Disneyland Day 2

Friday morning was supposed to be our early morning park entrance day, which means we get to go into the park at 7am before it opens up at 9am.  We had plans of getting up early so we could hit the Matterhorn and some other rides that are so crowded and don't have fast passes.  Jason was going to make sure we were all up.  Well 7am came and went and we didn't get into the park until 10am, we were tired from the day before.  Jaimee said Jason did get up early but decided to go back to bed.
We started our day in Adventureland.

We walked right up to Indiana Jones and there was no line.  Just as we approached the pulled the ropes out saying the ride broke down, great.  So we rode the jungle boat to waste some time.
We saw the elephants playing in the water.

The lion pride eating their latest kill.

And hippos.

We tried Indiana Jones again, still broke down.  We headed over to the Haunted Mansion and luckily there wasn't much of a line.  I loved it!  It was all done up with The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 It was a lot of fun and one of my favorites!
We went to go get some breakfast afterward.  We got some yummy french toast and eggs by Indiana Jones, waiting for it to re-open.  The ride was still shut down so the kids wanted to go ride Thunder Mountain.  The name alone scared me.  Then the kids told me it was one of their favorites and that scared me more.  They assured me it was fun so I gave it a try.  We left Brodie and our purses with Jason and got in line.  It's a train that goes around a mountain really fast and it was awesome!  I loved it!  I wish we could have gone back to ride it again but the line was so long after that.
Then we headed over by Splash Mountain.  Josh, Jason and the kids all got fast passes for Splash Mountain and had to wait a while for their time frame so we went on Winnie The Pooh.  It was so cute!

As we were coming out of the tunnel, a bird pooped on the back of Jason's neck!  Oh my gosh, we laughed so hard!  Jason got pooped on in Pooh!

Josh, Jason, Alex and Kaleb went back to Splash Mountain and I went and walked through the gift shop for a minute.  Then Jaimee, Brodie, Tristan and I went up in front of Splash Mountain to watch them come down.

Kaleb is in front and Josh is behind him "choking" him.  Then Jason and Alex.
We got fast passes for Indiana Jones and walked over to Tomorrowland to check out Space Mountain, that line was always so long.  So everyone who wanted go (not me) got fast passes and we went on Star Tours while we waited for their time.  They finally got to ride it and Brodie slept in the stroller while we waited for them to come out.  They loved it, I hate that roller coaster.  Roller coasters and darkness do not spell fun for me!
We went into Innoventions and played for a while.  We played on the Kinect, aged ourselves and looked at all the other cool things they had in there.

 The Matterhorn

We walked back over to Indiana Jones for our fast pass time, shut down again.  NO Indiana Jones for us.
It's A Small World was closed while we were there, bummer.  I really wanted to go on it!

Then we headed into Toon Town!!  I definitely remember Toon Town from being there as a kid, I thought it was so cool!

The Electric Door.

Tristan & Kaleb got put in jail.

Then we went to find Mickey.  We had heard he was in his house so we went there.  Josh is so excited!:)

 Then we walked through Mickey's movie screening room where Steamboat Willie was playing and waited our turn to go in a meet Mickey!

We met Pluto.

 And Kaleb got behind the wheel of a car.

There were some casualties.

The kids went and played in Goofy's backyard while we rested our feet.  They had so much fun.  Then we headed back to the room to rest and get some dinner before Mickey's Halloween party that night!  We were all so excited for that!

Disneyland Day 1

We got up early the next morning and headed into the park.

Mainstreet USA!

Walt Disney & Mickey

Cinderella's Castle

 We walked in and there was no line for the Snow White ride so we hit that up and then went on to Dumbo. I know it's a kiddie ride but I loved it!

Tristan, Jason & Kaleb (but you can't see Kaleb) and Jaimee with Brodie.  Alex was all by herself in the elephant in front of us.

Then we walked right onto the Mad Hatter.  I remember this ride as a kid, I loved it!

