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Friday, July 17, 2015

Disneyland Trip 2015

After several years of waiting, finally my husband and I made it back to Disneyland only this time we have two small boys in tow. We spent 4 days and three nights at Disneyland/California Adventures staying in the Anaheim Majestic Gardens Hotel. 

First off, our hotel was AMAZING! It's not a Disney Hotel but one of their affiliated good neighbor hotels (and significantly cheaper I might add) with the benefit of a shuttle running to and from the parks every 30 minutes. It was castle themed with a truly beautiful interior, but of course I love castles and dragons. We picked the room that had a queen bed and a castle themed bunk bed for the boys. I knew they would love it!





The Hallway had an old dragon tale that started on the wall and finished on the carpet. pretty awesome!


The Boys LOVED Disneyland and did much better than I expected for a cautious 2 year old and temperamental 4 year old, but I guess Disney knows their business when it comes to entertaining the little ones. It was very tiring for My husband and I but we were pretty smart and worked our plan. Here is what we did:
        • Arrive early by 8am and leave for the hotel around 12noon
        • Relax and take naps until around 5pm.
        • Arrive at the park around 5:30 and stay until 10pm or so depending on what nightly attraction we were planning to see.
        • Back to hotel for nightly baths and pre-order breakfast for the following morning.
        • Sleep.
We went in prepared and everyone had a great experience. I think the biggest success factors were:
        • Taking it slow, no rushing.
        • Staying hydrated with gatorade and water. My husband was wearing a CamelBak backpack that stores water that you drink through a tube. Great purchase!
        • We ate at regular intervals by keeping snacks on hand such as granola bars, string cheese, and crackers.
        • Letting the boys nap for 2 hours each day gave them the energy to stay up way past their 7:30pm bedtime.
Things we would do differently next time:

        • We would go between September and October or February because its significantly less busy.
        • We would go for 3 days instead of 4 because we were done by the third day.
        • We would schedule our days by sections of the park so that we aren't running all around the parks all day. We also missed a few sections because we ran out of time and energy.
Overall, we had an amazing time and I can't wait to go again. Here are a few pictures of the highlights from our trip.

First day on shuttle to Disneyland
Sleeping Beauty's Castle with me in orange in the lower right.
Mickey Mouse's House
A reluctant picture with Mickey, they were not interested in doing this.
Pixie Hollow
Mommy and Daniel on Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
Starbucks therapy mid-day
New spinning Mickey light
Paint The Night Parade
The look of amazement is worth everything :)
Carousel at California Adventures
Fun!
Daddy is the best ride there is.
Caiden our 2 year old wearing the CamelBak 
World Of Color about to begin...
The Finale!
It was a success, we all loved it and are very wet now.
Last morning at Disney...
We're all a little rough around the edges :)
Last Day Sugar Binge....
Ice Cream Cone...
Mickey Mouse Lollipop...
It's yummy!

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