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Hubert Wong
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Fan of theme parks: Knott's, Universal, Disney parks. Supports social justice, diversity, & other progressive causes. Hubert Wong is a pen name for social media.
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Some details from the Mr Toad’s Wild Ride queue.
The front of the right entrance building above the entry door. A statue of Mr. Toad is sent into the wall above the front door. The building is mostly in red brick and has a sign, Mr. Toad‘s wild ride, with a heraldic Shield set in the middle. A close up of the heraldic Shield. There is a crown on top of a knight’s helmet at the top, the shield has an illustration of toad in a motor car at the top and towed in a horse drawn buggy at the bottom with the motto, Toadi Accelerario, in a diagonal purple sash across it. The gold ribbon at the bottom says, Semper Absurda. Sign with the description of the ride, along with a three dimensional sign of Mr. toad at the top. The main sign says, Take a wild joyride in a motor car, carrying through the noisy nighttime streets of London to “nowhere in particular.” A tall window divided into four sections at the left of the photo with the main entrance to the building to the right and people waiting in the queue.
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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I was interested by the design of this trash can near the Enchanted Tiki Room enough last week to want to take a photo.

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Two metal trash cans (one is for trash, one is for recycling) in front of a sign for the Enchanted Tiki Room. They are painted light green with maroon-ish side top panels and tiki designs. The Enchanted Tiki Room entrance sign with Tiki masks, the Dole Whip stand to the right, and the tops of the two trash cans at the bottom of the photo. The Enchanted Tiki Room entrance sign with Tiki masks attached to both columns and a small crowd waiting beyond the sign.
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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I don’t know how sacrilege this opinion is, but last week I enjoyed Alice in Wonderland quite a bit more than Peter Pan’s Flight.

I understand that Peter Pan makes you feel like you are flying, but the ride is only about two minutes and I felt like it ended so abruptly.
Sign at entrance to Peter Pan attraction, with wording “Peter Pan’s Flight” and a smaller oval illustration of Peter Pan flying in front of the full moon. Descriptive sign for Peter Pan attraction: “Soar high above the rooftops of London aboard a pirate galleon on an adventure to Never Land.” Two small pirate ship vehicles approaching the loading platform for the attraction, with a mural of Wendy’s family to the right as a backdrop along the wall. A different section of the mural showing mermaids, a rainbow, and Captain Hook’s pirate ship with the crocodile, and Mr Smee and the native princess in a rowboat.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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I don’t hate the changes that Disneyland has made to Pirates of the Caribbean in the past 20 years or so, but when I see the Redhead brandishing a pistol and the sad townsfolk being forced to auction their items, I’m happy I got to see the original (still-existing) scene at Tokyo Disneyland in 2019.
The new auction scene at Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean with Redd, a female buccaneer in a red dress and holding a revolver, helping to run the auction of valuable items owned by the towns people. An alternate photo of the new auction scene at Disneyland. The pirate with a Riffle can be seen at the far left. The original auction scene from Pirates of the Caribbean in Tokyo Disneyland from 2019. The women in the line at the left are tied together by rope and awaiting being auctioned by the pirates. The attractive woman in the red dress is lifting the hem of her dress and showing off to the crowd. Apologies for the low lighting. I didn’t have as good phone back then.
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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I think last week was my first visit to Disneyland that I knew about the Dominguez Palm (tree) and actively sought it out to take photos. I had to ask the Indiana Jones ride attendant where the tree is located.
The towering Dominguez palm tree as seen in the center of the photo with the Indiana Jones entrance wait time sign in the near right foreground, the Jungle Cruise loading building immediately to the left of the palm tree. A similar photo where the towering Dominguez palm tree is seen in the center of the photo with the Indiana Jones entrance wait time sign about ten feet to the right and the Jungle Cruise loading building immediately to the left of the palm tree. Other plants can be seen at the base of the Dominguez palm and other tall trees (not palms) in the background. A similar photo of the towering Dominguez palm tree as seen in the center of the photo but without the Indiana Jones entrance wait time sign visible, and the Jungle Cruise loading building immediately to the left of the palm tree. The same plants and trees can be seen surrounding the Dominguez palm. There is a sign, RIVER CARGO Exporting, hanging from the second floor of the Jungle Cruise building. Essentially the same as photo #3, but this photo angle shows that the Dominguez palm tree (a Canary Island date palm) is obviously taller than the surrounding Satake palms trees, Satakentia liukiuensis.
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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I attended the opera live last night, but I just realized that tonight‘s show is being live streamed on YouTube at the link below.

