kmab00
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I'm not sure if I am supposed to start one of these here or not, but here I go anyway! 
It's officially ONE MONTH until our 1st Wedding Anniversary AND VERY FIRST Disneyland trip!!
Now usually, we are Disney World "people". This year for vacation though, we thought we'd like to do something different. So, we decided to branch out and see something new! What better place to visit than the place where the magic all began?!
I've wanted to visit Disneyland ever since I was a little girl. As a big time Disney Channel watcher from the moment I was born, I remember seeing those black and white Walt Disney specials of Disneyland! I remember watching Walt paddle in the Canoes and ride the Mark Twain Steamboat and It's a Small World! Finally, my dream is coming true!!
Ever since I went to Disney World in high school on a family vacation and saw the Bride/Groom couples walking around the parks, I thought, "THIS is the place I want to be for my Honeymoon!"
Well, I found a Disney lover like myself and where did we end up for our Honeymoon? You guessed it! Disney World!! We were married on April 7, 2007 and spent 1 week at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort - a wonderful week filled with fun and magical surprises!
As a true lover of Photography, I'm going to share quite a bit of pictures here!! I also plan to take a ton of pictures at the parks for my Trip Report when I return!!
The Dates:
April 7-April 13, 2008
The Place:
Paradise Pier Resort; Disneyland, CA!
The Cast of Characters:
Me: Karen - 25 year old Registered Nurse
DH: Jason - 28 year old in Plant Operations
My Puppy who cannot come along: Meet: Princess Pixie - The most spoiled 4lb. Yorkshire Terrier that you will ever see!!
This is her dressed as Tinkerbell for Halloween!!
Apparently, we picked a "good" time to go to Disneyland becuase we got to take part in the pay for 3 days of park ticket's and receive "two free" tickets promotion!! We are also receiving a $150.00 Disney Gift Card.....and since we opted out on the Dining "Plan", we are going to use that card for FOOD!
I requested a King Bed (we'll see if I get it or not!) and I also asked her to make note of our Anniversary. She asked if we had been to DL before. When I told her no, she said that we could get the "1st time" buttons! We're going to have 1st time buttons AND Anniversary buttons!! Guess we'll be all "buttoned" out!!
We will be flying into the John Wayne Airport (SNA) and we will not be renting a car. I definitely didn't want to take a taxie and since Disneyland does not have Magical Express, we booked a Motor Coach to take us from the airport to Disneyland. The price for the Motor Coach is included in the total cost of the reservation. It ended up being $48.00 extra for both Jason and I to get from the airport to DL and then back to the airport again. The only thing with it is that you have to get your own luggage and haul it all over tarnation. Oh well....I know DL is limited with their size and everything so that's fine with me!
This will be...........Karen and Jason's trip of RELAXATION and FUN! Absolutely NO rushing!!! We'll see how well that one goes over!!
It's officially ONE MONTH until our 1st Wedding Anniversary AND VERY FIRST Disneyland trip!!
Now usually, we are Disney World "people". This year for vacation though, we thought we'd like to do something different. So, we decided to branch out and see something new! What better place to visit than the place where the magic all began?!
I've wanted to visit Disneyland ever since I was a little girl. As a big time Disney Channel watcher from the moment I was born, I remember seeing those black and white Walt Disney specials of Disneyland! I remember watching Walt paddle in the Canoes and ride the Mark Twain Steamboat and It's a Small World! Finally, my dream is coming true!!Ever since I went to Disney World in high school on a family vacation and saw the Bride/Groom couples walking around the parks, I thought, "THIS is the place I want to be for my Honeymoon!"
Well, I found a Disney lover like myself and where did we end up for our Honeymoon? You guessed it! Disney World!! We were married on April 7, 2007 and spent 1 week at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort - a wonderful week filled with fun and magical surprises!
As a true lover of Photography, I'm going to share quite a bit of pictures here!! I also plan to take a ton of pictures at the parks for my Trip Report when I return!!
The Dates:
April 7-April 13, 2008
The Place:
Paradise Pier Resort; Disneyland, CA!
The Cast of Characters:
Me: Karen - 25 year old Registered Nurse
DH: Jason - 28 year old in Plant Operations
My Puppy who cannot come along: Meet: Princess Pixie - The most spoiled 4lb. Yorkshire Terrier that you will ever see!!
This is her dressed as Tinkerbell for Halloween!!
Apparently, we picked a "good" time to go to Disneyland becuase we got to take part in the pay for 3 days of park ticket's and receive "two free" tickets promotion!! We are also receiving a $150.00 Disney Gift Card.....and since we opted out on the Dining "Plan", we are going to use that card for FOOD!
I requested a King Bed (we'll see if I get it or not!) and I also asked her to make note of our Anniversary. She asked if we had been to DL before. When I told her no, she said that we could get the "1st time" buttons! We're going to have 1st time buttons AND Anniversary buttons!! Guess we'll be all "buttoned" out!!
We will be flying into the John Wayne Airport (SNA) and we will not be renting a car. I definitely didn't want to take a taxie and since Disneyland does not have Magical Express, we booked a Motor Coach to take us from the airport to Disneyland. The price for the Motor Coach is included in the total cost of the reservation. It ended up being $48.00 extra for both Jason and I to get from the airport to DL and then back to the airport again. The only thing with it is that you have to get your own luggage and haul it all over tarnation. Oh well....I know DL is limited with their size and everything so that's fine with me!
This will be...........Karen and Jason's trip of RELAXATION and FUN! Absolutely NO rushing!!! We'll see how well that one goes over!!
I'm interested in hearing what you think about DL, being a WDW vet. We loved our time spent at DL this past summer! Some things are the same as WDW, and others are so different. Plus, it's Walt's original park! 
I have so many papers with information ... don't know if I can remember it all, but at least I'll have it if I need it!!
this looks like it will be a fun trip report.
too bad we were too young and broke to afford it. So we went to DL for our first anniversary! You will love it. And a wonderful time of year to go, too!
That meant that we had to get to PLANNING! We decided to take vacation during the week of our Anniversary with April 7 being our actual Anniversary day and the first day of our trip!!
What about a trip to California and Disneyland?! 
