D-E-F Difficulties

I'm back!
I apologize for the long delay in posts. I suffered a family loss last month and was sidetracked for a while.

So - back to Disneyland. We left off on the D's, and there are still two that are unfinished. We went to the park last night at about 6:30. The last showing of Disney's Aladdin was at 6:20, so we missed that. And of course, Duffy the Disney Bear was nowhere to be found. We'll catch the Aladdin show another day, but I think it's time to write off Duffy. We did see him before we started this alphabetical adventure. He's simply another character that kids can sit with and have their pictures taken. What do you think, can we do without a picture of us with Duffy? No?? Okay, I'll go see him, but he's obviously now going to be out of alphabetical order. (I'll do anything for my followers. :))

One of the "stars" of the Enchanted Tiki Room

After dinner at the Plaza Inn on Main Street, we went to the Enchanted Tiki Room. A Disneyland classic. I remember it from way back, and it hasn't changed much. It's still fun. The Enchanted Tiki Room is a place with multiple rows of benches along all four walls for visitors to sit on. All of the benches face the middle of the room, but the "show" is all overhead. There are hundreds of talking & singing birds in this tropical setting. Even the birds of paradise join in the act, as well as other plants. Everything comes alive, including the totem poles, to sing and entertain the guests.

Next we headed over to California Adventure to finish our adventure at ElecTRONica. California Adventure is undergoing a lot of construction and it's like walking through a maze when you go in the front gate. As we were walking the maze, I was looking at the entertainment schedule and was surprised that ElecTRONica was not on the schedule. Then, I looked at the map of the park, and it didn't show there either. I'm getting concerned! We stopped at an information booth and found out that ElecTRONica is gone! We were told that Labor Day was its last day. The young lady told us that she didn't know much more than that. She's heard different stories ranging from it will re-open, bigger and better, in a few weeks to it's never coming back. :(  We'll wait and see.

Francis the Ladybug is no lady! (his own words)

So now - it's time to start on the "F" rides. There are two in California Adventure, and they're both rides meant for little kids in the newly revamped "A Bug's Land".  Francis' Ladybug Boogie has "cars" that look like ladybugs. They spin in circles while moving around a track, similar to the tea cups in Disneyland, but the passengers can't make it spin any faster. It's fun, and fairly tame for a spinning ride.

Flik's Flyers was our next stop. Here you ride in various food boxes - raisins, cookies, applesauce, Chinese food - and are lifted into the air and spun around in a circle. Another familiar concept adapted to the younger crowd. The nice thing about both of these rides is the number of passengers you can fit into a car. At least 4 in both cases. A nice ride for the whole family.

The whole premise of A Bug's Land is that we're the little bugs in a big world. Notice the sign on the right for Flik's Flyers? It's like a piece of paper folded into an airplane. And that's a drinking straw next to it. And all over this section of the park are clovers that tower over us as if we were tiny bugs in an open field. Fun. :)