Monday-a little sore?

Kristen

Well, since we were both asleep so early, we had no problem being awake bright and early.  Since we also only ate the equivalent of one meal we both woke up starving.  We went to the corner and had a delicious breakfast and sat and talked and I think I drank about 10 cups of coffee-its good for hydration.

 

This is the smallest castle!

We were at the gate to get in by 7:30, I know it sounds early, but to us it was 10:30.  We wondered if they would do the opening like Magic Kingdom-they don't.  Once through the gate we were ready to go.  We headed straight to Space Mountain for FastPasses and then went and rode the Matterhorn.  Once was more than enough for that ride!  Dylon was so excited for me to ride it-I was so excited to get off!

While we waited for our FastPass to be ready we rode most of the rides in Fantasyland.  The Teacups are much more fun in Florida.  We were shocked by how empty the whole park was.  We were literally walking onto ride after ride and this was a holiday.  After Space Mountain we went back to Toontown and wandered around-this whole area was very cool.  We saw some characters.

 

 

Once we left Toontown, it was all over.  Like magic, the park had filled up.  Thank goodness we were there early.  We probably rode more rides in the first 2 hours than we did all the rest of the day.  We made our way over to Indiana Jones and got fastpasses.  What a cool ride!  We liked it so much we got fastpasses to ride it again.  As a comparison to our Disneyworld friends-it's like Dinosaur but with different theming.

Eventually the crowds got to be too much.  Part of Disneylands problem is space.  They don't have the space for people to stand in line so they are standing in line in the middle of a walkway.  It makes for a very crowded feel.  We decided to find a good spot to watch the parade and spend our time people watching.  Both these things are favorite activities of mine and yet when traveling with my family, we very rarely see the parade.

After a very cool parade we looked at the extreme about of people and decided rather than fighting through the crowds one more time, we would call it a day.  Heidi had been talking about eating at In and Out Burger for weeks.  Apparently there was one about 3 miles away.  We went over to the hotel and asked a taxi driver how much he thought it would cost round-trip.  His response-$25-$30!  To drive maybe 8 miles round trip??  No thank you.  We decided to get a quick dinner at The Grand California.  And guess what?  They had delicious burgers there and we didn't have to pay for a taxi.  After dinner we had a quick drink and called it a day!

Here's a list of rides we rode in no particular order:

Alice in Wonderland
Astro Blasters
Chip and Dale Treehouse
Disneyland Railroad-not nearly as cool as Disneyworld's
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
Indiana Jones Adventure x2
Mad Tea Party
Winnie the Pooh
Matterhorn
Mickey and Minnie's houses-come on people they don't live together!
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Pinocchio
Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin
Space Mountain
Star Tours


The only things I feel like we missed and the lines were just too long were The Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain.  We actually had fastpasses for Splash for after the parade, but again it was all about too many people to fight through.  Overall, I really feel like we experienced the whole park.

And thankfully, neither one of us was too sore for all the walking.  We did definitely see some people who were really hurting though!

This was our walk back and forth each day-so pretty!