Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
from this ride are some stunning bonsai specimens, as well as some of the most manicured
landscaping you are ever likely to see.
TOURING TIPS
This ride covers the same sights as the Storybook Land Canal Boats but does
it faster and with less of a wait. Accommodations for adults, however, are less than optim-
al on this ride, with some passengers having to squeeze into diminutive caged cars (after
all, it is a circus train). If you do not have children in your party, you can enjoy the same
sights more comfortably by riding the Storybook Land Canal Boats, which also benefit
from live narration instead of Casey Jr.'s canned soundtrack.
A father of two toddlers from Menlo Park, California, explains that issues of redund-
ancy were not uppermost in his children's minds.
Contrary to your advice, the Casey Jr. Train and Storybook Land Canal Boats
are totally different experiences—if you are 4 or younger. Hey, one is a boat
andoneisatrain!Seemsobvioustothemindofa4-year-old! Wedidboth,and
the kids loved both, and we loved it because they loved it.
Disneyland Railroad
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
The Disneyland Railroad stops in Fantasyland/Mickey's
Toontown on its circuit around the park. The station is located to the left of It's a Small
World, next to the Fantasyland Theatre. From this boarding point, transportation is avail-
able to Tomorrowland, Main Street, and New Orleans Square.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
What it is
Disney-fied midway ride.
Scope and scale
Minor attraction.
When to go
Before
10 a.m. or during late evening parades, fireworks, or Fantasmic! performances.
Special com-
ments
An attractive children's ride.
Duration of ride
1â…” minutes.
Average wait in line per
100 people ahead of you
12 minutes.
Assumes
Normal staffing.
Loading speed
Slow.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
A nice, tame, happy children's ride based on the lovable
Disney flying elephant. An upgraded rendition of a ride that can be found at state fairs and
amusement parks across the country. Shortcomings notwithstanding, Dumbo is the favor-
ite Disneyland Park attraction of most preschoolers. A lot of readers take us to task for
lumping Dumbo in with state-fair midway rides. These comments from a reader in Arm-
dale, Nova Scotia, are representative:
I think you have acquired a jaded attitude. I know [Dumbo] is not for every-
body, but when we took our oldest child (then just 4), the sign at the end of the
line said there would be a 90-minute wait. He knew and he didn't care, and
he and I stood in the hot afternoon sun for 90 blissful minutes waiting for his
