Our Family Christmastime Trip to Disneyland!

[trodrigue]

Alrighty back to the trip report..

So we stopped in to see Santa!

I'm sorry, but that Santa is looking rather tired and perhaps a bit cranky. Wear is the jolly old fellow one would expect???

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

How cute are they with their costumes !!

How nice that your husband came home in the Christmas mood. Thats so nice !

I can't wait to read more

 

[kaoden39]

The kids are so cute. I love your pirate. He looks so dashing.

 

[mariezp]

fairykin, I was just thinking about you and wondering how the limo recommendation went. It sounds like it turned out to be a winner! They were good, weren't they?

Glad I found your trip report. It is wonderful! Your grandkids are so precious! It sounds like you had a wonderful trip. I can't wait to hear more.

I gotta show you a picture of my DD... she has a smile similar to your oldest grandaughter! She lost one of them while we were on vacation thanks to DS's elbow. She can finally whistle!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Your grandkids are ADORABLE! My goodness! I love him in his Captain Hook costume wayyyy wayy wayyy tooo cute!!

 

[fairykin]

Wendylouwho... come on and go! Wow! SO soon for our girl's only trip...i can't wait to meet everyone.

Melody.... i just got a thank you card in the mail from my mother and father in law.. it had a check in it ... as nice as it was to get the money... i wrote them a real sweet letter and told them that this trip was a gift to my husband and grandchildren to get go to disneyland with them... we were celebrating the generations of our family...so i sent the money back and said the memories we made were priceless and i loved them.

Tracey... yes yes...You are right... Santa seemed.. out of sorts... and He had just come back from a break... right as we got to the front of the line to see Him... they roped it off for breaktime... so we waited and when he came back... He was ...well...let's just say it's his busy season so he was tired.

Emily...it was fun going during december..wasn't it!! we want to go again next year, i better start saving.

wazowskiLOVER...aaaaaaahh... this is the first time we've gotten to talk and i've seen your name on the boards for a year.. *big hug*.... yes, i was so happy my husband got to get into the christmas spirit... it's been hard for him seeing his mother deteroriate with the disease.. But it was so good to celebrate the generations together at Disneyland!

kaoden39... thanks! he really loves his pirate outfit..Captain Hook is His Favorite!...welll..... maybe second to Snow White and Cinderella... they made a BIG impression on him! He fell in Love!

mariezp.... Thank You so Much for the recommendation on the Limo! ... i told the Driver that we found out about his services through you on the Disboard! ... How adorable is your little girl! What a cutie... wow she lost a tooth on the trip. I wonder if tinkerbelle came to visit instead of the tooth fairy.

prettyprincessbelle... everytime i see your name i smile... it's great! Thanks for the sweet words... the best thing about the three of them is they are so good natured. Now watch them grow monkey tails overnight and become wiLd!

Sorry i haven't written on the report.. i've been in Christmas land.

May each of You be blessed in the new year. And may only good and true things come to your families!

 

[kaoden39]

I think celebrating Disneyland with the generations is fun. We always take my Mom with us. It started when the kids were little. We would bring her along as a third hand to be held. Then each kid had an adult buddy. Less stress for me that way. Now that the kids are "grown up" teenagers and pre-teen we just bring her along. I think it's great that he likes the Princess's when my son was little he was madly in love with Minnie Mouse.

 

[fairykin]

Let's see... where were we...

Oh Yes... so it was nearing lunch time... and we went to Cafe Orlean's again. We've never had a bad meal here.. and enjoy people watching while we ate.

Then we rode the train around the park.. one of our favorite things to do. And stopped off to see the Princesses. If You look in my oldest granddaughter's hand..You will see a tiny flower she brought from the hotel and kept up with alllll day just to give to Snow White. Never has a tiny flower been held as a treasure. I was so grateful that it made it to snow white in one piece!

Snow White Was a Big Hit!!! Look in Snow White's hand..she has the little flower!

This was The BEST character interaction we have had in all of our trips to Disneyland. She was *so* in character. When our oldest granddaughter gave Snow White the flower.. Snow white said.." I'm going to put it in a vase and see if it grows!"... the kids laughed and were so happy...
Then Snow white asked my grandson where was his ship! she also asked him, "You're a pirate! Are you going to steal my jewels?!" My grandson replied.." nooooOOOOoooo Snow White.. i'm just a little boy".

My oldest granddaughter showed Snow White that she had a special pin with Snow's photo in it..it was so sweet.

 

[fairykin]

Our youngest granddaughter *Loves* Mulan! When she saw Mulan, She said, " Mulan, i wub ewe!" And ran right into her arms! I think this picture has Disney Magic

Our Family Loves visiting the Princesses! Mulan was so wonderful to our babygirl! She made her trip.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh that is wonderful interaction. How sweet of Snow White. I love it when they are on like that. One time when my son was around 5 he was in tired meltdown. He sat down on a planter by the tunnels into Main Street and was crying. His beloved Minnie Mouse came out and saw him crying. She came over and dried his tears and "kissed" him on top of the head. She saved what was becoming a terrible evening for him. It actually made his whole trip.

 

[kaoden39]

Our youngest granddaughter *Loves* Mulan! When she saw Mulan, She said, " Mulan, i wub ewe!" And ran right into her arms! I think this picture has Disney Magic

Our Family Loves visiting the Princesses! Mulan was so wonderful to our babygirl! She made her trip.

I love the smile on Mulan's face.

