Shootin' Exposition

It is one of the coolest things to be at the park so early in the morning that you can have a part of it all to yourself.  With Fall just around the corner, Disneyland’s crowds are a little smaller and the weather a little cooler.  In the middle of summer, this shot would probably not have been possible.  But with kids back in school and the tourist season dying down, we didn’t even notice a crowd until 10:30AM.

We rarely have as much time as we’d like for a lot of the shots we take at the park.  People are busy enjoying themselves, not worrying about getting in the way of a shot, which is how it ought to be.  It was really nice though, to be able to set up my tripod and take this shot unhurried, and uninhibited.

I don’t like having change jingling around in my pockets, so this is my favorite way to solve that problem at Disneyland.  I really don’t recommend playing arcades while visiting Disneyland, but the Shooting Exposition is my one exception.  I’ve always been drawn to games that put your aim to the test.  I think it’s that it’s more rewarding because aim is more of a real skill than dropping a combo with a few buttons and a joystick, or hopping around a dance pad.  Not that either of those are bad, they’re not.  They just don’t strike me as a wise use of time while at Disneyland.  The Shooting Exposition is different in that it fits with the theming of Frontierland, and is unique in its genre.  I’ve found games like this other places, but none of them compares to Disney’s.  The look, weight, and feel of the gun are all part of that Disney magic in the details.  All the targets you hit provide some sort of cool interaction.  If you hit the target in the sky, you’ll get a ghost rider riding across it.  That’s my favorite target to aim for.  So if you’ve got a couple of quarters jingling in your pocket or purse, give the Shooting Exposition a shot.