Pan's Labyrinth was a bizarre combination of movies. One part is set during the facist Franco government in Spain where the Army is hunting down and torturing the resistance fighters. The other part is a fairy tale featuring buzzing fairies, giant toads, and mosnsters with eyeballs in the palms of their hands.
This is not a kid's fairy tale movie. Loads of violence and guts, and not just in the military Spain setting. At one point, a pair of fairies get their heads chewed off! However, if you can handle the gore and the subtitles, this was an excellent movie. I do have to warn you that the beginning started a little slowly - my mother fell asleep next to me for a bit and was then confused for the rest of the movie.
Mark this in your calendars. March 7th was the perfect day for Disneyland. The weather was awesome - not too hot. The crowds were minimal, never more than a 10 minute wait to get on a ride. Ticket prices are pretty high - $63 for a single park ticket, but with such small crowds, Kim and I were able to get our cost per ride down to nearly $5. Space Mountain now rocks with a cool Red Hot Chili Peppers soundtrack. Pirates of the Carribean has been renovated to include Captain Jack Sparrow. Opening later this year, the 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea ride is being replaced with a Nemo undersea adventure. Food prices are, of course, outrageous. $25 to buy a chicken sandwich and a cheeseburger.
Despite possibly 40 trips to DisneyWorld and DisneyLand Hong Kong in the past 5 or so years, this has been the only vacation to Disneyland in quite a while. It was fun going as a guest and not walking through the underground tunnels. Disneyland might be a lot smaller than the parks in Orlando, but the difference in weather more than makes up for it.