What a trip...non-stop running around like a 10 year old kid. We easily walked 10+ miles over the three days we actually went into the parks...woohoo! (and ouch!...lol)
A 10 year old kid with a credit card...bwahahaha...
A 10 year old kid with three sisters along who are also 10 years old - even though they aren't quadruplets or anything. It's complicated, but I digress. No actual kids were along - much to their dismay and total confusion...haha - it's good to surprise kids sometimes.
We got to the airport totally early in wild anticipation of our four nights and five days of Disney Magic.
We parked at Wally Park, and wondered if there was such a thing as Wally World, but decided it's just in a Chevy Chase movie - but what park did they use? we don't know...
and we still had a couple of hours to kill...so, we had dinner at Arnies...Or whatever that place there is called with the fish "swiming" along the floor in beautific mosaic. It's in the new part of the airport, where all the stores and stuff are...it's cool there -even if the airplanes hanging from the ceiling don't fly around like a toy on a string...Dinner was fine, as usual, great for airport food, and nobody hurled, so that was a bonus.
We flew on a new airline in these parts - Virgin America. All jokes aside (I know you are thinking them), it was a pretty nice ride. Each seat has it's very own computer console where you can watch movies, satellite TV (kinda), order food, drinks, and - once we discovered it - play games! We are all now members of Mah Jong anonymous...lol. There is a tethered remote that comes out of the seat arm with a qwerty keyboard and video controls on one side, and a remote control on the other. About the size of a Wii remote...very cool. The staff was nice and you get a free soft drink...they could work a bit on their on time record, but all in all, I'd fly this airline again, I think.
It is magic there in the land and world of Disney, and I'm Magic, so it worked out well, like some great cosmic coming together of the planets or something.
(Are you buying this? 'cause it's getting a bit deep, even for me ;)
Everyone says "Have a magical day"...so we did. We even stayed "on the property" which got us a few perks (like early entry to the park, just for being us), and closer proximity to the hallowed halls of that place we so needed to be.
Sometimes it's good to be 10 again...but it's way better with money and very little self-control or feelings of fiscal responsibility :) No feelings of responsibility at all, generally, but that is a different story for another time I think.
Think about the last time you were in Disneyland. Like the quads and I, you too grew up with the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday evenings (early enough for us to watch in our jammies before we headed off to bed). Sometimes, we even got to stay up late (all the way until 9 O'CLOCK!) to watch a special Disney event. Heady stuff for the average 5 year old - well, back then anyway, when kids still went to bed before their parents.
The whole idea of DISNEYLAND - a whole land of all things Disney - was almost more than our little minds could comprehend. Mickey and Goofy were there...living with their friends and riding all those rides.
Pirates of the Caribbean was SCAREY then (and it's new again, so has some good points now as well - Johnny Depp lives there, I saw him, and he's fast, running around that place like crazy just to pop up unexpected again). Pirates, in general, are scarey. Even been accosted by a SeaFair Pirate? Those guys are scarey...maybe it's the rum they drink on the way to the parade...(digressing again).
Here's an ACTUAL ghost pirate we saw in that underground cave...seriously...really...actual...PIRATE!
And here's Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp)...he lives there in Pirates of the Caribbean...he does...we saw him! I told you...Scarey!
Dumbo's flying around in a circle were high up in the air and scarey. Teacups are NOT scarey, but they make you sick - which is handy if you've filled up on junk and need some more room...Mr Toad is not a good driver (sister...) and Indiana Jones is a great ride, but a bit bruising.
All of this goes to say that we all had a BLAST!
Our favorite past time was to try on (and photograph ourselves wearing) every hat we found.
One sister worried about being kicked out of the park for so much jubilant hat wearing without buying,
..but our peals of laughter were tolerated and observed with the kind of looks that parents give to their cute kids (bringing us back to the 10 year olds...lol).
What fun!
Here's a snap from my video of our favorite parade...can you guess what it is?
More later...I have to go figure out where to put all the stuff I brought back with me...in the meantime...
Have a MAGICAL day!
M&G
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