Alice in Wonderland

There's a lot of switchback situations, very narrow lines like in Fantasyland because it's so small and it was designed so long ago.

The like Alice in Wonderland is the first one that comes to mind or Pinocchio's.

it is tight.

Like you have to sometimes stand sideways.

And I was thinking about how big it would have looked to me as a kid and like how cool it would have been to me as a kid to like actually feel like.

the emotions that the rides are meant to evoke for children even like I did like the Alice in Wonderland ride and I've always loved Alice in Wonderland I really loved Alice in Wonderland and my psychedelic eras but like that has nothing to do with my childhood just more a product of what my childhood did to me And maybe that's why my diagnosis is a list of 25 things.

I was going through the Alice in Wonderland ride and I was just thinking about how much I would have loved it as a little girl.

But instead of being angry about that, I was just having this moment where I was like, I'm doing it now and it's never too late.

It's never too late.

And, you know, even then, sometimes in the afternoon, you can luck out and things won't be... too crazy at Pinocchio or Snow White.

I love Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland, but Alice in Wonderland, if you're not there first thing, the wait time jumps up for it immediately.

Mr. Toad, it seems like it gets to a point in the day where it hits that 20-minute wait, and it's always a 20-minute wait, and it never really falters from that until the end of the night.

But Again, Snow White has that consistency, just like Pinocchio, where it's almost always just kind of hovering around 15 minutes, or then it'll drop down to a 5, and maybe it'll be 25 or 30, but then it'll settle back to 10.

Imagineers will also be adding state-of-the-art audio and visual technology throughout the attraction, including new music, LED blacklighting, laser projections, and a new animation system.

The exterior of the attraction will be updated with fairytale-inspired details designed to complement the recently refurbished Sleeping Beauty Castle.

So I'm excited for these changes after seeing Alice in Wonderland and what they did there.

I don't want it to be too toned down, though, in its scariness.

It's very rare.

The only ones that come up, mm, what? Alice in Wonderland over at Disneyland is a, a popular, uh, dark ride that goes outside for a brief moment.

True.

Um, I'm trying to think of other ones.

It was a vibe.

And, um, I did Alice in Wonderland for the first time, which I had never done before, so that was good.

I love these Dooney & Bourke purses.

Oh my gosh.

Peter Pan is, like, floating.

It's kind of like, uh, Little Mermaid, right?

Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland.

Oh, never mind.

I knew Chris loved the classic Disney movies, and so I made sure his very first steps into the park were straight into Fantasyland.

We walked down Main Street USA through Sleeping Beauty's castle, then made our way to the Alice in Wonderland ride since Alice was his favorite.

While we waited in line, I pointed out the big yellow mushroom near the entrance.

Now today, it's just decoration, part of the scenery.

Back then, getting into Disneyland only cost you a small entry fee, but riding the actual rides meant buying a separate book of tickets.

You'd tear a ticket out and hand it to an attendant at whatever ride you wanted to go on.

And that mushroom used to be the ticket booth for Alice in Wonderland.

That was the first fun fact I gave Chris that week, and it was nowhere close to the last.

All right.

And then keeping with Fantasyland, we're going to talk about Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland is a great ride for kids because it is technically considered a dark ride.

However, inside is very bright and colorful and there's really no like spooky, creepy parts to it.

And then at one point you come out and you're outside for a little bit.

Alice in Wonderland is just one of those like clowns.

Classic, good for kids, perfect for kids rides.

I love that.