So after our breakfast it was back to park time. We rode Alice in Wonderland. Cute. We did the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk through Which I loved. It was so cool to be inside and see the story come to life. Wish WDW had something like this.
Then we did Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. I sort of remember this at WDW from when I was little. Pretty cool, except I don't think I've ever seen the movie. We then went to the Villians Lair to see who was out. We met the Evil Step sisters. They were hilarious.
We also met Lady Tremaine (Idk how you spell it) But I guess the picture didn't end up on my camera and my photopass I am having issues with. Boo..
Then it was off to It's a Small World. LOVED THE OUTSIDE. Just breath taking. Also loved the ride. So did my mom!
We had to go on it today because it was closing a few days later for their holiday lay over! We really loved it!
We then were hungry for a snack. So we found a spot in tommorland for this snack..
Nothing fancy. but it really hit the spot. Then we went on the Little Nemo Submarines. I was a little afraid for some reason, I liked it, but I was happy to get out of that submarine and didn't really want to go on it again! haha. Then we were off to the MATTERHORN! Now I was not sure how my mom would do on this ride, she is not great at roller coasters.
Since I had not been on it before I didn't know how she would do. It was Fun. Really Fast! We waited in like for about 20-30 mins for this. When we were all done they asked if we wanted to ride again? I looked at my mom and she said 'SURE' I was surprised! I don't know why they let us ride again but it was great!! Then we went and drove cars on Autopia! It was great fun. I remember riding them with my dad when I was real little in WDW. Let it be known that My mom is a bad driver normally...and was on there too!! haha.
Since we were in tommorland we went to see Captain EO. We are Michael Jackson fans to it was neat. I liked Hooter haha. It was a nice break for our feet. Then we went into that big souvenir shop. Duh!! We got some stuff. We were feeling hungry so we ate at the Pizza Port. My mom only had a salad but she said it was great. I had a pizza and it was ok. Nothing spectacular. We poked around Main Street. We decided to go back to the hotel for a nap. In the elevator up to our room some guests gave us some microwave popcorn and biscotti. They had been given it when they checked in and said they would not eat it! We were happy! So we popped some up and then went for a nap!! That was very nice of them! THANK YOU!
We woke up refreshed. Disneyland closed early that night (I think because of a halloween party or something) So we decided to check out California Adventure. My first overall impression... WOMP WOMP WOMP!! SO much construcction.. Here I am with a wall..
haha. But I think what they are doing will be awesome when done. So we went to the Animation Academy. We loved this at WDW. We drew Chip! We really loved the Character Close up, with the Toy Story Characters. Amazing. We also did Turtle Talk with Crush. I liked it, I wanted to ask him a question but I was nervous!! ElecTRONica was going on. We also went into a gift shop and found some souvenirs. I got a sweatshirt and a scarf. Then we left. We stopped at Mcdonalds which was on our way back to our hotel. I think we got pops and hamburgers. I dont rememer.. I was feeling tired this day. The time change was hard for me to adjust to. I felt like it was 1 in the morning. So asleep we went. Great first day in the park.
So we woke up bright & early for Toontown Madness. I am SO very upest about them getting rid of toon town at WDW so was way pumped to see the DL version, Which was 100 times better anyways. On our way into the park we quick met Halloween Mickey
After that we headed straight for Toontown. There was maybe 10 of us at that point.
Once we got inside it was pretty deserted. I was in awe. AMAZING!
After that we went to Roger Rabbit's Ride. I LOVE this movie so I was excited. It was cute. Tried to not spin too much, didn't want my mom to get sick
We then went into the gift shop where my mom bought stuff for my nephew Carson and brother in law Travis. Then we played around with all the interactive stuff. We put my mom in jail - haha.
Then we listened to the police phone. It was hilarious.
Then we went into Mickey's House. He was waiting on the steps to meet us
We also went into Chip & Dales. Tree House. Donald's Boat. And Goofy's Place. We also went on Gadget's Go Coaster. My mom was afraid-haha. It was fun. I remember Gadget and I loved her! I could have played in ToonTown all day but it was time to move on, I had hopes of coming back another day but it never happened.
We then decided to see which villains were out. We saw Cruella. Jafar & Queen of Hearts
We then decided to head back into the opposite direction to Frontierland. We stopped and saw this.
