So we woke up early the Sunday morning we left for Disneyland and hit the road. We made good time despite the 30 minute detour we took after unknowingly taking the wrong exit and still made the trip in under 6 hours. We headed right to the park and chose the jungle cruise for our first ride. Not too scary like Pirates of the Carribean from Jack's first trip a few years back. I'm pretty sure Ryan thought most the animals we saw were real. Both boys loved it and I'm sure JP was laughing at them and not the river boat pilot's jokes.
Ryan loved the teacups and cried when we got off. I can't think of a ride he didn't enjoy, but he wasn't a fan of the lines. It wasn't even the waiting that bothered him, but the anticipation as we got closer and seeing other people load into their car or boat was hard for him. Patience isn't his strong suit and he would yell, "my boat, my boat!" when we were still about 20 people back.
The crowds were a little heavier than we've been used since our history of going in January during the week, but the perfect weather probably had something to do with it. It was so nice and the boys wore shorts the whole stay. We even went to the hotel pool one morning, but stuck with the hot tub since it was still pretty early in the day.
Everyone slept good at night after our full days of walking and having fun. We'd leave the park for dinner each evening and if I could convince these party poopers, we'd go back for round two.
Jack wore a "Happy Birthday" pin with his name on it and most the employees on the rides would notice and say something and call him by name. He secretly loved the attention and made the comment on our second day there that no one had said Happy Birthday to him yet. We thought it was cute and laughed, but that upset the birthday boy!
Having fun in Toon Town (sorry for the blurry photos--something was off with a camera setting)
Ryan wanted nothing to do with any characters we saw and Jack was willing to pose for pictures, but I had to laugh at how tense he looks in most of them. There was a lot of nervous/excited tongue curling that week (see photo above too)!
This is what would happen if we did go back to the park after dark--just too much fun for one day.
Overall, it was a pretty fun trip. We could have just taken our boys to the Lego store in Downtown Disney and skipped the theme park altogether and they still would have been in heaven. On our next trip in a couple years, we'll definitely have to visit Legoland.
3 comments:
I am totally wishing I was there now! I love Disneyland!! It looks like you had a lot of fun, cute pics!
I love how happy and excited they are. Can't wait to take edders.
Wow, it looks like everyone had a ball! I love Disneyland too!
The boys are so big and SO cute!
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