posted By wonderingalice A random search for that old mini-golf place (that was SO great) near Disneyland, brought me to this... Check out the front-end bumper damage. *L* ;-) <a href="http://theimaginaryworld.com/snaps28.jpg" target="_blank">http://theimaginaryworld.com/s naps28.jpg</a> The site has a lot of cool old shots for us OLD people. <a href="http://theimaginaryworld.com/snaps01.html" target="_blank">http://theimaginaryworld.com/s naps01.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Wow. I've seen soooo many pics of old DL, but I don't think I've EVER seen this - dig them cool "modern" benches! <a href="http://theimaginaryworld.com/snaps61.jpg" target="_blank">http://theimaginaryworld.com/s naps61.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By knoxvelour Some really cool shots on there. I love this kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Those benches look like pulled teeth! *LOL* But I bet they were really 'hip' for the times! You're VERY welcome, knoxie! I love it, too! Sent the link to my mom and dad... They've got tons of old photos from the '50s and '60s and could build a cool site - not near the extent of this one, but cool. We've also got onboard footage my dad took on 8mm film (now transferred to DVD) of a ride through the Matterhorn from about 1966. Neat stuff!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Oh... And there's a brief clip of my mom, brother and me at the very beginning of a ride into Wonderland that was probably taken just before or just after the Matterhorn footage. Classic '60s hair, to boot! *L*
Originally Posted By liveforvacations This is a great site wonderingalice. I love stuff like this! Thanks!
Originally Posted By Megara I love the Pinocchio ride also. We always ride it, a couple times each trip.
