Disneyland 2017 Trip - Day 3

Todd joined me for the power walk this morning - kudos to him for getting up early.  We had another great walk and got to watch (as we passed and then later looped back through the same area) them rehearsing and shooting a commercial with Mickey on a cherry picker.  Neat!

After the walk we again got breakfast at the Hearthstone Lounge and took it back to the room to eat and relax/nap until the park was open.  We planned to spend this day and the next at Disneyland, so we were not in any hurry today.

A menacing shadow behind the curtains turns out to be just a big moth.  We managed to shoo him out onto the balcony where he glowered at us before flying away.

Good morning Disneyland

Las Vegas/Disneyland Trip - Day 5: Disneyland Again

Thursday brought us back to Disneyland for our last day in the parks.  No hurry today - we started the day at 10:30am with breakfast at the Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney.

Once in Disneyland, we went to Tomorrowland first and rode Star Tours, got FastPasses for Space Mountain, then spent an eternity in Star Wars Launch Bay:  a temporary exhibit hall that had a film, replica props and models, and lines to meet either Chewbacca or Kylo Ren.

We sat down to watch the "behind-the-scenes" film, but it was just a lengthy, talking-head, commentary type, dvd extra-ish snoozefest featuring the producer(s), director, etc.  So incredibly boring.  I got up after 5 minutes and walked around while Todd watched the rest of it.

I like Star Wars, but I'm not a big enough fan to have needed more than 10 minutes looking at the models and merchandise, so I went outside to wait until Todd was done.

Rey's Speeder from The Force Awakens

L.A. Trip - Day 5: Disneyland, P.M., Part 2

Since the Haunted Mansion was closed and we were near a train station, we decided to ride the train all the way around the park - not something we would have done had the park been crowded.  It was great though - we got to relax and see the Grand Canyon diorama and Primeval World; two displays that don't exist at Walt Disney World.

The French Market across from the depot.  We'll come back here.