It's our One Year Anniversary so we're going to Disneyland!! DAY TWO STARTED 7/24!

[ariel1025]

Just to re-cap real quick .... I had a MIL that was still freaked out that she had creepy crawlies all over her and a FIL that had throbbing feet. So, what do you think we did????













WE FORGED ON OF COURSE!!!!! WE ARE TROOPERS

We checked - double checked - triple checked and Candi's Dad said that he wanted to continue on. The crowds were too minimal to pass up and we were all having a good time With that decision made, we decided it was time .....

It's A Small World ... this is a family favorite and I was super excited to check it out after all the renovations.

*** Warning mass pictures ahead .......

How can you not enjoy being on such a classic ride?

Candi was super proud of himself because he was the first one to notice any of the changes. It was so cute, he turned to me and said "see love, I DO pay attention to all your Disney jabber"

I love how all the new additions fit right in with the original ride dolls!

This Pinnochio reminds me of those Weeble Wobble toys ... I spent the rest of the evening singing "weebles wobble but they don't fall down"

I almost missed this one and then proceeded to almost fall backwards out of the boat trying to get a picture before we passed it ... oops!

I was so excited that they added Pumba ... he's one of my absolute favorite Disney characters!!

This was my favorite addition ... Stitch is too stinkin' cute here!

There were several more additions including Toy Story, Mulan, Little Mermaid ... overall I think this made the ride 100 times more fun ... we had a blast trying to be the first one to detect a new scene, even my FIL got in on the fun. We loved it!!!

Now, with that out of the way we had a decision to make ... do we continue on to Toon Town or turn around and ride some "big kid" rides??

 

[blabbermouth]

Wow, I can't believe I've missed so much of your report! Nice new camera, there are some great pics here. Funny about the rental car issue, but glad it was fun since then.

 

[ariel1025]

Wow, I can't believe I've missed so much of your report! Nice new camera, there are some great pics here. Funny about the rental car issue, but glad it was fun since then.

Thanks for the picture comment I had so much fun playing with my new camera.

WOW!! It's getting close for you ... only six days ... you must be getting so excited!!

 

[ariel1025]

We stood around for a little while contemplating what to do and in the end decided we would head over to the "big Kid" rides

Now, I had a secret mission to make it on (the new and improved) Space Mountain on the first and last day of the trip. So, I tried to convince everyone that that's where we should head, but Candi's Dad wasn't so convinced. He, for some reason, remembers Space Mountain as being like a "real" super duper twisty curvy upside down roller coaster and was really not wanting to ride it. His exact words were "I may be young at heart, but I'm not young and I value my heart" I then felt like the parent because I responded by saying (I kid you not) "just try it once, if you don't like it I promise I won't make you ride it again" . He still wasn't having it at that moment, but said that he would give the Matterhorn a try because he remembers it as being a "smooth and easy" ride. I (somewhat reluctantly) agreed.

As we were making our way towards the line I needed to make a "girly" stop so Candi's parents said they would hop in line for the Matterhorn and wait for us. Again, please don't hate me, we almost NEVER do this, but I really had to stop and Flora wanted to take advantage of Candido's willingness to ride things before he changed his mind. So, Candi and I went in search of the restrooms and his parents hopped in line. Oh my goodness, I felt like we walked a million miles to get to the restroom. I am not the best with maps (yep, even the Disney ones) and had us going in the wrong direction. Candi took over map reading duties and found a restroom, but it was under construction ... finally we made it and then took off running to the Matterhorn guessing that his parents had probably already ridden. Not so much, they kept letting groups go in front of them to avoid being in a part of the line that we couldn't get to them. We finally caught up with them and did the naughty "hop in line with your family" (I pinky swear that was the ONLY time we did that ) and within ten minutes we were on the Matterhorn.

Now, I apparentally was the only one who remembered you sit like this

In each other's lap (but with our own seat belts) and it had Candi's parents cracking up. They were in the seats in front of us and I could hear my MIL giggling about how she hadn't sat on my FIL's lap since they were teenagers So, remember how my FIL was willing to ride the Matterhorn because he remembers it being a smooth ride? Yeah, well it wasn't so smooth ... in fact I think both Candi and his Dad got elbowed in the stomach on several occasions ... all by accident of course But, we all had a blast and were laughing the entire time

After the Matterhorn my FIL really didn't want to ride Space Mountain, but I promised him that it wasn't such a rough ride (and crossed my fingers that it wasn't now that it had been renovated ). He finally gave in ....

and can't you just see the excitement in his face

No?? Look harder!! Still can't?? Ok, ok ...

I bet you can see the excitement in my face though!!!!

There are not words to explain how much I had been looking forward to riding this after the renovations. Both times I had been to Disney land it had been down for the renovation and although we had ridden it in WDW, I couldn't wait to see the difference!!!!

This was the longest wait we had the whole day, which was completely expected. But, all in all not too bad, about twenty minutes. Finally we were loaded into our spaceship and I couldn't wait for take off!

