Off To Disneyland With Bunnaford 2/5/2013
A funny thing happened on our way to Disneyland!
These guys were in the cab of an 18 wheeler and giving us the "what for!!"
Collage Time
To California Adventure First... Lunch At Carthay Circle
The opening of Snow White 1937
Did You Know? - The theatre hosted the official premieres of The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Walt Disney's first animated feature length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Gone with the Wind (1939), among many other notable films. For Disney's Fantasia (1940), the most elaborate audio system in use at the time, Fantasound, a pioneering stereophonic process, was installed at this theatre.
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We have arrived for lunch!!
What is this???
Did You Know? - What is 1901? Besides the year that Walt Disney was born, 1901 is the name of the private club, accessible only to Club 33 Platinum members, located inside the Carthay Circle Theatre. As reported in the May 8, 2012 Disneyland Resort Update, Platinum Club 33 is for members willing to increase their annual dues to $10,000. If you were not already a Club 33 member, you had to also pay a $25,000 initiation fee. If we speculate that some current Club 33 members will choose not to upgrade to the platinum level, one could argue that 1901 is now the most exclusive venue in all of the Disney Parks.
One wink at the waiter and Bunnaford gets to taste wine
Did You Know? - The Carthay Circle Theatre was one of the most famous movie palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age. It opened at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard in 1926 and was considered developer J. Harvey McCarthy's most successful monument, a stroke of shrewd thinking that made a famous name of the newly developed Carthay residential district in the Mid-City West district of Los Angeles, California.
The Carthay Circle Theater provided the "circle" for which Carthay Circle has come to be named. The auditorium itself was shaped in the form of a perfect circle, extended vertically into a cylinder, set inside a square that fleshed out the remainder of the building. McCarthy's development was called Carthay—an anglicized version of his last name.
Slurp
Then It Happened.... A Rowdy Five Year Old!
Upon request, we were escorted to the Hyperion room which happens to be a table behind a wall. Complete privacy which is really fantastic.
After we moved away from the annoying little beast who sat next to us, things got better!
We could be as annoying and as loud as we wanted.... No one could hear us!
Paul sat across from a picture of a young Julie Andrews
Decision Time.... What To Order?
We ordered the house biscuits and spicy duck wings to share. The biscuits were shaped like donut holes and stuffed with jalapeno cheese and bacon. Yum! They were also served with apricot honey butter which I didn't think paired well but was delicious on its own with the regular bread. The spicy duck wings were really good. I definitely recommend these if you like duck. The wings were crispy with a lovely hint of spinach which wasn't lost on us.
The House special... Cheese stuffed mini-biscuts
Our servers Maggie and Chris and were extremely helpful and had impeccable manners. We started things out with these cheese biscuits that were the bomb. Soft and the inside bursts when you bite into them. You should wait a minute because it is like lava inside with cheese! Next up were the firecracker duck wings.
Sue promised us NOT to say anything to the Old Ranch ducks about this!!
In it's heyday
Did You Know? - By the 1960s the Carthay was considered obsolete, overshadowed by modern cinemas; its customer base had also been sapped by suburbanization . The theater was demolished in 1969; today, two low-rise office buildings and a city park occupy its former site.
She found her phone....
Recognize me with my wine??
Sue provides adult supervision for Bunnaford and Paul
Checkout the shirt... California Adventure and California Adventure
"Ah... The wine list... My favorite book!"
Decisions decisions...
This is her serious look!!
What Were The Possibilities??
The Decision Was Easy... Bunny And Paul Shared:
Grilled Quail Spanish Barbacoa Style - Roasted Cauliflower, Sanria Chorizo, Hazelnut and Mint.
Pan-Roasted Lamb Rolitini - Ciabatta Parmesan Stuffing, Baby Artichokes, Leeks, Sun-dried Tomatoes, and Roasted Garlic Cloves.
"Hello Susie.... Guess where I am?"
Walt was watching us the entire time
Grilled Quail anyone??? So fresh, I thought we saw if flying outside a few minutes ago!
Pan-Roasted Lamb Rolitini
Time To Go And Walk Off Lunch In Cars Land... But First... More Of Carthay
The Wishing Well Room
Seats 10-12 and adjacent to the Hyperion Room
Cars Land... We Be Here
Lookout Route 66!
