King Prawn and Rocket Man are GO!

[Melbourne5]

Glad you got there! Please tell us about legoland especially their waterpark area as it had only just opened when we went in 2010 and it was only half opened!

 

[Melbourne5]

Oh that johnny rockets and their thick shakes and bacon and cheese fries mmmmmmm

 

[australiankaren]

hope you have a good nights sleep..and dont forget to keep hydrated.....water, water, water....you'll feel better in no time.

yup, kids and planes..some sleep soundly from start to finish, others not so much....sky couch looks great, especially for one adult, one kid...they give you blankets and pillows....not so good for 2 adults unless you are 45kg and 130cm tall....

enjoy your day tomorrow, looking forward to hearing how the kids go

 

[Andona]

Glad to hear you arrived safely - sorry to hear about the exhaustion but hopefully that will fade away now you can start having fun!

Love the sound of Koru club - we have really short stopovers in Auckland for this trip so I don't think we'll be able to take advantage of it. But good to know its there!

Looking forward to hearing the rest. Have fun!

Andona

 

[battymum]

I was reading in the paper today about a woman who was flying with twins and gave out lollies and ear plugs to other passengers to apologise in advance, I was thinking it may have been you!
Glad to hear you arrived safely and I hope the romance survives the separation!

 

[Mum from oz]

Good to see you arrived safely, bugger about the lack of sleep, but the main thing is you're there!!

Mmm Johnny Rockets, you're making me hungry!

 

[BigDisneyOE]

I was reading in the paper today about a woman who was flying with twins and gave out lollies and ear plugs to other passengers to apologise in advance, I was thinking it may have been you!
Glad to hear you arrived safely and I hope the romance survives the separation!

Nah not me, would you believe four sets of non-child travelling adults complimented us on the kids as they were so good? Oli was only a pain in the backside to me. Other than Oli trying to get set settled and whisper grumbling in my ear, nobody heard a peep out of them until we landed and were the plane was going to the gate and Alex said in a loud voice 'so wheres Disneyland?' and every other kid in earshot piped up asking their parents the same thing.

The kids slept 14 hours overnight and we had to wake them up. Alex has NEVER in his life slept anything like that. If we were not up and down half the night and a bit tired we'd be jumping for joy.

Time to pack up and push off to Carlsbad. End of the free WiFi I guess...

 

[hjd0411]

So glad you made it safely albeit tired! Thanks for keeping us updated. Enjoy Legoland! Looking forward to updates as you are able.

 

[Minniemum]

Thanks for the updates. Glad you arrived safely.

 

[WAMUMOF4]

Glad you arrived safely so cute about he girlfriend I hope you get some rest have a great trip

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Glad you arrived safely. Enjoy your trip

 

[Melbourne5]

sounds like a good start for a great holiday !

 

[australiankaren]

Nah not me, would you believe four sets of non-child travelling adults complimented us on the kids as they were so good? Oli was only a pain in the backside to me. Other than Oli trying to get set settled and whisper grumbling in my ear, nobody heard a peep out of them until we landed and were the plane was going to the gate and Alex said in a loud voice 'so wheres Disneyland?' and every other kid in earshot piped up asking their parents the same thing.

The kids slept 14 hours overnight and we had to wake them up. Alex has NEVER in his life slept anything like that. If we were not up and down half the night and a bit tired we'd be jumping for joy.

Time to pack up and push off to Carlsbad. End of the free WiFi I guess...

I'm going to do that when I get off the plane.."wheres disneyland"....or maybe wait til customs line.. cunning plan in progress

 

[BigDisneyOE]

Been in Carlsbad two nights. We are at the Grand Pacific Palisades and I love it, got a quiet third floor room so there's no kids thundering around overhead. It was a long drive down here as we took a significant Tiki Tour around San Pedro looking for the cruise terminal and finding everything expect the cruise terminal. My thinner son had a sore rump by the time we got to Carlsbad as the concrete roads really jarred him around. Poor little guy was almost crying about how sore he was.

