"Calif. Adventure is Sold Out" Aka a trip report (4/23)

[BarTopDancer]

We decided to go to the park today, and wow. It was crazy.

I pulled off the 5, turned onto Harbor then Ball per usual. It was kind of odd that the traffic in the left lanes was backed up to the Harbor light so I pulled into the middle lanes... went up and over the freeway and discovered that the back-up was due to the left-turn lanes to turn into the strucutre. I figured people were driving stupid and causing the back-up so I went through the light to U-turn at the next light and make a right into the strucutre. Brilliant. Or so I thought.

After I turned into the strucutre I discovered all lanes of traffic were backed up to Ball. Wow. I've seen this before, and it usually lasts a minute or three while they open more lanes. Not this time. Every lane going into the structure was open. Each booth had two people working it. There were marquees out by Ball stating "Calif. Adventure is Sold Out". Yes, I looked a few times to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. It took me 20 minutes to get from the start, through the ticket booth and parked.

DCA

DCA was mobbed. Every ride, including those in Flicks Fun Fair had at least a 45 minute wait. After wandering around, attempting to make our way through the walk-ways we decided to head over to Disneyland. Disneyland was a bit less crowded with waits between 30-60 minutes.

I think it was the last day to use the 2fer pass, which is why DCA was packed. It was also Magic Music days. Obviously they just stopped selling 1 day tickets since AP holders and re-entry was allowed. DCA is not that enjoyable when it is that crowded.

We wandered around Disneyland for a bit before leaving to walk to Mimis. After Mimis we trekked down to ESPN Zone to grab a beer catch the Ducks game. We had some interaction with a few 8 y/o Flames fans who have yet to learn the proper useage of "In your face" (needless to say, it's not when you score and we're up by 3). We won and will be comming home on a win..YAY! I have to say that was the highlight of the day. After the game we walked back to the structure and went home.


The end.