The performance started about an hour ago if anyone is interested in watching. #TOSSatNight

www.youtube.com/live/EOCSJls...
Abduction from the Seraglio
YouTube video by PACIFIC OPERA PROJECT
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February 8, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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If I’ m not in especially rushed & the park isn’t crowded, I like to take photos of the outside of the temple at the Indiana Jones attraction as well as the truck parked outside that was used in the Egyptian desert chase scene in Raiders of the List Ark where Indy was thrown through the windshield.
Columns with giant cobra statues on each of their four sides supporting bowl like planters with the ride’s temple-like entrance in the background and the rope and wooden bridge along the right of the photo. The ride’s temple-like entrance with two large cobra statues at the front alongside unused decorative stairs leading up to the entrance doorway and bamboo and trees surrounding the temple. Looking backward at the attraction’s exit queue where it emerges to the outdoors near the Jungle Cruise waterway with tall trees above the rock work and a diagonal downward sloping pathway with bamboo handrails. The entrance to the attraction’s temple-like building from the other side, the exit queue, with the large cobra statues visible in front of the building and a decorative red gasoline can on top of some boxes to the left. Tall trees surround the temple to the right and in front.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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I think I’m among the large percentage of Disney traditionalists that 1) prefer the original Haunted Mansion to the Nightmare Before Christmas version, and 2) wish that the latter were limited to the last six weeks of the year and not during the Halloween season as well.
The entrance to Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion with its separate standby and lightning lane queues. The white glass windowed hearse in the Disneyland Haunted Mansion queue. The Southern architectural styled Disneyland haunted mansion with a three level, faded green fountain in the foreground on a grassy lawn area. Visitors with backpacks climbing the three or four brick stairs to the front door of the Disneyland haunted mansion.
February 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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Alongside the sailing ship Columbia in Fowler’s Harbour between New Orleans Square and Bayou Country in Disneyland.
The back section of the ceiling ship Columbia. The signage says,Columbia, and then below in smaller size type, Disneyland USA. Looking along the side of the sailing ship Columbia, docked in Fowler’s Harbor. Signage about the ceiling ship Columbia and its crew. Descriptive sign for Mark Twain riverboat next to the sailing ship Columbia along Fowler‘s Harbor.
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Scenes along the Rivers of America in Frontierland and New Orleans Square in Disneyland on Tuesday, February 3rd.
Mark Twain Riverboat on the Rivers of America with New Orleans Square buildings behind on the left. Mark Twain Riverboat on Disneyland’s Rivers of America with the Haunted Mansion and a tall tree on the left side and the sailing ship Columbia on the right side. Three pelican statues standing or sitting on wooden boxes in the foreground with the back section of the sailing ship Columbia in red facing to the left at an angle. There are trees and buildings on Tom Sawyer’s Island across the river in the background. The woman figurehead of the sailing ship Columbia at the front of the ship, with a flowing dress with light blue, white, and burgundy colors and gold embroidery. The female figure also has long golden hair and a gold hair band.
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Really enjoyed the Pacific Opera Project’s Star Trek-themed production of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio at Occidental College’s Thorne Auditorium last night. The music and story are by Mozart, but put into the world of 1960s Star Trek and with English lyrics and dialogue.
Program for Pacific Opera Project’s Star Trek-themed Abduction from the Seraglio at Occidental College this weekend. Waiting for the program to start at Occidental College’s Thorne Auditorium. The actors/singers playing Cpt. Belmonte (Kirk), Lt. Kostanza (Uhura), the Klingon antagonist Osmin, along with ensemble performers and orchestra members taking a curtain call after the show. The cast and creative crew taking a curtain call after the show.
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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I think this on-ride video for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad from Tuesday morning turned out pretty well.

