Survived Disneyland

OMG I don't ever want to go back to this place. Ever. Don't care how many other future nieces and nephews there are, no one will pay me enough to come back here. The noise, the crowds, and the rugrats.

Never mind that it's acceptable to stand in a ride line for an additional 70-90 minutes after having shelled out $66 bucks for a ticket already. We did this 15 years ago at this place and didn't think twice back then. Obviously we value our time much more these days. It was really ridiculous that nothing's really changed at this amusement (?!) park. They've recently implemented an optional "FastPass" at a few rides, which gives you a ticket for a pre-set ride time. Why don't they have this at most of their rides, maybe mandatory? That way no-one's standing around waiting, they know when they can ride. Or anything else, any kind of wait-elimination improvements?

Also, a kid got separated from his family. After talking to him and able to alert staff immediately, I then watched them for a half hour yapping into their radios, but it was obvious they were just standing there guarding the kid hoping the family would come back. A woman also joined them crying obviously having lost her kid. Same thing. Disturbing that they didn't seem to have any real kind of system to handle what must happen frequently.

The food was ok for what it was. $9 cheeseburger meals with drinks and fries at Tomorrowland Terrace. $12(?) potpies at Carnation Cafe at night, had to sit outside, and no heaters for a very cold night.

Everyone was very friendly, though, which made the whole experience more pleasant.