Last Day's Adventure!

For our last day at Disneyland Tommi and I decided we would treat it as if it was our first day and try and ride as many rides as possible (at least of the rides that we couldn't ride with Jimmy). We started out with Big Thunder Railroad which had a short enough line we went twice. We realized it isn't any fun riding it in the front as you are already down the drops by the time the back of the train is going over the drop.

Next we went to the Matterhorn, which we think is our favorite ride when you go on the faster side. We really liked it because we could cuddle while we rode it. It was also a lot more fun at night when it was dark.

We then went on Space Mountain and enjoyed the fastest roller coaster that Disneyland has to offer.

We then swung by Indiana Jones, but it was down and decided to go on Splash Mountain. Each time we go on it we hope to see the train go by, but we have yet to have that opportunity.

After Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones was up and running again so we rode it, which has always been one of my favorite rides, and by far one of my favorite lines to wait in.

We then decided we would head over to California Adventure as we had been on all the rides we wanted to in Disneyland. We waited in line for Toy Story Mania for about an hour (which is actually a short line for this ride). This was Tommi's favorite ride, and one definitely worth the wait in line.

By this time it was rather warm, so we got in line and went on the Grizzly River Run. All the fastpass stations for this ride were being used for world of color so everyone had to wait in line, but it was worth it. We both got soaked once again by the water cannon at the end of the ride!

To dry off we decided to go on California Screamin' which is always a fun ride.

We then had just over an hour for the next showing of Aladin to start so we went back to Disneyland and rode the rides we had gotten fast passes for (Space Moutain, Big Thunder Railroad, and Indiana Jones). We finished those rides and speed walked to Aladin, making it from Indiana Jones to Aladin in about 7 minutes (just time time before they closed the doors).

After the show we went and used our fastpass for California Screamin' and then also used our fastpass for Mulholland Madness - a fun little ride that makes you feel like you are going to fall out of the cart every turn it makes.

We finished all of this and left the park at about 5 pm and were very pleased with our last day of Disneyland. We were surprised at the amount of people at the parks on the different days. We went on Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and the busiest days were Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We decided that perhaps people have the mindset that the weekends are the busiest, but I found I would rather be there Friday and Saturday than during the week.

More Disneyland

Along with our 5-day pass to Disneyland we were also given a "Magic Morning" where on Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday you can come an hour before the park opens and go on any rides you want to before everyone else gets there. We decided on Thursday that we would use this magic morning to take Jimmy on all of the rides that we didn't get to on Tuesday because of the long lines.
We started the morning off by leaving bright an early so we could get the the park by 7:00 am. As we often did, we parked in the Daisy parking area and took the tram to Downtown Disney.

We decided to stop and take some pictures since there were not very many people at the park.

As I was taking a picture of Tommi and Jimmy I thought, we haven't had any pictures of us as a family in Disneyland and then someone tapped me on the shoulder and offered to take our picture so I could be in it.

The first ride we decided to go on was Peter Pan because the line is always really long. Even with the Magic Morning pass the line was still 30+ minutes long.




After that we went on Snow White, Pinocchio and Mr. Toads.


We then decided to go to Storybook Land and it was fun to see all the miniature plants and houses.

The line for its a small world was as short as we had seen it so we took a ride on it and we are sure glad, it was by far Jimmy's favorite ride he went on.



After, we decided to go to Mark Twain's Island which was recently redone and is now the "Pirates Lair" since we didn't get the chance to on Tuesday. It was fun walking around taking pictures and we were surprised at how fun it was as it was full of surprises.





We then where walking around, making our way out of the park for lunch and a nap when we ran into Princess Tiana.

There were a few nice things that we found out with a multi day pass to Disneyland. One thing that was nice is that you could go in the morning and then leave in the afternoon when it is hot and the most crowded and take a nap and eat lunch and then go back when it cools down and are less people again.

