On Sundays we dock in Long Beach, California. We do not have any stores or anything else so we have the day off until back on board time at 430pm. Last Sunday, 5 of us decided to go to Disneyland. It's something the shoppies have all talked about doing but never get round to doing. Friday was payday so we decided to just do it.
Erin took a selfie with my camera
It was NOT a cheap day.
- Taxi from cruise ship to Disneyland $75.00 including tip (split 5 ways)
- 1 day 1 park Disney ticket $96.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Lunch $15.00
- Mickey Icecream Bar $3.50
- Taxi from Disneyland back to cruise ship $80.00
Bob/Surfaraz eating a frozen banana.
We were on the gangway for 8:30am because that's the earliest we thought we could get off. Turns out gangway was open way earlier. Took us about 30 mins to deal with getting a cab or a shuttle. Shuttle driver told us it would take at least 90 minutes to get there and 2 hours to get back. Turns out taxi driver was right...25 minutes to get there and 35 minutes to get back.
The happiest cruise that ever sailed? Mmmm must be better than the one we work on.
We were in the park for about 4.5 hours. Which was not nearly long enough. But in that time we rode Buzz Lightyears' Astro Blasters, the Matterhorn, It's a Small World, ate icecream and lunch, bought Minnie Mouse ears, rode Big Thunder Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, did some shopping and took a few photos.
We got back to the ship around 330pm. Just in time to shower, have a quick nap and report to boat drill. Would we do it again? Oh probably. Even though it was expensive, crowded and hot? Oh probably. Why? Because the 5 of us had a lot of fun. Should have seen us at work afterwards, we were exhausted and all had "It's a small world" stuck in our heads.