 

[fairykin]

And That's all Folks! We didn't get anymore pictures.. Because my mother in law wandered off with the stroller and we spent the next hour looking for her. After that scare..they went back to the room for her to rest. And we took the children to ride their favorite rides again. So it was back to fantasy land, to hit all the standards, Dumbo, Mr. Toads, Peter Pan, Snow White's and The Carosel. Little tummies decided they were hungry so we went to dinner at the Plaza Inn .. it was nice warm, comfort food. Then it was time to watch the parade, the weather was getting colder..and since we had given all members of the family premium annual passes for christmas..we decided to go back to the room.

Having the annual passes made it easier, more relaxed. We didn't feel like we had to do everything on this trip...it was laid back, more time to play and be in the moment..than rushing here and there. This is our first year to have the passes.. i hope to get them next year also.

Our trip was short and sweet. It orginally started out as a 25th anniversary trip for my husband and myself...then we couldn't leave our grandchildren out...so we invited them... and my mother loves Disneyland so much....i wanted her to get to share in seeing the babies happiness... and finally my mother in law's Alzheimer's disease progressed rapidly over the summer..so we knew we needed to invite them so that the three great grandchildren would have the memory of Celebrating Christmas at Disneyland with three of their great grandparents..and two grandparents.

If you go on a multi generational trip, as we did...remember..it's not about seeing or doing everything... it's about making memories that will last a lifetime!

Happy New Year Everyone... be blessed with good health, shelter, prosperity and many disney moments in the new year!

Always,
dawn

 

[fairykin]

Kaoden.. what a great story!!!! That's Disney Magic!

Character interaction is *SO* Very Important! I think it's what makes trips so very special.

 

[mariezp]

OMG! Your grandkids keep getting cuter with ever picture! I love the group shot with Cinderella and Mulan with your granddaughter is soooo precious! Definitely Disney magic!
What a wonderful interaction with Snow White. Some of the characters do such a fantastic job playing along with the kids! Loved your grandson's comeback response!
I am glad you found your MIL. That must have been a frantic hour! It is still wonderful that you were able to take her with you. I would have loved to have been able to have taken our kids grandmothers! It is also wonderful that your DH was excited too. Glad you had such a wonderful and memorable trip!
Happy New Year and blessings to you as well!

 

[wendylady36]

Thank you for sharing your trip with us Dawn!!! I love the pictures of the little ones and the princesses. It looks like lots of fun was had by all. A little more then two months and we'll be there together!

 

[Laneychris]

Love the pics!

 

[fairykin]

Marie... we were both lucky to have good family trips this holiday season... this was our first time to go to Disneyland during christmas season... we are going to go next year for sure.
I opened up a savings account at my bank just for Disney trips. I use my disney visa to pay for it then right away transfer from my Disney savings account. So i get the points..and have a plan to keep saving for a future trip.

Wendylouwho...i can't wait for our trip... we will have big fun... i'm so glad you are going on the walk with walt tour with my mom and me.. i think we get a cute pin from that tour

Thanks Laneychris

 

[mariezp]

Marie... we were both lucky to have good family trips this holiday season... this was our first time to go to Disneyland during christmas season... we are going to go next year for sure.
I opened up a savings account at my bank just for Disney trips. I use my disney visa to pay for it then right away transfer from my Disney savings account. So i get the points..and have a plan to keep saving for a future trip.

Wendylouwho...i can't wait for our trip... we will have big fun... i'm so glad you are going on the walk with walt tour with my mom and me.. i think we get a cute pin from that tour

Thanks Laneychris

You are so right! I LOVE Disneyland during the holiday season. I am a little bent out of shape because we went earlier this year than I originally wanted in order to work around our guests schedule which means next year we have to go at the very beginning of November IF we want to get in our 2 weeks vacation before our APs expireon November 15th. I don't think my DD will take it well if she doesn't get to see Santa and hang out at the Reindeer Roundup. I think she enjoyed that more than anything on our entire trip this year. Me thinks that we may consider getting in a week on the AP and go ahead and just not plan to save money on the second week so we can be there late enough to see the full blown Christmassy stuff. I mean I can't miss things like gingerbread cookies, the castle lighting and snow! So maybe we will see you there!

Good idea pre-planning a Disney savings account! I really should do that cause it wasn't any fun to come home with a full bill of vacation expenses PLUS Christmas spending heaped all together! BUT on the bright side... isn't the Disney Visa great! I had enough rewards from putting everything all year long on it to pay for a 4 person character meal at Ariel's Grotto, Lunch for 8 people at Blue Bayou and all my souvenir shopping.

So when are you going on the tour? We did it on our trip and really enjoyed it. (watch for details coming up in my report) My DH said it was the best tour we have taken so far! And yes, they did give us a cute pin at the end so you should get one too unless they have changed things.

 

[tinkermell]

Dawn,

I just finally finished reading your report. All the pictures of your grandchildren are so darn cute. I love the story of your grandson and Snow White's jewels. Out of the mouth of babes........so cute and so innocent. I love it!

Not sure what is going to happen now with the trip I wanted to take with my Mom and sisters..... But I'd love to do it like you did.

Thanks for your beautiful parting words and advice.

 

[travelmel]

After a delicious meal where I remembered to ask for our ornaments for the first time, I always forget!

What kind of ornaments? I am SORELY lacking in DL restaraunt experience.

TooN ToWn! We headed there!

This is the CUTEST PIC! I love the giggle of the little one in the back and the antics of the boy in the front. SO DARN CUTE!

I'm enjoying your TR so far! Your little ones are so tiny! They're so SMALL! I remember those days.......