Going to Disney Worl - eh? LAND??? Updated ... and it's DONE!!

[Dolce27]

Darn. I scared of Hound 109 didn't I? It was because I admitted to being a line-cutter wasn't it? I knew that impulsive decision would come back to haunt me!

 

[HelenePA]

Okay I'm in.. I dont think I'll ever make it to disneyland but ya got me hooked on your report!

 

[Hound 109]

The next morning I was up just before 6 am and ready to go.

As I said, I was up before 6 am and ready to go.

........long, long lines alllll the way back to the DCA signs, this just wasn’t fair. (Yes, I’m stomping my foot and pouting right now.) So, I did what any normal and desperate person did – I jumped into the line next to me.

Yes people, I was a line-cutter.

::cop: UH.....DOLCE.....WE DLR DIS POLICE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. PACK A LIGHT BAG....IT'S ALWAYS WARM IN GUATANAMO.....ER...SOCAL.

Fortunately, for me, I was not lynched and strung up by my toes from the top of the gate –

NOT YET.

They were very sweet and I again thanked them for not killing me… actually, I think I literally did say those words: Thank you for not killing me.

At some point we make a stop by the castle. I don't think these two little guys are at WDW:

( I love statues. )

ME TOO.

We take off to Tomorrowland to find that Space Mountain was down and so we check out Innoventions. The Innoventions at EPCOT at WDW isn’t very good and there is so much potential for it if only Disney would do something about it. I was keeping my fingers crossed that this one was better – because it sounded fabulous on the Disneyland website. Yeah, I sadly have to say – EPCOT’s is much better and I’m not overly impressed with EPCOT’s.

YEAH.....I HEARD THAT TWO PEOPLE FINALLY VISITED INNOVENTIONS LAST MONTH.

Alas, they’d just let a group in and it was another 16 minute wait and the Jungle Cruise beckoned to us so… no Tikki Room.

NO DOLE WHIP???? SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!





NO PROBLEM WITH THE LINE CUTTING, DOLCE.....AS LONG AS YOU THANKED THE NICE PEOPLE FOR NOT STRINGING YOU UP OVER THE RAILROAD OVERPASS.



GREAT REPORT, DOLCE....I HAD TO SMOOZE WITH DD's (future in-laws).


Hound <------ done smoozing & now trying to catch up on Dolce's most excellent trippie (while preparing for his own next week.

 

[Dolce27]

::cop: UH.....DOLCE.....WE DLR DIS POLICE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. PACK A LIGHT BAG....IT'S ALWAYS WARM IN GUATANAMO.....ER...SOCAL.








NOT YET.













ME TOO.






YEAH.....I HEARD THAT TWO PEOPLE FINALLY VISITED INNOVENTIONS LAST MONTH.






NO DOLE WHIP???? SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!





NO PROBLEM WITH THE LINE CUTTING, DOLCE.....AS LONG AS YOU THANKED THE NICE PEOPLE FOR NOT STRINGING YOU UP OVER THE RAILROAD OVERPASS.



GREAT REPORT, DOLCE....I HAD TO SMOOZE WITH DD's (future in-laws).


Hound <------ done smoozing & now trying to catch up on Dolce's most excellent trippie (while preparing for his own next week.

Well, I'm glad that you had an excellent time smoozing and glad to have you back! I promise, there is no more line cutting in my TR.

 

[Dolce27]

Okay I'm in.. I dont think I'll ever make it to disneyland but ya got me hooked on your report!

Woo-hoo! I'm glad that you joined!
I think that I promised you on the other thread Day 3 tonight... uh, that's not happening...

I should have Day 3 up sometime tomorrow.

 

[lulubelle]

Can't wait Dulce!
Your report is awesome so far. I do hope Tiff has a great day at DCA

 

[MainStMandy]

I never wander over to "these" boards, but am loving your tr!!!

 

[Dolce27]

Can't wait Dulce!
Your report is awesome so far. I do hope Tiff has a great day at DCA

Hey! Glad that you joined!

 

[Dolce27]

I never wander over to "these" boards, but am loving your tr!!!

Yea! Amanda's in!! Another WDW vet!!

 

[Dolce27]

Alright, I'm going to have to do Saturday ..aka: Day 3.. in two parts because I really want to go to bed now.

... and I don't know why because the only thing I have to look forward to upon waking is work.

So, without further ado...

