Disney Take 4

Is it really Thursday? Where did the week go. As I sit here typing it is 6:33am, and the thought that we would make it to the park at 7 am for Magical Morning is now behind me. I hear the sounds of my four boys (I always count Jim) snoring in their beds with no intentions of rising anytime soon. After a long day of play, the two middle ones are pooped! I will just let them sleep and start the day when they awake.

We slept in yesterday and took in a movie before heading to the park. We arrived at California Adventure just in time for them to open at 10am, and headed straight back to the Bug's Life world. I think we were one of 3 families roaming around the small kiddy rides and were able to ride all 4 within 20 minutes. I had the pleasure of accompanying Dominic on the PT Flea's Bumper cars not once, but twice! Let's just say Dom likes to drive in circles which made mommy feel less than perfect. That combined with he dancing lady bugs and the flying box ride (for the life of me I can't remember what it's called) sent my head into oblivion and reminded me that Pam plus rides that go in a circle certainly do not go together. When the boys quickly declared "let's go again" I said NO WAY! We watched the Bug's Life 3-D movie before exiting - Matthew LOVED it (even though the entire movie was a blur since he would not wear the glasses).

After several rounds on Mulholland Madness (Joshua discovered the Single Rider line and took advantage of it, like, three times - Jim and I rode once) Jim took Matthew back to the hotel for some rest since he was not feeling well. I had intended on taking the boys to the Redwood Wilderness Trail and then heading back to there myself, but fell prey to ice cream and more rides. We very much enjoyed our adventure in the "park" and the boys were able to ride the rope swing and climb the rock wall. We waited for what seemed like forever to ride Soarin' Over California and then it was on to Grizzly Rapids to use our fast passes. Dominic was raring to go but then chickened out at the last minute. I'm convinced he would have ridden had he not been so darn tired. Maybe we will try it again today. Thanks to the fact that Joshua is now 7, he was able to ride alone - phew, that was a close one!

We met our friends Pam and Lindsay at the front gate and headed over to Disneyland for the Matterhorn. It was Dominic's first time riding, and although he had a few hesitations, he loved it and asked to go again! We were joined by Jim, Matthew, and another friend Suzie for the parade, rather Dance Party, in front of the castle before heading for some dinner. Jim took Matthew and Dominic back to the hotel and Joshua and I joined our guests on Pirates before settling in for the Fantasmic show. I'd been waiting all week for this one and was excited that we found decent seats 30 mins before the show. So much for that! About 15 minutes in, all the lights came on and they announced the show would not continue. Imagine being one of the hundreds of guests that had waiting over 3 hours for front row seats...... We rode the train back to the main gate and hiked back to the hotel; pooped but ready for one more day of fun!

Pictures to come when I get a moment