Time for our annual trip to Disneyland! Lucy couldn't go this year because she was recovering from surgery, unfortunately.
The two week period at the start of November is the perfect time to go - after the Summer and October rush but before the Thanksgiving / Christmas rush.
We were able to hit the following rides:
Autopia
Mad Tea Party
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Dumbo
Storybook Land
King Arthur Carrousel
(lunch)
Casey Jr. Circus Railroad
Sailing Ship Columbia
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion Holiday
Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey's House
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
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Showing posts with label Disneyland 2014. Show all posts
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Disneyland 2014 - Fantasyland
Since the boys are still young, we ended up spending a lot of time in Fantasyland. They rode the teacups, but I totally missed getting any photos!
Not sure why.
From there we did Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - a perennial favorite.
Teo and Troy posing for their father.
Teo spotted Dumbo and said he wanted to ride that next.
Troy said he didn't.
So only Dave and Teo got in line for Dumbo. It was a fairly long line. Here they are standing in the shade.
The ride spins so fast that getting photos of them was difficult. This and the next one are the best shots I took.
The teacups.
I was going to get shots of them riding in the stroller but when I took this Teo was in mid-sentence of saying "No Pictures!"
I think he feels that riding in a stroller makes him look younger - which he doesn't want to look.
Here is where we had lunch (coming in a few photos). When we walked inside I turned around and Teo was waving at something on the roof. After lunch I went out and looked - he was waving at Olaf!
Troy is usually just a mediocre eater for us. But at lunch, this boy chowed down! He kept up with me bite for bite. Hungry boy!
My wife pausing between bites so I don't catch her with food in her mouth.
The dining hall.
What a lovely SoCal day.
Not sure why.
From there we did Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - a perennial favorite.
Teo and Troy posing for their father.
Teo spotted Dumbo and said he wanted to ride that next.
Troy said he didn't.
So only Dave and Teo got in line for Dumbo. It was a fairly long line. Here they are standing in the shade.
The ride spins so fast that getting photos of them was difficult. This and the next one are the best shots I took.
The teacups.
I was going to get shots of them riding in the stroller but when I took this Teo was in mid-sentence of saying "No Pictures!"
I think he feels that riding in a stroller makes him look younger - which he doesn't want to look.
Here is where we had lunch (coming in a few photos). When we walked inside I turned around and Teo was waving at something on the roof. After lunch I went out and looked - he was waving at Olaf!
Troy is usually just a mediocre eater for us. But at lunch, this boy chowed down! He kept up with me bite for bite. Hungry boy!
My wife pausing between bites so I don't catch her with food in her mouth.
The dining hall.
What a lovely SoCal day.
Disneyland 2014 - Storybook Land
I developed a theory this afternoon that the most important lesson that Disneyland teaches a child is patience. Even though we picked an excellent day and most lines were short, a few were not that short. The subs were long so we passed on those. And Storybook Land was fairly long, but Troy was highly insistent we do it, so we waited. All very patiently and it really was an okay wait.
We could see the Matterhorn from the line.
Interesting characters walked by.
Alice and the Mad Hatter.
I even discovered that Teo knows how to use maps, even after just turning 3! Here is saying "I want to go here Grandpa!"
I looked it up. He is pointing at the Matterhorn. Later in the afternoon he said the same thing as we walked by the Matterhorn. We had to explain he was too short to ride. But apparently it is a ride we will be doing in a year or two!
More patient waiting.
Pointing at the teacups.
It's almost our turn!
I love this photo of Teo.
And this one of Troy as we go through a tunnel.
Teo pointed at this and said "Take a picture of that Grandpa!".
And that's how it started. They pointed out many things and asked me to take a photo.
Troy asking me to take a picture of...
...this.
Teo asking me to take a photo...
...of this.
And the train whizzed by. Teo was hooked. We had to ride the train!
We could see the Matterhorn from the line.
Interesting characters walked by.
Alice and the Mad Hatter.
I even discovered that Teo knows how to use maps, even after just turning 3! Here is saying "I want to go here Grandpa!"
I looked it up. He is pointing at the Matterhorn. Later in the afternoon he said the same thing as we walked by the Matterhorn. We had to explain he was too short to ride. But apparently it is a ride we will be doing in a year or two!
More patient waiting.
Pointing at the teacups.
It's almost our turn!
I love this photo of Teo.
And this one of Troy as we go through a tunnel.
Teo pointed at this and said "Take a picture of that Grandpa!".
And that's how it started. They pointed out many things and asked me to take a photo.
Troy asking me to take a picture of...
...this.
Teo asking me to take a photo...
...of this.
And the train whizzed by. Teo was hooked. We had to ride the train!
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