new 50th anniversary DL tour

[cstephens]

Someone on MousePad has posted info about this and MousePlanet has updated their DL update this week (http://www.mouseplanet.com/parkupda...r/dlr050425.htm) with the info. Here's the specifics:



…[Updated] Tickets for Disneyland's new 50th Anniversary guided tour went on sale Wednesday, April 27, though the new tour may be one of the best-kept secrets of the celebration. The 3 1/2 hour tour is $55, and will run four times each day. Each tour can accomodate up to 16 guests. Depending on the time of day, the tour includes the following elements:

"Priority Boarding" for 3 (2nd, 3rd and 4th tour) or 5 (1st tour only) attractions
Tour pin
An illustrated replica of an A-E ticket book
Commemorative photo
Snack
Priority seating to the Parade of Dreams (2nd & 3rd tours) or Remember... Dreams Come True fireworks (4th tour only)
Call 714-781-4400 to make your reservation.

MousePlanet has reserved the 12:15 tour on Thursday, May 5. If you would like to join MousePlanet staff and fellow readers, please contact Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix to reserve a spot.




We figure that even with going on the 4th, there's going to be plenty for us to do on the 5th, so we're not joining their tour time. I've booked us for an afternoon tour on Friday, May 6.

This information isn't really out much yet, so if you're interested, book soon before everyone finds out!

[mousepod]

This sounds great. I love the "value-added" stuff that Disney does with the tours. The priority seating for "Remember" is almost worth the price of the tour alone.

Thanks for posting this!

[cstephens]

For anyone who's interested, I've posted a review of the tour that includes information about the new tour celebrating Disneyland's 50th birthday, including price, tour times and tour perqs, and spoilers on where you go and what happens during the tour.

Here's the link: http://www.colddeadfish.net/dlr/50thguidedtour.html.

Thanks.

[DwoernAdale]

Thank you for the review of the tours. I was considering booking a tour for our trip later this summer, in part for the reserved seating for Remember. I think I'll wait and see if they move the seating area before I commit $165 for a poor view. The seating for PoD sounds great though, so we may take the tour for that. Are reservations taken 30 days in advance like the F! balcony seating?

Thanks again.

[Alex]

On the evening of July 7th (Saturday) the tour's reserved areas was in the walkway exiting the Hub directly towards the castle. Just about the most optimum spot there is. No idea if that will be the permanent spot (and it must be a bear getting the tour into that space). When I was in that area on the 6th, it was full of people pretty much immediately after the parade went by.

[Ghoulish Delight]

On the evening of July 7th (Saturday) the tour's reserved areas was in the walkway exiting the Hub directly towards the castle. Just about the most optimum spot there is. No idea if that will be the permanent spot (and it must be a bear getting the tour into that space). When I was in that area on the 6th, it was full of people pretty much immediately after the parade went by.(He meant May, folks).

Last night, it was in the same spot. We had seats (well, ground space) right in front of it, and can attest to the fabulous view. That night, once the parade was over, they first CLEARED the hub, roped off the premium seating area, THEN let people back into the hub to grab spots for 'works viewing. It also appeared that they had left a small roped off walkway behind and the right (facing the castle) of the premium seating area along the planter to allow easy access for people in and out.

Also, if you have trash and don't feel like wading through the crowd to get rid of it, just leave it just inside the premium seating rope. It'll be taken care of ;)

It seems that right now they're just playing it by ear with crowd control. With the Regis and Kathy stage still blocking the front of the castle, it was impossible to come up with any sort of consistent policy. On Friday they were allowing people to hang out on the front edge of the hub (on the sidwalk outside the hub) for hours beforehand, while on Sunday they had that the front quarter of the outside ring of the hub roped off until just before the parade started. I'm sure they're itching to get rid of that stage so they can get to devising a more permanent crowd control solution.

[cstephens]

Glad to hear that they at least knew the original fireworks viewing location was a problem.

[Not Afraid]

We got lucky on Sunday night because they were taping Regis and What's her Name and had the hub walkway and the front of the castle blocked off. We were seated on the OTHER side of the hub waiting for the Parade when I saw them leting people into the space in front of the castle. I literally GRABBED ISM's hand and said something intelligent like "UG", but he knew what I meant. He slalomed right over and laid down on the sidewalk while we grabbed our blankets and followed. We were directly in front of the VIP spots just to the left of where Alex was sitting on Friday. (Got that creepy stalker feeling yet Alex?..........It was too crowded for me to pop over to say Hi.)

Anyways, that spot rocks! But, be prepared for camp. Padded seats would be appreciated by your hu-ha and friends.

[Alex]

I even did a scan of the crowd that night wondering who might be there, but only saw GD and CP.

Can't really say that spending five hours in one spot without any company is much fun (especially when you've forgotten the sunscreen) but it is funny how the campers bond and eventually form a cohesiveness to reject the latecomers (and yet one 7-foot-tall guy forced his way in about 3 minutes before showtime).

[Alex]

Also, on Friday when I got there around 3:30 I grabbed the front central spot on the bench around the Parnter's statue. Around 4pm CMs came around and said that the entire central hub would be cleared for the fireworks and used as a traffic path.

That's when I moved out to the sidewalk. Looking at the crowd I couldn't decide if I was glad not to be in the central hub or annoyed that they'd misled me.