We were sort of looking for a snack for my mom. She insisted she was hungry. Even though we would be eating lunch in only 2 hours. So we looked everywhere and we just couldn't find her anything, lol. We finally ended up at River Bell Terrace which had breakfast options. It was a very long line..and slow moving about 20 to 25 mins. We shared a steamboat (pancake, bacon and eggs) and she had a coke and I had a choco milk It was very yummy, yet pricey. It came to 15 something. Yikes.
We were then off to Big Thunder Mountain. We waited about 25 mins.
The day was going great. Having alot of fun. We spotted this some where and I had to snap a picture.
I probably should explain. I am getting married next August and we are having a fairy tale theme. We are having a cinderella carriage and even my dress is a disney fairy tale dress by Alfred Angelo. So anytime I spotted a carriage I was excited! We then went to see what the line looked like for Rapunzel. It was 10:30 and she would be out at 11. The wait was already an hour and a half, so we changed out minds. So we headed towards Haunted Mansion, In New Orleans Square we spotted JACK SKELLINGTON!!! I WAS SO EXCITED, This is my all time favorite, I have Jack, Sally, and the little kids dolls I put out for Halloween each year. I was so sad to see his line was already closed. However his handler told me he would be back in 10 mins. But not to form a line or to stand on the raised part. So we sat on the stairs. And sure enough... 10 mins later. Here he came.. WITH SALLY. Now it was a bit insane. The handler let everybody know not to stand on that part of form a line, did they listen? No. So when he came out they all had to move and shoved over us, So we just stood up and formed the line ourselves. Some people I guess tried to cut into this line (that mind you was not supposed to be formed anyways) and one lady freaked out and yelled at them.. it was nuts. However I Was so excited!! I loved how they both talked. He was SOOO JAck Skellington! It was amazing. Made the whole trip.
At this point I was on cloud 9. We went to get fast passes for Haunted Mansion. We then went to Critter Country to ride Winnie the Pooh. It was a 10 min wait. It was cute. I saw the one part that was a throw back to Country Bears. When we got out we realized the park was insane and very busy!! So we headed towards our lunch ressies at Carnation Cafe. It was a little early so we had hoped it would be ok. We waited 5 mins then sat down. IT WAS SO GOOD!
I had the turkey sand on pretzel bun with a salad. Omg It was amazing. I also liked how the cook Oscar came out to say hello to everyone. Very nice.
Then we went to some shops on main street. My mom the day before had saw some pajamas she wanted so went back to get them. Very cute. Christmas type colors.
So back towards Haunted Mansion we went. We also grabbed fast passes for Indiana Jones.
We absolutley loved Haunted Mansion with the Nightmare before Christmas layover. Ugh. AMAZING! We were happy we had FP's cause the stanby line was 90 mins! Whoa! Then we went back to Critter Country. and we met this guy..
Brer Bear! Too bad you can't see his face a little better.
We also got some snacks at Pooh's Corner. I had this guy.
Yum. I also bought one for later but with milk choco. So very good. We went and sat by Hungry Bear Resturant by the water to enjoy our snacks. It was so busy. We poked around New Orleans Square. Cute. They had a perfume shop where they had an artist painting on the bottles. very cute.
Then we went and did Tiki Birds.
We didn't get to do this is WDW when we went cause it had caught fire a few weeks prior So i was excited. It was cute. Old School. Then we went on Jungle Cruise. A 25 min wait. It was cute, however I think I like the WDW version better.
It was time for Indiana Jones Ride. I had no idea what to expect really. Can I just say the que for this ride was INSANE? We were by ourselves and kinda freaked out, haha, it kept going and going, and turning. It was time for the ride. I LOVED IT!! I FELT LIKE I WAS INDIANA JONES!! SO FUN!! My mom liked it as well. Oh man I couldn't stop talking about it.
We then decided to head to the hotel for a nap, however the parade was about to start. My mom said we could stay to see it (YAY)
So we took a nap and woke up around 6:30. I woke up feeling really off schedule. The time change was hard to adjust. We went back to the park around 7. We checked out how long space mountain was 90 mins.. too long. We looked at the gift shop again. Then ate at the Pizza Port again. I had the chicken pasta and mommy had a salad again. Mine was very good.
However I wish I had some gum afterwards, Left a strange taste in my mouth. My mom gobbled up her salad again and said it was great.