I had to edit it by about 1/3 to get it under the size limit.
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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I absolutely love the queue for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland . So many amazing photo opportunities.
Small waterfall below the track for the railroad below the buildings of the fake town Rainbow Ridge at the end of the ride. Picturesque directional sign in the queue for big thunder Mountain road road. The locations are: Rainbow Ridge, 50 feet; spiral Butte, 1/4 mile; coyote Canyon, 1/2 mile; busted flats, 8 1/2 miles; dinosaur gap, immediately to the left; never mind, 79 miles. Dinosaur bones along the track near the end of the big thunder Mountain ride. The sun is golden on a majority of the photo, but there are triangular sections in the bottom, right hand left side of the photo in shadow. Two story shaft drilling structure along the queue for big thunder Mountain railroad.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Set up on Tuesday on Big Thunder trail for after hours Sweethearts Night event.
Imitation grass looking walls in about eight sections along the pathway in back of big thunder Mountain railroad. There is a wooden bench and planter directly in front of the walls and you can see the rock work for big thunder Mountain behind the walls. Imitation grass looking walls in two sections along the pathway in back of big thunder Mountain railroad. There is a wooden bench and planter directly in front of the walls and you can see two different wooden fences in back of the pathway and then up above the rock work for big thunder Mountain behind the walls. A look at the walk work for big thunder Mountain from the pathway with a little sliver of the fake grass wall just visible at the bottom left.
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Disneyland likes to say its California Resident discount offer, at $249 for three days, is only $83 per day. But if you add the daily parking rate of $40 per vehicle (divided by how many visitors your vehicle carries), the cost for one person becomes $123 per day, or $369 for three days w/ parking.
Screenshot of Disneyland’s California resident 3 day ticket offer. Sign at Mickey & Friends parking structure entrance: “Standard parking, automobiles and motorcycles, $40. Preferred parking, automobiles and motorcycles, $60.”
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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As much as I enjoyed my day at Disneyland on Tuesday getting to do pretty much everything I wanted to, exploring California Adventure today and hopping to Disneyland to go to ToonTown and see the Disney Archives stuff next to the Lincoln show was maybe more fun.
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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I took a fair number of ride videos Tuesday and Thursday at Disneyland and DCA. Almost everything I have ridden multiple times so there were no surprises, but I thought I would remember the experience better by having a video record.
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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I think I’ve been on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure three times now. I was disappointed the first couple of times in comparing the ride to Splash Mountain, but I felt it was fine on my visit this week. It’s a good ride in itself and can be better enjoyed without comparison to Splash Mountain.
Entrance sign for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. The big drop from the mountain toward the end of the ride. Yellow buildings of Tiana‘s factory has seen from the loading area. Another view of the loading area.
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Using the second day of my Disneyland Resort 3-Day California resident discount pass to spend the day at Disney California Adventure and enjoy the Lunar New Year festivities.
People queued up outside the front gates of DCA before 7:30 am. Walking into the Buena Vista area with the red streetcar parked at the side. Walking under the ersatz Hyperion Avenue bridge. People waiting for rope drop with the temporary Lunar New Year sign below the Grizzly Peak mountain.
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Photos from the Disneyland Space Mountain queue.
The long wall of the building while climbing up the ramp. The paint scheme of the long wall has long horizontal stripes of aquamarine, light purple, and an orange red against a metallic silver color. There are frosted gabled skylights at the top of the inside roof and tropical plants in planted areas along the left side of the ramp. Dining area below the long wall with the long painted horizontal stripes. The floor is in alternating squares of orange and light blue. There are three long rows of tables and chairs with the tables in a small circular shape with light blue paint and a Saturn like planet in the middle of each table’s paint design. Below the long horizontal stripes on the wall are illustrations of different space scenes. The Space Mountain building in a uniform white color with multiple spires at the top and diagonal horizontal rings off the main conical design. In the foreground is a multi ringed paint scheme with X’s through the two circles. The rest of the outdoor floor has wide stripes in two shades of blue with the stripes away from the main central circle in various angles. The large room that used to house the upper level of the star arcade, which is now used for the extended space Mountain queue before entering the main building. A large, gold, white, and blue satellite or spaceship is visible hanging from the ceiling and there are various space scenes visible in a long mural along the top of the inner walls. On the side facing the outdoor space mountain courtyard there are high windows along the top of the wall.
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Monstro the whale and Storybookland floral sign photos.
A wide photo of the front of the Storybookland canal area with the whale tunnel entrance on the left and the floral sign at the center and right. Storybook land is spelled out in greenish flowers in front of a background of reddish flowers in the sign. Photo of just the storybook land floral sign with the canal water at the bottom of the photo Front view of Monstro the whale with his many teeth visible. A green fence runs along the bottom, left hand, part of the photo. Side view of the Monstro the whale tunnel entrance. Monstro has a darker blue color along the top 2/3 of his body and a light bluish white color along the bottom third as well as his lips.
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Matterhorn Bobsleds signage.
Three dimensional Sleeping Beauty Castle-like bronze colored sign showing standby wait time to the left of the Matterhorn bobsleds entrance pavilion. The entrance pavilion has its own Swiss looking signage with green tile roofing, and an elaborate lamp at the front. Matterhorn Bobsleds sign above the covered waiting queue on the tomorrowland side. On the sign, there are decorative roses on the left right, and top. The words matterhorn and bobsleds are in different fonts with the bobsleds in solid red and the word Matterhorn in white bordered with red. Sign above the indoors queue with text, one rider per seat, and an illustration of three people riding in the three seats of the bobsled. Shield shaped sign with a religious dude holding a staff, on a red background.
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Ducks on the walkway between the Matterhorn and the submarine lagoon!
Close-up of two male mallard ducks on the walkway between the submarine lagoon and Matterhorn Mountain with the green fencing behind them. Two male mallard ducks on the walkway with the submarine lagoon green fence on the right and the Matterhorn Mountain behind. A yellow submarine circling the lagoon with the monorail track in the background, as well as the loading submarines in the far right background. A white and aquamarine green colored bobsled with no writers in the foreground and the Matterhorn mountain in the upper background.
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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When I rode Space Mountain, I could tell the guy in front of me had his hands up for most of the ride, so I tried to lean over for the photo, but I guess it didn’t work out.

Thanks, rambunctious hippie dude,for ruining my part of the photo. 🙄
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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I will always miss the 1970s queue for Space Mountain at Disneyland that felt like you were walking into a space station with windows into the coaster dark track, all of which gave you a nervous excitement.

I do like the current lighting and enhancements for the loading area for the ride.
Metallic hallways and ceiling in the inner queue for Space Mountain at Disneyland White molded science fiction-y design above the corridor for the indoor section of these space mountain queue at Disneyland, along with metallic grey and blue walls. Pink lighted loading area for Disneyland’s Space Mountain, with a ramp leading diagonally downwards on the outside of the indoor space And a model spaceship suspended from the ceiling. Looking at the loading area from the exit walkway, with blue lighting more prominent than the pink from this angle.
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM