First day at the Park

and yes this will be a play by play. I've got Grandma's and aunts I have to keep updated!


Tuesday we checked into the hotel at about 11 am and then took the shuttle over to Disneyland. The kids and I skipped the whole way from the bus to the mickey bush. The only reason we stopped was to take a photo.


The whole park was decorated for Halloween with "Jack" the jack-o-lantern, which made the whole trip even more exciting because the Italians don't really celebrate Halloween.

"mom, he's smelling my butt!"



This is main street at lunch time and the sleeping beauty castle

Ryan thought it would be fun to eat lunch at Disney and I didn't realize he didn't know the rip off we were in store for. We ate at a fun baseball themed hot dog place on main street. I guess you gotta get ripped off once and buy a meal in the park.

It's been quite a few years since Ryan or I have gone to D-land, so this whole fast pass was new to us. On the first day we didn't use them and only made it on 3 rides. Since we got there late and we had to leave at 4 to meet Ryan's friend in Paris. The first ride was Snow White and all the kids sat in front and Ryan and I sat behind them. We are such great parents because we thought it was hilarious that they were getting scared of the darkness and the witch. Abbey turned her head away every time the witch appeared and Ryan and I couldn't stop laughing. Next was Dumbo. We accepted the fact that we were at Disneyland and got in the 60 minute line to fly on Dumbo.



Then we went over to Buzz Lightyear. One of my personal favorite rides. I guess it's my competitive side, but I had to keep beating my score. The Buzz ride is going to get it's own post because I think the look on our faces of concentration is funny.
We left the park early because we were meeting Ryan's friend and going into the city for the evening.
As we were leaving we caught the end of the parade and the kids were thrilled/stunned to see their favorite characters in real life. Love their responses, makes the trip that much more fun to see them so happy and excited.