Just got home from Disneyland and I had a blast, of course! Also, I have a new favorite ride at California Adventure. Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: Breakout oh my god. I think my new park strategy going forward will be rope drop, go to Hollywood Land to pick up a fastpass (unless Maxpass ever comes out and I opt to get that???), then cut through Bug’s Land to Car’s Land and single rider RSR. I mean, I like Tower of Terror and rode it if I got the chance, but Mission: Breakout has become a must ride for me.
So I got to the park Saturday morning right after 6:00 am. The line to get through security wasn’t too bad, and then it was waiting outside the main gate for California Adventure for almost an hour. They let us in at 7:00 am and it was just a rush to get to Hollywood Land from there, where the castmembers separated us into two lines, stand-by on the left and fastpass on the right. I was close enough to the front of the pack that I opted for standby. I was literally on the ride at 8:03 am. As I told others later, 2 hours waiting was nothing compare to the 5 hours posted wait time later that day! I probably could have ridden it again that day, but I decided I’d had enough of waiting in line for a fastpass (omg, even the line for the store was super long!) and besides, I was going to be meeting up with my cousin in an hour or so so we could do the parks together, and she would never ride a drop ride.
I did ride it three times on Sunday, though! I got a fastpass for the morning, then my mom got me one for the afternoon once she got to the park, then when another fastpass I got was up, I got another one for the evening. But despite riding it four times, I got the same song three times, argh! By the third time, I had memorized the drop sequence.
Also, I knew he was there from previous reports, but I was very pleased to see Harold in the collection.
I really spent quite a bit of time in Hollywood Land this weekend. Watched the Awesome Dance Off! twice, took a picture with Groot, got a baby Groot sipper that is adorable! Oh, and tried The Most Dangerous Tacos in the Galaxy, which was a bit spicy for me, but I am known for not being able to handle spice, haha. Also, got three of the GotG pins on Sunday when the line to buy things was finally doable, because I have a pin problem.