Hey all

Just got back from taking the family to Disney Land/California Adventure. We all had a great time. I got to see the Capitals/Ducks play (13 goals! Washington wins 7-6), watch my all time favourite Fred Couples choke after having a two stroke lead (Northern Trust PGA event at Riveria), saw the sights and of course snuck in as much pinball as I could.

The below is taken from my smart phone, so the editing is kind of choppy and incomplete sentences abound.

Also, to all those who drive/have driven on the I-5, watch out for bikers as they tend to drive in between the lanes.

Day One - Calgary airport, played attack from mars, ripleys bion. Both in awful shape, both ended in tilt's that could not be recovered (ball stuck). Saw a bunch of sterns. Two elvis, 2 roller coaster tycoons, wheel of fortune, and a south park. Ripley’s was not bad! Mars was awesome in spite of its condition.

Day two - played no pins

Day three - PotC @ Starcade near space mountain. Played it. Fast game, nice flow to it. Only played once. 1$ to play! Auto plunge could not get balls in play. Not liking sterns dot matrix cabinet/back glass art.

Day four - played whirlwind in Flynn’s Arcade (California Adventure). Replay set at 2 million. Really dirty, out lane guides were sunk into the playfield. Bad drains. Some odd screw marks in front of cellar. Upper flipper was really weak, could not make million plus shot. Fun game. Played all multi balls and left a ton of credits on it.

Day five - drove to a movie theatre in Huntington Beach and played creech. In awesome shape! Love that pin. Great theme, great audio and visual, nice flowing game play. Move your car! Also drove to a bowling alley and played JP and TZ. Both in awful shape. Tz's right flipper was so weak, sometimes shots could not make it past the mode inserts!

Day 6 - no pins

Day 7 - #1 score on PotC. 200 million. Grand champ is 1.2 billion. Left two credits on it. Nice combos. I’d like to pick this one up cheap.

Day 8 - #1 score on PotC again. 205 million. Left 3 credits on it. Matched! Very good flow if you can make the shots. Fun multi-ball. Fun to own for a couple of months?

Day 9 - LAX - no pins? Calgary airport - TSPP, Junkyard, Elvis x2, LotR, PotC, SWep1, RCTycoon, All cabinets are drilled w/ padlocks. Weak flippers and change machines don't work. Junkyard was fun.

I recommend the trip to anyone who has kids. Was a good time!

The family were kept busy with the theme park attractions. The wait for Space Mountain was enough that I could get in a game while I waited for them to finish the ride. Win/Win!

I can see where your coming from. We stayed pretty much in the park, our hotel was there as well. On the times we went out, much of what we saw did not leave a great impression on me.

The day I really noticed it was dropping my family off so they could see the sights in Hollywood. I went to watch pro golf at Riveria. What a difference in a ten minute drive. Go from seeing the homeless/down and out, to 5+ million dollar homes. It exists in every city, but seemed a lot more noticeable.

I should have checked in here before going, I would have driven the 60 miles. Thankfully had the GPS with me as well. Saved my bacon a few times.