Today, November 17, was the day I went over to McDonalds for breakfast (not yesterday – I’ve slept since then… how am I supposed to remember the order of everything I did?? ). It was a early entry day and since I had a 3 day park hopper I planned to take advantage of that. Of course, Tiff wasn’t going to breakfast with me nor was she standing outside the gates at 6:00 am like I was waiting for the gates to open at 7:00.

This time I was first in line at both bag check and at the gate. No line cutting occurred upon this day. However, as I walked (very quickly) to the gate from bag check I glanced over and saw a father breaking all the rules and running! *gasp!* Even I don’t run.
However, watching him run while holding a full cup of coffee was quite amusing….. from the expression on his face to the stance of his body as he attempted to not spill hot coffee all over himself....
I guess it was a good thing for him that they ran – they were the family chosen that morning to open the park.

The gates opened and everyone took off running/walking – towards Nemo I assumed. I planned to take a few quick pics of the castle sans people in front of it – but alas that was not to be as they were once again setting a stage and everything up for an event. I asked 3 CM’s what the event (which was to take place the next day, actually) was.

CM #1: thinks Hanna Montana (Great. The current Disney *it* girl. If it’s her than the park was going to be insane the next day!)

CM #2: I don’t know.

CM #3: The Christmas taping tomorrow.

<<<<so, I think everyone knows that both CM #1 and #3 were correct. The next morning they had the Hanna Montana (aka Molly Cyrus) taping of the Christmas show. >>>>>>

Off to Fantasyland for me, without my castle pictures. I actually stopped off at the Mad Hatter first and bought a hat that I was admiring the day before and I then went over to Dumbo. It was deserted so I decided to ride. I had the entire ride to myself – in fact; I basically had Fantasyland to myself. Everyone else must have been at Nemo. They apparently didn’t ready HydroGuy’s tip about avoiding Nemo on an EE day… but I read it.

(A deserted Dumbo. I'm not certain that this ever occurs at WDW.)

(My view while riding Dumbo because I know you wanted to see that.)


I walked over the carousel next. I absolutely love carousels. I tried to get Tiff to go on it with me the day before but she informed me that she hated them. How can a person hate a carousel? That baffles my mind. I just don’t understand. I had to wait a turn as a father with his little girl were currently riding so I chatted with the CM instead and found out a couple of interesting facts:

1) All of the horses have names (he, the CM, didn’t know all of them)
2) Jingles is one of the horses and it has a hidden Mickey on it. Also, it is the horse that Marry Poppins rides if she rides the carousel.

The CM had pointed out that to the little girl and she was currently riding Jingles because of that. When it was my turn – and I was the only one to get on after the father and daughter left – I chose not to ride Jingles. I felt bad for the other horses so I rode a horse whose name I do not know.

Fantasyland was still pretty deserted but I left to go over to Tomorrowland, which was a bit more populated. Although, I didn't leave before spotting the Evil Queen glaring down at me from the Snow White ride. She's pretty scary.

I took a quick ride on Space Mountain without much of a wait and then on to Buzzlightyear. I’m still not doing that great at that ride, but much better than what I can score on the one at Disney World.

I made my way over to ‘It’s a Small World’ to check out the holiday addition.

Please note: the following two picture were taken without flash and without anyone being the the boats before or behind me to be distracted by the backlight of a digital camera. Just wanted to make myself clear there.

Storybook land was up next as it was now 8:00 and the park was officially open. I didn't know what to expect from this ride but it was short and very cute:

 

[Dolce27]

I had to ride Pirates once again after. That whole Blue Bayou area is so relaxing. For those of you who’ve yet to make it east to Disney World – you will be disappointed (because I know with you all being Disney lovers you will go at least once – I mean, I finally made it to Disneyland didn’t I?). Disneyland’s Pirates far outshines Disney World’s condensed version I must admit.

It was funny, the first time I rode it, the Thursday before with Tiff, I recalled the recent thread that one guy (I think it was a guy) started because he wanted to take pictures in the dark rides, such as Pirates, without regard to how annoying and disruptive it could be to other guests. Yes – at Pirates – the do specifically tell you no flash photography. In fact, it wasn’t even a overhead type announcement – the CM, after we were all in the boat – told us no flash photography. Not a second after the words were out of his mouth a guy in the boat in front of ours took a flash picture. I couldn’t resist – I gestured towards the other boat and asked ‘You mean, like that?’

The CM gave me a look and sarcastically said ‘Well, except for him.’
So, my Saturday ride was rather uneventful – no flash photography occurred - and I did briefly wonder what would happen should I try to grab some of that gold as we passed by. Do you think they’d know if any of it went missing?

