Disneyland Jan. 2012

Last June or July I posted about being a winner for a Disneyland Trip from KSL's facebook page. This last week we used that trip. It included 2 nights in the Grand California Hotel, and 4 park hopper tickets for 3 days. Perfect for us and our girls. (Thanks mom and dad for taking Buddy Boy for us!) We left Friday after work and traveled to Primm, NV. That is a good stopping point and you can get into a hotel room for pretty cheap. Then Sat. we finished our journey to CA and entered the Grand California Hotel. This has been a dream of RB's since he was a kid, so he was loving it. Here are the front doors just to enter the hotel.


The lobby was huge. They had bell hops to help you with your luggage and multiple pools and slides. After checking in we spent the rest of the day swimming, and vegging. The best part about the hotel is the entrance straight into California Adventures. Very nice! With the hotel we also got magic mornings, and a pass that gave us two instant fast passes. Super cool!


The hotel room was like most hotel rooms just nicer.


However, the maid service was very impressive. They send a maid around every night to turn down the beds. On our second night we came back to our beds turned down. Wow, have never had that happen before. I did have to laugh at what they did, by simply folding down the corner of the sheets. The beds were super comfy!


We went to Disneyland on Sun, Tues, and Wed. On Mon. we switched hotels and went swimming again. Disneyland of course was great. It was a little chilly in the morning and nights but the days were great. The park was pretty empty on Tues. and Wed. too. That was great. RB had to wait about 10 min. to get on the good rides, and our longest wait was 20 min. for Toy Story.

Seeing Mickey is a must. The line was short and we practically walked right in.


This was one of MJ's favorite's. She really likes the new Arielle ride and this was her favorite part on the ride because of her hair.


I love MJ in this pic. She is so shy. Cute girl.


The carousels are always a favorite too.


This was one of those pictures that turned out to be one of my favorites since you can see RB and Lil in the mirror as well at the backs of Lil and MJ. MJ wore RB's Aggies sweatshirt most mornings. That sweatshirt is famous. We had at least five people stop to talk to us about USU and the Aggies. Good times.


We did have the girls ride Splash Mountain once before they could choose not to ride it. You can't see MJ because she's leaning over on RB, and Lil wanted me to cover her eyes. The two in front of us were our shadows that morning. As we left our hotel and walked to the gate for our Magic Morning RB started talking to this lady. She ended us lining up behind us and heard RB talking about our plan for the morning. She asked if her and her daughter could tag along. We didn't have a problem with that. MJ became instant friends with her daughter and they rode many of the rides together. This lady was so impressed with all the rides we had been able to get on just in the two hours the park had been opened. Then we headed over to the early entry into California Adventures and met up with this ladies mom and sister. We rode some rides with them at that park and then parted ways. It was a good morning sharing our routine.


Waiting for Souring over CA ride. This was a favorite for all of us.


Pirates of the Caribbean.


I can't remember what ride this was on.


RB loves the rockets and so does Lil. MJ and I just tolerate them.




Casey Jr.


They had the Alice in Wonderland ride opened again. This pic. is for my sister Chel. I took it just for her.


Tarzan's Tree House.


The Tea Cups.


Lil learned this trick from her daddy.


Dumbo.




The girls wanted to watch the parade one night. They loved it!


Small World was still decorated for the holidays. Too bad Haunted Mansion and the Matterhorn were closed.


The girls loved driving at Autotopia.


MJ is such a poser.


Toy Story is another family favorite.


Most nights ended like this for exhausted Lil. I'm glad we had the stroller so we didn't have to carry her.


Thurs. we drove the 12 hours home. It's hard to believe our trip is already over with. It was a blast though. We can't wait to go back in a year or two. Cars land will be opened by then too! Yea!