After our nap we came back and watched the Celebration Parade. We found out that we don't do very well with parades because we can't handle rude people. There were two Hispanic guys in their 20's that came up about 2 minutes before the parade started and stood right in front of a family with 5 kids and acted like they didn't speak English whenever the family asked them to move when we overheard them speaking English later. There was also an Asian lady in her 40's who cut in front of a group of kids so she could get a picture then stayed there for the rest of the parade and we just couldn't understand how they thought they were more important than those kids who had been waiting for about an hour to watch the parade from the front. Despite all that, we decided we would have a good time anyways.










After the parade we went on the Finding Nemo Subs and sadly none of the pictures turned out because the lighting and windows, but here is a fun one of us standing in line.

We then had dinner while we sat waiting for Fantasmic to start. We were happier with the people at the place we were at because the adults, instead of cutting in front of the kids, actually let the kids go in the front so they could see. We also were standing by a lady that looked like Sarah Walker from Chuck... She had several kids, but she did speak with a slight Australian accent.

We were really excited to see the new World of Color at California Adventure, but decided the effort to actually see it was not worth it. To see it you have to get a fastpass for one of the 3 shows and so we thought we would give it a shot. When we went into the park at not even 10 minutes after it opened the fastpass line for it was all the way backed up to the entrance gate, at least a 3 hr wait. We went on a few rides and then came back and they were all sold out (and I am sure half the people waiting in line didn't even get a fastpass). Then there was a line of those who had fastpasses for the show about an hour before the show so they could get a spot where you could actually see... we figured that waiting 4 hours in line was not worth it. We had to watch it from a different location where we could only see part of it. We thought it was cool, but it was very similar to Fantasmic, just without real people and no fireworks.

James-Myler's First Trip to Disneyland

Our Disneyland Adventures were very nice and memorable. We got all geared up and ready to go and were excited to take Jimmy with us on Tuesday. We got him a "1st Visit!" pin and strapped him into his stroller.


Since we got to Disneyland later than expected (after 10 am) we decided to take the little guy in to California Adventure first and took him on Monsters Inc. He really liked the ride, I think because all of the colors and I was surprised at how well he was able to follow everything.

Next we went up to a bug's land and went on a few rides and watched the 3d show "It's Tough to be a Bug" and he really liked it too (except for when they sprayed him with water... wasn't a fan of that).We noticed that after all the stimulating rides, Jimmy was quick to fall asleep afterwords while we waited in the next line and would wake up as soon as we would get on the rides ready to go. We took him on the Mickey fun wheel and here are some pics of that.




When we got to the top they stopped, making Tommi rather nervous but we got to take some pictures which were fun.


We also went and watched the Aladin Musical, which stared Tommi's 2nd cousin who played the main character, the Genie. It was so good we ended up going back a second time on our last day.

After spending that time in California Adventure we took Jimmy over to Disneyland where we decided to walk around and see what to take Jimmy on. We tried to take him on some of the classic rides but they all had lines that were an hour long so we decided to keep walking. While walking we ran into Tommi's cousins who were in line for big thunder railroad and we handed Jimmy off with a cousin and all went on that ride. It was a lot of fun!

A picture of Tommi while we were waiting in line. We actually got in a little water fight while we were in line since it was such a hot day.


When we got off that ride we were planing on taking the raft over to Mark Twain's Island, but when we walked by Pirates of the Caribbean the line was only 10 minutes so we decided to go on.


We were a little worried about how Jimmy would handle the drops in the ride, but figured he really likes getting thrown in the air and he would probably enjoy it. As we dropped Tommi was holding him and she had to do everything she could to keep from screaming but Jimmy had no reaction (didn't tighten his grip, didn't cry, nothing). The only time Jimmy cried was when he realized the ride was over.


Once again, when we got off the ride Jimmy was out cold by the time we went up and through Tarzan's Tree house.

Jimmy woke up when we went of the safari river boat ride. We were sitting close to the speaker and so he didn't like how loud it was but was fine as we covered his ears for the rest of the trip.



We went on the Whiney the Poo ride after, to finish the day as we left early so Jimmy could go meet his Aunt Char for the first time. He really liked the food and he really liked meeting Char, and also her dog : )