It was back to Toontown after and I decided to check out Mickey’s house. I didn’t realize that is where you have your picture with Mickey taken… not that I was complaining…. just being another WDW vet noticing the differences in the parks… nothing wrong with that. I chatted with a nice woman behind me who was there with her two children. Not having any children of my own, I still felt a bit sympathetic as I watched her struggle to keep her 2 yr old boy (being a typical 2 yr old boy) from running off. I was certain that if she looked away for too long he’d have made it to the front gates before she noticed.

Just as I approached the front of the line I heard the CM tell Mickey that the next person (meaning me) would be the last for pictures before Mickey got a break. Hearing that I let the woman and her children cut in front of me as I didn’t mind waiting a bit longer for my turn. I didn’t know how much longer she was going to be able to keep her son in place.

When she went up for the pictures she apparently told both Mickey and the CM what I had done and asked Mickey to stay for a picture with me – which he did – so that was really nice of her to make that request for me.

I explored Mickey’s house a bit

Which is just as nice, if not a little nicer, than his house at WDW. A quick tour of Minnie’s house revealed that it was not at all nicer than her WDW house.

Chip and Dale’s tree house was next. Being a serious chipmunk fan (mainly Dale) I was excited that they had their own digs… then I saw their digs.

This was it.

Well, I guess being chipmunks and living in a tree, they don’t need much but I think there was a reason that I was the only person exploring their tree that morning.

A quick look at Goofy’s house – minus Goofy who’d been out front just moments before- and off I was in search of a snack. It was all this trekking back and forth between different lands that was causing my hunger – I know it.

So, where did I go to from Toontown? Why, all the way around and up to Critter Country of course.

I’d already seen what yummy stuff they sold in the gift shop next to the Winnie the Poo ride. As I’d already had ‘breakfast’ I could eat whatever I wanted with a clear conscious… so I had a peanut butter ‘sandwich’. Trust me… this was no lunch sandwich but chocolate and peanut butter (and something else) goodness.

I went over to Frontierland and caught a comedic skit with a sheriff and two outlaws. I’d planned to spend more time watching them but their skits were too short and too far apart. By this time it was 10-something and I still hadn’t heard from Tiff. I’d previously mentioned meeting for lunch and then spending the afternoon at DCA.

I decided that I couldn’t wait until that afternoon to see DCA so I went ahead and popped over to figure out the lay of the park. I found where Soarin’ is located and then walked around the Hollywood Backlot for a bit. As they were doing the Snow White anniversary, they had either Snow White or Dopey out front of the Animation building for meet and greets.

I found Tower of Terror and couldn’t believe how short the line was! This is not an attraction at MGM that has short lines – unless it’s first thing in the morning. I decided a quick ride – I did feel a little guilty that I was riding it before Tiff joined me – but not too guilty.

It was fun; I still prefer MGM’s Tower – in which you actually move out of one elevator shaft and into another before the drops begin - but there are enough differences between the two Towers that I appreciate Disneyland’s version also and really loved it.

By this point it is almost lunch time and I’m starving. Tiff still hadn’t called and I didn’t want to eat until I heard from her as I mentioned the day before about meeting for lunch. I tried calling her – several times actually – and she wouldn’t answer.

Up next: Day 3 part 2 ... Does Tiff ever answer her cellphone and join me at DCA?

 

[Hound 109]

CLIFFHANGER!!

I should have known someone from Dallas would leave us in suspense like "who killed JR".

Very cool Karma at Mickey's house. You & the Boss Mouse make a cute couple.

Gotta love a trip report from a Comando Girl who's first on Dumbo.

hound -

 

[Hound 109]

Off to Fantasyland for me, without my castle pictures. I actually stopped off at the Mad Hatter first and bought a hat that I was admiring the day before and I then went over to Dumbo

Peter Pan first.....PP ALWAYS first. (at least at DLR)

But i do like that Mad Hatter headgear you sported....no fashion risk taken by the Dolce.

1) All of the horses have names (he, the CM, didn’t know all of them)
2) Jingles is one of the horses and it has a hidden Mickey on it. Also, it is the horse that Marry Poppins rides if she rides the carousel.

The CM had pointed out that to the little girl and she was currently riding Jingles because of that. When it was my turn – and I was the only one to get on after the father and daughter left – I chose not to ride Jingles. I felt bad for the other horses so I rode a horse whose name I do not know.

That is very sweet & very funny.

