Willie's butte!  by orangecrush

Willie's butte!

Things have been a little crazy so we thought we would release a little steam and run off to Disneyland for a little fun...Disneyland is not the place to go to relax during summer break! :o)
This is a shot from the new park they have been working on called "Cars Town". Its a huge area modeled after the "Cars" movies! They did an amazing job! This shot was part of a roller coaster that made you feel like you were racing through the desert.
It was so busy we waited 1 1/2 hours for our first ride. This ride had a 3 hour wait! The girls talked me into waiting so we packed up some snacks and drinks and went for it! Just as we were almost there the ride broke down! We waited another hour for them to fix it but it didn't happen! The park was closed and we left with one ride under our belt!
We did have fun with each other in line tho! :) I should post the pic of the girls laying on each other asleep in line!
Willie has a great butte
June 27th, 2012  
Seriously - a 3 hour wait and then it broke down? And then another hour, and still no ride? That sounds horrible - I am terrible at waiting, so perhaps I can never go to Disneyland. That is an impressive manmade landscape though! Glad you still had some quality "family time" while waiting.
June 27th, 2012  
Fantastic shot. Best movie
June 27th, 2012  
Ems
Oh my goodness, what a day! At least you had fun with your girls and your camera! Love the colour of the sky against the rocks!
June 27th, 2012  
the guy from our local morning show was on that last week and it looked fun! Too bad for you that you don't know that first hand :) Nice butte btw
June 27th, 2012  
Fantastic capture, Jerry! Great textures and tones! Beautiful light and shadows! FAV!!! May I pin it, please?
June 27th, 2012  
Wonderful shot!
June 27th, 2012  
Really cool shot!! And very interesting tones here, I love it!!
June 27th, 2012  
Love the tones here! It does look quite majestic and desert-like :)
June 27th, 2012  
No Fast Pass for the new attraction? Sheesh, after waiting all that time or nothing I would have insisted Disney comp me " something" .
June 27th, 2012  
Beautiful
June 27th, 2012  
Great shot! Terrible about the wait for the ride!
June 27th, 2012  
Spectacular shot Jerry. Love the tones and detail.
June 27th, 2012  
Beautiful capture! Love the colors and texture!
June 27th, 2012  
@cromwell That's the crazy part! They offered us all a fast pass...a fast pass! Any one has access to fast passes! And the park was closed! Can you tell I'm a little bitter! :)
June 27th, 2012  
Doh what a bummer!
June 27th, 2012  
You have more patience than I. Great shot though!!
June 27th, 2012  
What a shame, but a lovely photo!
June 27th, 2012  
That sucks but hopefully you have an annual pass. I do and I'm waiting for the fall to ride this. Nice shot btw.
June 27th, 2012  
Beautiful shot! Sorry it didnt' work out, how frustrating!
June 27th, 2012  
Patience is a virtue--especially at disneyland! Bummer, but at least you got you your 365 shot--it is a butte! :-)
June 27th, 2012  
This butte is butte-iful!! Love the tones in this!!
June 27th, 2012  
Oh wow, what a nightmare of a wait, and then the big disappointment. And I would agree, a big park like that, not a good place to try to find relaxation.
June 27th, 2012  
this is a beautiful photo, but OMG, i cannot imagine waiting in line for that length of time...
June 27th, 2012  
Fun, cool shot. too bad about the waits
June 27th, 2012  
Fabulous shot but really...all that waiting...I can't even wait for the lights to change
June 27th, 2012  
cool! can't wait to take my little one to Cars Land at the end of July :)
June 27th, 2012  
@bekahbell They will love it! You'll have to tell me how the ride was! :)
June 27th, 2012  
Fantastic scenery! Your patience is commendable, not sure I'd be able to do it!
June 27th, 2012  
OMG! You're a saint waiting that long, I would have gone postal after that amount of time!!!!!
June 27th, 2012  
Awesome landscape, love the tones as well. I think, I can do without Disneyland at summer
June 27th, 2012  
That's why I've only been to Disneyland once. Even at twelve years old, I couldn't justify waiting in line all day for a few rides. Anyway, the rock there looks a little like a natural feature in southern Utah called Mexican Hat. I thought you had been in my back yard!
June 27th, 2012  
@claeshields I bet the real thing is stunning! I've always wanted to see Utah!
June 27th, 2012  
great shot
June 27th, 2012  
What shame....didn't you use the 'fast pass' or do they not do that any more? I'll be in LA next week who knows I might get to go myself!
June 27th, 2012  
@kamb How fun! Hope you have a great trip! They do still have fast passes. This ride just opened so they run out of passes really early!
June 27th, 2012  
Rough story... yikes... great butte shot!
June 27th, 2012  
What a story! That is an incredible photo! I viewed large. At 1st glance I thought it was a scene from Utah, lol. Awesome. I totally love roller coasters! FAV!! :)
June 27th, 2012  
cool shot, Disney in summer....crazy!!!!
June 27th, 2012  
Wow, that looks impressive! Awesome shot! I'm not sure I'd have the patience to wait for so long. You guys are incredible!
June 27th, 2012  
Rob
Nicely captured! Things you do for family!
