Disneyland is running a special this year -- everyone gets in free on their Birthday. What a deal? Right? So.. never one to turn down a good deal.. and wanting to go check out all the new 'stuff' since I was there last, which was during High School, Chad and I played hookie from work last Wednesday (Chad's Birthday) and went down and spent a very lovely day at The Happiest Place on Earth :-).
When he got his free ticket, they gave him a special Birthday Button with his name on it and all the Disney employees (and a fair number of guests) were saying 'Happy Birthday Chad!' all day long. Which made Chad feel terribly special and loved.. or at least popular!!
We drove down there fairly early in the morning. It was a really beautiful day.. sunny and 65 and it wasn't terribly crowded, although possibly a tad more than I might have expected for a weekday in April. However, it seemed as if 1/2 the parties there had at least one Birthday Button.. so I'm guessing that little marketing tactic is working out well for them.
We rode all the 'good' rides.. and the longest line we stood in was only an hour.. Pirates, Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, Splash Mountain, Matterhorn, Star Tours, and even Small World. The most amazing part? The ride that was by far in the most demand was the old classic -- Space Moutain. There just must be something about roller coasters in the dark..
One of the highlights of the day was an exhibit that actually reminded me of Epcot called 'Innoventions' which had a 'house of the future' with all the cool toys and gadgets, etc. They also had a small demonstration from ASIMO -- the 'most advanced robot in the world', made by Honda. He was pretty incredible.. here's a short video of him 'dancing':
We started off our evening with an incredible Fireworks show in front of Cinderella's castle. Only Disney can produce such an amazing production.. Even Tinkerbell was flying around doing her magic:
After the show, we hit a few more rides and then headed home at midnight. It was a long day (and the next day wasn't so good).. but it was a lot of fun and definitely a great way to spend a Birthday!!
Happy Birthday Chad!!
4 comments:
Sounds like fun and if you wanted to you could go again a couple weeks for your b-day. :)
Hm... willing to go back around June 20? I think we'll be in the city. We could use Carter seeing as it's his birthday :-). Whadda ya say?
Happy Birthday Chad! Sounds like fun at Disneyland, we've got to see the new Small world since they redid it. You guys look great.
Happy Belated birthday Chad! That's what I get for not reading your blog as often.
I agree that Disney is one of the coolest places on Earth! I had never been there until this year Eric and I had to attend a business expo earlier this year "accross the street" from Disneyland. We took the kids and I stayed at the hotel while Eric was presenting. The next day we spent it at Disney and we had a blast! My favorite ride was the Indian Jones one!
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