Fantasyland was still pretty deserted but I left to go over to Tomorrowland, which was a bit more populated. Although, I didn't leave before spotting the Evil Queen glaring down at me from the Snow White ride. She's pretty scary.

Isn't it great to do FL w/o crowds.

& you're right......that witch is mean. (& watch out for those apples.)

Please note: the following two picture were taken without flash and without anyone being the the boats before or behind me to be distracted by the backlight of a digital camera. Just wanted to make myself clear there.

Wow, those new cameras really take great pics w/o flashes. I'm impressed.




Great pics & great storytelling, Dolce. We're all still in.


hound -

 

[Dolce27]

CLIFFHANGER!!

I should have known someone from Dallas would leave us in suspense like "who killed JR". :teeth:

Very cool Karma at Mickey's house. You & the Boss Mouse make a cute couple.

Gotta love a trip report from a Comando Girl who's first on Dumbo.

hound -

You mean that you don't know who killed JR?? Oh wait, you must be a Texan in order to have that privileged information. Well, move on over to Texas and apply for citizenship and then that mystery can be solved for you.

 

[Dolce27]

Peter Pan first.....PP ALWAYS first. (at least at DLR)

But i do like that Mad Hatter headgear you sported....no fashion risk taken by the Dolce.

Hey, that was one stylin hat.


That is very sweet & very funny.




Isn't it great to do FL w/o crowds.

& you're right......that witch is mean. (& watch out for those apples.)

I avoided all apples. Apples are way too healthy and I avoided anything healthy. It was all chocolate, sugar, and carbs for me!


Wow, those new cameras really take great pics w/o flashes. I'm impressed.



Actually, I was a bit impressed with those. That was just a point and shoot and all my night time photos I could take without a flash - as I preferred to do because the light from the flash is too harsh in the photos. Now, if I had my professional 35mm camera I could have taken some great shots... especially in the dark rides like IASW. With my digital 35mm I could have changed my ISO setting. I'm too scared to bring a nice camera to a theme park however.

Great pics & great storytelling, Dolce. We're all still in.

Awesome!

hound -

Response above in the quote. In red.

 

[tinkermell]

What a wonderful TR!!! I have been without my computer for awhile, so I'm trying to catch up.

Now I am in suspense about Tiff.......................................................................................................................................................??

 

[Dolce27]

I was a bit annoyed by my unsuccessful attempts to contact Tiff (more so because I was hungry and I’m not a happy person when I am hungry) But I knew that girl’s cell phone was within 6 inches of her at all times. She was constantly receiving calls from her family/boyfriend/friends and that phone was never far from her reach.

Giving up for the time being, I wound up walking into the Grand Californian –via DCA- and finding a comfy seat I sat down, pulled out a book I had tucked into my bag, and proceeded to spend the next 20-30 minutes reading.

Yes people, I went to Disneyland and read a book. Or part of a book....More like a couple of chapters.

After awhile, my stomach began to loudly demand food so I left the comfort of my chair and made my way out of the hotel and into Downtown Disney. I grabbed the yummiest chocolate chip cookie (ever!) at Le Brea Café to tide me over and began browsing in the World of Disney while my attempts to contact Tiff resumed.

Finally, about a minute after my last attempt to call her she sends me a text message stating that she’s eating lunch and will meet me in a few minutes. ?!?

So, I could have eaten lunch already?

See? This is me hungry and me not being in a very happy mood (because I was hungry) . I text her back telling her not to bother hurrying as I’d been waiting for her to meet up for lunch and I now needed to find food because I was HUNGRY.

So I walked back over to Le Brea Café and was seated immediately. I had a yummy Panini and finally began to feel my good mood restore itself as my tummy was once again filled.

FYI: I consider most food yummy. I’m not very picky and enjoy most food that I eat; therefore, the majority of food that I consume is described as ‘yummy’ by me.

After eating I found Tiff walking through the bag check from the plaza into Downtown Disney and turned her back around as we went back through bag check and made our way over to DCA. I first went over to Soarin’ and we grabbed some FP’s and then we made our way over to the Hollywood Backlot.

I’d read on here that Muppets was closed … but that was false information! Woo-hoo! So, pleasantly surprised we went to see that as both Tiff and I are big Muppet fans.

This was the only time in the entire trip that Tiff requested that I take her picture.

