tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4130633381547618829..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Things not to do in DisneylandBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16830071495234214732010-09-22T17:05:09.500-07:002010-09-22T17:05:09.500-07:00"Isaac Lin said...
The story about the Li...<i>"Isaac Lin said...<br /> The story about the Lincoln animatronic figure and the monorail sounds a bit too similar to the power problem experienced at the original unveiling of Lincoln at the World's Fair (as described in Bob Thomas's biography on Disney), so I suspect it might be apocryphal."</i><br /><br />It's similar not because it's apocryphal, but because it was the same robot, and the bugs took years to work out.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13684871300935867712010-09-22T10:40:17.464-07:002010-09-22T10:40:17.464-07:00Ken, you are officially at the top of my age-appro...Ken, you are officially at the top of my age-appropriate crush list.SueAnn Nivensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5303967920511739822010-09-22T00:19:45.187-07:002010-09-22T00:19:45.187-07:00The story about the Lincoln animatronic figure and...The story about the Lincoln animatronic figure and the monorail sounds a bit too similar to the power problem experienced at the original unveiling of Lincoln at the World's Fair (as described in Bob Thomas's biography on Disney), so I suspect it might be apocryphal.Isaac Linnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38650981006500196562010-09-20T21:15:16.825-07:002010-09-20T21:15:16.825-07:00Dana, I knew the Bengal BBQ, and it is some of the...Dana, I knew the Bengal BBQ, and it is some of the best food in the park, though my favorite place to eat in the park is the lower level of the Hungry Bear Restaurant in Critter country. Almost no one ever goes down to that level, and its a peaceful and really beautiful place to sit, relax, eat a $7 hamburger worth, at best $2, and a $3 12-ounce coke, and watch the Mark Twain sail by.<br /><br />Thanks for the reccie.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91665099725027213062010-09-20T17:49:36.891-07:002010-09-20T17:49:36.891-07:00The Snow White ride is exquisite on mushrooms. Or...The Snow White ride is exquisite on mushrooms. Or so I am told.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64599953567504859872010-09-20T14:57:01.792-07:002010-09-20T14:57:01.792-07:00D. McEwan--best affordable option at the park is t...D. McEwan--best affordable option at the park is the Bengal Barbeque near the Jungle Cruise. I recommend get a meat skewer plus veggie skewer and breadsticks (the latter two to help with the spicyness of the meat sauce) plus large drink. At least you are spending $15 on food worth eating...<br /><br />http://www.mouseplanet.com/guide/42/Disneyland-Resort/Disneyland-Park/Adventureland/Bengal-BarbecueDana Gabbardhttp://socata.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30981065602084786702010-09-20T14:53:41.486-07:002010-09-20T14:53:41.486-07:00Have fun at Disneyland!
The first year we lived ...Have fun at Disneyland! <br /><br />The first year we lived in The O.C., we bought season passes and went about ten times. Toward the end of the year, our kids actually said things like, "Do we have to go to Disneyland again? I'm so sick of it."<br /><br />When I was a teen, the Skyway was a great makeout place. Unfortunately, it wasn't a long enough ride to go all the way in.<br /><br />We used to play this game where we'd ride on the merryground, shout "Zuzu," get off our horses, and switch places with our friends on the ride. The employees were not amused. But we were.Debby Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32058295538199159072010-09-20T10:05:44.546-07:002010-09-20T10:05:44.546-07:00Thought you'd like to know: your post got hull...Thought you'd like to know: your post got hullabaloo today on Disney Dispatch (with a side reference to Andrew Dice Clay) under "Mammary Mouse and Other Bad Disney Experiences".Bob McLainhttp://www.disneydispatch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42477847886628792192010-09-20T07:24:59.763-07:002010-09-20T07:24:59.763-07:00Except this:
A Disneyland standard adult single-d...Except this:<br /><br />A Disneyland standard adult single-day 2-park pass now runs about $75.<br /><br />Who's laughing now, Ken?Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66865218465336734612010-09-20T06:40:30.039-07:002010-09-20T06:40:30.039-07:00Whenever the Monorail, ran in these sections, ther...<i>Whenever the Monorail, ran in these sections, there would be a power surge, causing old Abe to become Jerry Lewis.</i><br /><br /><br />One wonders if "With malice toward none, with charity for...<b>HEY LADY!</b>" might've changed the course of history?iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68811220490723517292010-09-20T02:11:57.565-07:002010-09-20T02:11:57.565-07:00Me and my friends would just try to creep people o...Me and my friends would just try to creep people out. While standing in the various lines, I would stare at people and smile and say "This is the happiest place on earth" over and over. They would nod their heads the first 5 times or so. Eventually, they'd get freaked out and avoid eye contact. No one ever told me to shut up. Then, we'd go to the gift shops and put Mickey and Minnie dolls in sexual positions and laugh our asses off. No one else ever thought it was funny though.A Non-Emusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61710360284409943912010-09-19T19:19:37.385-07:002010-09-19T19:19:37.385-07:00Ken,you are a Very Naughty Boy. And I Approve. The...Ken,you are a Very Naughty Boy. And I Approve. The one eared Vincent cap is a Classic!!!