Jeff: How are you feeling?
Me: Okay, better than yesterday.
Jeff: Let's go to Disneyland!
This morning Jeff and I got up early and headed off to Disneyland to get there when it first opened. Our plan again was to go and spend as little as possible. We decided we would park in the Downtown Disney parking lot since the first 3 hours were free. As soon as we parked we took the monorail from Downtown Disney into the park. This was Jeff's 1st time ever on the monorail.
Right now Disneyland has decorated for Halloween. They add a whole bunch of decorations around the park and even revamp some of the rides. Once inside we went straight to Space Mountain since we heard they had changed the inside to add some special effects. Unfortunately, it was closed. FAIL. Instead we headed over to Haunted House. Haunted is probably the one ride they go all out on and I love how they change it to look like the Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe because it's new but Jeff and I agree that we like it better Halloween style vs regular style.
After that we decided it was hot enough and empty enough to brave Splash Mountain. We were standing in the 35 minute wait (not long at all) when someone walked by and said they had 2 extra fast passes. Score! We used them and got on in less than 10 minutes. We thought we were lucky to be sitting in the front. We both thought for sure the water would just go over us and get the back seats. WRONG. Jeff and I were soaked! You can especially tell by looking at Jeff's shorts. He's making a face because at the exact time I took this picture, he got splashed by one of the logs going by.
After Splash Mountain we used our fast passes to go on Indy and then ran over to see if Space Mountain was open. Sure enough it was and it was only a 25 minute wait. Perfect since it was now 95 degrees outside. For Halloween, Space Mountain adds video images of ghosts/skeletans throughout the ride. Jeff liked it but I thought it was a bit lame. You could totally tell it was a projection on a screen and didn't really blend into the ride.
We were cutting it close to our 3 hour limit by then and hitched a ride back on the monorail to Downtown Disney. We left with about 15 minutes to spare, only spending $6.25 on 2 waters (yeah, I know but we forgot our waters in the car.) It was a great morning at the "Happiest Place on Earth".
