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Well, we managed to break almost every ride we tried to go on at Disneyland. Was it just coincidence that Autopia and the Steam Train got shut down (for technical reasons and a medical emergency, respectively) just as we were preparing to get on? Coincidence that Pirates of the Carribean was closed until June? I think not.

And what’s up with the 14 mile per hour speed limit in the parking lots and elsewhere once you drive onto Disney turf? Not 10. Not 15. But 14. Did they do research showing that 14 mph is safer for patrons? Did they just want to be different? I wanted to get to the bottom of this burning issue, but without organic milk on board it wasn’t gonna happen. Instead, we took the empirical approach and drove 15 mph. And nothing happened!!!!!! Something very fishy there, I’m sure.

As a grand finale, it rained on us. Buckets. We were prepared with umbrellas and felt vindicated for having lugged ‘em all over the park earlier in the day. That was the second-best part of our visit (Nothing like the feeling of being more prepared than your fellow tourists). But the best part of the day? Riding the Indiana Jones ride sans kids. Priceless. I laughed, I screamed, I almost had a heart attack. Pure Disney. But it did seem to be operating at about 16 mph. Hmmmm.

--Melanie

P.S. No, we didn’t leave the kids wandering around alone while we rode Indiana Jones. Shame on you for even thinking that. We were there with friends, of course.