Day 8 – 11: DISNEYLAND!!!

Day 8 – 11:  As the kids would say “HOORAY FOR DISNEYLAND!!!!”  We arrived in Anaheim late afternoon on Monday, the 8th of Feb.  We set up camp at an RV park that has a shuttle directly to Disney.  Cost was the most expensive that we have seen yet…..$50/night.  The RV site was not to bad as it had a pool, jacuzzi, laundry and full hook-ups.  Cost for the shuttle was $10/adult (good for 3 days) and $1/child per day.   We arrived at Disney at 8am, Tuesday morning which is before the gates open.  It was great to see how excited the kids were.  Kiah was looking forward to seeing princesses and Trae wanted to see the big guy “Mickey Mouse”.  The 3 days went by very quickly and we maxed them out.  Kiah was afraid to go on many of the rides as they were dark and often had a scare factor. Her favourites were the milder ones like the spinning teacups, the carousel, It’s a Small World, and Soarin’ Over California (a video/ride that makes you feel like you’re hang-gliding over California).  Her highlight was probably meeting the princesses.  We did this on the last day and she made a point to pick out her favourite dress and have Mickey ears that matched.  She was ecstatic and very cute as this obviously meant much to her.  Besides meeting the princesses she truly enjoyed meeting Tinker Bell and watching the parades in the evening.  As expected, Trae was keen to try anything and liked all of it.  I don’t think there was any ride that he would not try….as long as he was tall enough.  There were a few rides that scared him but he wouldn’t admit it.  Some middle aged women said we had to try the Hollywood Tower of Terror and Trae was tall enough so I took him on it.  It drops you 183ft down an “elevator chute”.  I don’t know what I was thinking.  I was screaming my head off and clinging to Trae, it was super scary.  When the ride was finished a guy asked how Trae did.  I said “I don’t know I was screaming too loud”.  After I apologized to Trae for taking him on it and he said “I loved it!”. But when I asked him if he’d like to go on it again he said “in 500 years”.  Three days was good amount of time to see all of Disneyland and California Adventure and we were able to repeat a few of their favourite rides too.  Line ups were non-existent for the less popular rides and we waited a maximum of 15min. for the popular ones.  We were glad we weren’t there in peak season or on a weekend.  Disney does a great job as everything is clean and pristine.   There is so much going on in all areas of the park. 

Bye for now….