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(picture was of a person posing beside one of the posters at Muppets)

OK... the pre-show was funny as usual but when was the time clock put in – that was hysterical! I don’t think that they have that at the Muppets at MGM – unless it’s a recent addition. Is it the same every time – programmed to read the same things over and over as it counts down until the show time or do the CM’s there actually get to type things in so it reads off different comments every time?

We managed to catch a musical show with a few of the Disney Animators (or at least they claim to be animators) after Muppets. It was cute and brief.

I liked the brief part.

Cinderella, Woody, and Sorcerer Mickey were part of the show and after they stuck around for pictures after. No pictures for us so we made our way over to the Tower of Terror.

The wait time read 40 minutes (ok, that’s more the wait time I’m accustomed to for Tower) so we grabbed FP’s for later. And I must remark here, like the Haunted Mansion, the CM’s were uncharacteristically friendly and happy. THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY!!! They are supposed to be eerie and scary and very grim.

I mean, I’ve read so many posts here, for months, about how rude and unfriendly the Disneyland CM’s were (especially in comparison to WDW’s) and what happens when I go? Every CM is friendly and happy – even the one’s that aren’t supposed to be!



We checked out a few stores and then went over to Soarin’ – which the FP line was just about as long as the stand-by line. What was up with that? Fortunately, the line moved pretty quickly. I tired to gage Tiff’s reaction to Soarin’ but I just couldn’t. I guess she liked it because she didn’t say ‘never again’ like she did about the Matterhorn…. so, I’ll just go with that.

When planning this trip she did say, after much prodding from me, that she liked shows and parades. I’m not a big show person at all – like the shows offered at WDW that all WDW vets love (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, ect…) I’ve never seen them. I think I’ve made it through the first song of Beauty and the Beast and when they had the Hunchback of Notre Dame, I think I made it through the first 3 words of the first song before leaving. I just can’t sit still long enough for the shows.

Ironically, I do love the theater and when I’m in London I’m at musicals and plays constantly. I just don’t do theater at Disney apparently…

So, we were going to see Aladdin. I was going to suffer through a show because I wanted to do stuff that she would like.

Notice I said ‘were’.

Apparently she didn’t like Aladdin. Or she didn’t like the line that was still queued up outside the theater as they hadn’t let anyone in yet. I don’t know which. It may have been the line as she said ‘I’m not standing in that line’

I explained to her that they just hadn’t opened up for seating yet to no avail. She wasn’t going to see Aladdin but she told me to go ahead and she’d sit outside and wait for me.

OK…..I tell her that I’m not going unless she’s going. She tries to make me go. I won’t. She gets irked at me. I get irked at her. We go back to do more shopping.

We stop off at the Animation building and she refuses to go and see Turtle Talk with Crush so we wonder around a bit and wind up in the Beast’s library. I watched a teenaged girl take the quiz to find out the Disney character she was most like. I could tell, based upon what it said before it gave her the reveal, which character she was – she was Ariel.

My turn next, I happily sat down and answered the questions as honestly as I could. It was getting ready to announce to me which character I was and based upon what it was saying I knew that I was going to be Sleeping Beauty.

Oh yea! I love Princess Aurora.


… except when it did announce who I was – it wasn’t Princess Aurora.

I was Maleficent!

I’m not a villain! Why is the magic mirror saying that I’m a villain?!? I’m nothing like Maleficent.

I don’t like this magic mirror very much. At all.

Moving on now.

Back to shopping; apparently both Tiff and I can agree on shopping. I was really trying to kill time as I had a Priority Seating soon at Goofy’s Kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel. It was going to be my treat to Tiff and she knew nothing about it. When planning this trip I decided to ensure that she was able to meet a Disney character or two since she was, after all, going to Disneyland.
… and I really liked the pictures of the cupcakes from there that I saw on the internet.

We went into one store near the front of the park and I found a picture frame that I just had to have. The problem? The display frame was out (ragged and chipped looking) but there weren’t any boxes of new ones located behind the display frame.

I went up and spoke with the CM behind the register and she called back to inventory. After a brief phone call, the CM said that they had some in the back and another CM would bring one up to me. The CM then proceeded to ring up the purchase for me. A couple of minutes later the inventory CM came up front – empty handed. So, the original CM had to give me a refund as they were out. She told me to stop by the World of Disney to see if they had any in stock.

The Block Party Bash was going on as we exited the store, me empty handed, Tiff with yummy looking fudge – despite the fact that I told her we were about to eat. We made our way out of DCA and onward towards the Disneyland Hotel.

