May 18th-23rd Trip Report - We forgot our tickets!!!!

[Casey's Mommie]

Oh how awful about your camera! AND the tickets! You dreamt you forgot fastpasses and instead it was the real tickets! What are the expiration dates on the tickets?

Can't wait for more pics and the "report"!

Tickets have to be used by January 2009.

Great teaser! Ready for the real report!

I'm working on it!

 

[Brenna&Noah's Mom]

Well,that stinks that they stole your camera. Can't wait to hear about the rest.

 

[Casey's Mommie]

Saturday morning was a good morning. I finished up all the laundry in the morning and we were all packed and the car was loaded by 2 o'clock... plenty of time to drive to Folsom before Casey would need to eat dinner.

We had everything... except for the tickets, DOH!!!! We didn't realize this of course until we got to Folsom of course. I was more than willing to make the 3.5 hour round trip drive but it was decided that we would just buy print at home tickets and try to sell the tickets later. Looking back I should have just made the drive, but oh well.

We had tacos for dinner that were very yummy! It was really hot outside... even at 7 o'clock it was still in the 90s. We had planned to let Casey play outside and run around to tire her out but that was out of the questions. Luckily she was happy inside and after her bath she went to bed with very little fussing!

After Casey went to bed we watched tv with Dh's parents. The second Indiana Jones was on! We watched it and it made me very excited to ride Indy at DL!

After the movie it was time to get ready for bed. We were leaving at 8 the next morning! I took a Tylenol PM that night because I knew if I didn't I would be WAY too excited to sleep.

Next thing I know it's a little after 6 and Casey is calling out for me. I had to get her right away. I felt too guilty to let her stay in a strange bed/room even though it would have been nice if she would have slept in a little longer. I showered the night before so all I pretty much had to do was get dressed. I wear very minimal make. Just foundation and lipstick. Anything more is just too complicated for me.

After Dave and dmil got ready we were ready to go right at 8! If Casey had let us sleep in any later we would have been late! Way to go Casey!

The drive to Anaheim was pretty uneventful. We stopped mid way at 11 to have a picnic with sandwiches. It was way easier than stopping at a restaurant. Casey got to run around and burn some energy. She enjoyed her sandwich and so did the rest of us. We were on the road again at 11:30. After one gas stop we arrived at the Desert Inn and Suites at 2:30! Our fastest trip to Anaheim ever!!!

We checked in at 2:30 but they wouldn't let us into the room until 3. I suggested just going to Disneyland right then and there but I was outvoted.

Denny's was next door so we decided to get some milkshakes and fries for the adults and a grilled cheese sandwich for Casey. I don't know why, but the Milkshakes at Denny's are REALLY good.

After we were done it was 3 o'clock and we checked into our room. Our room was nice and clean. We had a C1 Family suite which is basically two attached rooms with 1.5 baths. It was perfectly fine for the all of us. And for $109 a night I wasn't about to complain about not having 2 showers! Casey and I bathe at night anyway.

After we got settled in, it was to the best place in the whole world!

To be continued...

 

[kylieh]

What beautiful pics of Casey and Goofy. I'm sure you will treasure those for ever.

 

[julezdisney]

Stinks about the tickets but you can always sell them on ebay!

Or better yet-- PLAN ANOTHER TRIP!

 

[Danauk]

Great report so far. Sorry your camera was taken. Can't wait to read more.

 

[c&m]

...and sorry about your camera. It's horrible to hear things like that do happen at DL. Love your trip report so far. Your baby girl is adorable My girls are growing up way too fast.

 

[Daisybelle]

You're daughter looks so sweet! And it's nice to hear someone happy about having the mother in law around! Grandma's are so helpful when traveling with little ones.
Can't wait to read more about your trip!

 

[Casey's Mommie]

It's late so I don't think I'll re do it tonight. I'll try to work on it tomorrow at work.

I'm very upset right now.

 

[TiggerandTink]

Bummer. Sorry you lost all your work tonight. I just found your TR and I was really getting into it. Your daughter is very cute.

And I agree its nice that you enjoy having your MIL around and it is such a help to have an extra person there with you. My parents went with us when we went to WDW last year and it was very nice. If someone didn't want to ride there was always someone to trade off with, my dad doesn't really do rides although we did talk him into a few . Plus I think in our case it helped us slow down a bit and enjoy the parks even more. My family does tend to do the commando thing but my mom so isn't into hurrying so it helped that we both made some adjustments so that sometimes it was ok to hurry to something and other times we just took our own sweet time.

I'll be watching for more updates. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

 

[julezdisney]

It sooooo stinks when I am typing along and then all of the sudden it all disappears! That's when Ctrl + Z turns into my best friend. I just press them at the same time as I need to until I get it back. Most of the times it works.... but sometimes it doesn't. Earlier today, I multi-quoated a big post in my own PTR and suddenly my entire page went crazy! I was able to use the back button a few times and it was still there! I couldn't believe it!

