LoveMyBeautifulGift
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2011
Let me start with a huge thank you to all Disers out there...this trip was magical and wonderful and fabulous and just amazing in large part due to the information I gleaned from the Dis, so Thank YOU!!!
Now to the trip report...
Testing my newfound skills at adding text links:
Paradise Pier Hotel and the World of Color View
Mickey's Toontown Morning Madness
Breakfast with Minnie
Magic Morning in Fantasyland, Lunch at Goofy's and Back to Toontown
Opening the Park, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Lunch at Ariel's Grotto
World of Color Picnic (Blue Disability Viewing Area)
Adventures Await
Breakfast at Storyteller's w/ Chip'n'Dale, Toy Story Midway Mania and DCA
Fantasmic Dessert
Last Day in the Park
Surf's Up Breakfast at the PCH Grill
What Didn't We Do?
Apples to Oranges-Attempting to Compare Character Meals
Photopass Photos
Speaking of Photopass...Notes for the Next Trip
Souvenirs
For those who didn't read the PTR (here), this was a girls only trip for myself , my mother , my 2 sisters , and my 6yo . I spent a lot of time on the Dis researching and prepping for the trip and was ready to burst with excitement by the time the trip finally happened .
We left on the 4th (from the East Bay) later than we expected...my mother had a last minute prescription issue w/ her insulin, which took up a large chunk of the morning...however, once we hit the road, we made great time (for us, at least ). We hit Santa Nella for at about 12:30 and stopped to let and eat and stretch.
The McDonald's has an outdoor playplace, which was nice for the . We stopped for about a half hour then hit the road again.
W/ Disney music playing the whole way, we drove down 5:
The was very excited about the "cat in the hat" silo, lol. Somewhere along the way, we realized my GPS had shut down and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't turn back on (since our return, I have found out that the cigarette lighter in my car is not connected, therefore the GPS was not charging, lol)...luckily, I came prepared w/ mapquest maps (in my wonderful blue binder ) and all of our phones had GPS ability.
We reached Lost Hills at about 2:45 and filled the tank, then continued on...we stopped in Castaic at 4:30ish for a brief break before we pushed on to Temecula. The indoor playplace was pretty big, and there was a family on their way out from Disneyland, so the kids got to play while we adults chatted all things Disney
We were back on the road in about half and hour and all was well until everyone else dozed off (including my navigator ) and I merged left when I should have merged right...I realized something wasn't right pretty quickly and woke everyone up so someone could check the map/use a phone for GPS. However, by the time we got back on track we were stuck behind an ugly accident ...so, we crawled through traffic (the accident was in the carpool lane, which only made things worse) before stopping at a place called Hungry Howies. I had a delicious salad, and ordered what I thought would be just a small amount of cinammon sticks but turned out to be this:
This thing was HUGE! The 5 of us barely put a dent in it...we finally arrived at my cousin's house at 8:45, where we spent the night catching up on family news (cough: gossip: cough) and sharing a bottle of wine. We finally hit the sack somewhere around 1, when my cousin realized her 1 year old would be up for her wee hours feeding soon...
Now to the trip report...
Testing my newfound skills at adding text links:
Paradise Pier Hotel and the World of Color View
Mickey's Toontown Morning Madness
Breakfast with Minnie
Magic Morning in Fantasyland, Lunch at Goofy's and Back to Toontown
Opening the Park, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Lunch at Ariel's Grotto
World of Color Picnic (Blue Disability Viewing Area)
Adventures Await
Breakfast at Storyteller's w/ Chip'n'Dale, Toy Story Midway Mania and DCA
Fantasmic Dessert
Last Day in the Park
Surf's Up Breakfast at the PCH Grill
What Didn't We Do?
Apples to Oranges-Attempting to Compare Character Meals
Photopass Photos
Speaking of Photopass...Notes for the Next Trip
Souvenirs
For those who didn't read the PTR (here), this was a girls only trip for myself , my mother , my 2 sisters , and my 6yo . I spent a lot of time on the Dis researching and prepping for the trip and was ready to burst with excitement by the time the trip finally happened .
We left on the 4th (from the East Bay) later than we expected...my mother had a last minute prescription issue w/ her insulin, which took up a large chunk of the morning...however, once we hit the road, we made great time (for us, at least ). We hit Santa Nella for at about 12:30 and stopped to let and eat and stretch.
The McDonald's has an outdoor playplace, which was nice for the . We stopped for about a half hour then hit the road again.
W/ Disney music playing the whole way, we drove down 5:
The was very excited about the "cat in the hat" silo, lol. Somewhere along the way, we realized my GPS had shut down and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't turn back on (since our return, I have found out that the cigarette lighter in my car is not connected, therefore the GPS was not charging, lol)...luckily, I came prepared w/ mapquest maps (in my wonderful blue binder ) and all of our phones had GPS ability.
We reached Lost Hills at about 2:45 and filled the tank, then continued on...we stopped in Castaic at 4:30ish for a brief break before we pushed on to Temecula. The indoor playplace was pretty big, and there was a family on their way out from Disneyland, so the kids got to play while we adults chatted all things Disney
We were back on the road in about half and hour and all was well until everyone else dozed off (including my navigator ) and I merged left when I should have merged right...I realized something wasn't right pretty quickly and woke everyone up so someone could check the map/use a phone for GPS. However, by the time we got back on track we were stuck behind an ugly accident ...so, we crawled through traffic (the accident was in the carpool lane, which only made things worse) before stopping at a place called Hungry Howies. I had a delicious salad, and ordered what I thought would be just a small amount of cinammon sticks but turned out to be this:
This thing was HUGE! The 5 of us barely put a dent in it...we finally arrived at my cousin's house at 8:45, where we spent the night catching up on family news (cough: gossip: cough) and sharing a bottle of wine. We finally hit the sack somewhere around 1, when my cousin realized her 1 year old would be up for her wee hours feeding soon...