Disneyland - Day 1

Park hours for the duration of our trip were 10:00am-8:00pm. Since leaving the park to go back to our room for naps would waste about 4 hours of the day we decided to just stay open to close. It gave us time in the morning to not have to rush and still get to the park by opening. So that's what we did every day.

 

Chase didn't want to wake up.

Waiting for opening

Halloween time!

All of our kids had immediate meltdowns as soon as we walked in the gate. Off to a good start!

First stop. Princesses. While in line the family behind us was someone that Robert grew up with. Small world at Disneyland.

In hindsight we should have waited to do the princesses until Carly had a little experience with characters. She was scared of the princesses but after she discovered that they were fine she never had a problem with any characters the whole trip.

I was a little bummed she was so scared because she LOVES Ariel.

I am convinced this Snow White is the REAL Snow White. She was identical to the movie in her mannerisms and the way she spoke.

 

This is the first time we have gone to Toontown. Not a fan. The first day of our vacation it was about 98 degrees and there is literally NO shade in Toontown. There's not a ton in Disneyland all together but especially in Toontown. As you can tell by everyone's red faces!

By the afternoon we were absolutely melting. I took Carly and Logan in the shade while Carly slept because I was truly on the verge of passing out. I sat on a bench on the side of the castle while Robert took Emily and Chase on some rides. We decided to just stay there since we had a bench in the shade and watch the parade. So I spent about 3 hours sitting on a bench. :) But it was so hot I didn't care. The heat really slowed us down this day.

Emily decided when she grows up she wants to be a dancer in the Disneyland parade.

Day 1
Breakfast at McDonald's
Fantasy Faire-Meet Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Snow White
Rapunzel show
Teacups
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
Goofy's Playhouse
Minnie's House
Meet Mickey
Mickey and the Magical Map
Autopia
lunch at Redd Rockets
Alice In Wonderland
Dumbo
Meet Peter Pan
Snow White
Pinnocchio
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Teacups
Parade
Dumbo
Storybook Land Canal Boats

California Adventure-Day 2

Today was Chase's Birthday! Robert and I decorated the room and he got to open his birthday presents first thing in the morning. 

 

We went to breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen. It was really fun! For those of you that don't know Goofy's Kitchen is a character restaurant where a bunch of characters come to your table while you're eating. They each spend a lot of time with each table. We really enjoyed it and felt it was worth the cost. Especially for a birthday.

Birthday cupcake at 9:00am.

First stop of course had to be Carsland! Mater sang Happy Birthday to Chase! He LOVED it!



Red played the tune of Happy Birthday on his horn!

Cars Land is awesome. The details are amazing. Not everyone probably cares but we've watched those movies hundreds of times so we really loved all the little details. Radiator Springs Racers and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree were by far our favorite rides of the day. I think we went on Mater about 8 times. :)

This kid was in heaven!

Radiator Springs Racers. Awesome ride. We went three times.

McQueen also told Chase Happy Birthday. He thought it was the coolest!

 

While we were sitting waiting for the parade to start Emily saw the Tower of Terror across the street. She decided she wanted to go on it. I was really surprised because she is by far the wimpiest of all our kids. So I took her on it. She was a little scared but stayed brave until we were loading onto the elevators. Then she started crying and we left. I was proud of her for making it that far!

 

Day 2
Breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen
Fastpass for Radiator Springs Racers
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree (multiple times)
Walk/shop Cars Land Main Street
Ride Radiator Springs Racers (2 times)
Luigi's Flying Tires
Lunch at Cozy Cone
Shopping
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree again
It's Tough to be a Bug
Heimlich's Chew Chew Train
Flik's Flyers
Disney Junior show
Monsters Inc
Tower of Terror (almost)
Parade
Dinner at Flo's V-8 Cafe
Little Mermaid
Goofy's Sky School
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
Radiator Springs Racers
World of Color

Disneyland - Day 3

First thing we did was stop to see Minnie. Carly was so happy! She's obsessed with Minnie Mouse.

 After rope drop we went straight to Splash Mountain. Both Robert and I wanted to ride it and since Carly and Logan aren't tall enough, we made Emily and Chase go twice. They HATED it! I think we traumatized them just a little. :) But it's good for them right?

 Yay! Rapunzel!

 

By about 5:30 all the kids were really tired so we decided to call it a day! We went back to the room, packed up and got ready to head home.

 



Day 3
Splash Mountain (twice)
Winnie the Pooh (twice)
Meet Winnie the Pooh
Meet Tigger
Haunter Mansion
Lunch at Hungry Bear
Meet Tiana
Pirates of the Carribbean
Tarzan's Treehouse
Jungle Cruise
Tiki Room
Teacups
Meet Rapunzel
Castle Walkthrough
Shopping
Dinner at Village Haus
Peter Pan
Then we let each kid pick one more ride but I can't remember what they each picked
More Shopping

Goodbye Disneyland! Until next time.....