Spent the day at Disneyland - need I say more? Weather glorious - may have even got a touch of sun. Felt a bit queasy on the Alice in Wonderland teacups ride - not a good sign. Disappointed that the Indiana Jones ride has been closed until winter - it was probably the one I was looking forward to doing again. Interesting see that recycling is alive and well in Disneyland - what was the Swiss Family Robinson tree-house 20 years ago is now, with a few minor tweaks, the Tarzan tree-house, the Captain Nemo ride is now the Finding Nemo ride (complete with good use of underwater animation), and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride has been updated to include some decidedly Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush look-alikes. Similarly yesterday, the Simpsons ride we went on was identical in form to the Back to the Future ride we went on last time. Interestingly it seems that Disney have missed out on a lucrative scheme by not having pictures for sale of every ride that one goes on - perhaps they have worked out that it is too costly to install, with very little return - it certainly is with the Higgins family.
Left early in order to catch a taxi to get to L.A., as we were assured that this would be the easiest and most reliable (if not necessarily the cheapest) way of doing it - and at $180 'they' might well have been right. Nevertheless, our driver got us there and back both safely and quickly - less than an hour each way, and all without the aid of a continous lecture about life, religion, politics, what the Dodgers did wrong this season, what the United Nations is doing wrong all the time, why Bob Geldof should be made a saint, why Bono shouldn't, and why world peace is inevitable but only if we all become Scientologists. In fact we barely got two words out of him for both trips - made for a very pleasant ride.
Pre-season 'warm-up' match between L.A. Clippers and L.A. Lakers - and even though it wasn't an actual league game, it was still played with what seemed like a fair intensity and passion - good crowd (nearly full) and incredible stadium (Staples Centre) and facilities. Clippers won, in what was a see-sawing score-line.
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