Considering that more than 300 photos were taken during our four days in the Anaheim/Los Angeles area, this is merely a brief summary of our time there. We flew in from New Zealand on Thursday morning, May 8, 2003, actually arriving before we left (so to speak). A 2-day hopper pass enabled us to go backwards and forwards on the Friday and Saturday between Disneyland and its "sister park", the immediately adjacent California Adventure. On the Sunday afternoon we visited downtown L.A. before heading out to the Hollywood district. After a drive through Beverley Hills the next day and a look at the beach at Santa Monica, we flew on to England.




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1. Hotel in S Harbor Boulevard across the road from Disneyland
2. View from top floor of hotel looking towards California Adventure
3. Lining up to get into Disneyland just after 8am Saturday
4. Main Street USA
5. Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse (and posers)
6. Riding the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
7. Goofy and friend (which one's which?)



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8. Mickey's Detective School (play) at the Fantasyland Theater 1pm
9 & 10. Disneyland Parade of the Stars at 4.45pm
11. Crowd heading into California Adventure just before 11am Sunday
12. California Adventure's Sun Wheel (left) and Mailboomer
13 & 14. Grizzly River Run - we had two consecutive "no-wait" rides around 11am on the Friday



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15. The Hollywood Pictures Backlot with various "productions" on offer
16. Waits of 60 minutes or more for most rides 6.15pm Saturday
- and more than 3 hours for the Grizzly River Run!
17. Crowded Paradise Pier area with the California Screamin' coaster
18. Refreshments in the Sunshine Plaza area
19 & 20. Disney's ever-popular night-time Electrical Parade
21. Monorail in Downtown Disney (outside the theme parks)



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22. 10-laned US101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles
23. The 28-storey, 1928 L.A. City Hall at 200 N Spring St (central city)
24. The Mexican-flavoured marketplace in historical Olvera St
25. Just off Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood area)
26. Outside Mann's Chinese Theater (Hollywood) - concrete prints
left by more than 150 screen "legends"
27. Santa Monica pier Monday midday
28. Ford Mustang convertible at the rental car lot (ours happened to be a white Chevrolet sedan)



A more detailed version should be available in due course


 A little of England
 The Loire Valley
 

Page compiled by Malcolm Sparrow - June 2003