Disneyland is My Land

I can't believe how long it has taken me to write a post about my trip to Disneyland. Life and school have not given me my normal summer break. So let me start by saying that even though my Dad couldn't come, Becki was at least a lot more excited about Disneyland than when she was as a moody teenager. Even she admitted she thought she was cooler than her lame family and thereby remembers hardly anything about the park from our first family trip. That made it almost a first time adventure for her! If you had just seen Becki's face when we were going on the new Little Mermaid ride for the first time, it was priceless. She squealed through the whole ride she was so excited. Christian on the other hand was ecstatic when Phineas and Pherb characters came around and did a show. Not to mention, he was flipping out when we went on the big white rollercoaster California Screamin and Neil Patrick Harris' voice sent us off on the ride. Christian's belly growl, "YEEEEEAH!!" could be heard by all for the rest of the ride.

 I on the other hand was pleased to find that California Adventure was better than it was last time I went to the park 4 years ago. But my favorite rides are still in Disneyland itself. My big question is, when will they have a Beauty and the Beast ride?!? I really liked the new Toy Story ride even if the line was super long. I loved how Mr. Potato Head moved and talked to you. Although when an animatronic giant toy calls you out of the crowd, you just don't know what to say.... I also loved making Becki go on the Tower of Terror with me. The minute the ride started she said, "I'm starting to regret this decision..." She then shut her eyes and screamed the rest of the ride. I loved it. I also enjoyed the Bugs Life theater video thing. Even if it did freak me out when the bugs went "crawling" under my butt on the chair.

We went through both parks rather quickly too, I thought. Our first day in Disneyland we covered every single important ride plus some before we quit for the night. By day two we covered all the important rides plus some in California Adventure too with enough time to go back to Disneyland and hit some favorite rides for a second time. We wanted to watch Fantasmic but it got ridiculous trying to find a place to stand so after watching Captain Hook's ship fighting off Peter Pan we gave up and decided to ride on the Haunted Mansion instead (which we walked up the front steps and directly onto the ride!). And I got to ride Pirates twice but unfortunately even Fantasmic didn't cut down on the Indiana Jones ride, so I only rode that one once. I also got to go to Build-A-Bear for the first time and I made me Captain Smollett! Kermit is even a puppet so you can make his mouth move, which I thought was super cute. Next time I'll go make Benjamina Gunn with Miss Piggy!

Also while in California we went to Long Beach where we found some adorable beach shops that I had seen online. They had a pirate store that just made my day. I found me a t-shirt that said seeking Pirate Husband with qualifications listed for an ad. They had a seeking Pirate Wench shirt too that matched, but I don't need that one. lol. Mom and I went shopping one night after Disneyland which was fun. It was just a grocery store called Vons or something to grab snacks and food for the trip home and then stopped at the Doughnut shop called Winchell's. Winchell's was pretty cool and they used to be in Utah. But they're 24 hour doughnut shops! I was pretty happy since I found myself some Weinhard's Orange Cream soda at Von's and had a tasty looking doughnut to go with it. Overall the trip was a complete success.