Disneyland Day 2

We started off Day 2 at California Adventure. Our first stop was the Grizzly River Run where we got sufficiently soaked.

After a few more rides like Flying Over California (which Sade actually said she liked a little bit), we visited a Bugs Life:








Then headed over to Tower Of Terror. Sade was big enough to ride Tower Of Terror, but I thank my lucky stars everyday that she didn't. We would have scarred her for life!




Next we checked out Paradise Pier. I love the swings.






California Screaming, which was a big hit with Meg and Jacks. They rode numerous times.



After riding all of the rides, Eric and I sat on a bench (to recover) while the kids played at the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail.




It was late afternoon at this point, and I was HOT, TIRED, and a bit ORNERY. I could have packed up and went home right then. But I bucked up, traveled back over to Disneyland, had some dinner, and luckily got my second wind.

We rode a few of our favorite rides, and then sat down to watch the Mickey's Soundsational Parade. Sade loved it.







After the parade, we rode a couple more rides, loaded up on ice cream, and left the park about an hour before closing time.




Megan had to be back at school, and Eric had to be back at work, so we drove straight home. It was kind of horrible, as we were so tired. Nevertheless, the trip on a whole was a fantastic success!

What I learned.

1. I feel like at least a 3 day pass is necessary to see everything. We were able to ride all of the rides, but missed out on seeing most of the shows and the Princesses (the wait was 2 hours long!).

2. Having a day to recover in between visits would be ideal. Especially if you are planning on staying all day. As we did. I found myself fading on Day 2.

3. Winning free tickets to expensive places is THE BEST!

See Day 1 below......

Disneyland Day 1

Oh dear......It has been an entire month since we were at Disneyland. But moving along, I give you Disneyland Day 1.

We only had 2 days at Disneyland so we made sure we were there right as the gates were opening. And lucky for us we were able to see Goofy right away:



We first headed over to Fantasyland. It is filled with little kid rides which I thought would be a good ice breaker for little Sade. She did okay, but there was still a lot of crying and fearfulness.











Teacups. My favorite!



Next up: Mickey's Toontown




We met Mickey!





Then off to Frontierland. We all (except Sadie)  LOVE Thunder Mountain Railroad.





Megan and Jackson could be seen holding their ears at the slightest noise:






Tarzan's Treehouse:








Picture courtesy of Sade:



We met Eeyore and Tigger while exploring Critter Country:






We visited and rode all of the rides in New Orleans Square and Adventureland before heading over around dark to visit Tomorrowland.







Space Mountain.

 Although Sade was tall enough to ride Space Mountain along with almost every other ride, we didn't make her, which Megan and Jackson didn't mind one bit, since it meant that they got to ride everything twice!



Our first day was a whirlwind of rides and fun. We closed the park down and were able to visit each and every ride, except for the Storybook Land Canal Boats and the Casey Jr. Circus Train, which we passed by to ride rides we deemed more exciting.

 Sade was a little trooper but crashed on the bus ride back to the car.



She wasn't the only one that was tired. After spending 13 hours at the park we were all tired and slept well that night.

Day 2 coming soon.......