summer_jackel

So, last weekend, after about a year of planning and at least 12 of

corpsefairy attempting to convince me to go there, she,

madmanatw and I made the 6-hour drive south to Disneyland. I'll admit trepidation; though I do love me some coasters, I am pretty deeply adverse to big crowds of people and I hate standing in line. Also, I loathe Southern CA, no offense to the several people I like who reside there (and who I regret that I did not have time to visit). After going to Disney as a teen, I swore that I would never return.

All of this notwithstanding...I actually had a really good time. The crowds and lines were (gasp!) pretty reasonable, partly because it's the off season, and partly because there was another fire in SoCal. /wince/ We had *no* wait times for a number of rides and had only one half-hour wait time. I can live with that. Good company and good times.

My favorites, for the record, are Splash Mountain, the beautiful carousel, and the Nightmare Before Christmas themed Haunted Mansion, which was woooooooonderful.