Get your motors ready.....
See the race track... We will be on it soon! Click for full size
In line for the big race
Hollywood Bunny is asking "Are we there yet... I have to go to Nordie's"
We had time for a quick portrait
The masonry work is amazing
Remember these signs as you crossed old highway 66??
Huh?
Oldies but goodies
We are on it
Did You Know? - U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. Highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926—with road signs erected the following year
The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Los Angeles, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).
It was recognized in popular culture by both a hit song and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s. ~ Wikipedia
Indeed... We are in the desert!
Bottle houses
Did You Know? - A building construction style which usually uses l glass bottles (although mason jars, 1/2 glass jugs, ... may be used as well) as masonry units and binds them using adobe, sand, cement, stucco, clay, plaster, mortar or any other joint compound to result in an intriguing stained-glass like wall. An alternative is to make the bottle wall from 1/2 glass jugs filled with ink and set them up by supporting them between 2 windows.
"Are we there yet???"
Finally ...In the car
Did You Know? - The attraction is the most expensive to be built in the entire Disneyland Resort, one of the most expensive attractions Disney has ever built, and one of the most expensive theme park attractions in the world at an estimated cost of over $200 million, which took up about 18% of the entire cost of the $1.1 billion expansion plan for Disney California Adventure Park. The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through a briefing with Doc and Lightning McQueen, characters from the film Cars.
Ready to zoom???
Did You Know? - Radiator Springs Racers — a slot car dark ride. The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through a briefing with Doc and Lightning McQueen, characters from the film Cars. Suddenly, guests find themselves racing another guest vehicle through hairpin turns and steep banks, ending with a randomized race result.
High upon the hill....
We are now moving
Well... I tried to take a picture!
Inside the ride we see the city
In the paint booth....
The sheriff reminds us NOT to race
The race begins
Did You Know? - After Luigi's word, the race begins through the remaining out-door portion of the attraction reaching the ride's top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h).
The winner is announced... We wow! Thanks to Bunny's skills
So Sue, What Is A Tow-Mater?
"What me, get in the back of a tractor???"
"M-m-m-m Must adjust glasses incase there is a talent scout in the area"
Yo! Slow down big feller
"Get me outta here!!!"
"I counted... All appendages are still in place"
Soaring Over California Is Next
Did You Know? - The attraction, which lasts about four minutes and 51 seconds, takes 87 guests at a time on a simulated hang glider tour of California, flying over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Redwood Creek in Humboldt County, Napa Valley, Monterey, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park (including Yosemite Falls and Half Dome), the PGA West golf course in La Quinta (credited in the queue video presentation as Palm Springs), Camarillo, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego, Malibu, Los Angeles, and Disneyland itself during the Christmas season. The last few scenes transition from daytime to dusk and then to night, culminating in Disneyland's Holiday fireworks surrounding the riders in the nighttime sky.
Great songs about flying
Up Up we go!
To Disneyland
The Train Station was getting a new paint job... You are seeing a cover over the building!
5:10... The clock in the train station was covered up
Great new flowers everywhere
Valentine's Day is coming
Disney does it right
Love the flowers
Heart shaped???
"OK, where do we go next??"
Look at more flowers
"Hey.... I got my wind breaker and it works great!!"
C3P0 says howdy... We needed to go on a space ride
Set all the dials right
Off To Catal For A Night Cap Or Two
The bartenders view of the world
Santiago is the best Mojito-ologist in the world
Did You Know? - Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba buena, a mint variety very popular on the island. Its combination of sweetness, refreshing citrus and mint flavors is intended to complement the potent kick of the rum, and have made this clear highball a popular summer drink. The cocktail has a relatively low alcohol content (about 10 percent alcohol by volume).
When preparing a mojito, lime juice is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to release the essential oils and should not be shredded. Then rum is added and the mixture is briefly stirred to dissolve the sugar and to lift the mint leaves up from the bottom for better presentation. Finally, the drink is topped with whole ice cubes and sparkling soda water. Mint leaves and lime wedges are used to garnish the glass.
The mojito is one of the most famous rum-based highballs. There are several versions of the mojito.
We did several majito's and tasted some new creations.... Blueberry majito's