Doing Disney with a Significant Other

Now, I haven't had enough significant others to count on more than one hand, and I've only gone once with a bf, but I feel like I know Disney well enough to be able to write this.

Some things that are more fun to do with a significant other than by yourself or with friends:

• Mickey's Fun Wheel at DCA 
• Eating at Blue Bayou or Carthay Circle (or other nice restaurant at the parks)
• Any extreme ride where you get to hold his/her hand when you're "scared" (I.e. Haunted Mansion, California Screaming, Tower of Terror)
• Any dark ride or location where you can be close (dark rides are great, like Little Mermaid)
• Having someone to hold hands with.
• See also: pros to going with friends. A SO is basically a friend, right?
• See also video: Surprised my bf with a trip to DCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsenkluPImA

Bad things. 

• Nothing really that bad.
• See also: con's of going with friends

Make sure to check out some of my other sites for other interesting content:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cattyliu816
Blog: http://www.catlovesdisney.blogspot.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tiggeradventures
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cats-Disney-Obsession/429770683785688

And remember to always Keep Calm and Disney On~!

Doing Disney with Friends

[The original file where I wrote this post got corrupted and didn't save properly, I had to restart from memory. Might have left some of the good stuff out.]

A few months after I got my Annual Pass, I found out that my best friend has one too! We started going together very often. It ranged from going once a week to going once a month when we both started getting busy with school. Here are some pros and cons of going to Disney with friends. (Please keep in mind that this is my best friend, the experience might be different from going with a friend because the bond is much closer.)

Pros:

• Sharing a magical experience together
• Having someone to help finish a meal
• Getting to try more than one item on the menu
• Taking ride pictures are way more fun when you guys can collaborate on a theme
• Someone to take a picture of you doing something silly instead of having to take a selfie
• Someone to talk to in line (30min+ line, you need someone to talk to!)
• Not sitting next to a stranger while on the ride
• Having someone to drink with if you decide to take advantage of the alcoholic options at the parks. And having someone to drive you home as long as they don't drink

Cons:

• When you don't like the same type of rides, you end up not going on the ones you like unless your friend(s) wait for you.
• Going with odd numbers: You have to figure out how to split up and who you want to sit next to

Make sure to check out some of my other sites for other interesting content:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cattyliu816
Blog: http://www.catlovesdisney.blogspot.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tiggeradventures
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cats-Disney-Obsession/429770683785688

And remember to always Keep Calm and Disney On~

Doing Disney Solo

Going to Disneyland Solo

   I have had my Disney pass for almost a year and I have so many stories that I can tell. I will start with what it is like to go to the parks by myself and mention some of the pros and cons of it.

Things you can do if you go by yourself that you can't do with other people:

• You can take your time to look at everything and take pictures of things that you see
• You will notice more details about buildlings and you will discover new nooks and crannies of the parks
• You can go on rides that your friends are too scared to go on
• You can also go on single rider which is a million times faster than waiting in line with friends (although it gets lonely having no one to talk to)
• You can eat whatever you want and not have to worry about burdening other people with your specific wants and needs
• You can shop wherever you want
• You might meet random strangers or people who recognize you and get to hang out with them
• Being able to hang out at a charging station while you people watch (granted, my bf and I do that too while we eat or just sit)

   I guess the most important thing is that you can take things slow and steady and you can come and go as you please. I have gone so many times just by myself. I go into the park for a few hours, go on one or two rides that I like and just spend the rest of the time hanging out in an area I enjoy (mostly Mad T Party because of the music and the colors. There's also a charging station there!) I also have a lot of pictures of certain areas of the parks because of these solo trips. Sometimes I take a Canon camera with me and just go on one ride and take pictures of all the details that the imagineers put great detail to. [See BTMRR post: http://catlovesdisney.blogspot.com/2014/03/20140320-disney-visit-tradition.html]




Things that are less fun when you are by yourself:

• Being lonely
• Being bored
• Having no one to talk to while in line
• Not having anyone to show what you're seeing to. You'll just have to take pictures and remember to upload them
• No one will help you finish your food or split a meal with you. You will just have to get smaller portions or take it to go
• You feel like there's nothing left to do after awhile because all the other rides would be more fun with a friend 
• Can't drink because there is no one to drive you home at the end of the night if you decide to take advantage of all the alcoholic offerings in California Adventures

Cave of Wonders

Monte Cristo Sandwich

Make sure to check out some of my other sites for other interesting content:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cattyliu816
Blog: http://www.catlovesdisney.blogspot.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tiggeradventures
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cats-Disney-Obsession/429770683785688

And remember to always Keep Calm and Disney On~!

