Backstage Magic - Pre-Trip report
Scott and I are going on the first session of the
Adventures By Disney: Backstage Magic tour next month! We're celebrating
both our 15th wedding anniversary and Scott's 40th birthday this year, so we
wanted to do something really special. We're actually flying out to California
the weekend before and spending a couple of days at the parks before our tour
begins.
During our "preview weekend", we plan on seeing the new Pixar Play parade,
visiting the Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, FINALLY seeing Fantasmic! again
(it was 101 on our last trip and too crowded the trip before) and standing in
line for however long it takes for the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage!
We'll also visit our favorite only-at-Disneyland attractions such as the Indiana
Jones Adventure, Alice in Wonderland, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin and Mr.
Toad's Wild Ride, as well as making a trip or two on Space & Big Thunder
Mountains and visiting the 999 haunts at Haunted Mansion as well. We have a
reservation at the Blue Bayou - I am so looking forward to a Monte Cristo!
We'll be staying at the Howard Johnson - a little further down the street than
the Tropicana, but hopefully still within walking distance at the end of the
day.
Tuesday morning will be an early start, as we'll have to get from the Anaheim
area back to LAX in time to turn our rental car back in, then meet the tour
folks around noon. I'm very curious as to how this experience is going to work
... we've never done an Adventures by Disney (or any other organized tour)
before; considering this being the first session, things could get...
interesting.
On April 13, we received a box from Adventure's by Disney. In that box contained a bunch of cool stuff including a messenger bag, luggage tag, welcome documents, and more. Here is a picture of that: