The Mouse Minute (Formerly Brad's Everything Disney Blog): Matterhorn

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Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Matterhorn: A Disney Attraction Review : Looking for Yetis 9+ out of 10

I had one goal on the way home from work on Friday.

That goal was to see the new Yeti from the Matterhorn at Disneyland. I had heard whispered rumors that a new Yeti had taken residence in the old Mountain and I had to see it for myself.

I remember back in the 1970's when I was a little kid and the first Yeti took up residence in this mountain. That commercial made me afraid to go on the attraction. In the commercial it looked like you went past a Yeti that was the size of Gozilla. When I went on the ride I broke out in laughter --because Harold the Yeti wasn't nearly as scary as the advertisement made him out to be. I have always loved the attraction despite the Yeti not being so scary.

I arrived at the park via Monorail and starting walking around

the outside of this mountain I saw evidence of his presence.

The Matterhorn was closed for awhile earlier this year --but reopened on May 22nd 2015 with a couple of new surprises.

New enhanced special effects that bring a renewed sense of excitement to a ride that has been around since 1959 and was the first tubular steel continuous track roller coaster.

The new effects include a projected image of the Yeti at the top of the hill that starts your ride. This effect and its use of sound are a really cool addition to this classic coaster ride. The ride also has enhanced sound effects for a section of the ride that goes through darkness that makes you feel like the new Yeti is breathing down your neck.

The new Yeti himself is a great addition to the ride. I will miss Harold (the old Yeti) --but his replacement is much more dynamic and full of energy and make this old coaster seem new again.

I foolishly attempted to get photographic evidence of this beast, but anyone who has seen the show "Finding Bigfoot" will know how difficult --capturing a Yeti on camera is.

I will keep scaling this Matterhorn in search of Adventure for years to come in search of this beast as it is still very much an E Ticket attraction.

For a look at the new Yeti and effects --Check out this Disney Parks Blog video.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

My Always Changing Disneyland Bucket List: What is on your Disneyland Bucket List?

I’m an annual pass holder so you would think that I wouldn't have a big Disneyland Bucket list. But as a huge Disney fan I do and it changes all the time. My list will differ from someone who may have never been to the parks or who hasn’t been there for years. You may have never been to Carsland….So experiencing the newest section of the parks may be your entire list.

My list is always evolving –whenever something new comes to the park I have to check it out and will get antsy if I haven’t seen it yet. So here is my current list as of June 24^th 2015.

1. World of Color – I haven’t seen World of Color in awhile and missed out on the special Christmas version –So I’m dying to check out the new updated version for Disneyland’s 60^th anniversary

2. Antman Sneak Peak: One of my favorite things to do now is to check out the new movie sneak peeks in the parks. They are always cool and anytime a new one comes out it quickly go to the top of my Disneyland bucket list.

3. The Hatbox Ghost: I can’t believe that I’ve been out to the park twice since it arrived and haven’t seen it yet.

4. The new Yeti. I’ve seen the new effects online and it looks incredible. (I wonder what happened to Harold --pictured below --waving to his fans)

5. The New Fireworks –From Main Street USA. We caught the new Fireworks the other night from down near the Small World –which was cool –but I really need to see them from Main Street to get the full effect (here is an old picture from a really cool --not so crowded place to catch the fireworks from)

6. Alice in Wonderland- They added some new effects to Alice early in the year which I haven’t seen yet. Since then the lines have either been long or the ride closed after the fireworks.

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