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corpsefairy and starchy are fostering a couple of Incredibly Cute Kittens, and on my recent visit with them, I got to play with these kittens at length. My brain hasn't solidified yet, it melted so entirely.



I also had the opportunity to visit the Tilden Park carousel, an old favorite of mine and probably the machine I have ridden most in my lifetime. It's a turn of the century Hershell-Spillman.

( Cute Cats, lovely carousel and a couple of horses for good measure. )

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.



...how do my companions look so relaxed on that thing?!

( More pics, mostly of the carousel )