Then we went to get spots for the fireworks, it was about 8:15. They started at 8:40. It sure was crowded. We were just to the right of the castle. Great Fireworks. Loved them. I always do!
We then rode Buzz Lightyear. My mom really loved this ride.
We then were ambitious and went to try and get spots for the second showing of Fantasmic and even though it was very busy we ended up standing against the railing right behind the people who had the reserved dessert seating! SCORE. My mom was tired and was not able to stand long to wait for the show. So she sat on the steps which are a little ways back until the show started... Now I think it's kind of unfair when one person reserves a whole spot for a family of 10. However I did not think it was rude for me to reserve one tiny spot for my tiny mom. A family with children and two teenage daughters came up behind me to watch about 10 mins before the show started. I was nice and explained my mom was waiting right over there and would be standing in the 2 foot spot next to me when the show began. The lady was very rude. Talking to husband how stupid it was and blah blah.. Lady.I am right in front of you? I Can hear you? So Feeling uncomfortable I waved my mom over to stand in the spot. I felt bad my mom having to stand longer then she needed to. The two teenager daughters kept bumping me throughout the show. ugh. however the show was AMAZING! LOVED IT! We had a great view as well.
After my mom was tired. I however could have gone all night. So we decided to go home, However on the way out I did convince her to do one round on the train! It was great fun. Loved it at night. Also loved the part with the dinosaurs. Great. So my mom finally pulled me out of there. Off to the hotel to sleep. I watched a little tv and ate some Disney Gummies I had got (They are my fav)
So this day we decided to sleep in a little bit and woke up at 9:30 and got ready for the day. My older sister called to let us know one of dogs had been sick. It really stressed me out and wished she wouldn't have called. There was nothing we could do all the way in DISNEYLAND and it really stressed me out. My friend was coming over in the mornings to take care of them and I just hoped they would be good for her.
We then headed to McDonald's for breakfast.
I had an eggmcmuffin and juice. My mom had a hash brown, english muffin and coke. Can't go wrong with Mcdonalds Breakfast.
So we made it to California Adventure around 11. I was not impressed with it the other night and was gonna give it another shot. We did Soarin over California (20 min wait). Great like always. Then did Monsters INC. ride
It was cute. I really liked Roz at the end. Then we did the Muppets 3D Show.
We used our preffered seating tickets and had a nice spot in the middle.
Then we got the chance to meet Max!! I met him when I was a kid so I was excited.
We then headed to see the Aladdin Show. We used our preferred seating tickets. It was a full house. It was a great show ( I think my mom fell asleep..lol) It was amazing. The genie and the carpet were great. One dissapointment though. I had heard that during the song 'A whole new world' they would fly over the audience on the magic carpet. Then a few weeks before our trip some accident occured during a performance involving this part ( I don't think anybody got hurt, saw it on youtube) So i was not suprised that they didn't to the carpet act, but they didn't do anything. The whole time they sang you could not see them, they were backstage. and some buildings and fog came out but Aladdin and Jasmine were singing from backstage. Very dissapointing as this is a HUGE song in the movie. Oh Well. Still GREAT SHOW!
I then went on the Hollywood Tower by myself. My mom wouldn't dare!! I love the one at WDW. And this one was great as well. I was really scared.
Then we walked through 'A bug's land'
Loved this movie growing up, thought I would really love this part of the park and I just..didn't? Don't know why! Hm..
At this point the Hollywood Tower had sort of got to me and I had an ice cream cone and had to sit down for a bit!
We then started to walk towards paradise pier. We rode the new Little Mermaid Ride. I really loved it. I also spotted Mr. Limpette I've thought there should of been a Little mermaid Ride for years. We then went into a gift shop. I got a Mermaid Sweatshirt and Mermaid scarf. I wanted one of those plastic drinking cups for 16.95 was a bit too much.
So now it was time to walk around the pier. It was ok. I was sort of bored with it. We played a few games.
We then rode the Ferris Wheel on the non swinging side. It was fun. Pretty view. We then decided to head towards the exit. We stopped at the Redwood Creek Challenge and met Dug.
We thought about Grizzly River Rapids, but then decided against it.
We were feeling hungry for some lunch so we ate at the Pilots Grill.
