Disneyland - Day 1

A blizzard in Denver almost postponed our vacation, but we lucked out and made it out to sunny Anaheim, CA. Almost 80 degrees and sunshine....not a bad way to start our day.


We began the day with breakfast at McDonald's and then headed over to Disneyland. It is an easy walk. Things are very convenient around here.


Kailei's first comment as we entered the park was, "This is awesome!" We immediately saw Goofy upon arrival and the kids wanted to start an autograph book. Who knew that purchase would be such a hit. The kids loved standing in line and getting the signatures. They carried their books with them all in day in hopes of running into a character. Naturally it did not all go smoothly as we forgot to charge the camera battery so Zeb took off back to the hotel and the kids and I headed over to Tomorrowland. While we waited for Zeb to return we rode a rocketship, played the AstroBlaster game/ride and saw the 3d movie, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. The kids loved it all. When Zeb returned he took them to Star Wars and then we watched the Jedi Master training before heading to lunch


After filling our stomachs we headed over to Toon Town because Kailei was on a mission to see Micky Mouse. We waited in line for over an hour but it was worth it to get his signature and a picture taken. We looked around there for a while and then headed back to the hotel for some


After swimming we went back to McDonald's for dinner and then headed back to the park. Zeb and kids had a mission to ride Splash Mountain. They loved it. Kailei let us know "she was very brave" for riding that. It was the highlight for Nic and Keara.



The crowd really came out tonight. I was amazed but managed to sneak on rides with not much of a wait such as Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Caribbean, the train, and back to Toon Town to ride Roger Rabbit.



By 8:00pm I decided we need to head back to the hotel and try and get everyone settled down and in bed.


Our feet are all soar but we survived and had a great time.



Zeb and Chris' memories...

• After Kailei went down the big hill at Splash Mountain she stated.."This is not for me." (later she retracted)
• Zeb and Kailei were watching fireworks from our deck and Kailei said, "Keara and Nic are missing the fireworks. How sad is that."
• Nic and Keara wore their lanyards and disney mouse pin proudly throughout the day.
• Chris and Zeb could barely move at the end of the day. We are getting old.