I'll admit I haven't seen the movie and I don't think Hannah has yet either. I think the hype is fun and - believe me - the hype was on full throttle for the premier of HSM2 at Disneyland when we arrived Monday. The world premier was being held at our hotel! Yippee! There were special parades in DLand and more 'tweens than I've ever seen!
We moved into our peaceful, pool view room at the Grand Californian and settled down after a long, hot day at California Adventure Park. The kids were pooped and ready to sleep.
Uh, what's that noise? Peek out through the curtains... disco lights... loud speaker... oh, HSM2 Premier rehearsal at the pool. Are they kidding? Why am I paying a premium for this room if I can't even enjoy the balcony - no less my room!?!? Andy heads down stairs to find out what the hell is going on and how long we can expect this to go on... and on...
He calls me and says that we can expect tonight's rehearsal to last until 11:00pm. Tuesday, the entire pool area will be closed all day to host the Premier Party which will run to about midnight. Oh joy. Andy ends up downstairs working on getting us moved for about the next hour. And, of course, it's never as easy as that. They wanted us to check-out in the morning and re-check-in later in the afternoon. "Sorry, we're planning on entering Dland early with our hotel-guest-is-special-pass, so that is not going happen. Also, our little one naps in the early afternoon so it looks like we'll be ready to switch rooms in the afternoon. In addition to that we'd like an appropriate credit on our bill to reflect the inconveniences." In the long run they came through, but what a pain the butt.
Thanks High School Musical! You Rock!