<br />Can't wait to hear what subversive ideas you've got planned for your upcoming trip.J S Swansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59286545514636932382010-09-19T15:44:56.369-07:002010-09-19T15:44:56.369-07:00The "Vincent" hat is genius.The "Vincent" hat is genius.Bob Clasterhttp://www.bobclaster.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45413388728673551122010-09-19T15:11:22.267-07:002010-09-19T15:11:22.267-07:00Actually, it turns out that photo was taken in the...Actually, it turns out that photo was taken in the <i>real</i> New Orleans, not at Disneyland.<br /><br />No, no. One didn't smoke pot in the caves. They hold the "aroma". We smoked pot just outside the fort, hidden from observation by the trees and bushes, while the breeze cleared the air of the evidence. I have photos of myself and some comic actor friends (one of them also a friend of yours, Ken) toking up joints there on the island. What crazy kids we were.<br /><br />Kids? Wait a minute! I'm thirty in those photos. Well I'm grown up these days. I haven't smoked pot in Disneyland in the better part of a year now.<br /><br />Mr. Lincoln is indeed back, and better than ever, by which I mean a vastly-improved robot. Same old boring schpiel. What they need is a robot John Wilkes Booth to pop up at the end, and give it a more dramatic conclusion. "Sic Semper Robotus!" <br /><br />(Was JW Booth the first teabagger? His killing Lincoln as a "tyrant" for freeing a whole race of people - not generally what tyrants are known for doing - sounds just like the nutjobs calling Obama a Nazi.)<br /><br />If you're going to D-Land, save your pennies or starve. A hamburger, fires and a coke will run you about $15 anywhere in the park these days.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78707892122462651672010-09-19T12:20:53.915-07:002010-09-19T12:20:53.915-07:00RE: The first picture -- didn't know Disneylan...RE: The first picture -- didn't know Disneyland had opened a Hooters....Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87813849220954155692010-09-19T10:36:14.700-07:002010-09-19T10:36:14.700-07:00I stole the poisoned apple from the Snow White
rid...I stole the poisoned apple from the Snow White<br />ride in 7th grade. Kept it 'til college. Very proud.lauren tuerknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67808430733441867952010-09-19T10:06:13.113-07:002010-09-19T10:06:13.113-07:00Now if I'd been that creative, you'd all b...Now if I'd been that creative, you'd all be reading my blog! Great anecdotes, Ken! Verification word: hooflu - An illness passed around by owls.David Schwartzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ2W6VoCrSwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86819740268158113752010-09-19T08:50:15.688-07:002010-09-19T08:50:15.688-07:00Ah, Mr. Lincoln.... My Jr. High class went to D...Ah, Mr. Lincoln.... My Jr. High class went to D'land not long after Abe was set up. Someone in the crowd took a flash photo and caused a (minor) hiccup in his act. Afterwards, a Disney employee -- sorry, "cast member" (I remember her looking like the ideal airline stewardess of the day) -- got on the stage and tearfully chided us for being so disrespectful. Unca Walt had been dead for only about a year, so I guess emotions were still running a little high.<br /><br />What happened when that same class went to Knott's newly opened replica of Independence Hall is another story altogether...Lairbohttp://www.antfarmersalmanac.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4649685257087981172010-09-19T08:03:27.519-07:002010-09-19T08:03:27.519-07:00Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is back! Do try to...Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is back! Do try to behave this time, Ken...Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83306154768800828462010-09-19T07:27:55.681-07:002010-09-19T07:27:55.681-07:00you make my little gang of friends seem so tame an...you make my little gang of friends seem so tame and lame! My friends and I would stand on the edge of Tom Sawyer's island and act like "audio-animatrons," waving at the canoes as they went by... while in long lines, we would sing and stage show tunes for confused guests. Oh, and talk about wild kids, one time, we were there on the first night of Chanukah. I brought a Chanukiah, we lit candles and did the blessings on the bridge of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. <br /><br />We were probably the only teenagers there who were sober. My friends and I didn't do drugs, we did hors d'oeuvres. Such dull kids!<br /><br />I can tell you, if we had been there when you questioned Lincoln, we would have been hysterical! I LOVE that and am ashamed none of us ever thought of it!SharoneRosenhttp://www.sharonerosen.com/people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com