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| Getting ready for the Indiana Jones ride, 1st Visit Pins, and Star Tours awesomeness |
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| Nemo Ride, Princess Aurora, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters |
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| Mad Tea Party ride--Jason was having a pretty good time spinning us on that one! |
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| Mr Toad's Ride, Carousel, a glimpse of It's a Small World, and Toby the Tortoise! |
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| Fun with Traci and Max at Mickey Mouse's house, plus Woody in the Christmas Parade |
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| Wade enters the Jedi Training academy |
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| How's that for a view? Everything looked amazing lit up at night! |
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| Making memories together! |
This week was one of those memories-to-last-a-lifetime weeks. We packed so much in 4 days down in Anaheim and had a blast. Sunday night we drove down in lots of rainy, foggy weather, and then we woke up early on Monday and got to Disneyland when it opened. I'm not joking when I say it felt like everyone had the same idea we had to go there at Thanksgiving--it was packed and got exponentially more crowded as the day went on. Because of that, we felt pretty good about all the rides and experiences we got in. Many thanks to Derrick, Traci, Max, and Maggie for hanging out with us and showing us the ropes, too!
I'll say right off the bat that we didn't go on Space Mountain or It's a Small World and just caught a glimpse of the Christmas parade. The kids weren't feeling the roller coaster, and I was trying to avoid getting that song stuck in my head (plus long lines). But here are all the things we did get to do:
Indiana Jones--first ride of the day, we walked right on and loved it
Jungle Cruise--did this at night, short wait, HILARIOUS commentary on this cheesy boat ride
Haunted Mansion--very long line, we did this at night and it was pretty cool
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad--FUN!!! I screamed my head off on this coaster
Hungry Bear restaurant--the sweet potato fries were fantastic
Roger Rabbit ride
Mickey's House--long wait wasn't too bad as we walked through his house and saw fun things
Autopia
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters--we got to do this with Traci and Max--fun!
Finding Nemo Sub Voyage
Star Tours--EXCELLENT and funny!
Jedi Training Academy--Wade got picked to be a Jedi!
Astro Orbiter
Mad Tea Party teapots
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride--for old times sake for Jason
King Arthur carousel
Matterhorn Bobsleds--fun; Rhiannon really wanted to do this one--we loved it!
Fireworks at night!!!
We did use the FastPass system several times--it was easy and saved us a lot of time at "The Happiest Place on Earth!"