We'll be waiting!

 

[wendylady36]

I can't believe your camera was stolen! My friend left his on the Buzz Lightyear ride, but luckily someone was nice enough to turn it into the CM working the ride.

My worst nightmare is forgetting my tickets or AP. It seems that someone always asks about 4 hours into the drive if everyone remembered their ticket/AP...not much you can do at that point beside saying "oh crap!"
That's brave of you to take a Tylenol PM when you had to be up early! I would have slept until noon if I took one.

Your daughters are cuties, I love the Minnie dress.

Great trip report so far!

 

[Casey's Mommie]

Ok, it's kind of slow at work so I might try working on the trip report now.

Some good news is that the DL tickets are for sale on ebay and they are bid up to $325. Even if they don't get bid up anymore (there are 5 days left) a $75 loss isn't really all THAT bad.

Okay... off to write the segment of the first day (again!)

 

[Casey's Mommie]

Okay, it’s 4 o’clock and we’re on our way to Disneyland!!!!!

We are crossing the street at Harbor Blvd now and on the way in I notice it is a lot less crowded than it was the Sunday in October!

By now we are very efficient when it comes to passing security. Before we even get to the table I have grabbed the diaper bag out of the stroller and it is open and ready for inspection. DMIL has her fanny pack unzipped and dh has his camera bag open. We get through with no trouble at all.

We approach the entrance with our ‘print at home’ tickets in hand. The old man ticket taker grabs all of them from us and scans them in all together. He presses print and only one prints out! This is SOOO not good. He asks us to wait a minute and calls over a lead/supervisor guy. He tells him what happened and the lead asks him if he scanned them one at a time and pressed print or did he scan them all together. The Ticket Guy LIES and says he did them one at a time! Now I am a little upset but I don’t tell on him. About 10 minutes later we are FINALLY let in.

When we pass underneath the tunnel we see everyone is lined up for the parade. The right side of the street is almost empty because it’s warm out and there is no shade. We aren’t really parade people so we walk right past the parade and head to Winnie the Pooh! DD loves the ride and after we stop in at Pooh Corner. I check out all the treats and we all look at the merchandise and start to wonder what dd might like. We go on Pooh again since there is no wait for it. (It’s always nice to count on Pooh for no lines!)

We head over to New Orleans Square and there is no line for the Haunted Mansion. We walk right in the front door and only wait a minute for the elevator. DD doesn’t like it when the room goes dark and the lightning stikes and the scream. I was holding her and she grabbed me real tight! Luckily she’s not old enough to really get scared yet and the rest of the ride didn’t bother her at all.

We head to Pirates next and there is only a 10 minute wait. We jump in line because it is HOT now and a long air conditioned ride sounds too good to pass up. DD does very well on the ride and only hugs me tight when we go down the drop. But otherwise she’s completely fascinated and Happy!

After the ride we head to DDs favorite place: Toontown! On the way we get a Coke because it is REALLY warm.

On the way in to Toontown we stop and get a fastpass for Roger Rabbit. Next we go to Mickey’s House, Minnie’s House, Gooofy’s House and Donald’s Boat. We had to get to Donald’s Boat because it was going to be closed for the rest of our trip! We checked out Chip & Dales Treehouse and then decided to head for Buzz. On the way out dh and I use our Fastpass for Roger Rabbit while dmil heads for Buzz with dd.

Of course as we go to meet them we see the 6:30 parade is going on and we can’t find DMIL. We hang back and watch the parade a little and as soon as we can cross we do. We find them and go on Buzz. After that it’s back to the hotel to give Casey a little dinner and a bath.

Once she’s asleep DH and I head back for some Adult Disneyland Fun!

To be continued…

 

[wendylady36]

My youngest niece is the same way on Pirates and the HM, she clings SO tight and buries her head in my neck.

Sounds like a lot of fun so far! Adult Disneyland time is the best, there's no worrying about little ones and you can go on what ever you want!

Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.

And yay about the tickets on Ebay, $75 is not a bad loss at all.

 

[Ferry Joy]

Grat trip report. Can't wait for the rest. Too bad about the tickets and the camera. I hope you didn't lose too many pictures!

 

[Catrinabeach]

How did you like the hotel ? We are booked there for Sept and I would be interested in how it was.

 

[Casey's Mommie]

How did you like the hotel ? We are booked there for Sept and I would be interested in how it was.

We like it. It's nothing fancy, but it's clean and very close to Disneyland! The breakfast is a little bit pathetic, only danish, toast and cereal, but it's ok for us. We are going to stay there again for our Anniversary trip in September.

 

[Catrinabeach]

We like it. It's nothing fancy, but it's clean and very close to Disneyland! The breakfast is a little bit pathetic, only danish, toast and cereal, but it's ok for us. We are going to stay there again for our Anniversary trip in September.

We will be there Sept 20-29th. Maybe we will see you there lol