- Redwood trees cuz DAYUM DEY BIG (101)
- A legit surf town (Cruise down PCH)
- Santa Monica
- Alcatraz (San Francisco)
- Get over my fear of open water (Travel to Alcatraz, also San Francisco)
- Santa Cruz cuz I left my name there on a DDR machine many years ago and I wanna see if it's still there
- Cows (middle of nowhere on the 5)
- LACMA
- The Getty
- Climb some mountains (all over California/Palm Springs)
- The Winchester house (HELLA HAUNTED - San Jose)
- Go on a hike (the desert, also all over California)
- See the Milky Way (Death Valley)
- That one castle
- Museums in San Diego (Balboa Park)
- Dinosaurs
- The Grand Canyon/Meteor Crater
- Purple Mountains
- Yosemite
Those are the things that come to mind right now, there are LOTS of things to do in California! I think that eventually I want to travel to a different country, probably Italy! So many famous art pieces D: Well, my first day of adventuring started with Disneyland!
I live about 10 minutes away from Disneyland and since I renewed my annual pass, I've been trying to go often so it doesn't feel like a waste of money. My usual round involves me walking around California Adventure and drawing at the Animation Academy. But yesterday I did things that I didn't normally do and it was pretty fun.
The day started late, because I got there at around 1pm. The park was pretty busy for a Thursday, and I later was told that the kids in Anaheim were still on vacation and that's why it was busier than usual for a Thursday. I got an app called Map My Walk and I used it during my trip!
The day started late, because I got there at around 1pm. The park was pretty busy for a Thursday, and I later was told that the kids in Anaheim were still on vacation and that's why it was busier than usual for a Thursday. I got an app called Map My Walk and I used it during my trip!
The top part that looks like a hand sticking out from a lamp shade is Disneyland and the little squiggle at the bottom is DCA. I didn't do much there this time because I had to leave by 4:30. ANYWAYS, I walked around Disneyland looking for something to do that didn't involve me waiting in line for more than 30 minutes, so I stumbled across the Golden Horseshoe! It's an old timey saloon that serves a bunch of greasy food and you get to watch a show every hour or so.
I used to love watching Bill Hill and the Hillbillies but their show has been cancelled for some time now... I think. Instead, you get to watch a skit that involved the audience and it's a hilariously good time!
While walking around Fantasy Land, I happened to come across a taping of Wheel of Fortune. It was cool! They sure are old now. The line for Dumbo was long so I didn't want to
go on it and try to get on TV. Also, why does Dumbo look hella drunk on
this ride?!
In Fantasy Land I went to see Mickey's
Magic Map. I'd never seen this show. In fact, I hadn't been to that
area since I watched the Snow White play waaaaay back in the day, so I
was excited to see a show on that stage!
The show consists of Mickey trying to paint a map, except that a little black blob wont stand still so he can paint it. The map is hella magic so you go to different lands. This was my favorite part because POCAHONTAS! She sang that river bend song, then Mulan sang her song, and finally Rapunzel came on and sang her song. There was a lot of singing! The moral of the story: do not let anyone try to change who you are, because you are perfect. Thanks Mickey!
This is a fountain! It lights up super cool at night. Too bad it was daylight.
After the show I walked out of Disneyland and headed to DCA (Disney's California Adventure, for those of you not in the know) and I wanted to go to the Animation Academy to end the day with a super neat drawing. But on my way there, I saw some sings for Frozen Fun. At first I went UUUGGGHHH, when I entered the park, the place was bombarded with signage for Frozen Fun. There was a giant snowflake near Walt's statue! I didn't go into the Animation Academy, instead I took a left and went to what used to be the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, but is now Frozen Fun! (That exclamation mark is sarcastic)
This was the only part I liked. So I guess at night there's a Frozen dance party and there's an area where you can play in the snow? I didn't stay long enough to check that out, but I was intrigued by this:
They got rid of Muppet 3D and replaced it with Anna and Elsa's castle. The decor for the place was actually super cool because they had original art work all over the place as you were lead to the ball room aka the waiting area.
The ball room was decorated just like Anna and Elsa's castle, that was super cool! This was the longest wait of the day at 30 minutes. When we were let into the theater, we were greeted by Arandelle's very own historian and we were told the story that everyone already knows. But the cool part was that as the story was being told, the audience got to sing a long to some of the songs. It was funny and hella awkward. We were all encouraged to sing. I didn't. But this little girl behind be was belting out Let it Go like she was a Grammy award winning singer and it was hilarious.
Here we have the whole crew, including a very Asian Elsa which was funny to me. Also if you look closely, Elsa made it snow! The show offered some neat lighting effects which made it seem like Elsa had super cool powers. I guess that's neat, if you're a little kid and all.
After the show I headed back to Downtown Disney. I never got a chance to draw anything but that's OK, I'll go back and do it next week! I watched Into the Woods at AMC and it was pretty good, for a musical. Also surprisingly funny. All in all, it was a good Thursday!
I hope I didn't catch the measles, though...
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