We walked over to Tomorrow Land and went on Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blaster, that was so fun!
We had no idea when they take the picture and I really sucked!

Then we got on the train that takes you all around the park.

Cute little Brodie!

Brodie REALLY wanted a drink of Jaimee's pop!

 Us

Them

I was in between Josh and Kaleb and everytime we would go in a tunnel and it was dark, Josh would touch Kaleb behind his ear or on his head trying to scare him...didn't work!  The train ride was fun though just to see the whole park, but also to see all the places we needed to go!

We walked over to California Adventure to see what was going on there.  There was a store that was called Off The Page or something like that that had some really cool stuff in there.

Jason was trying to get Brodie to stand and walk on his own.  So cute!

I love the vintage Mickey stuff!

Then, they got me to go on the Tower of Terror.  I don't like most rides, I know I'm a baby, but I told myself that I was going to be adventurous since we were there.  I cried...for real.  I HATE free-falling rides, HATE them.  You go through the creepy hotel and then they put on an elevator and get you strapped in.  As we were getting strapped in, the seat belts weren't what I was expecting knowing that you drop on this ride. They were just lap belts, so I'm thinking it might not be so bad.  If I am going to be doing some free-falling, you better have me strapped in with shoulder straps not just a dinky lap belt.  When the elevator gets up to the top, they open the doors just so you can see how far up you are...then you drop.  When I go on rides, I have to wrap my arm around my waist and hook my finger in belt loops to hold my stomach in.  I know it sounds weird but it helps me.  As we dropped, I flew up off my seat and my glasses flew halfway off my face so I couldn't hold my stomach and had to hold those.  Josh was squeezing my hand asking me if I was okay, I was in tears.  Here's our picture, yep that's me in the pink. 

Everyone else apparently loved it and wanted to go again with Jason since he sat out last time with Brodie.  So after we walked through The Bugs Life area and got a yummy churro, they went again.  I sat out with Brodie, Tristan and Kaleb.

We went on Grizzly Rapids after that.  I was skeptical after The Tower of Terror.  I don't care for the log ride at Lagoon but love Rattle Snake Rapids and this looked like a mixture of the 2.  You get in the big tube with 7 other people and buckle in.  You go up and down little hills and until the big one at the end.  You get wet but it was really fun.  I didn't take my camera with on that one. We all walked around with sloshy shoes and wet shirts for the next little while.  We didn't want to go up the room to change because we knew we'd all lay down and not get up for a while.
Then we walked over to the pier.  It's so fun over there.  There's not as many rides as there is at Disneyland as they are still building it but it's really cool and fun.

We got on the big Mickey Mouse ferris wheel.  I don't like sitting in a metal cage way up in the sky and really don't like sitting in one that slides and rocks as you go around but I got in.  The first time around wasn't so bad but the second time we really slid and rocked from the speed.  Scared me!  Jaimee, Jason and their kids probably thought I was the biggest baby...and I am, I'll admit it!

They all got fast passes to get on California Screamin' before we got on the ferris wheel so they walked onto the roller coaster after we got out of our death cage.  The roller coaster looks like fun and goes so fast!  After you get on, it brings you nice and slow to the starting point.  Then that thing shoots off so fast!

 I don't think people buy these pictures anymore.  Everyone crowds in front of the screen to take pictures with their phones and cameras.  I had to fight to get my spot to take my picture of Josh and Alex.
We walked over to the other side of the pier to go through their newest ride, The Little Mermaid (one of my absolute fav Disney movies).  Loved it!!  Ariel is my favorite Disney princess and I love the music in that  movie, takes me back to my childhood.

 We went to the Bug's Life 3D movie "It's Tough To Be A Bug".  It was all about how important insects are to the environment and it was interactive as in they spray you with "fogger" and blow air in your face and have bugs run under your seat, it was kind of scary actually but cool.

 We went back up to the room at about 9pm, exhausted.  Our feet hurt, our backs hurt but we had so much fun!  We couldn't wait to go do it all again the next day.