We were up early today with a Magic Morning entry into the park, all mapped out & ready to hit favorite and not-yet-done rides! We started off in Disneyland with the goal for Sarah to meet some princesses and the goal was reached! :) Megan, Joshua & I hit Star Tours (StarWars) with a fabulous 5 minute wait while David & Sarah waited at the exit line (this ride makes David dizzy and Sarah thought she'd keep him company).... after that it was off to Pixie Hollow! YAHOOO!!! Sarah got to meet Orange Blossom, Silvermist & Tinkerbell! She was thrilled - while we waited in line.... this one took 30 minutes.... David & Joshua hit splash mountain (twice!) AND the favorite, Big Thunder. We met back up & hurried across the way to California Adventure park. Here we hit our favorite on this side, Soaring over California, again & then stood in line for a new ride Toy Story 3D - what a great ride!! They even have made it into a game for the Wii!! So fun. Then it was off to see a production of High School Musical 3 (another Sarah choice that she had been waiting all week to see) and then we moved to the Hypersion Pavilion and watched a phenomenal 50 minute full-on production of Aladdin, complete with flying carpet!! It was incredible! We are amazed at each new thing we see at Disneyland whether it be shows or rides at the detail that is put into everything. After Aladdin we went back to ride Toy Story, but it was having technical difficulties, so Joshua made the decision to go on CALIFORNIA SCREAMIN' with David - and.... he loved it!! I didn't think he'd go, but he's been loving all the fast rides, and this was no exception!
We left the park for lunch & made the decision to upgrade our passes to Deluxe Annual passes - whooohoo! We loved it & knew that we had the opportunity to go a couple more times - so everyone was pretty excited to head back to Disneyland, and get our photo ID Annual passes :)
After getting all that sorted out & organized we walked over to Toon Town which we hadn't even been to yet. It was very cute with all the buildings & houses. We saw Mickey & Minnie's houses, and it felt like you walked right into cartoon land! We went on rides until the park closed and even raced to catch Big Thunder JUST before the park closed & made it on.
We picked up some dinner, enjoyed some wind-down time in the hotel and all fell asleep quickly. We head for home tomorrow......
The sign that greets us each morning :)
In line at Pixie Hollow awaiting to see Tinkerbell. Yes, Sarah wore that fleece hoodie EVERY day! INSANE... we tease her that she is STILL thawing out from last year's winter!
Finally meeting and chatting with Tinkerbell. Sarah also bought a tinkerbell bag! Orange Blossom posed for a photo too and we saw Silvermist, but she was just leaving the garden.
A great ride over in California Adventure Park - I do believe I got top score this time! :)
Megan enjoying a delicious Disneyland ice-cream - YUM!!!
Rockin' out with High School Musical 3 street performance!!
Joshua's *before* photo... heading to the California Screamin' {INSANE} rollercoaster...
David giving the thumbs-up, Joshua perhaps reconsidering...
During the ride photo - Dave with his laid-back smile, Joshua... looking FREAKED OUT!
Another attempt to photograph the rollercoster, I think it's nearly 3 minutes long!!
The *after* photo - now it's Joshua giving the thumbs-up! He loved it!!
Megs took our photo just outside the park... huge letters spell CALIFORNIA.
On our way to a ride, the street was blocked off for a parade... dancers, characters, confetti , lots of music... it truly is a happy place!!
Toontown!
The village is so cute. We kept commenting on how excited Iyla would be! :)
Sarah crashing into Goofy's mailbox!!!
Another fantastic day!
All the pictures just makes me want to go back and enjoy Disneyland all over again. I agree that Aladdin had to be my favorite show - it truly was amazing.
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