Disney January

Well we did it! We survived our first family vacation to Disneyland!!! Yay us! We got a 3 day park hopper and a nearby hotel and went for it! We knew the days were doing to be long and we initially thought that we could take a "nap" break mid day, but that didn't happen. The first day started around 11am at California Adventure. We did a lot of the small rides, explored the Cars area, rode the big roller coaster and super cool Ferris wheel, and a whole bunch of other cool rides.

 The day was great and ended with dinner at Downtown Disney with Sean's Aunt Laura, Uncle David, and cousins Melina and Jack. It was great to finally meet the cousins, but we were all too exhausted from the day to function 100%. We made it back to our hotel to check in to find the girls had some awesome bunk beds to snooze on. And they were in their own room! It was perfect! 

The next day was our first day at Disneyland. We didn't get a super early start, but it was still before 11am. We entered the park and headed right to see the Disney Princesses (heard the wait time can be pretty long).  It was very cute to see them and made me wish I was a kid again! Seems like there was not many princesses when I was young. The girls got to meet Aurora - Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Ariel. This experience was super cute. I think the girls were caught off guard; they weren't as excited as I was. 

We went on a lot of rides (even the teacups that almost made me lose it) and found our way to Space Mountain.  To our surprise, both girls loved it! We went on the Small World cruise, headed to Toon Town and met Pluto and Goofy, and then waited in the forever long line at Mickeys house to meet him. M&S got pretty good at waiting in lines for a long time. I was surprised that there were no tantrums over how tired they were of waiting. Our day ended with a super yummy dinner and drinks at The ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney. We all were happy with full bellies! 

Our plan for the third and final day started early and with a special guest! We wanted to get to California Adventure first thing to ride the Radiator Springs ride / CARS (always a long line)  and to be able to spend the rest of the time finishing up Disneyland. Our special guest was one of my besties Stephy! I was so happy she joined us! We spent the last day doing more sight-seeing, riding Space Mountain again, and just enjoying the beautiful day. 

We came home that evening to 3 doggies that missed us sooo much!! Happy it was over and very happy we went!!