I really enjoyed exploring Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island and all its caves and tunnels. Took our kids there when they were little. Have fond memories of exploring the caves and Fort Wilderness when I was that age.

Mark Twain steamboat, a duck, and the sailing ship Columbia on the Rivers of America at Disneyland.

The remodeled Swiss family Robinson treehouse in Disneyland’s Adventureland doesn’t get enough attention. It’s not a blockbuster attraction like Indiana Jones, but there are so many loving details in the refurbishment compared to when it was Tarzan’s Treehouse.

I don’t have a lot to say about Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise, except the jungle’s vegetation looks a lot more filled in than when they were preparing the ride in spring 1955 in Disneyland Handcrafted. Here are some photos of theming from the queue building.

Back to posts from my visits to Disneyland and DCA on Feb 3 and 5. I really like these special touches in the park like the napping cat Figaro above the ledge between Fantasyland and Frontierland. I did not know that there was an add-on to the princess boutique experience along the same pathway.

The new Knott’s Express show for the 2026 Peanuts Celebration is so good. The singing and dancing by the performers is top notch. I took video of both halves of the 11:30 am performance of Knott’s Express yesterday and uploaded them to YouTube. youtu.be/Emz4KOaDtEg?...

Knott’s Timber Mountain Log Ride is about two weeks into its annual winter maintenance refurbishment, which is scheduled to end on March 13th. Meanwhile, the log ride lagoon is completely drained (it may look different after the big storm has gone through today and tomorrow).

The marked-off area in front of the Charleston Circle fountain at Knott’s Boardwalk, with employees setting up the area and people starting to gather. This was before the 11:30 am performance of the traveling Knott’s Express show yesterday, Sunday.

Knott’s Berry Farm closing at 2 pm today. With heavy rain forecast for most of the day, this seems like it was inevitable. I believe the park wanted to at least open for part of the day since it is a federal holiday with most schools closed. Notices from Knott’s Instagram & Facebook accounts below.

Some obligatory photos of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. I could probably spend 3 to 45 minutes just walking around the castle taking photos.

I like all the Fantasyland dark rides at Disneyland (photos from Pinocchio’s Daring Journey below), and think the recent enhancements with projection mapping look great.

I think I didn’t explain the reason for this post thread comparing the Snow White attractions in Disneyland and Lotte World in Seoul. When we visited Lotte World, I found the Snow White attraction bizarre and wondered by Disney had not shut it down.

At Knott’s today for a quick visit to see a couple of shows.

I’ve seen this DS9 episode a few times before, but bought a digital copy for $2 today b/c it’s such a fun episode that pays tribute to the original Tribbles episode and so I could watch with y’all tonight. #TOSSatNight

I’m wondering if Lieutenant Sulu is not in this episode because George Takei was still off filming the green breeze movie with John Wayne and hadn’t made it back yet? #TOSSatNight

I forgot we were starting early tonight, so I’m jumping in a bit late tonight. #TOSSatNight

Comparison photos between the Snow White’s Enchanted Wish dark ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA vs the (unauthorized) Snow White Castle walk through in Lotte World in Seoul, South Korea, which we visited in 2019. (1 in a series)

The Primeval World on the Disneyland Railroad was one of my favorite things in Disneyland when I went as a child. Our family usually went on Sundays, and this was usually our last ride of the day.

I’ve seen photos of mailboxes around Disneyland for public use, but don’t think I’ve ever noticed this one in Tomorrowland (on the far corner of the SW Launch Bay bldg) before. Also, they have yet to tear down the Tomorrowland station for the old Skyway ride and I hope it stays as long as possible.

My family and I rarely ride on Disneyland’s Autopia anymore since they can drive real cars and the appeal of driving little cars that sound like lawn mowers has worn off. 🕶️

Walking out of Star Tours and headed toward the Tomorrowland station for the Disneyland Railroad, I ended up going into the Star Wars Launch Bay (former Innoventions) building and waiting about 15 minutes to meet Darth Vader. As a family, we met Chewbacca once or twice there, but never Darth Vader.

During my visit to Disneyland, I rode Star Tours twice during different parts of the day. Out of the possible variations of the ride, we got the Coruscant sequence both times for the second half and Kashyyk and then Tatooine for the first.

The queue’s main interior showroom for Disneyland’s Star Tours: The Adventure Continues.

