My 35th Birthday

Original photo by ricardodiaz11

I turned 35 this past July.  It wasn't anything special, but it was a fun birthday.  My girlfriend and I went to Disneyland on the Saturday after my birthday and had a blast.  It actually rained while we were there, which worked out in our favor because all of the local season pass-holders took off.

The park was blissfully empty after the rain let up (a relative term for Disney on a Saturday in the summer) and ride lines were extremely short.  I think the longest line we waited in was for The Matterhorn which took us 45 minutes and never stopped moving.

Original photo by Clayton Plummer

Disneyland is currently working on Thunder Canyon, so we didn't get to ride that one.   We also stayed away from Indiana Jones as well as Star Tours.  I don't do well with the shaky-go-puky rides.

Fun fact - The two US parks vary in their upkeep maintenance schedules in that Disneyland will keep a ride closed for as long as it takes.  This is owing to the fact that the majority of Disneyland visitors are Californians.  Disney World on the other hand turns-around their maintenance as quickly as possible because of it being more of an international destination.  People come from all over the world expecting the Disney experience.

 Well, Happy Birthday to me.  It was a good one.