2014.03.20 Disney Visit: Tradition

I have a tradition of going to Disneyland the day after my last final is over. This time, it fell on a Thursday. So I make my way over to Disney by myself. I have taken pictures to create a narrative of my day. I just went on two rides. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Grizzly's River Rapids. Spent rest of the day drying off and just looking around. So enjoy the pictures and my short narrations.

Of course when you arrive, you have to line up to go to the tram. I parked on the Goofy level. 

My Pal Goofy

After you get off the tram, you have to line up to get your bags checked. Of course..
Here's the list of rides they are currently working on. I was disappointed, I was hoping to go on Small World and Indy.

Unavailable rides :(

I took a lovely picture of the front gate of Disneyland. Another line of course...

Disney Gates

Everyone posing in front of the Mickey flowers

Hi Mickey!

Should I choose left gate or right gate?

I Chose Right

This is why:

I want this

Good thing I did because I happened to come across this!!

Oh hello Hook!

I was hoping for less people but this picture shows just how many people I had to navigate my way through:

Castle

Hmmm where should I go first?

Adventureland?

 Or Frontierland?

I made my way to BTMRR, I stalked this guy and his backpack. I want it

Pooh

Wait time 40 minutes

Got a fastpass but didn't use it. I was fine with just riding it once

Still putting on finishing touches. These guys are hand painting the rocks.

Waiting in line. Ugh so hot. This is the restaurant I always go to when I want to fill up my waterbottle

Rainbow Ridge. Any significance to the number 38?

First sighting of the train (third actually but the first time I was close enough to take a picture)

I'm bored in line by myself so I look at the details of the queue line. I noticed these leather ties they use. They are soft to the touch. I wonder if it's the same as the leather bracelets that we can buy

Also noticed the lanterns they have on the side of the tracks

Wave hello!

Thinking about the fact they handpainted all these

This looks really nice

Look! Authentically worn wooden beams

Oh oops. The metal mesh is peeking out

Can I go to the Never Mined?

So eager to get on the ride! My favorite number is 6!

Empty seat waiting for my butt

Famous ending scene with the dinosaur bones

 I tried taking some action shots after getting off the ride. But it's hard to when your camera is this nice

Moving on. Never been to this area. Thought I'd check it out

Is this where all the Long Lost Friends hang out?

Pocahontas

This creepy goat didn't move the whole time I was walking by

Hi, I'm Olaf and I am going to steal your soul

I chillz. You chillz?

Here I take some pictures of Dumbo. I really should have used my phone. That way it could show motion. But here it is:

Girl got in my way right when I was about to take the picture

Timothy!

This one is my favorite

Alice in Wonderland is down. Took this opportunity to take a picture in front of the White Rabbit's home

Walls are up

Messy hair

Not as messy hair

Teacups

Round and round we go

Poor Alice

Surprised Rabbit

Nemo

Tilly works hard to man the theater

What would you like to watch?

These are the choices

So I make my way over to California Adventures to hang out for a few hours. I go on Grizzly three times and then spend the rest of the afternoon drying off

They changed the sign!

After three rides

Dry spots

Drying off in an undisclosed location (while charging my phone)

It was a short visit. Walked around DTD a little bit afterwards. Got a few vinyls that I wasn't too happy with. Left to go to Brea Mall to eat some fries at the Potato Corner

Where I want to be Photographed

You can always email me or comment if you'd like any of the pictures. Happy to share
Make sure to check out some of my other sites for other Disney filled things:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cattyliu816
Blog: http://www.catlovesdisney.blogspot.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tiggeradventures
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cats-Disney-Obsession/429770683785688