Thursday, March 3, 2011

Disney Land day three

Peter Pan ride

Toy Story ride

California Adventure

Our second day at Disney land we decided to go to California Adventure for half of the day.  We had to go pick up fast passes for the laser water show that night.  We went on screaming over California, that was the kids favorite roller coaster.  Then we went on the new Toy Story ride, the longest wait of the whole trip!  We spent about 45 minutes in line for that ride, but it was well worth it.  We all got three D glasses and you got to shoot carnival type games throughout the ride.  The ride stopped multiple times while we were on it so we got to have lots of practice.  
Then later that afternoon we went back to the hotel and had dinner in the lobby before going back for the lasers light show.  We weren't very excited to stand and wait for the laser water show that night, it was kind of cold and we were all tired.  We were very glad that we toughed it out and stayed!  We should have known it would be amazing!  Water shooting out of the lake with laser lights and fire and music, it was amazing.



Hotel lobby from our floor, kids eating dinner



Laser show

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Day two at Disney Land

Wednesday March 2nd we got up and had breakfast at the hotel and went to Disney land!  The weather was great, jackets in the morning and then it got warmer as the day went on. 


Alyssa and Blake riding Alice and Wonderland ride.
Yummy breakfast!

Blake trying to drive a car, scary!




 This was their favorite part of the day, Jedi training!  They do this a few times a day, so we got there early hoping Alyssa and Blake would be picked to participate.  They come into the crowed to see who is most excited to come up on stage and be trained.  As you can see both my kids were picked and they were so excited!  First they were given their Jedi cloak and light saber.  Then they were taught a basic Jedi sequence of moves.  This would later come in handy.
Then to all of our surprise Darth Vader rose up out of the ground ( I didn't see that coming).  Then each of the kids got to try there moves out on he and Darth Maul.  Alyssa was first out of all the kids, you could tell she was a little nervous.  They both did a great job and had a lot of fun, in fact Blake had to get a light saber as his souvenir to bring home.
After that fun adventure we rode lots of rides, as far as the crowds go this was the best day!  The kids had a lot of fun!


Pirates of the Caribbean



At the end of our first day at Disney Land Doug wanted to go to California Adventure and ride Tower of Terror.  We thought the kids would love it!  We thought wrong!  While we were waiting in line Alyssa started to panic and didn't want to go, which made Blake have second thoughts about going.  We got to the top of the building and told her there was no other way down if you didn't ride the ride.  So we made her get on the ride( what horrible parents). We ended up paying for it!  They both survived but said they would never do it again!  I think it's the scariest ride there, so at least they tried it.  After that ride we were going to do a few more but Alyssa said that ride made her sick, so we packed it up and called it a day!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

First Day Disney Land

Alyssa on the plane
Blake on the plane
Doug and I decided to surprise Alyssa and Blake with a trip to Disney Land!  We had our parents take shifts with Katelyn so that we wouldn't have to take her with us.  Everything worked out perfectly, the kids had no idea.
We checked them out of school early on the 1st of March and told them we were going to lunch with their grandpa( since he was the one driving us to the airport!).  Then as we arrived at the airport we told them we were going to Disney Land!  They didn't believe us at first, but then they were very excited. Blake hadn't been on a plane since he was a baby, so he was very excited. 

When we got there we went strait to the hotel, we stayed at the Embassy Suites in Anaheim.  We had a great room in the corner that was a perfect one bedroom with a family room and  pull out bed for the kids.  We didn't to too much our first day, just got settled and let the kids go swimming. Great start to the vacation!

Doug and the kids at our hotel