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A Visit to Disneyland and DCA

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The Date:  4-4-19 The Time:  1:30 p.m. The Reason:  Things slowed down dramatically at work. Rather than go home, my friend Laura and I decided to go to the Parks and I'm so glad we did! Since it is still spring break season, the crowds were there but it wasn't unbearable. We started our visit at Tongaroa Terrace because Laura had never experienced a Dole Whip! Naturally, we got the spiked version. She thoroughly enjoyed it! Once we were done, we walked to the Monorail station to ride into Disneyland. I had an ulterior motive - I wanted to show Laura a little bit of Disneyland history so as we disembarked the Monorail, we walked towards the Matterhorn and I showed Laura the Three Fences and gave her a brief explanation as to why this area was special to Disneyland nerds like myself. I also recorded it for the latest episode of my podcast, Not Strictly Disney. Laura then mentioned that she has always wanted to wander through New Orleans Square a...

More No Crowds (huh?)

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The other day I posted a few pics from my last visit to Disneyland showing that there were no crowds. Those days don't happen too often, let me tell you. I finally got around do downloading the rest of my pics so here they are for you to enjoy. In New Orleans Square, I hid behind a construction wall. In Fantasyland there is a shop with all sorts of girlie goodies and I'm willing to bet that no one ever notices this gorgeous stained glass window! In line for the Jungle Cruise and no one is behind me! You've seen a couple of these before but here are all the shots in sequential order. A ride around the Park before heading back to the hotel. Once at the Grand Californian, I take a few shots from the balcony. And later that night... That's it for now!