Day 2: Disneyland!

On day #2 of the trip we woke up early, excited for Disneyland!  Ok, maybe it was just me that woke up excited for Disneyland.  We had a quick breakfast and speed walked our way to the gates.  For some reason, Mr. C let me pick the line to wait in for tickets and everyone in that line was crazy slow.  We paid for our tickets and the people in about 1/8^th of the time it took everyone else.  I’m not exaggerating here!  But, it’s the happiest place on earth so I soon forgot the frustration and was overcome with happiness once I saw the Pluto and Mickey pumpkins waiting for us at the gate.  The place was all decked out for Halloween, complete with a HUGE Mickey pumpkin.  I need to get me one of those.

Our ride-planning was a bit different this time due to it being crazy busy.  Luckily we had an app on our phones that told us how long the wait at each ride was and this was about the most amazing thing EVER!  It saved us a lot of waiting and walking just to check times.   If you’re planning a trip to DL EVER, I highly recommend this.  Apps are just the best.  And I’m rambling again so let’s get back to the crazy busyness of DL.  For one, Space Mountain had a 60 minute wait by 9am.  We did end up riding this twice though, the first time Mr. C and I were the only ones on the little car and I was not a fan of this!  The ride was transformed into a scary phantom theme for Halloween and it scared me a bit, especially when something jumped out at me at the end!  Not cool!  Since we were alone the first time I wisely used the time to scream a lot.  Mr. C just laughed at me…I think he may have been crying he was laughing so hard.  Obviously he wasn’t too concerned with me being freaked out during the ride!

I’ve realized that I’m not a fan of afternoon Disneyland.  Morning is good and evening/nighttime is amazing, but afternoon is just long wait times and lots of crazy kiddos.  So we ended up driving over to Anaheim Gardens where we had a leisurely and delicious lunch at California Pizza Kitchen followed by a much needed nap (we’re getting old you know).  By 4 we were ready to head back to use our fast passes and each some churros (you HAVE to have a churro in Disneyland, it’s really not even an option).  We watched part of Fantasmic and I surprised myself with how excited I was to see Beauty and the Beast.  I think I literally yelled out when I saw them!  Luckily there were some kids around so I’m hoping everyone just thought the outburst came from one of them!  We took off before the show was done and lucky for us, we were on the thunder mountain right as the fireworks started which meant that we had a perfect viewing spot.  These fireworks are where Mr. C asked me to marry him 5 years ago so they hold an extra special place in my heart.

Somehow we ended up with 3 sets of fast-passes to be used between 10:30-midnight and somehow we got a second wind that allowed us to use them all and ignore the throbbing in our feet.  Unfortunately we lost the second wind when it was time to walk home.  It’s amazing how that always happens.  Miraculously, we made it, although I would have been willing to pay someone to carry me home that night.  We slept like logs and in the morning when I jumped out of bed I remembered how bad my feet hurt.  Without a doubt, it’s always worth it.

Up next is day #3.  I’m not telling you what it’s about though…you’ll have to hope your anticipation doesn’t keep you up tonight!