Not sure how old your kids are, but you'll probably find that Disneyland is more about the atmosphere than the rides themselves. There's a lot of princess stuff. A lot. Stores with princess outfits for sale, and girls wearing said princess outfits whose goal is to meet as many princesses as possible in the character meetups. Having a boy child, I never had to deal with character meetups at Disneyland (although he did make us wait in line to meet Optimus Prime at Universal Studios one time. Worth it. I wanted to wait for the next character to show up - Megatron - I was going to offer to sell out Planet Earth to him, but my kid didn't want to wait any more, so you can thank him that we're not ruled by Decepticons today.), but for the princess-focused, their families have to investigate how to most efficiently meet a princess or two. You may be exempted from this requirement if your kids aren't super into the princesses. The rides do a pretty good job of setting the atmosphere. There's stuff to keep you entertained while you wait in line, which is good because the lines are long - Star Tours has a couple of different areas with Star Wars themed screens and talking droids and stuff. Buzz Lightyear ride has Buzz Lightyear stuff if that's of interest to you. The newest "lands" - Star Wars land in Disneyland, and the Avengers Campus in California Adventure - are very well themed - the Star Wars land is a hike from the entrance but by the time you get there it feels like a Star Wars planet, and all the staff say "bright suns" or something instead of "hi". Avengers Campus has pretty frequent appearances by actors in superhero outfits, you might see Black Widow or one of the Dora Milaje walking around. The lines for the attractions in those areas were insanely long last summer, but you still get a pretty good feel just by walking around. For classic well-known Disneyland stuff, Pirates of the Caribbean has been pretty much ruined by plastering Johnny Depp's face all over the ride. The Haunted Mansion will probably be in Christmas mode in November, which is annoying. My kid is too old for all the Fanatasyland stuff like Mr Toad and Alice in Wonderland and such, but it's still there and probably still works for smaller kids. I think the FastPass stuff is now a paid option, which is going to get super expensive with a big group. Last summer, it was just two of us so I paid whatever it took to get us to skip the longest lines - the Star Wars immersive thing had a three hour wait but you can pay $20 or $30 per person to only wait 20-30 minutes instead of three hours. There was a similar Spider-Man ride over in Avengers Campus which you can also pay to skip the line. I'm not suggesting that for your family, because with grandparents plus you and your siblings and spouses and however many kids, that's unreasonable, so pick your battles and enjoy what you can.
After years of resistance I accompanied my family to one exhausting day at Disneyland. My wife planned it out so we could hit as many rides / attractions as possible with some app with a reservation feature and extra cash splurged on something called a Fast Pass to get in shorter lines. I felt like a dbag skipping past hot and sweaty queues giving us the stink eye but we did pack in a lot. The food was garbage.
I get it. UVA fan or alum. The ACC gets all kinds of calls, but that non-call was egregious and you know it. They need to be glad the miscegenator-by-force Thomas Jefferson is associated with the campus, I guess.
No one will ever convince me that LMU in 1990 didn't have a chance except UNLV. Had Ball St. beaten UNLV, LMU would have had a shot.
Of course they had a chance. They had the same chance everybody else had that year (and the next, unless your school had payola for Tark). Which was next to none. Part of me loves that team for being so much fun to watch, and part of me hates them (well, the 1991 version) for allowing Duke in the door. Tank the final, idiots. Beat the right-winger in the semis.
Back in the day when I lived in SoCal we would always take the monorail over to the Disneyland hotel for our big meal. Last time we went almost 15 years ago we did the same, but to Downtown Disney, which didn’t exist previously. The food in the park has always been pretty crappy. On that semi-recent visit we took my 7-year-old son who’s never given two shits about Disney, or rides in general, and it felt like a complete waste of money. His favorite things were the Star Wars show and Tom Sawyer’s Island (props to him for the latter, always loved that place as a kid). Part of me was bummed he didn’t get more into it, but it’s sure saved us a lot of money not having a kid begging us to go all the time. We know other people who make the trip every year. No thanks.
I know this is Disneyworld, but... I wasn't a big Disney fan until I met my wife, whose family turned into a Disney fan because her sister took an internship there. I wasn't expecting much but it took me by surprise how completely immersive the lands are. What also surprised me was the food, especially at Epcot. I was expecting meh park food but Epcot was really good. There were lumpias somewhere (Avatar land or whatever it is called) that wasn't very good but I was comparing it to my neighbor a few doors down who are Filipinos. The sit-down restaurants are also a lot better than I expected. I thought that I would be treated to Applebee's/TGI Friday's/Ruby Tuesdays level, but it was loads better than that.
The year before, they hadn't yet won a national title. They tried to play with the spread and it bit them in the ass. Or they were paid to lose.
Well, we KNOW they lost. I seem to be the only one who knows WHY. I know you're running out of self-belief when you stop quoting me. It's taken longer than it should have.
I agree. World Showcase is great. And some of the top flight restaurants are fabulous, even amongst my foodie friends.
A lot of poor ref calls in that semi-final game. Greg Anthony's fifth foul was a joke, as was his fourth. If he stays on the floor, Dook doesn't win.
Disneyland Paris is in the top ten Disney theme parks in the world. The number one reason for DeSantis to be an asshole is he never got to go to Disneyworld as a kid. It's the best.
What does any of that have to do with that mess of deep dish pizza? When thin crust Hawaiian is the way to go. Try and focus man.