Your Guide to getting the best from your USA City Adventures
Every Themepark needs a River Rapids ride and Disneyland California example is the Grizzly River Run. A short but pretty fast-flowing Rapid ride that is themed around the northern California forest parks. While a firm family favorite, find out if this version of the popular rafting ride is worth your time in our Grizzly River … Read more
The Incredicoaster is Disneyland’s only Ride that features an Inversion (for now). It is one of Dinsey California Adventure’s more grown-up thrill rides and is a big draw for the park and the newly Re-themed Pixar Pier. As the ride is now nearly 20 years old, is a lick of paint and a new theme … Read more
Finding Nemo is one of our favorite Animated films of all time, in fact, Scratch that: it’s one of our favorite FILMS of all time! Watching it the first time was one of those moments you really know you are witnessing a timeless classic in the making. It just excels on all levels and shows … Read more
On the face of it, Peter Pans Flight is a fairly sub-standard attraction. It’s short, un-thrilling, and very dated. But it remains one of the fan-favorite rides at Disneyland and people are willing to queue for huge lengths of time to experience a flight over London’s rooftops and beyond in a flying pirate ship. So … Read more
If you walk down Main Street USA at Disneyland you will notice a selection of vintage turn-of-the-century vehicles out on display. But did you also know these vehicles are part of the Main Street Vehicles Ride and are available for rides down Main Street! We take a look at this quaint little attraction that has … Read more
We spend a lot of time on long-haul flights, and the truth is they are pretty awful most of the time. We tell ourselves we actually like flying, that it’s time to relax and catch up on those movies we never got round to seeing in the cinema, and maybe enjoy a few drinks. The … Read more
One of the park’s earliest roller coasters and the first of its type, the Matterhorn bobsleds are an iconic part of Disneyland history. The imposing mountain dominates the central landscape of the park using forced perspective to appear larger than life and domineering, it is impossible to miss. But is this aging piece of ride … Read more
The Indiana Jones Adventure is now nearly 25 years old. The Once Hightech Enhanced Motion Vehicle ride utilizes old-school special effects to take you on an adventure ride through underground caverns past boiling Lava and dodging poison arrows and Giant Boulders. But with an Aging Franchise and Ride Tech can Indy still cut it? Find … Read more
Today would be a very long day. The return leg of our journey, the flight out of San Diego was 7:00 am which meant a 4:30 alarm call. But the Short 1ht ish hop on Delta only took us as far as Vegas with our outward flight on Virgin, not until 8:00 pm giving us … Read more
Our last day in San Diego and our last full day of the trip. So were we planning on taking it easy and getting ready for the long trip home…not a chance! We were going to load up on Go Pass Attractions and see as much of the City as we could in the remaining … Read more
