Disneyland - This and That

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We ate and ate and ate at Disneyland. On our way out the last day we finally spotted a Funnel Cake stand so we stopped anyway.

Notice the sweeper on the right.

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Here's Lorenzo, the sweeper on the right in the photo above. He was one of hundreds of cast members who worked in the background keeping Disneyland spotless.

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All of Disneyland is an elaborate simulation. Nevertheless, these pink flamingos kind of outdid all the rest.

The caption reads "Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals: Finale". I guess we get some culture here, too.

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We stayed at the Days Inn, 1111 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim. We bought three-day passes from the desk at the Holiday Inn, 1221 S. Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim, just a block away.

The passes had a magnetic stripe on the back and just had to be passed through a turnstile to enter the park. The size of a credit card, they easily fit in Dick's wallet.

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If the wait is long at selected attractions, you can put your magnetic stripe admission ticket into a machine and get a Fastpass that lets you in at the head of the line a bit later. For instance, if the wait at Space Mountain is 45 minutes, the Fastpass could admit you with no wait in an hour.

We used the out-of-line waiting time to go to a few rides, but mostly we used the time to eat more. Thus, it pays Disneyland to have patrons buying food instead of waiting in line consuming nothing.

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We parked in a monster parking structure, soon to be shared with Disney's California Adventure theme park. It must hold at least 1000 cars in each of seven levels. It was a challenge remembering which level we parked in so we could take the proper escalator when we returned to the car.