10 Mths of WDW Planning leads us to~~DISNEYLAND!! Report Completed~Pic Heavy!!!

[DizNee Luver]

As we rolled out of the ToonTown Station:

Tomorrowland Station:

Going through the dioramas. Shy wasn't a fan of this part of the train ride.....too dark and scary.

We made a full trip around the parks and stayed on for one more leg. We were headed to New Orlean's and the Haunted Mansion Holiday.

Mike started snapping pictures as we neared the entrance to the house. The "alternate" entrance was pretty much empty, so we got right in.

We stayed in the elevator/round room for quite a while as there was a back up on the ride. So we all just waited and eventually the CM closed to door and the journey began.

Some of the pictures as you leave the elevator and walk down the hallway toward the ride vehicles.

 

[DizNee Luver]

We got into our ride vehicles and headed in the Nightmare Before Christmas.

I was hoping Mike's new camera would do better on the dark rides (and movement) but he had the same issues I've had in the past on getting things in focus. He did get a few nice ones on this ride though.

After exiting the Haunted Mansion we decided to head up into Critter Country. We passed by Hungry Bear Restaurant....a place we planned on eating at......but never got back too.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Most of our group wanted to ride Splash Mountain but not me.....so I opted to ride Winnie the Pooh with Michayla and Mike decided to join us. So Tyler, Derek, Ally, Anthony, Addy and Shyann went off to the Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah ride. This was their picture:

The 3 big kids were going to do the "hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil" but Tyler decided he better keep a tight grip on Shyann. (which is a good thing cause this mama would have been upset if he wasn't holding her in the picture)

Shy loved it AND the big drop!!! She still talks about the ride and the drop (she motions the drop with her hand)

Mike & I took Michayla and got right on the Pooh ride.

After our ride, we headed into the gift shop to look around and wait for the rest of the family.

 

[Trentmom]

Train ride looked great

Love all the pics in the Haunted Mansion. It looks so cool decorated like that

 

[DizNee Luver]

Train ride looked great

Love all the pics in the Haunted Mansion. It looks so cool decorated like that

It really is cool to see the Jack Skellington overlay.....I really like it that way!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Once the family joined back up with us, we got into the character lines to see the Pooh characters.

Ally resting as we waited in line.

Tigger was the first one up and Mike went trigger happy with the camera!! (this is only a small portion of all the pics he actually took) lol
The twins were up first.

The Addy & Anthony joined in.

Tyler's turn:

And finally Derek and Ally.

 

[Trentmom]

See I posted before you finished update...

That splash pic looks awesome. Love all their expressions


Great pics with Tigger

 

[DizNee Luver]

Next up was Eeyore. How can you not love that face!!!

First up is the littles:

Next up Tyler:

Then Ally and Derek (this is Derek's favorite):

Now on to Pooh Bear!!!

Even Mike got in on this one......as this was his favorite as a child (and I think still......lol)

I realized I didn't get my traditional Tigger hug this trip!!

A few more pics from the Critter Country area.

Mike was playing with settings on his camera and I actually like both of these:

Addy posing for the camera.....she sure loves doing this!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

See I posted before you finished update...

That splash pic looks awesome. Love all their expressions


Great pics with Tigger

Trying to get some updates done but photobucket is being all weird....sometimes quick uploads and one of these uploads took an hour to do.....very frustrating....just never know which one it's gonna be!!

It was a cute pic from Splash!!

I love Tigger!!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

After leaving Critter Country, we passed by the Haunted Mansion and made our way into New Orleans Square.

We made a stop into the Pirates of the Caribbean (Shy loves the Yo Ho Yo Ho Song).

 

[DizNee Luver]

After the Pirates ride, we headed to MY favorite ride~~~Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!!!!!

We were hoping that the twins would love this ride as much as the rest of us......we told Shy that this would be a fast choo choo.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...........

We got off the ride and saw a duck.......

SUCCESS!!! Both of the girls liked the "fast choo choo"!!!! We will be back!!

At this point, Derek lets me know that he has plans in the afternoon with Ally and her family. We had the BBQ planned for 5pm so I called Disney Dining to change nights.....since this was a place Derek really wanted to go to. So I changed it to Wednesday night and we'll find somewhere else to eat that night. We said our goodbyes to the cute couple and headed off towards the Big Thunder Ranch area.

 

[DizNee Luver]

The plan was to check out the Jingle Jangle Jamboree, but first we stopped off to do a photopass picture at the sleigh just outside the entrance. Here are a few pics as we waited our turn.

When we got the twins out of the strollers, we realized they both were a tad damp....so change of plans~~time to find dry pants for the girls, so we headed into Fantasyland and into the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. As I went in to find something, the guys stayed out and took these pictures.

We headed to the first aid office to use one of their rooms to change the girls and then tube feed Michayla.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Loving all the photos. The photos on the Pooh ride look awesome. Love the bright colours!