June 27th, 2012  
wow this is a great photo
June 27th, 2012  
Fabulous shot
June 27th, 2012  
Mate, this is awesome!! The shadows are just amazing. Big fav!
June 27th, 2012  
Oh what a shame Great photo , would love to see the girls lying down too :)
June 27th, 2012  
Oh wow my little boy would love this! he loves Cars =) He would have had a very grumpy mummy after a 3hr wait though.......
June 27th, 2012  
Oh no - that is really disappointing but great photo anyway - I would have thought it was the real thing!
June 27th, 2012  
Cool! I expect to see the coyote and roadrunner zipping across your pic, with an anvil about to drop - meep, meep!
June 27th, 2012  
That's dedication, but obvious you were on a mission. Looks enticing.
June 27th, 2012  
very cool, love the lighting!:)
June 27th, 2012  
Amazing shot!!!!
June 27th, 2012  
Very cool photo! I worked at Disney many years ago. You crazy for going there on a summer day!!!!! I'm glad you and your girls had great fun together while you were waiting.
June 27th, 2012  
gorgeous!
June 27th, 2012  
@jenniferruge Was it as fun to work there as it seems? I heard there are tunnels and streets under ground! It is crazy to go in the summer! We learned our lesson!
June 27th, 2012  
@orangecrush It was great fun working there. I worked there when i was in college and during my first few year teaching. Lots of good memories. My favorite time of the day was 2:30am when all the guests were gone and the park was quiet.
June 27th, 2012  
Awesome capture......sounds like a pretty crazy kind of day though!....glad you could see the funny side! : ]
June 27th, 2012  
uuuuuuh, what a shame!!! but: you´re one great personality for seeing the funny und happy sides! :)
June 27th, 2012  
Amazing nature!!!
June 27th, 2012  
This is breathtaking!
June 27th, 2012  
oh my goodness, that's quite some adventure. your spirits sounds a lot brighter than mine would have been. :-) i'm certain you got a ton of great shots though.
June 27th, 2012  
I thought this structure looked familiar when I first opened the page! My kids love those movies! Sounds like you had a fun day despite all the waiting around!
June 28th, 2012  
It reminds me of a scene from the old Star Trek! ;)
June 28th, 2012  
Nice catch. That sounds like pure misery (waiting in line that long), but I'm glad you all could make it fun.
June 28th, 2012  
My grandson would love that!! I don't think I could wait that long in line...
June 28th, 2012  
Wow, who would have thought that this was Disneyland. To bad you didn't get to go on the ride. I guess it's better to get all the kinks out anyway. Great shot!
June 28th, 2012  
My goodness you're so patient! Not sure I would have wanted to wait that long. This is superb. I love the light and shadow xx
June 28th, 2012  
@psychographer After a while it just became a challenge to see if I could stick it out! Funny!
June 28th, 2012  
Lovely capture, and I loved that movie.
June 28th, 2012  
Great scene! I would like to try this ride, but such a wait! Lucky for me my kids are not big fans of crowded parks and joyrides...
June 28th, 2012  
Lovely tones - the lighting is amazing.
June 28th, 2012  
Great shot, but that is alot of waiting. I would have had a panic attack. I don't do crowds and lines. I'm glad you had fun with the girls though.
June 28th, 2012  
Fantastic capture, the scene looks really authentic! I love the Cars movies :)
June 28th, 2012  
your shots are making me feel happy. This is great Jerry!
June 28th, 2012  
Love this! Looks very real!
June 29th, 2012  
looks great
June 29th, 2012  
@stuckinoz Crazy isn't it! I'm glad I had my camera too! I took so many random shots, I filled up my memory card!
@marlboromaam Absolutely, Maggie!
@timandelke Lol! :D
June 29th, 2012  
no way, never wait all that time for just one ride.
but great picture!
June 29th, 2012  
@orangecrush Pinned. =)
June 29th, 2012  
Pam
Oh my gosh!! That is a crazy waiting time! I am sure it was time well spent with the kids though. It is pretty amazing what they did here with the landscape. Wonderful capture!
June 29th, 2012  
That is really an awesome stone you shot! (:
June 29th, 2012  
You have some patience Jerry!
Great shot!
June 30th, 2012  
That's too bad, but what I got from this is that you are a person that can find fun even waiting in a line and has the patience of a saint and is very good to your girls. :-)
Beautiful shot Jerry.
June 30th, 2012  
I can't believe this is just a set and its not real! My son would want the loo in a line that long just as we got to the front! Shame you never got to go on the ride :(
June 30th, 2012  
Beautiful tones and composition!!
June 30th, 2012  
this is very cool - what a bummer about waiting all that time for nothing! sounds like you had fun anyways!
July 1st, 2012  
Awesome shot and processing - Fav!
July 2nd, 2012  
Amazing landscape!
July 2nd, 2012  
Here I was thinking you were out in the desert somewhere. That sounds like crazyiness, I'm glad you had fun while you waited.
July 3rd, 2012  
Ha! The first thing I thought of was Wiley E. Coyote. :)
July 4th, 2012  
lugar lindo, foto perfeita!
July 4th, 2012  
I thought this was a desert shot. Hard to imagine this is fake.
September 5th, 2012  
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