Amommy21
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Well our give a day - get a day that turned into an annual pass for our family and multiple trips is coming to an end. We are fitting in one last trip before our passes expire.
It's a bit more crowded than we expected as it's a three day weekend and I think some local districts might be out of school this next week. But we are havinga great time. The weather is beautiful and we have been enough times this year we aren't doing our usual routine, but instead taking it easy.
We spent a few days visiting with family and after a farewell dinner late friday night we checked in at The Grand. With annual pass discounts we are paying just over $200 per night. Great deal!
The little one was too excited to go to bed, so even though it was past bedtime we took the Monorail (had the back all to ourselves) into Disneyland just in time to see Fantastic. (and finally got to see a working dragon!) Then over to Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Shopped Main Street and had to get into bed as it was almost midnight!
I haven't been feeling well, so the boys left me to sleep Saturday morning and went to – Magic Morning 8am. They said it was crowded and it took them awhile to gget through bag check and into the gates.
Space Mountain (dissapointed the fast pass not working so no FP for late rin the day), Buzz X2
Rope Drop to Adventureland 9am
Indiana Jones (get passes), Big Thunder x 2, Pirates x 2
Get Disney Visa Rewards at City Hall… Meet Mommy back at The Grand 11am
Blue Bayou 11:30
Haunted Mansion
Pirate Island (do they call this tom sawyer still?) DS really loves to play over there. if only the sold refreshments over there! I could have used a nice coool drink by then!)
Indian Jones walk on with FP
Jungle Cruise (first time I have had a wait for his in forever.. and we knew it was going to be a busy afternoon!)
DS was itching to shop for his Coon Skin Cap (he just read a book about Davy Crocket as part of some American Folktales he was researching for school) and play at the Shooting Gallery
We decided to check out the Golden Horseshoe Saloon since we have never been in there. The food options were terrible. The advertisement should have tipped us off, as chicken "nuggets" were listed as the special. Good think we weren't planning to actually eat there. The boys got some ice cream. The show was was fun, but only because the second half they spend making fun of a girl on the front row for using her cell phone. I don't think i would go in there again unless I really wanted out of the sun or something...
My dream pictures is a family photo from the back of the castle... so we spent time working on this. We did pretty good, but I want to go back with a photopass person (more in another thread).
Then we walked through Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.. this was one of my favorites as a kid. And perfect timing because an attendant came over an unlocked the Castle Haroldry right as we wer exiting the castle! We wandered around in FL, but didn't do any rides. Like I said, we just aren't doing our normal things this trip...
Over to use our FP at Thunder Mountain and then oure second FP for Indiana Jones and by then we realized because there was no parade we might have a hard time getting a table for dinner. It isn't as crowded as Christmas, but there really is a lot of people in the parks this weekend.
Dinner at Plaza Inn 7:45
Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks 8:45 (these are the best and we are so glad they do them over and over again!) We thought about getting into the Matterhorn line, but DS wasn't feeling well and we ended up just going to wait for the new...
Small World Magic The Memories and You at 9:30
DH really wanted to see this. They are supposed to use daily photo pass pictures ... The lights and music were fun, we didn't think the picture part was that great, they were small, went by fast and any video wasn't new, but stuff submitted when they created the show... so kind of a bust if that was the whole point (to see your photos).
By this time DS was getting cold nad tired, I mean he had been at the park for over 14 hours... so we took the Monorail (back car alone again) to Lego store and back to THE GRAND – Beignets for a late night snack.
And here I am playing with some new Bare Minerals sets and should go to bed! If you haven't tried this make-up I've been wearing it for 13 years and LOVE IT! Downtown Disney's Sephora has a great selection and it's always fun to get something new there.
TOmorrow we are going DCA. We are planning to get over to Toy Story Mania first thing to avoid any lines! I hear DL is supposed to be even busier tomorrow.
It's a bit more crowded than we expected as it's a three day weekend and I think some local districts might be out of school this next week. But we are havinga great time. The weather is beautiful and we have been enough times this year we aren't doing our usual routine, but instead taking it easy.
We spent a few days visiting with family and after a farewell dinner late friday night we checked in at The Grand. With annual pass discounts we are paying just over $200 per night. Great deal!
The little one was too excited to go to bed, so even though it was past bedtime we took the Monorail (had the back all to ourselves) into Disneyland just in time to see Fantastic. (and finally got to see a working dragon!) Then over to Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Shopped Main Street and had to get into bed as it was almost midnight!
I haven't been feeling well, so the boys left me to sleep Saturday morning and went to – Magic Morning 8am. They said it was crowded and it took them awhile to gget through bag check and into the gates.
Space Mountain (dissapointed the fast pass not working so no FP for late rin the day), Buzz X2
Rope Drop to Adventureland 9am
Indiana Jones (get passes), Big Thunder x 2, Pirates x 2
Get Disney Visa Rewards at City Hall… Meet Mommy back at The Grand 11am
Blue Bayou 11:30
Haunted Mansion
Pirate Island (do they call this tom sawyer still?) DS really loves to play over there. if only the sold refreshments over there! I could have used a nice coool drink by then!)
Indian Jones walk on with FP
Jungle Cruise (first time I have had a wait for his in forever.. and we knew it was going to be a busy afternoon!)
DS was itching to shop for his Coon Skin Cap (he just read a book about Davy Crocket as part of some American Folktales he was researching for school) and play at the Shooting Gallery
We decided to check out the Golden Horseshoe Saloon since we have never been in there. The food options were terrible. The advertisement should have tipped us off, as chicken "nuggets" were listed as the special. Good think we weren't planning to actually eat there. The boys got some ice cream. The show was was fun, but only because the second half they spend making fun of a girl on the front row for using her cell phone. I don't think i would go in there again unless I really wanted out of the sun or something...
My dream pictures is a family photo from the back of the castle... so we spent time working on this. We did pretty good, but I want to go back with a photopass person (more in another thread).
Then we walked through Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.. this was one of my favorites as a kid. And perfect timing because an attendant came over an unlocked the Castle Haroldry right as we wer exiting the castle! We wandered around in FL, but didn't do any rides. Like I said, we just aren't doing our normal things this trip...
Over to use our FP at Thunder Mountain and then oure second FP for Indiana Jones and by then we realized because there was no parade we might have a hard time getting a table for dinner. It isn't as crowded as Christmas, but there really is a lot of people in the parks this weekend.
Dinner at Plaza Inn 7:45
Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks 8:45 (these are the best and we are so glad they do them over and over again!) We thought about getting into the Matterhorn line, but DS wasn't feeling well and we ended up just going to wait for the new...
Small World Magic The Memories and You at 9:30
DH really wanted to see this. They are supposed to use daily photo pass pictures ... The lights and music were fun, we didn't think the picture part was that great, they were small, went by fast and any video wasn't new, but stuff submitted when they created the show... so kind of a bust if that was the whole point (to see your photos).
By this time DS was getting cold nad tired, I mean he had been at the park for over 14 hours... so we took the Monorail (back car alone again) to Lego store and back to THE GRAND – Beignets for a late night snack.
And here I am playing with some new Bare Minerals sets and should go to bed! If you haven't tried this make-up I've been wearing it for 13 years and LOVE IT! Downtown Disney's Sephora has a great selection and it's always fun to get something new there.
TOmorrow we are going DCA. We are planning to get over to Toy Story Mania first thing to avoid any lines! I hear DL is supposed to be even busier tomorrow.