Here's Candi's Dad giving us the "I don't know about this look"

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! There are no words to tell you how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new Space Mountain. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! I turned to Candi and said "we have to ride this again" and then I turn around to see this

Flora goes "yes, yes, let's get back in line" but Candido said "count me out" we start laughing at him and then our ship passes the crowd of people waiting and we hear the CM say "enjoy trip two". The whole ship starts clapping and cheering .... well, maybe one unnamed person wasn't and off we went again!

That one simple piece of Disney Magic absolutely made my day! I could have left the park right then and there and been completely happy

Here is our "redneck" picture of our second trip into outer space ... which I loved just as much as the first time ... Candi's Dad was much more relaxed and had a much better time as well

 

[Sarah84]

Great report so far and i love yours pics

 

[caligirl stuck in va]

love the TR so far! you always look so happy in your pics - very infectious!

 

[blabbermouth]

Yes, I am so excited! Reading your trip report isn't helping. I can't wait to ride Space Mountain either! It's a bit hard to concentrate on my work today, that's for sure! Aww, your poor FIL having to go around twice... but yay for you guys! Candi's parents are so cute!

 

[ariel1025]

Great report so far and i love yours pics

Thank you very much

love the TR so far! you always look so happy in your pics - very infectious!

Thanks!! I love being able to let loose and act like a kid again - that's why I'm always so happy in Disney

Yes, I am so excited! Reading your trip report isn't helping. I can't wait to ride Space Mountain either! It's a bit hard to concentrate on my work today, that's for sure! Aww, your poor FIL having to go around twice... but yay for you guys! Candi's parents are so cute!

I am guessing you are in DL right now ... I hope you are having an excellent time

Candi's parents are super cute and they crack me up - at home they are always so serious, but the moment the plane landed in California they acted like two teenagers all giddy and in love

 

[ariel1025]

To say we were having an awesome first day would have been an understatement!!! We had experienced minimal crowd levels, short wait times AND got to ride Space Mountain twice in a row without getting off At this point, though, we were all starting to get sleepy so we decided that we would head out for the night.

We took our time exiting the park - soaking in all the beauty of Disneyland at night.

In my opinion, nighttime brings about a whole different type of atmosphere and I love it just as much as the daytime. If you asked me to pick a favorite between night and day at Disney I wouldn't be able to do it. I know it's the same park but it's a whole new experience.

Candi and I took our time strolling along behind his parents talking about the day. We had our ups and downs with the day, but overall we couldn't have asked for anything better.

We finally made it to the end of Main Street and bid farewell to Disneyland for the day.

Although we were all tired we decided to take our time walking back to the hotel - which seemed much further walking back to than it did walking away from

Once we got back Candi and I ordered food from the restaurant downstairs and his parents headed upstairs. We ordered enough food for a small army - including some of the most delicious chili I have had in a long time - and all sat around his parents room eating.

It was a perfect way to wind down before we called it a night.

 

[ariel1025]

I'm pretty sure most of us fell asleep pretty quickly ... it had been a long day for everyone.

I was the first to awake the next morning, quickly followed by Candi. I had been dreaming that our work did not deposit our paychecks into our account (if you read my Honeymoon TR @ WDW you know this actually did happen to us there) and I flew out of bed still mostly still asleep... end result .... me landing on the floor and Candi going "calm down Babe the park isn't even open yet" I explained to him why I flew out of bed like that and he immediately hooked up the laptop so we could check just to feel better about it all. Sure enough our paychecks were in there safe and sound ... we both breathed a huge sigh of relief and went back to sleep. Well, Candi went back to sleep I couldn't so I took a shower instead.

By the time I finished my shower I heard moving around in the next room and decided to go see what his parents plan of attack for the day was. My FIL only had two requests ... FOOD and FAST! I told him I would go check out allears and see where we should try to eat while Candi and his Mom finished getting ready. Candi was ready to head out the door in about 5 minutes but we were still waiting on my MIL ... and waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting some more. We took that opportunity to take some morning pictures

Flora stopped to take a picture but then went back to getting ready I didn't really get it .. she looked fine to me, but I learned a long time ago not to rush her.

At this point Candido ate his wive's $20 chocolate toffee from the night before and started telling us about their night. Apparently, they were woken up in the middle of the night by a huge crash. At first they thought me or Candi fell out of bed ... nope that would have been this morning ... and when we didn't answer their knock on the door to see if we were ok they realized that the frame above the closet had fallen off. We told them we would go let the front desk know and meet them downstairs. Front desk was relatively friendly and said it would be fixed by the time we returned to our room that day.

Finally, Candi's Mom was ready to go and we headed towards DTD. Since we were going to eat in Disneyland we hopped on the Monorail and I started to feel the excitement of our first full day in the parks.

After a quick ride into DL we headed towards the Plaza Restaurant. In the end Candido decided he would rather go somewhere without characters and we decided on Carnation Cafe instead.

We were seated right by Main Street which made me super happy and our server was very friendly. I had the Mickey waffle with fruit - how can you start the day at Disney with anything else?!?! Everyone else had Oscar's choice. We all really enjoyed our breakfast and were pleasantly surprised at just how great our seats turned out to be ....