I wanna wish everyone here a Happy New Year! Had a blast at Disneyland and rang in the new year between the Castle, the Matterhorn and Ariel's Enterance.
The park was jammed, lines for (for example) for Turkey Legs over at the Frontieerland station across from the Mark Twain dock had a line that almost got to the Shooting Gallery. Over in NOS, the Bread Bowl next to Pirates - the line was over the bridge heading towards Tarzan's Tree HOuse. The line for Pirates at one time was along the raised area in front of Cafe Orleans to Haunted Mansion and back several times.
No Holiday Fireworks and at Midnight one pop went off because the wind was extreme. There was no doubt early on that they would cancel them.
Last ride of 2007 was Space Mtn and a 1/3 ride around on the Train. First ride was (as tradition indicates) Dumbo. About ten min. after midnight the crowd evaporated. It was a ghost town, so we enjoyed a few rides before the park closed at 2am.
I didn't hear if the gates were closed at all, but my friends Nic and Robin (Gwyren & Hippie) went to DCA at 2pm for lunch and got back into the park with no issues. Also, by the 3pm Parade, the area in front of the castle was already filled with blankets and people sitting. Around 9am when I arrived, there was maybe a dozen around the hub.
Dinner was at Cafe Orleans and it was one of the best meals there. Everything was very fresh and thankfully we had a reservation. Or so I thought, apparently acording to the CM, disney dining is been having serious issues with reservations recently, so they were awesome enough to "keep" my reservation when they were turning away dozens of groups.
Happy New Year everyone!!