Saturday, February 4, 2012

Disneyland Day 3 (Last Day)

This morning we got up and got ready for the day. After everyone was ready Brad took the kids to the lobby for breakfast, while I stayed in the room and finished packing. We took the shuttle to the park and made it there by 9am. Brad really want to take the boys to Star Tours, so he went there, while I took Sierra on Peter Pan again.



When we were done we met up for lunch at the Tomorrowland Terrace. During lunch we realized that the Jedi Training Academy was starting soon, so Brad, Ted and Alex stayed to watch/participate in the show. While Sierra and I went on Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Tea Party again.
 Ted AND Alex were picked to participate, so they were given Jedi cloaks and light sabers and were trained to fight against evil! It was so much fun to watch!














Then we met back up to go on It's a Small World ride. We made all the kids to it once, then Sierra and I went on it again while Brad and the boys got some ice cream.


Everyone got to pick the last ride that they wanted to go on before we left the park. Sierra picked Dumbo and the boys picked Big Thunder Mountain.
After the last rides we shopped on main street and everyone got a bunch of souvenirs to bring home. Once everyone was done we left the park, took the shuttle back to the hotel, had lunch at Coco's, took the shuttle van to the airport and came home. We had so much fun but was definitely good to be home!

Friday, February 3, 2012

Disneyland Day 2

We woke up a little bit early and got ready of the day and had breakfast in the lobby of the hotel again. After all the walking that everyone did the day before we decided to wait for the shuttle to take us to the parks. When we got to the park I realized that I had forgotten to pack our tickets for the princess lunch. So I took the kids into the park and Brad went back to the hotel for the tickets. We were 20 minutes early for the park opening, but a few character were out so we got a few pictures while we waited for Brad.

Brad come back right as the park opened. The boys wanted to go on Autopia and Sierra wanted to go on Astro Orbitor, so I took the boys and Brad took Sierra. Sierra and Brad got done faster then us so they went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters while they waited for us.



After the boys and I got down we joined Brad and Sierra and went on Buzz Lightyear and then we headed over to "Captain EO". Ted and Alex love Michael Jackson so we were really excited for them to see the show. They loved it!!!!! On the way out of the park we stopped by Pixie Hollow and visited with Vidia and Tinker Bell.

We left Disneyland and walked over to California Adventures for our lunch with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto. Lunch was amazing; we saw Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White and Cinderella. The food was also wonderful, all three of the kids had a great time. And we were able to add 5 more autographs to their books.








After lunch we met up with Jean, Rey, Haley and Sydney. Ted, Brad, Sydney, Haley and Rey went on California Screamin' (twice) while Jean and I took Alex and Sierra on King Triton's Carousel (they were able to go on it over and over and over again).



We all went on Toy Story Midway Mania! is was awesome (a favorite for everyone). We got a few pictures in the Toy Story box, stop and got Sierra's face painted and henna tattoos for Ted and Alex.





Haley and Sierra waited in line for Mickey's Fun Wheel (while the boys were getting their tattoos), then Sydney, Ted and Alex went and waited in line for Mickey's Fun Wheel. The adults were able to sit down in the shade and enjoy the views.

Then Brad, Alex, Sierra and Sydney went on the Silly Symphony Swings. After the swings, Ted, Alex, Sydney and Sierra went on Jumpin' Jellyfish.

Afterwards Brad and I took Alex and Sierra on Goofy's Sky School (much scarier than it originally looked, oops!) while everyone else got some food. Then we walked over to The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure so everyone could go on it (by far Sierra's favorite ride). We stopped to see Mador and Lightin' McQueen. Then we went into "a bug's land" and let the kids ride on Flik's Flyers, Francis' Landybug Boogie, Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies.
We left "a bug's land" and everyone (but Sierra and I) headed to The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (by far one of Ted AND Alex's favorite rides). While they went on the ride Sierra and I wondered around. And saw a few streets shows.
Afterwards we saw ElecTRONica Power Surge and went into see Turtle Talk with Crush. While waiting for Crush we saw Animation Academy, Character Close-Up and Sorcerer's Workshop. Turtle Talk with Crush was amazing and Ted was picked to talk to Crush. By now everyone was tired, but Sierra really wanted ice cream, so we walked back to Disneyland and got some ice cream at the  Main Street Cone Shop. We had to say goodbye to Jean, Rey, Haley and Sydney when they left for the night. On the way out Sierra was so sad (Haley left and it was another long day), tired and hungry, Sierra saw Minnie Mouse and NEEDED to see her again. So Sierra and I waited in line to see her, Minnie saw how sad Sierra was and started kissing her and dancing with her. By the end of their dance Sierra and laughing and smiling. We told Minnie goodnight and Sierra told me she was ready to go back to the hotel. We left a 9pm, 2 hours at the parks today! We took the shuttle back to the hotel, when we got there Brad took Sierra and Ted back to the room, while Alex and I went to Coco's for a late dinner. I took some food back to the room, we ate, showered, bathed, packed and went to bed!