On Monday we had a great day, besides losing my first (and almost last) cell phone! I cannot believe it - but it happened. Last I remember is when Gabi had it in her hand while we were waiting for Jason and the boys on a ride; I told her to put it back but can't recall anything after those words - darn it. Nothing showed up in the Lost and Found where we were able to put a claim in for it and they would have contacted us. Free phone + $50 Gift Card is when Jason got one for me, for moreso emergency uses... so it wasn't the end of the world. Thanks to Jason's data package on is iPhone, right then and there he looked up Fido and got my # suspended so that if someone were to have found it, they at least couldn't use my plan.
Let's move on to happier things - afterall this is the happiest place on earth!
Here's a glimpse into our day:
riding Dumbo
in front of Small World in the line; I wanted to grab this shot of Sam in front of the manicured Moose like the moose on his shirt
Minnie's house
Gabi holding up her autograph book for Jessie (from Toy Story 2) to sign
Fantastic times...
for interest sake and the last day I took time to recall what we did like this:
• Alice in wonderland ride
• Casey Jr. Circus Train
• Dumbo ride
• It’s a small World
• King Arthur Carousel
• Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
• Pinocchio’s Daring Journey ride
• Storybook Land Canal Boats
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
• Big Thunder Ranch – petting “zoo” and colouring in log cabin
• Jungle Cruise
• Tarzan’s Treehouse
• Gadget’s Go Coaster
• Minnie’s House – met Minnie
• Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
• Fire Engine ride down Main Street
• Horse-Drawn streetcar down Main Street
• Then over to California Adventure:
• Monsters, Inc. Ride
• Muppet Vision 3D show
• Turtle Talk with Crush (EJ got chosen to talk to Crush and then Crush wanted to talk to his Mommy!)
and the kids played some interactive games... we spent a couple hours in there.
and this one Elijah wrote about in a piece of his writing at school and referred to him as a Rockstar, which he is (Alice C.)
and yet another ride on the teacups, just Gabi and I - her choice was a purple one:
Gabi's laughing her head off in the ladybug mixer type ride:
this picture is compliments of Elijah - Sam and Mom in the bumpercars
and Elijah chose a Slinky Bank
Our flight was at 6:00 and landing at 8:30pm - I thought the kids might be tired out from our week and sleep, but fat chance of that! Here's how I had to keep Sam busy at one point because in fact he was tired, but not allowing himself to relax... he played photographer for awhile:
As we were touching down both Sam and Gabi decided to fall asleep - now talk about a challenge getting 2 sleeping kids out of the plane with 5 backpacks and 4 suitcases (we don't check our bags)! We managed - next time I'm going to bring melatonin (spelling?) and that should do the trick.
and our longest line was by far the line up to meet the Princesses! I waited in line while Jason took the kids on Small World - we were able to be creative with line waiting and worked it good! We were guaranteed 3 princesses and so the ones we met were:
Belle from Beauty and the Beast:
and Ariel from Little Mermaid of course
Back over at California Adventure later that day, I remembered we had met Cinderella there in 2007, so sure enough she was there for meet/greet after a 'drawn to magic' show - unfortunately Gabi didn't want to go close to Cinderella
other characters we met were Chip and Dale:
and Lilo from Lilo & Stitch:
we just LOVE meeting the characters! It's so fun!
and here's Crush (from Nemo) in the interactive show I referred to earlier in the week:
another great day!
in front of Small World in the line; I wanted to grab this shot of Sam in front of the manicured Moose like the moose on his shirt
Minnie's house
Gabi holding up her autograph book for Jessie (from Toy Story 2) to sign
Fantastic times...
and this lettuce - in the lineup to Astro Blasters
cool hey?! I think they may even grow some grapes and make wine - but I'm not certain. I know they have Wine Days at some point...
Autopia in Tomorrowland:
another favourite was the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster ride
the Army Men from Toy Story did a little show on the "road"
look at this picture - fun, hey?! Gabi took a turn playing the Bubble Wrap Game on Jason's iPhone, so when I took the picture Cinderella's reflection off of Gabi's shirt showed up rather than the game she was playing - cool huh?!
Stitch and Goofy:
and High School Musical "show" on the "road"
dressed up as Jessie from Toy Story 2, in the gift shop!
and this tidbit of information came to us on a Disney promotion DVD they sent to us... "Riders Switch Pass" became a very handy tool and working it with Fastpass... we worked the system very well!!
we did the Playhouse Disney show; Aladdin theatrical show; Bug's Life 3D show; Flik's Flyers ride; Soarin' Over California; Pixar's Play Parade; carousel and Jason went on California Screamin ride! Oh - and today Elijah ran into a classmate amongst the business of day!
