Disneyland

 The Disney Corporation really sux, I just thought I would mention that here. Entry is $43 per day. There are no late entry discounts. You can get a two day pass for $76, or if you go a through the hotel you can get a three day pass for $76. The park opens at 10:00, however if you get a three day pass through the hotel you can get in at 8:30am BUT you have to pay an extra $8 for the privilege. We arrived at our motel at 4pm and by the time we figured all of this out it was 5pm. The park closed at 8pm so decided Disney could go stuff itself and we ended up just going from 10:00-4:00 the next day (we had to be at the airport by 6:00pm so were being picked up from our motel by the shuttle bus at 4:30 - big bummer).

The good thing was, being a weekday and the off season, there were almost no queues - the longest I had to wait was about 10 minutes for Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland rides. So actually got to go on almost all of the rides, and Space Mountain (still the best ride in the park) three times. The Small World ride was all done up for Christmas and jingle bells was intermixed with the "Small World" song, definitely another highlight.

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Thumbnail Entrance to Disneyland
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Thumbnail Christmas tree in main plaza
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Thumbnail Main Street
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[IMAGE] Star Tours ride entrance
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[IMAGE] C-3PO in Star Tours ride entrance
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Thumbnail Sleeping Beauty's Castle
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Thumbnail Sleeping Beauty's Castle
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Thumbnail Swan-shaped bush
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Thumbnail Matterhorn
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[IMAGE] Tomorrowland
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Thumbnail Storybook Land in flowers
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Thumbnail Small World ride facade
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Thumbnail Small World ride facade
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Thumbnail Figures marking the time in Small World entrance
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Thumbnail Figures marking the time in Small World entrance
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[IMAGE] Small World ride entrance
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[IMAGE] Small World
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No flash photography allowed :(
[IMAGE] Australian section of Small World
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[IMAGE] Lights in Small World
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[IMAGE] Lights in Small World
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Thumbnail Lights in Small World
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Thumbnail Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Thumbnail Island in Frontier/Adventureland
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Thumbnail Mark Twain Riverboat
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Thumbnail Frontierland and Riverboat
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[IMAGE] Picture of my picture on Splash Mountain boats
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I'm right in the middle
Thumbnail Splash Mountain
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Thumbnail Haunted Mansion
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[IMAGE] Herse outside Haunted Mansion
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Thumbnail Critter Country from Tarzan's treehouse
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[IMAGE] Leopard in Tarzan's treehouse
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Thumbnail Frontierland from Tarzan's treehouse
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Thumbnail Tarzan's Treehouse
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[IMAGE] Elephants on jungle cruise
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Really low lighting so pictures didn't work
[IMAGE] Jungle cruise
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[IMAGE] Zebras and giraffes on jungle cruise
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[IMAGE] Rhinocerous and explorers on jungle cruise
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Thumbnail Horse-drawn carriage in main plaza
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Thumbnail Sleeping Beauty
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This attraction had this tiny little entrance that wasn't at all obvious, so there was noone inside it
[IMAGE] Inside Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride
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[IMAGE] Inside Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride
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[IMAGE] Inside Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride
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Thumbnail Sleeping Beauty's Castle from the other side
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[IMAGE] King Arthur Carousel
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Thumbnail The Sword in the Stone
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Thumbnail Dumbo shaped bush
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Thumbnail Dumbo ride
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[IMAGE] Dumbo ride
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[IMAGE] Dumbo ride
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[IMAGE] Dumbo ride
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[IMAGE] Mad Tea Party (teacups) ride
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Thumbnail Mad Tea Party (teacups) ride
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Thumbnail Inside Alice in Wonderland ride
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[IMAGE] Cheshire Cat inside Alice in Wonderland ride
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Thumbnail Inside Alice in Wonderland ride
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Thumbnail Small World entrance from Disneyland Train
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Thumbnail Cougar and Grand Canyon from Disneyland Train
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[IMAGE] Waterway from Disneyland Train
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Thumbnail Mickey's Toontown
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Didn't get enough time to go on any of the rides here
Thumbnail Mickey's Toontown
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Thumbnail Tomorrowland Entrance sign
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[IMAGE] Star Tours ride entrance
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This was a pretty good ride - you go on this flight simulator type thing that takes you through a Star Wars theme
[IMAGE] Fountain in Tomorrowland
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Thumbnail Fountain in Tomorrowland
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Even thought it was nearly winter kids were having fun playing in this fountain
Thumbnail Space Mountain docking bay
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Space Mountain I reckon is the best ride in the park - it's a rollercoaster entirely in the dark, except for stars/galaxies etc
Thumbnail Robot in Space Mountain docking bay
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Thumbnail Satellite thingie in Tomorrowland
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Thumbnail Swans outside Sleeping Beauty's Castle
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[IMAGE] Pirates of the Caribbean
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It was late in the afternoon by now, and I only went on this ride cause it gets a mention in Jurassic Park! It was ok, but a bit long/boring
Thumbnail Disney Railroad train at main entrance
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[IMAGE] Space Mountain
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Couldn't really get a good shot of this with the right lighting
[IMAGE] Leaving Disneyland
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Thumbnail View of Disneyland from our motel
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We were really that close to it

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