Ooh, we sooo need some pixie dust! We are in the middle of our 10th Anniversary/Son's 6th Birthday Disneyland trip -- and so far... we may never come back here!
Our flight was delayed three plus hours. When we went to get some food from McD's, my son nearly had a tantrum b/c he wanted a cheeseburger but they weren't serving them yet. As soon as -- and I mean literally, as soon as I picked up my order, they switched to the lunch menu. We got stuck on a flight with 50 some NOISY and OBNOXIOUS teenagers (band/choir groups going to Disney)... Now, I know noisy and obnoxious -- I've got four kids! My kids were a million times better behaved thankfully... but when we finally got to LAX, our luggage was the last off - we were ready to claim it missing. When we got to the car rental place they had trouble finding a minivan for us even though we reserved.... then my stupid credit card got declined even though I made sure it was all set... there is a credit line on it, I still don't know why that happened. We got stuck in rush hour traffic... but did make it to Medieval Times by the skin of our teeth. It was a birthday treat for our son. We paid the extra bucks for the special section but we wound up in the evil green knight's section which bugged out my kids to be told they were part of the "evil" group... argh! Then my dd7 had a stomach ache. During the show, I made no less than five trips to the bathroom with her and the other kids. (At least I've seen it before though) -- oh, I forgot, my drink of choice is pina colada... by the time we got to dinner, I really wanted/needed one... guess what mix they were all out of ? Yep....
Yesterday... things went okay...a few mishaps --- with parking and such... but it was a regular day. Except my kids who were all psyched for TOT, three of them hated it. One seriously cried, terrorized during the middle of the ride! I felt soooo bad! She'd been on it before too! I don't know what came over her! Other dumb stuff like splitting up while using FP's but accidentally taking the wrong FP's to the wrong ride! I know... totally our fault... we were just having "That kind of day." Oh and Space Mtn. was closed when we went to use our FP's and they said we could use them the next day. Other dd got a belly ache and didn't want to go on any rollercoaster type rides (even tho this was during the evening when the lines were shorter... so we kind of blew that chance).
Then today... omg. Kids did not want to get up. Son's bday is today -- he wouldn't wear his bday button... finally got him too. Didn't want to wear his yoda shirt (for Jedi Training) -- refused to get out of his pj's -- so he wore them to the park with his yoda shirt over them. We went to sign up for the Happiest Celebration Party... and they lady was majorly rude... she refused to give me a pen to fill out the reservation form... what's up with that? Son's ankle started hurting. Went to use our Space FP's and they gave us a hard time which was almost taking longer than just going standby... obnoxious!
Then we got that straightened out and went on and my son cried... sooo not like him. He's usually a daredevil. Went to the Jedi thing and he refused to volunteer. Then afterward, wished he had! Decided we better come back to the room for a nap and the maid was in here just starting to clean.... I know all little things but when you combine them.... it's been a major struggle every single step of the way... the lady refusing to let me use her pen to sign up for the birthday party made me cry actually... I ended up finding another CM and told her that we got married here ten years ago and were so looking forward to bringing our kids back to show them where our "family started" but that I don't think we'll ever be coming back. So far.... it's Florida or bust for us.... unless some pixie dust comes our way... We've only got one day left though -- so we'll see. I think we're going to wait for the kids to wake up from the nap and go to the parade tonight but that's about it for tonight. I am sooo disappointed in this trip!!!! Anyone got any ideas on how we can save it and make the best of our last day.... (Sunday 4/1)?????????
