The Happiest Place On Earth

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

On The Teacups

Day 2: We spent the morning at our hotel pool and the afternoon at California Adventures. It was so awesome! I liked Tower of Terror the best! And we wandered around until dark and went to Disneyland for the firework show! I got to see Tinkerbell fly over the castle and the magical fireworks and music of Disney.

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