Disneyland

Where to start? This was the most amazing vacation, we had so much fun. The adventure started off early on Thursday morning (Aug. 28) with an 8:30a flight. We hoped the kids would fall back asleep on the drive up to the airport, but we were sadly mistaken. No problem, they were real troopers. The flight went great and we got to Anaheim by 12:30p. Luckily, our room was ready and we took a good nap before heading straight to DISNEYLAND! Wow! When they say its magical - I must admit - it is (hokey, but true). The kids were just amazed as so were Jamin and I. I could go on and on for pages explaining all the wonderful things we did, but I need to get to sleep tonight. We basically woke up early every morning, hit Disneyland and California Adventure, came back to the hotel in the afternoon to take naps and then headed back to the parks till 9-10p. We also had the best kids pool area at our hotel - a mini Wild Waves kids area. The kids had just as much fun at the hotel swimming then at the parks (ah, the simple things in life). One thing I must mention is the fact that there was really no lines. The longest line we waited in was 45 min. for the Nemo submarine ride (not so worth the wait). The other long line was 30 min. for the new Toy Story Mania ride - completely worth the wait. All the workers at Disney said that the lines were on average 30-45 min. shorter this summer. I must say we lucked out because numerous rides - Splash Mountain, Mulholland Madness, Big Thunder Railroad, most of the Fantasyland rides - had no lines at all and we just got right back on the rides. This was such a great vacation. The only down side was that we left Bryce with the grandparents so we did miss him. We will definitely be doing this one again - probably wait till Bryce is old enough to enjoy it - but if we could this would be a once a year vacation!