Our kids have been patiently waiting for what seems like forever to go to Disneyland. We have tried for many years to plan a trip and have never seemed to get it pulled together. Well this year was our year. We looked at Jared's work schedule and decided to go the week after Thanksgiving. We left on a Thursday morning and just took our time. Our only destination that day was the beach, then to the hotel to check-in and swim/relax.
I'm not sure if it was the weather (cloudy with a little rain) or the fact that it was the week after a holiday but there were not very many people around at all. We parked right next to the beach. Parking Meter anyone? Note to self: always keep change in your pocket when going to California for the parking meters. It was like $1.50 for an hour or something minimal like that but since we didn't have change we had to swipe our card and it's an automatic charge of $8.00. Yikes. We might have paid for many parked cars that day.
Newport Beach was beautiful. It was cold I'm sure so the few surfers that were there had to wear their wetsuits. It was fun to watch them paddle out then ride back on their boards with the long oars. The kids didn't care that the water was cold. They were just so amazed by it. Paige was scared that there was going to be a shark so she spent most of her time collecting shells. Lucas and MaKady on the other hand loved the water. Lucas was sopping wet afterwards.
After the beach we went back to the hotel, checked in, swam, ate dinner, ran to K-mart to get Lucas a new jacket since the humidity was so high that his clothes never dried out the entire trip, I'm not even kidding. Once something got wet it just stayed that way. Super humid, and went then we went to bed. We had a big day planned for the next day.
Our only destination Friday - Disneyland!!! Yay!! Only my third time ever going. With our vacation package we bought a bus pass to take us from our hotel to the parks. It was a 5 day pass that you could use all day everyday so we didn't have to worry about parking the car or anything like that. We will definitely do that again. It was worth it.
Since there weren't too many people there (let's just be honest here would you ever expect Disneyland to be completely desolate? I don't think so!) But there weren't hoards of people so we were able to walk onto most rides for the first part of the day. Around noon it started to get a little more busy but it also started to rain. The rain in California is not like the rain here in Utah. It doesn't rain hard for 5 minutes then stop and clear off. It drizzles and it's like mist almost but it lasts a long time and at first you don't notice it but after a while you realize that you are drenched. I mean to the point where you are literally wringing out your shirt sleeves. Around noon we rode the Small World ride (my favorite) and when we got out we couldn't take it anymore so we caved in and bought ponchos. We should've bought them at Kmart for $1 when we were there the night before but you know hindsight... So we spend $8 each and just went with it. You live and learn I guess.
The kids made autograph books the night before we left (we just bought some sketchpads at Barnes and Noble for $3 each and they decorated the front. Also as a side note we bought the retractable sharpies because I had read somewhere that the characters had a harder time holding a regular pen and it was easier for them to sign, it was so true) the kids were super excited to get all the autographs they could.
Lucas was a little scared and overwhelmed to meet Mater, but Jared was with him so he was ok afterwards.
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