Oh, how I miss this trip! I'm concerned to say it is seriously influencing where we all want Brian to go to school. Brian told me the other day that he had swung back to wanting to go to USC. When I asked why, he said "Disneyland." We're all still going through serious withdrawals. Gracie just doesn't understand why we can't go there everyday. Brian and I agree that a huge game changer for our trip this year was a little splurge on a suite. It had two rooms so at night we could put Grace down right away and then shut the doors and have our evening to hang out and read and watch tv. We didn't have to be completely silent and have all the lights off like we did last time. It was pure genius.
This is our first day at Disneyland. The morning hours of our first day were by far the slowest of our trip. It was beautiful. The pic above is Gracie realizing that Disneyland was real. She was SO excited. She just kept giving me and Brian these adorable bewildered looks. She had been watching Disneyland videos on YouTube for months leading up to this trip, but it was adorable to watch her realize she was there. An ingrained memory for sure. We ALL agree that one of our favorite parts of every trip is entering Disneyland and walking up main street for the first time. You feel like you're home. It's truly magical.
The first ride of every single trip. It was a walk on. This ended up being Gracie's favorite ride by far and she asked for it over and over again on the trip. We rode it a lot, but no one had a single complaint about that.
This was walking off Pirates. Brian and Meg headed over to get fast passes for splash mountain. I turned around and realized there was no one walking in New Orleans Square but Adin. Pretty awesome. I wish I could say that this was a sign of a crowdless trip but alas that wasn't the case. Monday was a rare slow time and the rest of the trip was pretty busy despite it being listed as one of the slowest times of the year.
The second ride of every trip. :) A walk on as well. :)
Adin made a autograph book during has "six days of disney". He wanted to get as many autographs as he could but there wasn't any way he was going to be seen asking for Sophie's autograph. This is him instructing Gracie to ask for her autograph. Teeheehee.
I packed along Gracie's Sophie dress and her amulet. Gracie loved meeting her. For a stranger shy little girl, Grace had no problem loving on the characters.
We're also big on trying to take it slow. The long lines and heavy crowds kind of mess that up for me. I feel rushed to fit everyone's favorite rides in. We probably could have used a little more of just sitting around like this. Meg was adamant that she get another turkey leg. She regretted that decision pretty quickly and had an upset stomach after this thing. I'll be curious to see if she'll ever eat one again.
More to come. :)
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