This morning Linda and I were in DCA at 8 a.m. as part of “early entrance” time (because we stayed in the expensive but ridiculously convenient hotel), and after we entered the literally-empty Tower of Terror lobby (which was a creepy experience all by itself) and did the up-and-down thing, we were walking over to do Radiator Springs Racers when we encountered a new attraction, Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters, which neither of us had heard of before.

There was almost no one in the entrance queue, and it looked like a little-kid ride more than an E-ticket sort of thing, but we thought what the heck; we should try it. It turns out it had opened just that morning, in a “soft open” for Annual Passholders; the official opening is this coming Monday. So we were accidentally two of the first visitors to ride it, and got to walk on with no wait.

It was a lot of fun! It’s more exciting than it looks; it has that new-style “trackless” technology, where the cars are basically following choreographed moves under computer control, such that they zip around but don’t ever run into each other, doing a “dance routine” that varies from one ride to the next.

So. That was nifty.

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We got passes again this year. With the kids growing up we’ve been going more as boring old people, rather than with kids in tow. It’s fun.

One thing I’ve been doing is to try to pick out some aspect of the parks I’d never done before and making it a thing. Like, I’d never been on the sailing ship Columbia before, so last time I did that.

For the next visit I’m thinking of focusing on food. (This came out of Linda’s telling me how awesome the corn dogs were, and my never having had them.) So I’ve listed a bunch of popular Disneyland/DCA food-related things I’ve never done before and want to try to experience. At the top of the list currently are:

• Little Red Wagon corn dogs – Main Street
• Tiki Juice Bar pineapple whips – Adventureland
• Mint Julep Bar Mickey beignets – New Orleans Square
• Pooh Corner peanut butter sandwich – Pooh Corner
• Candy Palace – Main Street
• Wine Country Trattoria – DCA
• Carthay Circle Restaurant downstairs lounge – DCA

I know I have some followers who are Disney fans, so I’m putting this out there: What are your favorite foods/places to eat at the park? Thanks!

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