We went to LegoLand today, got there for gate open and left 15 minutes before close. No wait time on any ride apart from the first and that wait was 3 minutes. I'm worried what one of my kids will be like at Disneyland as the three minutes wait was something he couldn't get his head around, he seemed to think he should go straight to the front of the line as he wanted to use the ride and everyone else was blocking his passage towards his destination. I think we'll be sticking to the small rides at Disneyland, we tried the big water splash thing and the kids couldn't get out fast enough as they were scared. They didn't much like the spinning ones either. Oh well, we enjoyed waving to Daddy on the coasters as he shot past.

My other Disney parcel arrive. I should have listened to Karen, I ordered way too big (think needing a 14 and getting a 22).

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Sounds like another great day. Bummer about the clothing sizes but glad you enjoyed Legoland

 

[australiankaren]

Been in Carlsbad two nights. We are at the Grand Pacific Palisades and I love it, got a quiet third floor room so there's no kids thundering around overhead. It was a long drive down here as we took a significant Tiki Tour around San Pedro looking for the cruise terminal and finding everything expect the cruise terminal. My thinner son had a sore rump by the time we got to Carlsbad as the concrete roads really jarred him around. Poor little guy was almost crying about how sore he was.

We went to LegoLand today, got there for gate open and left 15 minutes before close. No wait time on any ride apart from the first and that wait was 3 minutes. I'm worried what one of my kids will be like at Disneyland as the three minutes wait was something he couldn't get his head around, he seemed to think he should go straight to the front of the line as he wanted to use the ride and everyone else was blocking his passage towards his destination. I think we'll be sticking to the small rides at Disneyland, we tried the big water splash thing and the kids couldn't get out fast enough as they were scared. They didn't much like the spinning ones either. Oh well, we enjoyed waving to Daddy on the coasters as he shot past.

My other Disney parcel arrive. I should have listened to Karen, I ordered way too big (think needing a 14 and getting a 22).

I should have listened to Karen..my favourite phrase

glad you had a good day, and the kids will be fine at DL...the lines are themed so well they will be distracted

food porn please

 

[hjd0411]

Good to hear you're having a good time! I hope you manage to find the wharf!! I'm not driving for the Anaheim part of the trip so I've booked a transfer to the wharf! I hope they know which way to go!! Is your cruise the Pacific Coast one? I'll be very interested to hear about it as I'm on that one in October.
Hope you continue to have fun. The Carlsbad hotel sounds good!

 

[JessNewbs]

Sounds like the start of an amazing trip!

 

[BigDisneyOE]

DH took photos of the food at Rubys Diner. Go there, way better than Johnny Rockets. Now I have the food photo's what do I do with them?

 

[BigDisneyOE]

Okay so far we've done (as of last Monday, the weekend were travelling here and there):
Monday - Legoland
Tuesday - Carlsbad Premium Outlet Shopping
Wednesday - SeaWorld
Thursday - repeat of Tuesday, we sunk over $1500 US at CPO and the kids didn't like the days beginning with T but it's not all about them!
Friday - The Coaster down to San Diego and The Midway
Saturday - Legoland Water Park
Sunday - San Diego Zoo Safari Park

and....

Monday - FIRST DAY AT DISNEYLAND TODAY!!!! Long day, feral kids at the end but we did CarsLand, Bugs World / Land, the Disney Jnr Show and Soaring Over California. Ate at Flo's and forgot food pics (sorry we just scoff). We got VIPed into the Disney Jnr Show as I was chatting with a CM at opening this morning and she recalled us and that it was our first visit for the kids birthdays, so she opened the red rope and made us stand right at the front door and ushered us in and put us in the best spot for the shows. She also gave us First Visit buttons, We're Celebrating ones for the parents, Honorary Citizens for the kids and Birthday ones for the kids. We collected a further three Cars style buttons each by answering Cars movie questions. The kiddos clanked around under six buttons hanging off their shirts. Did a Character Meet with Lightening McQueen where we thought one of our kids was going to faint. Saw the other characters from Cars. Did a Character Meet with Jake and Pluto. Saw Minnie and Goofy. One kids scared to go near the Characters unless it's Cars related. The kids are in bed and I've sent DH back to Disneyland by himself to do his thing while I do some work for the Disney cruise.