Hi Bette!
Thank you for your kind welcome. This is a great board.
As for which park to choose, unless you like dull amusement park roller coaster rides, and standing in hot outdoor attractions, I DO NOT recommend the new CA Adventure Park. It is mostly a shopping plaza outdoor mall, and not worth the $34.00 ticket. Absolutely, I suggest the original, main park for your entertainment needs. You will have the most fun on, (And not in any order) Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Honey I shrunk the Audience and Splash Mountain! You should use the FAST PASS too if the lines are too long. They are available outside the attractions and it will hold your place in line while you go do other things!
Hot tip! You might try taking your ticket over to the new CA Adventure park, and seeing if they let you in. I've had friends who were given a day pass when I was there, and they let them in to both parks when they showed their tickets to the attendant!!
Yes, I guess Paul Frees does sound a little like Orson Welles. I think Mr. Frees is a little more humorous and campy in his tone though. Orson is always so serious.
I always wished that Jonathan Frid, with his superb vocal tones would have been a good narrator for the mansion. And to have Grayson as the voice of the fortune teller, how awesome that would be!