Monday, February 19, 2018

Unauthorized Fun: Lunar New Year Zodiac Tour

Last-minute inspiration, ACTIVATE!

I'm not joking about the above, by the way. I didn't have any idea what to write about this week until...sometime around mid-day on Friday. Yeah. But then I remembered that we just had the Lunar New Year, which has become a bona-fide Thing at the Disneyland Resort in recent years. The “official” celebrations can be found in California Adventure, where all the cool kids go for their multicultural fix, but this installment of Unauthorized Fun takes place on the other side of the Esplanade.
It's not because of Disneyland favoritism...at least, not entirely. It's mainly because there are just more animals over there.
The concept behind this unofficial tour is pretty simple: Cycle through the entire Eastern Zodiac by seeing a Disneyland attraction for each animal...one where said animal shows up, in case that wasn't clear. Just to keep things interesting, I decided to see if I could find a different attraction for each, because honestly? You could check off practically the entire list from “it's a small world” alone, and while that might be fun for me, because I adore that ride...most people are going to start squirming around halfway through the second go-around.
Since we just embarked upon the Year of the Dog, I'll set things up so we end there. Here's what I came up with!


Year of the Pig: Pirates of the Caribbean


Year of the Mouse: Mickey's House and Meet Mickey


Year of the Ox: Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin


Year of the Tiger: Jungle Cruise


Year of the Rabbit: Alice in Wonderland


Year of the Dragon: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride


Year of the Snake: Haunted Mansion


Year of the Horse: King Arthur Carrousel


Year of the Goat: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad


Year of the Monkey: Casey Junior Circus Train

(This one isn't cheating, is it?)

Year of the Rooster: “it's a small world”


Year of the Dog: Peter Pan's Flight


You know what? You could set this up as a scavenger hunt. Give people the list of animals and have them take a picture of each one they find...but specify that each one has to come from a different attraction. It would be interesting to see what other combinations of attractions work.
What a weird week this has been. First my Flipping the Script post doesn't...post, and then I have to scramble to get this one out in time. Hopefully next week will be better!

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