Mom had the ribs- she said they were great and she loved the sauce. I was not very hungry and just had a kids cheeseburger meal. did the trick
We then decided to do the Animation Academy again. This time we used our preffered seating. We felt like VIP. We got to go in first through the back. We got to sit up front. The artist chatted with us for a min. He was very nice. When everybody came in he showed us a clip of the Lion King so I was excited thining we would do a movie from that, but we did Mickey. We have drew mickey before but I was still happy. Then we did the Sorcer's workshop. I was most like Ariel. My mom was most like Lady. Then we went into the part where you can put your voices into movies. We put ours into Bambi and then Beauty and the Beast. haha. We were having a great time.
We then went into the Off the Page store again. The other day when we were there I sort of caught glimpse of a Lady and the Tramp set and wanted to see it again. When we went back to see it It was a Lennox Lady & The Tramp Dream Wedding set for $98. We were looking it over, my mom was thinking about buying it when I burst out with 'I WANNA BUY IT' haha I all of a sudden felt attatched to it. A wedding set and all. So I bought it and was happy with my purchase! My mom was not too disapointed because she was holding out to find a lady and the tramp shadow box like we saw in WDW. So far all the stores had everyone but Lady and the tramp!! We then headed back to the hotel around 6. My mom called my grandma then took a nap while I watched tv.
So Around 7:30 we headed back to Downtown Disney. We went to build a bear. I really liked the disney themed outfits. Cruella and Ursala were my favorite. I had sort of wanted one but decided I didn't need it.I had coupons for $10 off and a free backpack so I gave them to a mom waiting in line for her little girl.
Then we shopped some more. My mom bought a watch at Fossil. Then we went to World of Disney again. I was sure disapointed they didn't really have any charm for my charm bracelet. They had a couple. At WDW they had tons. Then we grabbed some pizza at a place called Napoli or something like that. They were busy. We each got a slice of pizza
It looked great but when we bit into it, it was cold! So we asked if they could heat it up, they just gave us new pieces. Those were only slightly wamer. oh well. It was great. At this point we had planned on going back to the hotel but when we were walking past the gates of Disneyland I soo badly wanted to go in!!! My mom said we could go for a bit
So we decided to give Peter Pan a try. It was a 25 min wait. My mom really liked the ride. I figured she would be tired So I said we could go and she said we could do one more! YES. SO we did Indiana Jones! LOVED IT. However we had bought ornaments at wold of disney and I was nervous they would break but they didn't! We have these flowers in or backyard but they are tiny compared to these ones!
Over by the flowers we kept getting a smell of like cat urine or something. We could not figure out what it was. I told my mom how I heard a rumor that disneyland had a bunch of stray cats that lived there and at night they would come out to keep the park rodent free. So we were laughing wondering if this was true so we asked a cast member and she said ... TRUE!! ahh! crazy. We finally headed out. I had to stop and say goodnight to walt at the firehouse
So today was a non disney day. Today was THE SAN DIEGO ZOO DAY! We have been to this zoo once before, so we knew it would be big and we knew it would be great. We woke up bright and early. We were doing this trip through Grayline Shuttle.The bus was picking us up out front at 8:25. We down there at 8:10 and it was already there! So we hopped on, and waited for everybody else. Then we went to the shuttle station about 10-15 mins away. Once there we got our passes and got on our bus to the zoo! It was a nice comfortable bus. However a screaming child was on..but nothing you can do about that. The trip to san diego took about 1 hour and 45 mins. Me & Mom both slept. We finally arrived at the Zoo! They gave us our tickets and were off. First we ate some lunch at a sandwich place. Very good! MY mom bought the souvenir cup for 8.99 so she could get it refilled all day. Yum. Then we went towards the lost forest..and we did keep getting lost. lol. We kept trying to find the Orangutangs and it was tricky. We finally did. When we were there about 4 years ago there was one named Clyde. He was big and adorable and very interactive. However he was gone, I was sad. He has moved to upper California. I was disapointed. However soon we found an adorable red panda
and then the big show stopper PANDA BEARS
I could have watched them all day. There was a 2 year old who was very playful. he would roll in the dirt. aww.
We also met Lady Tremaine (Idk how you spell it) But I guess the picture didn't end up on my camera and my photopass I am having issues with. Boo.. 
We had to go on it today because it was closing a few days later for their holiday lay over! We really loved it! 
I've thought there should of been a Little mermaid Ride for years. We then went into a gift shop. I got a Mermaid Sweatshirt and Mermaid scarf. I wanted one of those plastic drinking cups for 16.95 was a bit too much. 
