Padstack
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This trip is from This past Saturday.
My wife had to leave for a few days to take care of her brother, so I was to be left alone with my DD2
I decided that we needed a Daddy and Daughter Date Day, since it had been a while. It took me all of three seconds to decide to take her to Disneyland. While a friend took care of the wee one, I prepared for our day by getting sandwiches, snacks, drinks, clothes, etc ready to grab on the way out.
I woke my DD up bright and early (5:30 a.m.) and were out the door by 6 a.m.
We got to the parking structure at 6:45 and were let right in. The tram CM asked DD if she was going to go on Dumbo and from then on that is all that I heard about while we waited to enter.
The gates were open and it was every man, woman and child for themselves.
We walked straight into Fantasyland where the place was a ghosttown. We did all of the rides (Dumbo twice) and were on our way to Tootown by 8:45. I had forgotten about the Princess Storybook area and DD said she wanted to go there first. Boy am I glad we did. Cinderella, Aurora and Snow White were there and I couldnt believe how good the characters are with the kids. DD was in heaven talking with the princesses. Cinderella spent a good 5 minutes talking to DD and even walked her over to visit with Aurora. She had just as much fun with Aurora and Snow White and had the biggest grin when we she was done. 
We then went into Toontown at about 9:45. We saw Goofy in the park and stopped to say hello and then we made our way to Mickeys house. The line was out of the door and I thought, no way am I waiting in that line. So we went on Goofys rollercoaster and as we got off, I asked someone coming out of Mickeys house how long they waited. Come to find out Mickey was just inside the front door. My DD got to spend a little time with Mickey as he was about to go on a break. We started walking through the house and who comes walking up behind us, Mickey. He gives DD another hug and pats her on the hand and away he goes. We left his house and decided to go on Cartoon Spin. When we came out, we saw Pluto and Minnie (DDs very favorite character). We got pics with Pluto, but Minnie was going on a break, so she just got to give her a quick hug. Even that made DDs day, again.
Against my better judgement, we went onto IASW (dont want that song stuck in my head). We walked right onto the ride. Much to my surprise, they changed the ride to include lots of Christmas songs. I really enjoyed seeing the ride all decked out. DD was singing the song by the time we got off IASW so I could tell she enjoyed the ride too.
A little note about the crowds. This entire morning, the crowds seemed really light. Even Toontown was not very crowded, so we were able to do all of this within 3 hours while going at a leisurely pace. Remember that we walked right onto a boat at IASW, but by the time we got off of the ride there was a 20-30 minute wait.
At this point we made our way to Frontierland.
As we passed by BTTR, on our way to POTC, and saw people getting off of the ride receiving Dream Fastpasses. DD is only 36 so there was no way to get on the ride in hopes of getting the Fastpass, oh well. We stopped to watch the comedy act in front of the Golden Horseshoe. DD started to get impatient cause she wanted more rides, Daddy. Off we went and what do I spy
, but the Dream Team giving out lanyards, so we make our way over to that area and get one for DD and I 
. She was in heaven again and made me go back so she could thank the CM for the nice present.
We went onto Pirates and then grabbed Fastpasses to HM and made our way to Critter Country. We rode Winnies ride and then met the bear himself. As we were waiting Tigger came over to where we were and played around for the kids. DD got to meet Winnie, Eyeore & Tigger. By this time, 11:30, our HM FP window opened up so in we went. This place looks great with the holiday decorations. DD didnt even get scared on the ride section, the stretch room is another story.
This put us at a little after 12, so we sat down and had a picnic.
My wife had to leave for a few days to take care of her brother, so I was to be left alone with my DD2
I decided that we needed a Daddy and Daughter Date Day, since it had been a while. It took me all of three seconds to decide to take her to Disneyland. While a friend took care of the wee one, I prepared for our day by getting sandwiches, snacks, drinks, clothes, etc ready to grab on the way out. I woke my DD up bright and early (5:30 a.m.) and were out the door by 6 a.m.
We got to the parking structure at 6:45 and were let right in. The tram CM asked DD if she was going to go on Dumbo and from then on that is all that I heard about while we waited to enter. The gates were open and it was every man, woman and child for themselves.
We walked straight into Fantasyland where the place was a ghosttown. We did all of the rides (Dumbo twice) and were on our way to Tootown by 8:45. I had forgotten about the Princess Storybook area and DD said she wanted to go there first. Boy am I glad we did. Cinderella, Aurora and Snow White were there and I couldnt believe how good the characters are with the kids. DD was in heaven talking with the princesses. Cinderella spent a good 5 minutes talking to DD and even walked her over to visit with Aurora. She had just as much fun with Aurora and Snow White and had the biggest grin when we she was done.
We then went into Toontown at about 9:45. We saw Goofy in the park and stopped to say hello and then we made our way to Mickeys house. The line was out of the door and I thought, no way am I waiting in that line. So we went on Goofys rollercoaster and as we got off, I asked someone coming out of Mickeys house how long they waited. Come to find out Mickey was just inside the front door. My DD got to spend a little time with Mickey as he was about to go on a break. We started walking through the house and who comes walking up behind us, Mickey. He gives DD another hug and pats her on the hand and away he goes. We left his house and decided to go on Cartoon Spin. When we came out, we saw Pluto and Minnie (DDs very favorite character). We got pics with Pluto, but Minnie was going on a break, so she just got to give her a quick hug. Even that made DDs day, again.
Against my better judgement, we went onto IASW (dont want that song stuck in my head). We walked right onto the ride. Much to my surprise, they changed the ride to include lots of Christmas songs. I really enjoyed seeing the ride all decked out. DD was singing the song by the time we got off IASW so I could tell she enjoyed the ride too.
A little note about the crowds. This entire morning, the crowds seemed really light. Even Toontown was not very crowded, so we were able to do all of this within 3 hours while going at a leisurely pace. Remember that we walked right onto a boat at IASW, but by the time we got off of the ride there was a 20-30 minute wait.
At this point we made our way to Frontierland.As we passed by BTTR, on our way to POTC, and saw people getting off of the ride receiving Dream Fastpasses. DD is only 36 so there was no way to get on the ride in hopes of getting the Fastpass, oh well. We stopped to watch the comedy act in front of the Golden Horseshoe. DD started to get impatient cause she wanted more rides, Daddy. Off we went and what do I spy
, but the Dream Team giving out lanyards, so we make our way over to that area and get one for DD and I . She was in heaven again and made me go back so she could thank the CM for the nice present. We went onto Pirates and then grabbed Fastpasses to HM and made our way to Critter Country. We rode Winnies ride and then met the bear himself. As we were waiting Tigger came over to where we were and played around for the kids. DD got to meet Winnie, Eyeore & Tigger. By this time, 11:30, our HM FP window opened up so in we went. This place looks great with the holiday decorations. DD didnt even get scared on the ride section, the stretch room is another story.
This put us at a little after 12, so we sat down and had a picnic.
Luckily, she did not have the glasses on when the snake hissed or she would have thrown a complete fit. After that fiasco, we tried to go on Buzz, but the line was too long so we got in line for the rockets. This was DD very first Disney ride with me and she loved it even more this time around. After we got off the rockets, it was closing in on 2:45 so we slowly made our way to the front of the park and found our spot for the parade. Before we got our spot, we took some pics in front of the Christmas tree on Mainstreet that turned out fantastic. 
I cant post them cause they belong to Disney until I can order the CD which will happen after our next trip in two weeks.
She got to see Stitch who tried to take away her candy cane. Luckily the CM stopped him just in time.
