点评:Canadian Spring Break trip, to surprise our eleven year old daughter. Our first two trips here were over a decade ago with our sons, who for this trip had aged out into wanting to return to Anaheim.
We bought a three day holiday package with Westjet Vacations to keep things simple, and purchased Disney Genie Plus as part of the package. Although expensive, this was a life-saver for the experience. Our previous trips to Disneyland included stays at the Grand Californian, but we decided against a stay here this trip due to the absurd prices.
Having to reserve a spot in each park online on the Disneyland website was a new step in The Process. The Disneyland iOS app was thankfully quite useful, particularly with keeping track of when we could use the Genie to reserve our next experience. Over our three days, we hit pretty much every ride we wanted to. Our first day timed in an excellent way, and we hit 6-7 rides. Our timing the 2nd and 3rd days was not as good - by the middle of the afternoon, the most popular rides' Lightning Lane availability through the app was gone.
The crowds were something else, particularly on our second day. There was rain from 7-9AM our third day, which kept the crowds down. The number of strollers parked around the Park was impressive, as was the number of overweight adults in motorized scooters.
The food experiences were overall reasonable for high volume produced food, but so much more expensive now - $5.50 for a churro or a box of popcorn. $12-18 for an entree such as a Ronto Wrap up in Galaxy's Edge or for a burrito in Frontierland.
There is still magic present for the kids, our eleven year old had an absolute blast, but the gross corporatization of so many intellectual properties into the Disney umbrella has worn on me. Star Wars episodes 4,5 & 6 were released when I was in early grade school, and I spent my high school years in the late 80s and early 90s collecting Marvel comics. I suspect that this will be my last visit to Disneyland until I have grandchildren, and I'm not terribly upset by that.
翻译:加拿大春假之旅,给我们 11 岁的女儿一个惊喜。我们前两次来这里是十多年前,当时我们的儿子已经长大了,想要回到阿纳海姆。
为了简单起见,我们购买了 Westjet Vacations 的三天假期套餐,并购买了迪士尼精灵 Plus 作为套餐的一部分。虽然价格昂贵,但对于这次体验来说,这是一个救命稻草。我们之前去迪士尼乐园的旅行包括住在 Grand Californian,但这次我们决定不住在这里,因为价格太离谱了。
必须在迪士尼乐园网站上在线预订每个公园的座位,这是整个过程中的新步骤。幸好迪士尼乐园 iOS 应用程序非常有用,特别是可以跟踪我们何时可以使用精灵预订下一次体验。在三天的时间里,我们玩了几乎所有想玩的游乐设施。我们的第一天时间安排得非常好,我们玩了 6-7 个游乐设施。第二天和第三天的时间安排不太好——到下午中旬,应用程序中最受欢迎的游乐设施的 Lightning Lane 已无法使用。
人群是另一回事,尤其是在我们第二天。第三天早上 7-9 点下雨,这减少了人群。公园周围停放的婴儿车数量令人印象深刻,骑着电动踏板车的超重成年人数量也令人印象深刻。
对于大批量生产的食物来说,食物体验总体上还算合理,但现在价格要贵得多——一根油条或一盒爆米花要 5.50 美元。主菜,如 Galaxy's Edge 的 Ronto Wrap up 或 Frontierland 的墨西哥卷饼要 12-18 美元。
孩子们仍然有魔法,我们 11 岁的孩子玩得很开心,但这么多知识产权被大肆公司化到迪士尼的保护伞下让我感到厌烦。 《星球大战》第 4、5 和 6 集在我上小学时上映,而我在 80 年代末和 90 年代初的高中时代则一直在收集漫威漫画。我怀疑这将是我在有孙子之前最后一次去迪士尼乐园了,但我对此并不感到难过。