.Disneyland.

DISNEYLAND! Monday we woke up bright and early, ate our yummy Mickey Mouse pancakes and when it was time, went outside to wait for the bus. The hotel didn't offer their own shuttle, but the city transit came right to the front lobby to pick up passengers at quarter after the hour every hour, all day. It was $3 per day for adult and $1 for children. The parking at the park was $15 and it sounded like you'd have to walk for a long while before you got to the front gate. Where this way we were picked up at our front door and then dropped off right at the front! Very convenient. The park hours were limited slightly during the week. It opened at 10:00 so we left on the 9:15 bus. We were able to get into Disneyland right away. They had everything open on main street, it was places like Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland that you had to wait until 10:00. We made our way down to Frontierland and only waited about 15 minutes before it opened. The boys went straight to Indiana Jones. I must admit, not being able to ride this one because I'm pregnant made me pretty sad. Its my very favorite ride! Brynn and I walked around a few of the shops outside while we waited. We made our way back up to the Frontier land entrance where the Tiki Juice Bar was located. I got us a pineapple float to share! Pineapple ice cream covered in pineapple juice! HEAVEN! It was so tasty. I read some park food reviews before we left knowing that Brynn and I would be waiting around alot. This was the "it" thing to get and it did not disappoint. Sounds like in the busy summer months, the wait for one of these could be over an hour! First thing in the morning, we walked right up to the counter and got one. Yum! Brynn liked it for the first little bit, and I can't say I was sad not having to share the whole thing with her! After Indiana Jones, we went to Pirates of the Caribbean. We took the whole family on this one! Probably not the best ride to take Brynn on first. She cried through most of it. Next was Haunted Mansion which we all went on too, again probably not the best to take Brynn on. We just told her to close her eyes, which helped. There just wasn't a whole lot of rides I knew we could all go on together, so I wanted to make sure we went on them. The boys did Splash Mountain next. We then went back on the Jungle Cruise and then through Sleeping Beauty's Castle to Fantasyland! We went on Pinocchio first, and Brynn once again hated it! The rides are just pretty dark and LOUD, which is what I think she didn't like most of all. I wanted to go on Peter Pan and dragged the boys on it with me while Josh took Brynn on the Carousel and the little train they have there. Brynn and Gage waited for Dumbo, we thought maybe Brynn could ride alone with Gage but once they got to the front that wasn't the case, so Josh jumped in and was able to ride with Brynn. She loved that one too!
For lunch we went back down to mainstreet to find the famous Corndog Stand. Another one of the must eat things I found online. We got 3, $7 corndog meals with chips! They were huge and very good. Next was to Tomorrow land. We went on the Buzz lightyear ride, which was a blast...literally. It was an interactive game you used guns to shoot at targets. Very fun, Brynn wasn't happy about the dark and noises once again. The boys then went on Space Mountain and then to Autotopia. After we went on the Little Mermaid Submarine ride. We were worried Brynn would hate this one too, but to our surprise she really loved it!
Our last stop that day in the park was Mickey's ToonTown. It was fun because it had alot of photo props and squishy looking buildings and things to climb on. We walked up and down the town and waited while the boys waiting in line for a kiddie roller coaster. Goofy, Mickey and Minnie's house were down at the end and Brynn was pretty interested in looking at the characters. He and Josh went and admired Minnie from afar. She passed them on the way to her break and kissed Brynn on the forehead! They came back to tell me about it because I was waiting by the fountain for the boys, she had the biggest smile on her face! The lines for pictures weren't very long so we waited for a family shot with Goofy and then walked through mickey's house to get one with him. By that time Brynn was liking all these cute characters and wanted to wait for Minnie. We waited a few minutes and again she left for a break (I think they must rotate them out quite often?). I told her that she would be back, but she got right out of line and ran over to Pluto which was close by. She surprised me with how she reacted to them. She ran right up to him and gave his the biggest hug! Pretty darn adorable!
We then walked to our bus stop and took the bus back to the hotel. We bought the kids fanny packs before we left. I figured we'd pack lots of snacks for lunch in the day and then eat out somewhere at night. Didn't work out so well because the bus went straight back to our hotel...no where really to stop. We snacked for dinner that night and the kids when to the pool again with Josh. I enjoyed a hot shower and had a few quite minutes before they got back. Didn't take anyone long that night to fall asleep!