Glad to hear that the girls enjoyed BTMR! It's good that they had fun and were able to enjoy some rides! Did they do Haunted Mansion too?

 

[Trentmom]

Hate when photobucket acts up

Great updates

Loved all the Pooh character pics

Glad the girls like BTM ride


Can't wait for more

 

[DizNee Luver]

Loving all the photos. The photos on the Pooh ride look awesome. Love the bright colours!

Glad to hear that the girls enjoyed BTMR! It's good that they had fun and were able to enjoy some rides! Did they do Haunted Mansion too?

Lots of bright colors and black lights if I recall. Did you get on it during your trip?? It's a cute ride and I'll ride it with our without kids!! lol

Yes they did the Haunted Mansion with us.....that was the first ride after the round trip on the train. I'm not sure what they thought.....they didn't fuss and they looked around at the stuff.....but both girls tend to be very "monotone" in expressions, so it's hard to know if they liked it or didn't. They were the same way with the speed boat at camp during the summer. Shy barely reacted, but Michayla was smiling a little at the end of the ride.

Hate when photobucket acts up

Great updates

Loved all the Pooh character pics

Glad the girls like BTM ride


Can't wait for more

I'm not sure what the deal was with Photobucket yesterday.....I'm hoping today goes better!

Critter Country is my favorite little spot when it comes to characters in the park. Not only do you see the Winnie the Pooh characters, but also Brer Bear and Brer Fox makes appearances.

We were thrilled the girls liked BTMRR!! I know they both like wind in their face......so that helped!! Shy also asked about the fast choo choo a lot during our trip....so we know she really liked it!! In fact, she still talks about it and asks to ride the fast choo choo. Hard to explain it's really far away and we can't.

 

[DizNee Luver]

After getting the twins changed and Michayla fed....we headed back to the Jingle Jangle Jamboree to check it out and maybe catch Billy Hill and the Hillbillies!!

These are some pics from around the stage area, where Billy Hill now performs:

Shy was dancing (rocks side to side) to the music piped in:

Pictures from around the large area back behind the petting zoo area......I had no idea this was even back there!! Was this usually behind a fence/gate???

Isn't this a great picture of Mrs Claus??? She's stunning!!

Shy stretching her legs..........

Guess who came out to greet Addy & Shyann.......Minnie!!

Anthony decided to get in the picture too!

They had different areas for some Tasty Treats (more on that next post)

Cookie Decorating and Reindeer Games.

More random pics:

Tyler and Shy waiting for the show to begin.

Michayla happy listening to the music.

 

[DizNee Luver]

So let's go back to the "Tasty Treats"!! Here's a menu board of what they had to offer back in the Jamboree area.

So we tried the Monte Cristo Bites......I forgot to take a picture of them in the bag they're served in......so they had a display plate out so here's the pic of that:

They actually were pretty good! Crisp, hot and just the right size. The full sandwich served at Cafe Orleans and Blue Bayou (lunch only) is just TOO much. Too big, too rich, etc. These were the perfect for a small lunch/snack.

While we finished our lunch and waited for the show....we took more pics from around the jamboree area. Mike did more area pics where I focused in more on the details.

This is from the Reindeer Games section:

Santa set up a nice little place to greet visitors:

I'm just not sure we actually got a picture of his "area".......partly because there were always people and I don't like purposely taking pictures of other people/strangers.

More from the Jamboree:

While I was taking pictures......Goofy showed up, so I got a picture done with him!

Back to taking pictures......

Is this Agent P??

They had an area for Holiday Crafts too:

The Candy Cane Cotton Candy.........and YES!!, we had to try this too!!!

It was good but poor Shy didn't understand what she was supposed to do with it, so she smashed the piece she had in her hands and wiped her hands together.....getting rid of most of the treat. (and boy did she get sticky!!)

 

[DizNee Luver]

YEE HAW!!! It's time for Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, Holiday Show!! If you haven't caught their show yet.....make time for it next trip.....you won't be sorry!! Four very talented musicians that are also quite funny.

Meet Billy Hill, his brother Billy, his other brother Billy and one more brother Billy!

More Billy to come!

 

[DizNee Luver]

More Billy!!

CHEESE!

Michayla was enjoying the music.....she was clapping along!!

They had the audience sing-a-long.....this guy was pretty funny with the signs!

Make sure you stick around for the next post to see who the Billy's had as guests!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

The special guests were the Country Bears!!!! (a much missed attraction here at Disneyland). Big Al, Tennessee, Ernest and Liver Lips!!

A little sing-a-long.....

A little love from the Billy's.

Coming off the stage to greet guests!!!!

Posing with Liver Lips:

Posing with Big Al and Liver Lips decided to join in!

This is just funny!

Ernest....but no group pic with him or Tennessee.

Seeing the bears was fun!!