At 22 years old I finally went to Disneyland. And yes, it was just as magical and I was just as excited, if not more so, than I would have been at age 7. For my Spring Break, Lindsay, Karlee and I decided to go to California and in turn make a trip to Disneyland. We carefully planned out our 5 day trip to Costa Mesa, California and our stops at the beach and Disneyland. With our 3 day hopper passer tickets purchased and hotel room booked, we made our 10 hour journey to the coast. It was a long ass ride, and it sucked.
Day 1: We got to go to the Happiest Place on Earth! (aka Disneyland). I was seriously so happy just to see the parking lot and ride the Toy Story bus to the park entrance. As I smiled and pointed at everything, we made our way to the ribbon before the park opened. I grabbed a coffee and we ran to Indiana Jones ride. Epic. Best first ride ever! After that we ran to almost every ride in Disneyland. The lines were so short I didn't have to wait longer than 20 min. I also got to meet Alice and the Mad Hatter, which I was really looking forward to. And the White Rabbit and Queen of Hearts and Mickey Mouse were on our way out. It was a perfect first day at Disneyland. Then we went to the beach at Balboa and enjoyed the California sun.
Waiting on the Toy Story bus
Day 3: Magic Morning, we got to Disneyland at 6:30 to go in early, take pictures and enjoy the semi empty park. We went on Indiana Jones first again and then went on every ride we could twice. After being there for 5 hours we decided to go to
Ihop for some food. Then I went by the pool and read, enjoyed the sun, wondered to Target, Game Stop and a Japanese bookstore, before returning to the hotel. (we avoided the beach that day because of the high tides from the Tsunami in Japan)
Day 4: South Coast Plaza to do some shopping. H & M, Zara and Free People, all the great stores Utah is lacking. Afterward, we went to the beach one last time to watch the sun set. It was a good ending to our trip.
Favourite Rides:
Disneyland:
-Alice in Wonderland & Teacups (of course)
-Haunted Mansion
-Indiana Jones
-Pirates of the Caribbean
-Space Mountain
-Peter Pan
California Adventures:
-Tower of Terror
-Soaring Over California
-California Screamer
-Aladdin Live on Stage
Favourite Moments:
-Seeing all the characters I loved
-Getting to fulfill my childhood in 3 days
-Laying in the warm sun and getting semi tan
-The food
Weekdays have never been so much fun. With actual needed purchases at Target, including my nephew Maximus's 1st birthday gift, came the Tek 6. For $9 we got reloadable 6 shooter Nerf guns. Fully equip with extra ammo and a bulls-eye for practice. I don't know how many times Colin has wanted to buy these but now we both turn corners and open doors more carefully around our house. Besides spending our extra time running around and shooting each other, these guns are actually making my aim better and reflexes quicker. Don't worry we each got one so our battles wouldn't be one sided. I chose the blue.
