Halloween at Disneyland!

This week we took a road trip to California with Steve and Raquel. We arrived in LA Sunday Morning and had some time to kill before we checked into our hotel so we hung out in Hollywood for a couple hours and did some sight seeing. Our plan for the day was to check into our hotel and sleep, check out Downtown Disney, and then go sleep some more. Instead, we decided we couldn't wait til the next day to go to Disneyland, so we went that night!

We walked to the park from our hotel room, and when we got there I was overwhelmed with emotion! I missed Disney SO much. Keith and I both were so happy to be there. We were able to do a lot of new things that night; Mr Toads Wild Ride, Great Moments with Mr Lincoln, and The Indiana Jones Adventure. They don't have those in Florida! And of course, I was reunited with my favorite ride - SPACE MOUNTAIN, and my favorite treat - DOLE WHIPS! AMAZ-A-ZING.

On Monday we went to California Adventure! It was fun! It was our first time there. Unfortunately they are doing a lot of new construction and the things that they do have open are things we have done before. There just wasn't a lot to do. We did get to see World Of Color! That was really beautiful. I loved it.

Tuesday was the big day - Mickey's Halloween Party.
We got all dressed up in our pirate costumes and headed over to Disneyland for the Party. We rode some rides and took lots of pictures. We got a lot of attention for our costumes. People wanted pictures with us and little kids were admiring us. It was pretty cool! When the sun went down, the party started. I wanted to start the party by going back to the front of the park so I could record the music and decorations down Main Street. As the four of us were walking, we were stopped by some cast members. They told us that they really loved our costumes and asked us if we wanted to be on the Grand Marshall's float in the DISNEYLAND PARADE! Of course we all agreed. We couldn't believe it! AND we got the entire conversation on video! They told us when and where to go and all that. We killed time on some rides until it started.

We went backstage to get on the float and we were able to see how everyone gets ready for it. All the princesses and Mickey and Minnie and all the other characters were there just socializing with each other. It was so cool. The parade started and we got to smile and wave to all the cute little kids in their costumes. They were so happy when we waved at them! It was so fun. We got our pictures taken in the float and were told we could get a free copy at the end of the day. It was a magical experience for sure!

At the end of the night we were looking for unique things to do. We saw that in Frontier Land there was an area where you could take pictures with Pirate characters. Little did we know that it was JACK SPARROW we could take a picture with! I ran over to the line to meet him. It's super rare to be able to take a picture with Jack Sparrow. Rumor has it that they had to stop meet and greets with him because women kept groping him. lol... So I jumped at the chance to meet him. When we all got in line, a cast member came and told us that he would be leaving in a couple minutes and that Peter Pan and Captain Hook would be taking his place. This was our last chance to meet Jack, and we missed it! I was SO bummed.

At the end of the party we went to collect our photo from the parade. The photo place was next to a backstage entrance, so we saw some characters go by as we were in line. The next thing I know, Jack Sparrow himself walks right up to all of us in line and starts playing with our pirate hats and messes around with us! I asked him if he would take a picture with us and he said "Well, I don't see why not." It made my whole vacation! After the photo he said goodbye and went backstage. That day was all about being in the right place at the right time. It was such a good day!