We were so lucky to get to go to Disneyland and California Adventure for a family vacation! We left Denver Thursday morning. When we got to California, we went to the hotel and checked in and then headed to Downtown Disney to walk around. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe and enjoyed walking around. We played at the Lego store for a while and watched a bird show. Then we headed back to the hotel and hung out and got ready for our first big day at Disney. I had pictures, but the memory card had problems.
Before we left for Disneyland, I had a friend help me make these cute shirts for the kids to wear. I think they turned out super cute!
I also made cards to have the characters autograph. We got some great comments from the characters about the cards! These are just a few of the ones I made.
Onto day one of Disney. We started our trip at California Adventure. We had a great time! We were going to start our day in Carsland riding the Radiator Springs Racers, but the ride was down. So we decided to go over and ride Toy story Mania, but it was down as well. So we ended up riding the Mickey Mouse Fun wheel. We ended up riding on a swinging cart. BAD IDEA! Lily and Logan were both a
little a lot scared! After the Fun wheel, we decided to go on the Carousel to help the kids get excited about rides again. We also went on the Ariel ride and met Donald Duck before we headed off to our Princess lunch. We had reservations at Ariel's Grotto for lunch. This was Lily's favorite part of the whole trip! She couldn't wait to put her Merida dress on and meet some of the Princesses. The lunch was well worth the cost! Lily was in heaven meeting all her favorite princesses!
Meeting Ariel
Belle
Cinderella
Aurora
And Snow White
A few other fun highlights from day one...
We had a great time in Carsland and we even got to meet Mater and McQueen! Logan was in pure heaven! Every morning after he saw Carsland, he woke up and immediately started requesting to see Carsland!
Logan was also completely smitten by Woody, Buzz and Jessy! Lily and Logan both enjoyed meeting all the characters! It was pure joy watching them get so excited and interact with the characters we love so much! Woody was by far the best character! He was so much fun and made the kids laugh so hard!
While we were there, they were celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the Snake. Because of the celebration, Mulan did a special presentation with Mushu. We were able to see the show and Lily got a hug from Mulan, but we were unable to get her autograph or a picture with her.
We got to meet Doug from the movie UP. Logan loved Doug!
Lily got to be part of a couple of the street shows we saw. She got to dance with the Five and Dime singer. I have a video that I will try to get up soon!
The kids both loved meeting Jake!
And Handy Manny
Disney did a great job at wearing the kids out! Many times while waiting for something or riding in the stroller, the kids would fall asleep.
The Pixar Parade was fun! The kids had so much fun waving to all the characters. They had smiles on their faces the whole time!
Carsland looks amazing all aglow in lights!
To end day one, we stayed to watch World of Color. They do a show over the water. Both the kids slept through the show but TJ and I enjoyed it! We had a great first day!
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