PTR/TR Nov. 5-16, 2010 - Rav4 Road Trip: Canadian Style

[IndayMichelle]

Whoohoo! Did you get to watch Glee?

 

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Well the Ramada looks a lot nicer than the Super 8 we stayed in and about the same price!! did you book in advance, or just walk in that night? beautiful sunrise! only 9 days till we are on our way too!!

 

[Littleprincess2010]

I love Mt Shasta!! One of my favorite areas of our state. Welcome to California!

Thank you, it was so beautiful to see and crossing the CA border made Disneyland that much closer!!

Just a (little) late, I meant to post this morning--hope your DD had a wonderful day


Happy Birthday Anya!

Thank you, she had an awesome day and I can't wait to post some photos for you guys!!

Whoohoo! Did you get to watch Glee?

Its so sad but exhaustion took over and I completely forgot to watch it!!

Well the Ramada looks a lot nicer than the Super 8 we stayed in and about the same price!! did you book in advance, or just walk in that night? beautiful sunrise! only 9 days till we are on our way too!!

I was impressed, it really was a clean place and the breakfast was a nice touch in the morning

Im uploading photos to Photobucket today and will get some more up here shortly, thanks for your patience everyone

 

[Littleprincess2010]

Our first day!!! We were all up at 5:30am (which, thanks to the time change, was only 6:30am) and out the door at 6am. Stopped at McD's for brekky and then went to the parks for magic morning at 7am. I took a photo of the Disneyland sign as we waited to cross Harbor, this is where I started to well up. A lot of emotions came back for me. When I was 14 my brother and I were moved into Foster care together because of issues between our parents. It was a really hard time in our lives, but thankfully we were placed with an amazing family who treated us as their own. When they took us to California it felt like all the crap that was going on around us was gone and I've always kept that feeling with me, hoping to be able to come back.

We used e-tickets bought through the Disneyland website and they were so easy to use!! Here we are heading to Fantasy Land.

Once we got inside the parks we started out on, you guessed it, Peter Pan.

It was great, but sadly this was the only time we got to ride it. Next time we go I plan on doing it more than once. And yep, you read that right, next time!! We plan on heading back, thinking we might wait until Ariel and Cars land are done.



After Peter Pan we headed over to Dumbo, that was a fun one! Even my mom loved it

After Dumbo we did Snow White, Alice, Mr. Toad and Pinnochio. Then it was onto the Teacups. These things make my tummy toss so I stuck to taking pictures from the side

We headed over to Finding Nemo and got on really quick, My mom went to the little room on the side but insisted on us going down in the submarine.

Now comes the fun part!! We got to be a part of the VooDoo Daddy Holiday taping crowd. We were right near the front on the left side and Anya got to stand in front of the adults so she could see everything, she was mesmerized!!

We spent about an hour watching them rehearse before they did the actual taping, it was lots of fun but my hands were sore from clapping after, lol.



After this we went over to see Tinkerbell. Terrance was with her and Silvermist was there too!!

Then we went to the Tiki Room and had an amazing Dole Whip Float, my goodness those things are good. I've made a decision to make pineapple icecream at home now too!! Sooooooo gooooooooood!!!

After this we headed back to the hotel to grab lunch and go shopping at Walmart for groceries. That took up a huge chunck of time but we made it back in time to do Aladdin and see the fireworks. Here are some photos from Aladdin, but I have no idea why I didn't take any of the Remember fireworks show, I think I might have been too caught up in it. It was awesome!!



Here we are at the 6:10pm showing of Aladdin

Didn't want to post too many pictures as to ruin the fun for other Aladdin Virgins, lol. We loved it!!



After this we headed back to DLR for the fireworks. We got great seats right in front at the edge of the stage for the Christmas Taping earlier. The fireworks were awesome and it was the perfect end to our first night.



Next up: Day 2 in the parks and WOC!!!

 

[specialks]

Looks great so far! Glad you had safe travels. And I agree, Canada has the upper hand when it comes to candy bars and also POTATO CHIPS -- Old Dutch Creamy Dill, I LOVE you!!

I love the Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip -- we live about 15 minutes away from them!

 

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so glad all is going so well for you and you are making so many new wonderful memories for both yourself and your dear daughter!
Disneyland is like that...whether you have something to celebrate, or something to get over or through, it's the place to make everything good for at least a while, and give you memories to get you through bad times to come. I guess that's why so very many kids go there through the Make a Wish foundation. Every time I ride Peter Pan, I am a little girl again with my mum at my side she's gone now, so it's very special to me too!

 

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thinking you must be back now? any update on your trip?

 

[Littleprincess2010]

thinking you must be back now? any update on your trip?

Eeek, I have been slacking! Well, more that I have been absolutely swamped since I got back but I promise to have another day up tomorrow!

 

[Littleprincess2010]

Tried to upload photos to photobucket today and it said it was down for maintenance!! ARG!! I had all my photos on my flash drive ready to upload but I'll have to try again tomorrow.