8/20 Update

Here are pictures from last night's adventure.. Story-time will follow tonight.

(Ruben's Note: The Above picture is a game, called where's Ruben)

8/14 Update

Ruben and I went to the parks from 8:45pm-12am. Somehow, neither of us had ever been on the many rides found in A Bug's Land, so we decided to stray from our normal DCA routine of Toy Story Midway Mania and explore a bit. We tried out Heimlich's Chew Chew Train and Tuck and Roll's Bumper Cars, though we didn't have enough time for Flik's Flyers which I was truly disappointed by, though hopefully we'll get to ride it tonight! After getting off of Heimlich's train, I exclaimed to the cast member that it was the best ride I had ever been on and she gave me a look like I was crazy. Oh well. We were lucky enough to exit A Bug's Land just as the Electric Parade was coming by so we had to watch and dance to our favorite part. At Disneyland, we rode the usual assortment of rides, as well as Matterhorn and Pirates.. two rides we love but don't ride too much (Ruben's Note: I can't quite say I love Pirates that much... I just like to name the Skeletons at the start. Rebbecca is the bearded one and Fernando is the one with all the treasure in case you were wondering). As usual, we had our hearts and stomachs set on In N Out after the park closed, but took a little too much time wandering out of the park to the point where we weren't sure if we could make it to the restaurant before their 1am closing time. As we were leaving the parking structure, I told Ruben that we would get to In N Out at 1:02am, and surely enough the clock struck 1:02 as we pulled up to the drive-thru speakerbox. We were so nervous that we had missed it, but luckily, someone spoke up to take our order. We were so excited that I think I may have screamed like a little girl as I told the In N Out speakerman that we sped all the way from Disneyland to make it there. However, he was not as excited as he replied with an "Excuse me?". Oh well, we got our food that we wanted and watched the intense lightning show across the sky as we ate. All in all, another great night.

8/10 Update

Ruben and I ventured to the park Sunday night from 8:30pm-12am. Thankfully, we met our goal of the night and got there early enough to get in a ride on Toy Story Midway Mania. I won (as usual) and finally broke the 150,000 point barrier to get the CAT prize at the end. On our way out of the park, we decided to venture through A Bug's Land since neither of us has really explored that area. Everything was already closed as it was after 9, but we got some pictures with the character displays and found a few rides that we've never been on but would like to experience in the very near future (possibly tonight!). Once inside Disneyland, we went straight to Jungle Cruise, which has become our routine as of late, and we were lucky enough to have Nathan, the best skipper I can ever remember having in my hundreds of journeys through the jungle. Hardly any of his jokes were the typical jokes you hear, and the way he delivered each joke was exceptional. On our way out of the park, we were sure to give him one of the new verbal compliment cards at City Hall. We also experienced another very nice cast member named Dani while exiting Storybook Land. She was with another family talking about taking them to ride Casey Jr., to which I had to profess my ever-growing love for the ride. While waiting in line, she asked us if we wanted to go on any other Fantasyland rides, to which we exclaimed "PETER PAN!!!", and she basically turned into Genie from Aladdin and walked us across Fantasyland, up the exit, and right onto Peter Pan!!! No wait for us!!! To be honest, I was kind of hoping for her skin to turn blue and for her to belt out a rendition of "Friend Like Me", but a free pass to the front of the Peter Pan line was good enough for me! We of course left her a verbal compliment card at the end of the night as well, even though she informed us she would only be working at Disneyland for another two weeks. We finished the night with our typical assortment of Fantasyland rides, though we didn't get on the Matterhorn as we had hoped for. I think we will be returning to the park tonight so there should be another update in the coming days.

Here are some pictures from last night for your enjoyment:







The addition of more pictures (you can all tell how lazy I, Ruben, am when it comes to this can't you?)

Pan + No Flash = can't see much of a picture.

Adam only adds pictures of himself. How self centered can he be! Anyways agreeing with Adam, Nathan was easily the funniest skipper I have experienced all year, though he did have a few of the typical jokes. His delivery is what set him apart from telling the same jokes as all of the other skippers. When Dani asked if we wanted to go on any other rides our first reaction wasn't Peter Pan, it was more us staring at each other thinking "what rides are there?" until I realized and said "Oh... what about Pan?" Its funny because we never go on it. We do a lot of fantasyland rides, probably because you can do so many in such a short time.