Some sights walking from the Alice in Wonderland ride along the path by the Matterhorn and Sleeping Beauty Castle to Tomorrowland.

At Suzanne Vega’s Flying with Angels tour last night at the Smothers Theater at Pepperdine University. Fantastic show and a great mix of old and new songs!

I enjoy seeing Monstro the whale from Pinocchio whenever passing by or riding the Storybook Canal boats in Fantasyland. It’s striking to me how much more scary the whale looked between the 1950s and 1990s. Also, how they have hidden the rocks that were placed behind Monstro with ivy.

Some details from the Mr Toad’s Wild Ride queue.

I was interested by the design of this trash can near the Enchanted Tiki Room enough last week to want to take a photo. @magicaltrash.com

I don’t know how sacrilege this opinion is, but last week I enjoyed Alice in Wonderland quite a bit more than Peter Pan’s Flight. I understand that Peter Pan makes you feel like you are flying, but the ride is only about two minutes and I felt like it ended so abruptly.

I don’t hate the changes that Disneyland has made to Pirates of the Caribbean in the past 20 years or so, but when I see the Redhead brandishing a pistol and the sad townsfolk being forced to auction their items, I’m happy I got to see the original (still-existing) scene at Tokyo Disneyland in 2019.

I think last week was my first visit to Disneyland that I knew about the Dominguez Palm (tree) and actively sought it out to take photos. I had to ask the Indiana Jones ride attendant where the tree is located.

I attended the opera live last night, but I just realized that tonight‘s show is being live streamed on YouTube at the link below. The performance started about an hour ago if anyone is interested in watching. #TOSSatNight www.youtube.com/live/EOCSJls...

If I’ m not in especially rushed & the park isn’t crowded, I like to take photos of the outside of the temple at the Indiana Jones attraction as well as the truck parked outside that was used in the Egyptian desert chase scene in Raiders of the List Ark where Indy was thrown through the windshield.

I think I’m among the large percentage of Disney traditionalists that 1) prefer the original Haunted Mansion to the Nightmare Before Christmas version, and 2) wish that the latter were limited to the last six weeks of the year and not during the Halloween season as well.

Alongside the sailing ship Columbia in Fowler’s Harbour between New Orleans Square and Bayou Country in Disneyland.

Scenes along the Rivers of America in Frontierland and New Orleans Square in Disneyland on Tuesday, February 3rd.

Really enjoyed the Pacific Opera Project’s Star Trek-themed production of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio at Occidental College’s Thorne Auditorium last night. The music and story are by Mozart, but put into the world of 1960s Star Trek and with English lyrics and dialogue.

I think this on-ride video for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad from Tuesday morning turned out pretty well. I had to edit it by about 1/3 to get it under the size limit.

I absolutely love the queue for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland . So many amazing photo opportunities.

Set up on Tuesday on Big Thunder trail for after hours Sweethearts Night event.

Disneyland likes to say its California Resident discount offer, at $249 for three days, is only $83 per day. But if you add the daily parking rate of $40 per vehicle (divided by how many visitors your vehicle carries), the cost for one person becomes $123 per day, or $369 for three days w/ parking.

As much as I enjoyed my day at Disneyland on Tuesday getting to do pretty much everything I wanted to, exploring California Adventure today and hopping to Disneyland to go to ToonTown and see the Disney Archives stuff next to the Lincoln show was maybe more fun.

I took a fair number of ride videos Tuesday and Thursday at Disneyland and DCA. Almost everything I have ridden multiple times so there were no surprises, but I thought I would remember the experience better by having a video record.

I think I’ve been on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure three times now. I was disappointed the first couple of times in comparing the ride to Splash Mountain, but I felt it was fine on my visit this week. It’s a good ride in itself and can be better enjoyed without comparison to Splash Mountain.

Using the second day of my Disneyland Resort 3-Day California resident discount pass to spend the day at Disney California Adventure and enjoy the Lunar New Year festivities.

Photos from the Disneyland Space Mountain queue.

Monstro the whale and Storybookland floral sign photos.

Matterhorn Bobsleds signage.

Ducks on the walkway between the Matterhorn and the submarine lagoon!

When I rode Space Mountain, I could tell the guy in front of me had his hands up for most of the ride, so I tried to lean over for the photo, but I guess it didn’t work out. Thanks, rambunctious hippie dude,for ruining my part of the photo. 🙄