Back On The Rock
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:06 am
In a word, DLR was great!! We got early entry on the first day so we decided to join the raging herd heading for Nemo. We got through the turnstiles and were held just before the tunnels. When the CMs let us go, the crowd started power walking towards their objective. As we went through the tunnel we were all softly chanting, “Nemo. Nemo. Nemo.”
We were greeted at the end on Main Street by two security CMs who called out, “ Walk, don’t run!”
The crowd replied with a louder chant of, “Nemo. Nemo. Nemo.” That drowned out both the CMs and the slapping noise of assorted Nikes, Rebocks and Skechers.
As we rounded the hub, we saw more CMs saying, “Nemo this way!!”
By now the crowd was yelling, “NEMO!!! NEMO!!! NEMO!!!”
We passed one CM at an entrance to Tomorrowland who was calling out, “Space Mountain? Anyone? Space Mountain? Bueller?”
He was ignored completely.
As we climbed the rise to the Matterhorn, people were frothing at the mouth screaming, “NEMO!!! NEMO!!! NEMO!!!”
As we passed the entrance to the Matterhorn, we finally saw our objective, the entrance to Nemo. We entered the queue and came to a stop. Everyone looked at everyone else with the same question on their faces. “What happened?” It was very deflating after the surge through the park. The journey is the reward.
While waiting in line for Nemo, I saw a name tag that read Karen, Kahana, Maui. I told her I lived a few miles from there. We discussed the merits of different hamburger joints in Lahaina and both agreed the Burger King should be replaced by an In ‘n’ Out.
After Nemo, we waited at the rope to enter Adventure Land. We went for Indy first where I saw my first SG moment. Mr. And Mrs. SG were having their obviously too short son measured. Mrs. SG cried out, “Oh Gaaawwwd!” Followed by Mr. SG exclaiming, “This really sucks!”
The poor CM’s face said it all. “First guest of the day and I get these two.”
The only other SG moment of note was the mother yelling at her teenaged daughter. “If I see you out of my eye sight again I’ll drag you back to the car by your hair.”
We saw some suspected Brazeeelians chasing Goofy through Toontown screaming, “Goofee, Goofee, picture, picture!!” Goofy beat a hasty retreat back stage.
Just before we left Maui I mentioned to a friend, we were going to DLR. She said I should have told her earlier as she could get us into Club 33. I asked her to try anyway. She got us in for lunch. It was very nice, the food was good, the salad bar and desert counters were huge and there was a full bar. We didn’t use the bar. Sorry Darph.
Part of the Club 33 experience is complimentary tickets to be picked up at Guest Relations. As we already had three-day park hoppers, I decided to do my own Year Of A Millions Dreams deal. I walked around the ticket booths and spotted a large family. I walked up behind them and said, “Excuse me, are you a large family?” The father said they had four people.
“I have three extra tickets and if you’d like them they’re yours.” I said.
The look on the father’s face was priceless. It went from is this a scam to am I really gonna save $273? I gave him the tickets, told them all to have a good day and walked off. That was fun!
We did all the rides in DLR and hit DCA too. Soarin’ was very cool and we got more than soaked on the Grizzly River Run. We road it with a couple from Alaska who thought the water temp was lovely. We were freezing.
We also went to Universal Studios. The few rides were good and the shows were pretty neat. The best part was when the plane flies over the wall in Waterworld, crashes into the water and slides up the wall barely ten feet from the crowd. Pretty cool.
Other than that, the park was a mess. There was garbage everywhere including the kitchen floors in food places. The employees for the most part just didn’t seem to care. DLR ruined us with the positive attitude of the CMs and how they take care of their parks.
We were greeted at the end on Main Street by two security CMs who called out, “ Walk, don’t run!”
The crowd replied with a louder chant of, “Nemo. Nemo. Nemo.” That drowned out both the CMs and the slapping noise of assorted Nikes, Rebocks and Skechers.
As we rounded the hub, we saw more CMs saying, “Nemo this way!!”
By now the crowd was yelling, “NEMO!!! NEMO!!! NEMO!!!”
We passed one CM at an entrance to Tomorrowland who was calling out, “Space Mountain? Anyone? Space Mountain? Bueller?”
He was ignored completely.
As we climbed the rise to the Matterhorn, people were frothing at the mouth screaming, “NEMO!!! NEMO!!! NEMO!!!”
As we passed the entrance to the Matterhorn, we finally saw our objective, the entrance to Nemo. We entered the queue and came to a stop. Everyone looked at everyone else with the same question on their faces. “What happened?” It was very deflating after the surge through the park. The journey is the reward.
While waiting in line for Nemo, I saw a name tag that read Karen, Kahana, Maui. I told her I lived a few miles from there. We discussed the merits of different hamburger joints in Lahaina and both agreed the Burger King should be replaced by an In ‘n’ Out.
After Nemo, we waited at the rope to enter Adventure Land. We went for Indy first where I saw my first SG moment. Mr. And Mrs. SG were having their obviously too short son measured. Mrs. SG cried out, “Oh Gaaawwwd!” Followed by Mr. SG exclaiming, “This really sucks!”
The poor CM’s face said it all. “First guest of the day and I get these two.”
The only other SG moment of note was the mother yelling at her teenaged daughter. “If I see you out of my eye sight again I’ll drag you back to the car by your hair.”
We saw some suspected Brazeeelians chasing Goofy through Toontown screaming, “Goofee, Goofee, picture, picture!!” Goofy beat a hasty retreat back stage.
Just before we left Maui I mentioned to a friend, we were going to DLR. She said I should have told her earlier as she could get us into Club 33. I asked her to try anyway. She got us in for lunch. It was very nice, the food was good, the salad bar and desert counters were huge and there was a full bar. We didn’t use the bar. Sorry Darph.
Part of the Club 33 experience is complimentary tickets to be picked up at Guest Relations. As we already had three-day park hoppers, I decided to do my own Year Of A Millions Dreams deal. I walked around the ticket booths and spotted a large family. I walked up behind them and said, “Excuse me, are you a large family?” The father said they had four people.
“I have three extra tickets and if you’d like them they’re yours.” I said.
The look on the father’s face was priceless. It went from is this a scam to am I really gonna save $273? I gave him the tickets, told them all to have a good day and walked off. That was fun!
We did all the rides in DLR and hit DCA too. Soarin’ was very cool and we got more than soaked on the Grizzly River Run. We road it with a couple from Alaska who thought the water temp was lovely. We were freezing.
We also went to Universal Studios. The few rides were good and the shows were pretty neat. The best part was when the plane flies over the wall in Waterworld, crashes into the water and slides up the wall barely ten feet from the crowd. Pretty cool.
Other than that, the park was a mess. There was garbage everywhere including the kitchen floors in food places. The employees for the most part just didn’t seem to care. DLR ruined us with the positive attitude of the CMs and how they take care of their parks.
