Lines, Or Not

I've been to Disneyland a number of times in my life. Pretty much all of them have been during the summer or over a holiday. I've spent many an hour in line for a ride. The record was 3 hours for a new ride at Universal Studios. I can't even remember the name of the ride now... it was that memorable. We have pictures taken when I was a child that show masses of people and no space to move or breathe.

Imagine, then, my ecstasy at walking onto Space Mountain. The board said it would be a five-minute wait. They were only half right. It was a five minute walk to reach the ride.

The lines, or I should say absence of lines, were unbelievable to me. We walked on (or spent very little time waiting) for Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain Railroad, and even California Screamin'. It often depended on when we happened to hit each ride, but we were lucky. Apparently the end of October is an excellent time to visit Disneyland. Beautiful weather, few people.

If only we could have been so lucky on the ridiculous Nemo Submarine ride. Why is it that the silly little kid rides had the longest lines? Well, I suppose every other kid wanted to go on them...just like mine.