P.S. We DID enjoy the look and feel of DCA and had a good time on Soarin' ---
Our flight was delayed three plus hours. When we went to get some food from McD's, my son nearly had a tantrum b/c he wanted a cheeseburger but they weren't serving them yet. As soon as -- and I mean literally, as soon as I picked up my order, they switched to the lunch menu. We got stuck on a flight with 50 some NOISY and OBNOXIOUS teenagers (band/choir groups going to Disney)... Now, I know noisy and obnoxious -- I've got four kids! My kids were a million times better behaved thankfully... but when we finally got to LAX, our luggage was the last off - we were ready to claim it missing. When we got to the car rental place they had trouble finding a minivan for us even though we reserved.... then my stupid credit card got declined even though I made sure it was all set... there is a credit line on it, I still don't know why that happened. We got stuck in rush hour traffic... but did make it to Medieval Times by the skin of our teeth. It was a birthday treat for our son. We paid the extra bucks for the special section but we wound up in the evil green knight's section which bugged out my kids to be told they were part of the "evil" group... argh! Then my dd7 had a stomach ache. During the show, I made no less than five trips to the bathroom with her and the other kids. (At least I've seen it before though) -- oh, I forgot, my drink of choice is pina colada... by the time we got to dinner, I really wanted/needed one... guess what mix they were all out of ? Yep....
Yesterday... things went okay...a few mishaps --- with parking and such... but it was a regular day. Except my kids who were all psyched for TOT, three of them hated it. One seriously cried, terrorized during the middle of the ride! I felt soooo bad! She'd been on it before too! I don't know what came over her! Other dumb stuff like splitting up while using FP's but accidentally taking the wrong FP's to the wrong ride! I know... totally our fault... we were just having "That kind of day." Oh and Space Mtn. was closed when we went to use our FP's and they said we could use them the next day. Other dd got a belly ache and didn't want to go on any rollercoaster type rides (even tho this was during the evening when the lines were shorter... so we kind of blew that chance).
Then today... omg. Kids did not want to get up. Son's bday is today -- he wouldn't wear his bday button... finally got him too. Didn't want to wear his yoda shirt (for Jedi Training) -- refused to get out of his pj's -- so he wore them to the park with his yoda shirt over them. We went to sign up for the Happiest Celebration Party... and they lady was majorly rude... she refused to give me a pen to fill out the reservation form... what's up with that? Son's ankle started hurting. Went to use our Space FP's and they gave us a hard time which was almost taking longer than just going standby... obnoxious!
Then we got that straightened out and went on and my son cried... sooo not like him. He's usually a daredevil. Went to the Jedi thing and he refused to volunteer. Then afterward, wished he had! Decided we better come back to the room for a nap and the maid was in here just starting to clean.... I know all little things but when you combine them.... it's been a major struggle every single step of the way... the lady refusing to let me use her pen to sign up for the birthday party made me cry actually... I ended up finding another CM and told her that we got married here ten years ago and were so looking forward to bringing our kids back to show them where our "family started" but that I don't think we'll ever be coming back. So far.... it's Florida or bust for us.... unless some pixie dust comes our way... We've only got one day left though -- so we'll see. I think we're going to wait for the kids to wake up from the nap and go to the parade tonight but that's about it for tonight. I am sooo disappointed in this trip!!!! Anyone got any ideas on how we can save it and make the best of our last day.... (Sunday 4/1)?????????
P.S. We DID enjoy the look and feel of DCA and had a good time on Soarin' ---
Oh my! What a trip. I am so so so sorry to hear about all the mishaps on your vacation. I am wishing you much better luck with whatever you decide tomorrow. I wish Disneyland could have made a much better effect on you. It really is a wonderful place. It just seemed like the moons werent alined properly for you or something. 
thanks for all the support - pixie dust - well wishes... we sort of salvaged our night last night... we went to use our FP's that we collected in the a.m. Thank goodness we had them b/c it was packed... wall to wall people. I heard others saying, "I've never seen it so busy here!" -- It reminded me a little of the time we went in the 90's one day after Christmas. That was a day they were handing out those "It's busy today!" notices. So we ducked out and went to DCA, which wasn't as crowded. I'm liking DCA a lot b/c it has such a laid-back kind of feeling... before leaving DL we also went in and watched the Steve Martin 50 years of Disneyland movie, which helped us (me) feel a little better about our trip. 
