Post #345579 by tiki mick on Thu, Nov 22, 2007 6:02 PM

On 2007-11-22 11:44, bigtikidude wrote:
I hear ya Lucas, Over the past 20 years I have probably had over 10 year passes. I had 2 back to back recently as my sister gace me one for a x-mas present. But I decided not to renew.
I would like to go to see the new Pirate Island . but it'll have to wait.
I'm just burnt out on that place, and yeah the crowds mid week were horrible. Not my idea of fun.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

I have been going (over the last 4 years) pretty much 2-3 times per week. Always after work. I would just go, ride the jungle boat cruise, haunted mansion, POTC, then fastasy land and do Snow white and Pinnochio. Then finish off with the train. The train at night is very cool. Pretty much I would restrict myself to those rides that traditionally have the shortest lines. If the crowd was light, and I hit it at the right time, I would do the Tiki room too. But after 4 years of fanatical Disney worshipping, I have just had it with the crowds. In the last year I focused more on california adventure. There is a lot of good stuff there, and the fact that you can buy beer and wine and walk around with it (At Knotts, you have to stay in one place) makes it a winner. I always enjoy the ornamental tropical foliage at Flix's fun fair. Very well done.

As far as Pirate Island, I usually don't like tampering with classic attractions, but they have done a great job. If you can squeeze through the caves, there are some cool suprises that they added. Last time though, I had just eaten a veggie burger at the village Haus in fantasy land, and then I went to pirate island. It was in those cramped caves where the veggie burger showed it's true quality. I was farting horribly. Some kids in front of me started laughing at me. It was f-ing great!

There still is excellent music all over both parks, though. The Mariachi Divas in CA are awesome.

But, my DL days are over for a while. It's not a burn out of the park itself, but only of the crowds and the huge strollers and the parades which clog up the passageways and leave you no "out".

I will just have to keep my self entertained with my collection of well, pretty much every Disney DVD that they have ever made. That and one of my many, many books about the making of Disneyland and of Walt Disney himself. I actually think I might have TOO much Disney paraphenalia. And I spend too much time viewing DL related websites like "Yesterland" or "Atomobiles" or "Mouse Planet". My "My pictures" is clogged up with photos of vintage DL that I use as wallpaper. Oh well, I am a Disney Fanatic. Guess that did not come through in my last post.