ClaraOswald
Missing Disneyland
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***My actual trip report with photos starts half way down on page 6 of this thread.***
In 30 days, my husband, myself, and our son will be heading to Disneyland! It will be our son's first trip. He will be not quite 17 months at the time. I am 33 and my husband is 36. We've both been to Disneyland hundreds of times and WDW a handful of times. We are so excited to experience the park with our son! We will have 5-day park hoppers. We are staying at the Desert Inn and Suites in a Parlor Suite.
Here's our "itinerary" for the trip...though it's really all subject to change at the last minute. I just like to 'plan' anyway.
February 3rd, Tuesday - Our flight leaves at 9:20. It's about 3 hours long. We will have a couple hours in Vegas for a layover around lunch time. And then a 1 hour flight into SNA. We land at 1:45pm local time which would be 3:45 for us. This day scares me (which I'll go into in more detail later, I'm sure.) Once we arrive, we'll need to get our bags and our rental car. The rest of the day is kind of up in the air. We'll need to eat, check into the hotel, and go to Target for a million items. I am hoping our son is in decent spirits but who knows. If we luck out and get things done in a timely manner (which I highly doubt), we'll walk around Downtown Disney a bit in the evening. But honestly...I don't see this happening. I think we'll all be so tired that we'll just go to bed mega early.
February 4th, Wednesday - First parks day! I want it to be just the three of us. We may not make it to rope drop. It depends on how our son sleeps the night before. But we do want to get to the parks this day. We will go back to the hotel each day for his nap.
February 5th, Thursday - Parks day, again. We will be inviting my husband's mom and stepdad along with up this day.
February 6th, Friday - Hopefully we can get moving and get to Old Town Orange before lunch. We used to live near here. I'd like to walk through shops at least a little and also stop by the chapel we were married in year ago. Then we can go to lunch and then back to the hotel for nap. In the afternoon, I'd like to take our son to the beach...even if it's cold. We'll probably go to Newport since it's close and easy. We may invite my MIL along. In the evening, we may spend some time wandering Downtown Disney or maybe we'll swim at the hotel.
February 7th, Saturday - We don't have ton planned this day. We would like to try to meet up with my husband's grandpa for lunch or something. Other than that, we'll just hang out at the hotel and swim. Not sure what else. There's also this restaurant we used to eat at a lot when we lived there so we'll probably go there for dinner.
February 8th, Sunday - Parks day. We have a lunch reservation at Big Thunder BBQ. We'd like to stay for the fireworks this night but I don't see us staying until closing or anything. So funny how our park touring will have changed!
February 9th, Monday - Parks day. We may try to do an early dinner at Jazz Kitchen and maybe see if my MIL will come along.
February 10th, Tuesday - Final parks day. I want it to be just the 3 of us.
February 11th, Wednesday - Travel home. Our flight doesn't leave until around 4pm. We have a little over an hour in Vegas. Then our long flight home. We arrive a bit after 11pm local time.
So...that's the rough plan. I'm sure I'll add more to this later.
In 30 days, my husband, myself, and our son will be heading to Disneyland! It will be our son's first trip. He will be not quite 17 months at the time. I am 33 and my husband is 36. We've both been to Disneyland hundreds of times and WDW a handful of times. We are so excited to experience the park with our son! We will have 5-day park hoppers. We are staying at the Desert Inn and Suites in a Parlor Suite.
Here's our "itinerary" for the trip...though it's really all subject to change at the last minute. I just like to 'plan' anyway.
February 3rd, Tuesday - Our flight leaves at 9:20. It's about 3 hours long. We will have a couple hours in Vegas for a layover around lunch time. And then a 1 hour flight into SNA. We land at 1:45pm local time which would be 3:45 for us. This day scares me (which I'll go into in more detail later, I'm sure.) Once we arrive, we'll need to get our bags and our rental car. The rest of the day is kind of up in the air. We'll need to eat, check into the hotel, and go to Target for a million items. I am hoping our son is in decent spirits but who knows. If we luck out and get things done in a timely manner (which I highly doubt), we'll walk around Downtown Disney a bit in the evening. But honestly...I don't see this happening. I think we'll all be so tired that we'll just go to bed mega early.
February 4th, Wednesday - First parks day! I want it to be just the three of us. We may not make it to rope drop. It depends on how our son sleeps the night before. But we do want to get to the parks this day. We will go back to the hotel each day for his nap.
February 5th, Thursday - Parks day, again. We will be inviting my husband's mom and stepdad along with up this day.
February 6th, Friday - Hopefully we can get moving and get to Old Town Orange before lunch. We used to live near here. I'd like to walk through shops at least a little and also stop by the chapel we were married in year ago. Then we can go to lunch and then back to the hotel for nap. In the afternoon, I'd like to take our son to the beach...even if it's cold. We'll probably go to Newport since it's close and easy. We may invite my MIL along. In the evening, we may spend some time wandering Downtown Disney or maybe we'll swim at the hotel.
February 7th, Saturday - We don't have ton planned this day. We would like to try to meet up with my husband's grandpa for lunch or something. Other than that, we'll just hang out at the hotel and swim. Not sure what else. There's also this restaurant we used to eat at a lot when we lived there so we'll probably go there for dinner.
February 8th, Sunday - Parks day. We have a lunch reservation at Big Thunder BBQ. We'd like to stay for the fireworks this night but I don't see us staying until closing or anything. So funny how our park touring will have changed!
February 9th, Monday - Parks day. We may try to do an early dinner at Jazz Kitchen and maybe see if my MIL will come along.
February 10th, Tuesday - Final parks day. I want it to be just the 3 of us.
February 11th, Wednesday - Travel home. Our flight doesn't leave until around 4pm. We have a little over an hour in Vegas. Then our long flight home. We arrive a bit after 11pm local time.
So...that's the rough plan. I'm sure I'll add more to this later.
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