Stuck

We saved our pennies since January, booked the RV in March, planned our route south in August, went camper food shopping in September, got homework from the teachers at the beginning of October, and arrived in land of magic Sunday night just in time to hook up the RV, set up the camping chairs and watch the firework show above us. (incidently we choose this RV park just for that right-under-the-fireworks location!) We woke up bright and early, took the shuttle to the security gate, showed them our hopper passes, gave the kids the what-if-we-get-separated speech, and headed for the castle. WE WERE IN DISNEYLAND! We had no particular reason to start with the Pinocchio ride. It looked inviting, there was no line...and everyone was so excited to go on a ride in Disneyland it didn't matter what it was! We walked right up to the awaiting cart ready to take us on our first magical ride. The music played, jimmeny cricket hung from the brightly coloured display, and in and out of curious doors we went. After about 35 seconds of fun, all of a sudden....the cart stopped, the music stopped, and all the lights came on... Were we stuck? What? Our first ride ever? Could it be? We all started to laugh. Over the loud speaker came the following announcement, "please remain seated, a cast member will be with you shortly." A few minutes later a Disney worker came, apologized, opened our seat restraint, led us and other dumbfounded participants over the tracks and ushered us all out of the building.

A Little Lesson:
While being stuck, we noticed some things that perhaps most Disneyland patrons do not see when taking a ride that doesn't break down. We got to see all the security cameras strategically placed through out the ride, and all the gazillions of lights placed in gazillions of places all to make the themed characters come alive. We got a closer look at how the cart actually rides along that track that seems to blend into the decor. It was indeed a fun look at behind the scenes of a Disneyland ride. After our first adventure in Pinocchio, we headed over to the teacups and we were back on track as they say!