We found Goofy’s Kitchen pretty easily upon arriving at the hotel. It was night so I couldn’t see the resort very well. The restaurant seemed to be hopping… lots of people everywhere. I quickly checked in and we had our photo taken with Pluto.

I turned to Tiff and told her that I had one request to make from her: Smile and be happy.

And she seemed to be doing so for the meal.

We met the big guy of the Kitchen, Goofy, right off.

We then headed to the buffet and loaded up. I can’t recall what all I had – so much food. I remember potatoes, kids mac and cheese, some kind of meat, adult pasta, and a roll.

Both Chip and Dale stopped by our table (separately). At one point they were both there and I tried to have my picture taken with them both but Dale ignored me and walked off. Chip just shrugged. Oh well…. You may not be my favorite chipmunk for too much longer Dale!

Minnie Mouse and Cinderella both made an appearance. Jasmine flew by without even a glance in our direction.

On to dessert – my favorite part. While they had cupcakes, they didn’t have the yummy looking cupcakes that I’ve seen before in photos. So, I skipped the cupcakes and tried a few other things. The chocolate chip cookie cake was yummy.

There’s that word again: yummy.

But it was! I could have eaten the entire thing myself but I was good and restrained myself.

We attempted to walk around the resort a bit after dinner to see it – and to walk off that food! But being so dark and not really being able to see much – we gave up on that quickly.

This was the only photo that I took.

I thought it looked pretty cool and I’m disappointed that I didn’t have an opportunity to go back during the day to see exactly what was where and how the grounds were set up.

Making our way back through Downtown Disney, we stopped off at the World of Disney to see if they had my picture frame in stock – they didn’t.

So, back to the hotel we went. It was still pretty early but I curled up in bed with a book and Tiff watched HBO.

Hearing the fireworks go off freaked me out a bit until I understood what they were. Poor Anaheim residents having to listen to all the ‘booms!’ several nights a week.

Next up: Our last day

 

[Hound 109]

You mean that you don't know who killed JR?? Oh wait, you must be a Texan in order to have that privileged information. Well, move on over to Texas and apply for citizenship and then that mystery can be solved for you.

psst. Dolce.....I taught Larry Hagman all of his moves (i'm a hound from austin ). So you see, I not only have Texas citizenship....I'm a resident of Moscow on the Colorado.

But i bet we BOTH know who JR's (Larry Hagman's) mommy was & what wonderful character she portrayed.

& I see there's a new chapter of the most excellent trip report. Gotta go read.


hound -

 

[Dolce27]

psst. Dolce.....I taught Larry Hagman all of his moves (i'm a hound from austin ). So you see, I not only have Texas citizenship....I'm a resident of Moscow on the Colorado.

But i bet we BOTH know who JR's (Larry Hagman's) mommy was & what wonderful character she portrayed.

& I see there's a new chapter of the most excellent trip report. Gotta go read.


hound -

OK... and THIS is why I actually need to read what people have posted about themeslves before I open my big mouth.

OK... so you have your Texas citizenship.

 

[Hound 109]

Giving up for the time being, I wound up walking into the Grand Californian –via DCA- and finding a comfy seat I sat down, pulled out a book I had tucked into my bag, and proceeded to spend the next 20-30 minutes reading.

Yes people, I went to Disneyland and read a book.

After awhile, my stomach began to loudly demand food so I left the comfort of my chair and made my way out of the hotel and into Downtown Disney. I grabbed the yummiest chocolate chip cookie (ever!)

Unless of course, you had grabbed a macadamia nut, white chocolate with coconut (the size of a small frisbee) cookie from Pooh Corner Bakery!

I’d read on here that Muppets was closed … but that was false information! Woo-hoo! So, pleasantly surprised we went to see that as both Tiff and I are big Muppet fans.

Never trust anyone who isn't a Muppet fan.

I watched a teenaged girl take the quiz to find out the Disney character she was most like. I could tell, based upon what it said before it gave her the reveal, which character she was – she was Ariel.

My turn next, I happily sat down and answered the questions as honestly as I could. It was getting ready to announce to me which character I was and based upon what it was saying I knew that I was going to be Sleeping Beauty.

Oh yea! I love Princess Aurora.


… except when it did announce who I was – it wasn’t Princess Aurora.

I was Maleficent!

I’m not a villain! Why is the magic mirror saying that I’m a villain?!? I’m nothing like Maleficent.

I don’t like this magic mirror very much. At all.

Glad you found Tish.....well rested & fed.

One more day. I'm sure it will end with a bang.