DISNEYLAND

OK, so I was born and raised in California, and I was the baby of the family. You'd think someone would have taken me to Disneyland at some point in time, right? My brother promised to take me when I was 8 years old, but instead he got married and took his wife there. That was rough. haha... Anyway, I was deprived of the Disney Park experience all my life.

Keith was born in Orlando, Florida, and has been to Disney World 3 times. He had never been to Disneyland though. :D

Well, at the end of our vacation, I finally got to go. Keith took me as a birthday present to me (my hero!). We woke up at 6 in the morning to get ready and get there at 8am. It didn't really set in how awesome it was until we were waiting in line to get into the park. The music was playing and I started getting really excited to the point where I started to tear up. I WAS FINALLY GOING TO DISNEYLAND! This is epic.

As we inched up to the front of the line, we could hear the magical sounding scanning sounds. Then we were IN. I already knew what I wanted to do first - Ride the Pirates of The Caribbean ride. As we sped-walked there I saw the castle and the cute little town. The line was super short because we were the first ones in. I couldn't believe I was actually there! I was so happy I cried a little. It was an amazing ride. We went on it 3 times.

Next was breakfast. We forgot to eat before we got into the park, so we went to the River Belle Terrace and had pancakes! Mine were Mickey Mouse pancakes. :D

After we ate we went on the Thunder Mountain Railroad, (which is a lot more fun than it looks), and the Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion was Christma-fied to be like the Nightmare Before Christmas. I was AMAZED at the ghosts in there. They looked so REAL! Wow. I was like a little kid. I cried on that one too.

Speaking of being a little kid, since I didn't get to go when I was little, I dragged Keith on the Dumbo and Teacup rides. I also had to buy a set of Mickey Mouse ears at the Mad Hatter. I got Minnie Mouse ears instead though. :)

We went on the Matterhorn, then It's a Small World (because they're those rides you just HAVE to go on to get the full experience). They were fun! After those, we waited way too long in line for the Finding Nemo submarine ride. We had some women behind us who didn't understand personal space or english for that matter. lol it was funny though. The ride was definitely not worth the hour-long wait, but I'm glad we went on it anyway!

At the end of the Finding Nemo ride we were hungry for lunch so we ate at the Pizza Port and had some PIZZA. Then we went next door to the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, which was better than I expected, too! It was so much fun!!

Oh boy... ok so we were there all day - open to close. We did so many things. So I'll just go over the highlights:

All day I was asking Keith where the characters were! I had in my imagination that when you went to Disneyland, the characters hung out with you and rode the rides with you and stuff! lol At night though, there was a parade. We saw ALL the characters at once! I was like a little kid. I got excited over every character. I even cried again I was so happy! I was even happy to see Santa! And I hated Santa when I was little! lol

After the parade we had a couple hours before the fireworks show so we went to SPACE MOUNTAIN! We waited a long time in line though. I had no idea what I was in for though. It was freaking amazing. I loved the music, too (I'm trying to find it to download)! ANYWAY, our picture in the end was hilarious. Space Mountain is my favorite ride (besides POTC).

Before the fireworks, Keith and I got some food and found a spot to sit. People ended up standing up (lame) so I couldn't see very well, but it turned out okay. The fireworks so was sooooo amazing. There was a single firework at one point that went across the castle in an arch like the logo. It was beautiful, so beautiful. The fireworks made me cry it was so amazing. I was already emotional about the fireworks when all of the sudden it started to snow. Then I really became emotional. It was so beautiful and perfect and it was the best day ever.

I LOVE DISNEYLAND.