A little more about the Disneyland trip. First of all let me say I was a little nervous about taking AJ to California. We had to fly from Birmingham to Dallas- Fort Worth to L.A. Even with the time change working in our favor (on our way there), it was a long trip. Add onto that all the drama of American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights, I was a nervous wreck. But much to my surprise everything went smoothly. Way better than I could have hoped for actually. We had no problems checking in at the airport, AJ behaved well and the flight attendants were so great! OH and on top of that... We got ALL of our luggage there AND back! HOORAY!
The cab ride to Anaheim was heinous... No AC and the cabbie could NOT drive. We were lucky we made it there alive... and without anyone getting carsick.. me especially.
So we finally made it to the Hilton and it was FANTASTIC!
AJ was particularly thrilled that we had our own bathroom that we didn't have to share with other people. She went on and on and "OOOHH!! Look! We have our own TV! ooohhh we have our own closet and our own window!" It was really funny. But we didn't stay in the room long, we headed off to the parks almost immediately. After a really long- roundabout walk to the park we had a great first evening at the Disneyland Park and rode some rides.. On the way home we decided to ask around and see if there was a shorter way to the park and there was! Much shorter way. All we had to do was to ride the tram to the first stop. Get off and walk through the parking lot and across the street to our hotel! This was not going to be so bad!
The next morning AJ and I got up and dressed and headed to the Disneyland Hotel for Breakfast with Goofy in Goofy's Kitchen. Well when we walked across the parking lot I noticed that there weren't any cars in there.. No big deal I thought.. they must not have opened the parking lot yet.
So we walked the same route the tram ran and made it to the Main Park entrance.
(Well it turns out they closed that parking lot and the trams that ran to it for the week for construction... So we ended up walking it 4 times a day... It turned out to be good exercise!)
We got turned around a few times but AJ never complained and when we finally got to the breakfast AJ had a blast! It was worth all the walking.
After Breakfast, we headed to the park and began our routine: play at the park until lunch, eat, and then walk back to the hotel for pool time and rest until Ken got out of classes. Then we would head out again, eat supper, play at the park and then head back to the hotel. And so went our days. It was so much fun and the one thing that I must say about Disneyland is that it is the PERFECT Size if you are trying to keep up with a little one. The lines weren't too long and if you waited until late night you could practically ride all the rides that usually had long lines without waiting! Ken rode Splash Mountain TWICE! And he got his own log! We had the best vacation ever!!!
