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Hi All, Long time lurker, first time poster. I am traveling to L.A. for the first time in late September with my Wife and 11 year old son. I’ve been looking through several posts and even YouTube videos covering tips and tricks for Disneyland and C.A and I think I’m more confused then ever. Evan as semi-regular visitors to the QLD parks, the California parks seem overwhelming. We are going to get a 3 day hopper pass for Disneyland/C.A. And probably just one day for Universal Studios. I love thrill rides but also enjoy more sedate types particularly if the theming is great. My Wife enjoys rides that are sedate through to mildly thrilling and my Son is probably about the same (although he says he’s keen to step it up a notch this time 😄). We would also like to soak up the overall Disneyland / Universal experience. Can I ask a big favour? Can someone suggest a rough itinerary to help us maximise our first time to the U.S? I really don’t want to stuff this trip up! Thanks for any and all help you guys can give, Cheers.

In regards to the fencing around the MW carpark. I am going to assume it’s for Rivals maintenfe, because it’s not fenced alongside the road, and it is literally just in line with the rides footprint. The type of machinery that’s onsite to, id say it’s for inspecting the track of rivals

What? ABC reached out for comment from a credible/respected academic in this field and he gave his expert opinion. Nothing he said is even remotely controversial. The whole 7:30 piece to me seemed fairly safe and bland. Lacking in depth, sure, but I'm not getting overtones of agenda or bias.

Disneyland / DCA if you have a 3 day hopper pass, I would suggest that you do 1 park each day and on the 3rd day do a half in each park. Make use of the Fast Pass system to maximise your time on all the rides. If you are staying at a hotel near Disneyland, they typically have a rooftop deck where you can view the fire works instead of being in the massive rush at the end of the night. Best idea is to buy a disney Max Pass, which gives you a fast pass every 1hr30min instead of every 2hours and also allows you to get a fast pass without having to physically go to the booths. It will also include photo pass which will link all your ride photos, character photos to you phone and give you a digital copy. This will cost around $20-40USD. in DCA you need to go straight to the rapids ride to get world of Color tickets at the very start of the day or else you won’t be allowed to view the show. Uni Studios make sure you are at the park for opening time because around 12pm / 1pm all the busses of Asian tourist arrive and it is just kaotic. Best way is to do all the rides/attraction in the morning then shows after lunch. You must do the studio tour because it is so amazing beware you do sit in the tram for about an hour though.

Welcome Chris! i personally don’t have many helpful hints as it’s been over a decade since by last visit to LA. I’d suggest you and your family make a list of “must do” rides and attractions and aim to tick those off first wherever possible. Make sure you utilise the free queuing system for the major rides allowing you to do the “lesser” (for lack of a better word) rides whilst you await your allotted time on the big guns.

This was my exact thought when I heard about the whole Cyclone thing - there's enough information missing that it'd be like placing the driver at fault for a car accident without knowing their steering wheel fell off. Either way, whatever system or procedure that was in place to check Cyclone's restraints has been superseded with the Vekoma train now in place.

Original maintenance was 17-27 September

It might not be for scooby, but i dont think there is as much space as thought up the back. There are water tanks and some plant building permanently in that space as it is.The fencing put up for previous fright nights that follows the access road is still there too. That means the whole "hill" behind scooby is fenced off right to the access road behind the show stage. I imagine if you drew a line from the top of this road across show stage, that would form the building site for scooby. No chance of anyone going into a build site without a white card, so you might as well say its a complete exclusion zone to everyone, even staff. The gravel area in front of the sheds was used for queue lines for the mazes last fright nights. The road was permanently fenced on both sides and you walked up from the arkham courtyard to the gravel area, so i imagine itll see similar use this year.

Re: the reported Cyclone incident Yeah, but given the reporting on it is so one sided how can we even be sure we should care at this point? We don't know who was on the ride. We don't know who dispatched it. We don't know why. We don't know what the outcome was. If we don't know any of those things, why would someone go to press with it unless they were trying to perpetuate a narrative? it could be dead-right, but we would never know like this. Also: Well, where the fuck was expert professor Quinlan protesting in the streets before the accident? My tip is: absolutely nowhere.