Friday, April 12, 2013

Glad To See Some of My Lost Disney "Friends"

I have been waiting all week for today.  You see, this is Limited Time Magic's Long Lost Friends week at the Disneyland Resort.

Last night I made sure my alarm was set to 7:00 a.m. so I can wake up early.   Just as I got up, I thought to myself that Disney California Adventure and Disneyland don't open till 9:00 a.m..  So I went back to sleep, and slept for another hour and a half before getting up.

I wasn't in a rush because I didn't want to be there at the 9:00 a.m. opening when everyone else would be there. And I knew my friends would be there until 5:30 p.m., so I wasn't too worried

Downtown Disney, flower
Decided to walk through Downtown Disney.  These are cool hanging flower baskets in the form of Mickey Mouse's silhouette.

Even though I wanted to see my Long Lost Friends, they wouldn't be at the Big Thunder Ranch till 10:30 a.m.  So to kill some time, I decided to stop by Disney California Adventure first

Disney California Adventure, Entrance, Buena Vista Street

Disney California Adventure, Buena Vista Stret
Walking down Buena Vista Street

Disney California Adventure, Buena Vista Street

Disney California Adventure, Buena Vista Street

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Flowers
Pretty flowers in Paradise Pier

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Flowers

Disney California Adventure, World of Color
Crew looking at the World of Color platform

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Flowers

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Silly Symphony Swings

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Silly Symphony Swings

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, Silly Symphony Swings

Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, World of Color
Don't know if you remember or not, but for some time there was a whole rumor from a "reliable source" about the removal of these trellises because of the potential to block the view of World of Color.  And yet, here they still stand
Disney California Adventure, Paradise Pier, World of Color

Disney California Adventure, Cars Land

Disney California Adventure, Cars Land

Disney California Adventure, Cars Land
When I first heard of these hat, I truly thought they were an April Fool's Joke, as they came out on April 1, 2013

Disney California Adventure, Cars Land
Cars Land, busy as usual

Disney California Adventure, Red Car Trolley

Disney California Adventure, Turkey Legs

Disney California Adventure, Dice

Disney California Adventure, Antenna topper
Grumpy antenna Topper

Now it's time to go to Disneyland

Disneyland, Main Entry Plaza
Disneyland Resort Main Entry Plaza

Disneyland, Main Street USA

Disneyland, Main Street USA, Sleeping Beauty Castle

Disneyland, Main Street USA, Coke Corner, Refreshment Corner

Disneyland, Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland without the tarp. Probably was just a paint job on the Castle Wall

Disneyland, Small World Mall

Disneyland, Fantasyland Theater, Fantasyland Theatre, Mickey and the Magical Map
Fantasyland Theatre's Mickey and the Magical Map stage

Disneyland, Alice in Wonderland

Disneyland, Fantasyland

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
Heading to Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree to check out some Long Lost Friends

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
Different sets of characters can be found here throughout the day. These were several of the characters that were at the Jamboree while I visited.

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
Mulan and Mushu

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
The Jamboree was full of Guests wanting to meet their "long lost friends".  Man, the Disney characters sure do have a lot of friends as they all came out to see them.  They must feel loved.

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
A couple of activities for the kiddies

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic
This isn't the sweet maiden Mulan. This is the warrior Mulan

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Disneyland, Long Lost Friends, Limited Time Magic

Even though I didn't get up close to them, they saw me and I saw them, so we were all good!

Continuing with my walk around...

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurb continues

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Mark Twain, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Flower, Tarzan Treehouse
While visiting Tarzan's Treehouse, noticed this wild flower

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Refurb, Refurbishment

Disneyland, Tomorrowland, Innoventions, Iron Man, Stark Industries
Over at Innoventions, a new Iron Man 3 exhibit will debut the next day

Disneyland, Tomorrowland, Innoventions, Iron Man, Stark Industries
Several Iron Man themed canvases have been hung on the second floor of Innoventions

Disneyland, Tomorrowland, Innoventions, Iron Man, Stark Industries

Disneyland, Main Street USA, Buzz Price, Window
While leaving, had to stop at see the new Buzz Price window on Main Street

Disneyland, Main Street USA, Buzz Price, Window
This can be found on the little building to the left of Disneyland City Hall

That will conclude today's pictorial
Thanks for stopping by and checking it out

Until Next Time...

2 comments:

  1. It's nice to finally have something for people to look forward to seeing in Innoventions and also cool having the 3 Pigs and Big Bad Wolf back. In the old days they were regulars in the park.

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  2. You could have used the LOST logo as your banner. :-)

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