Disneyland

We had the BEST family vacation to Disneyland! I think Shae loved the plane ride (especially taking off) almost as much as the park. We went with Austin and Jess and their little guy Janson. It took us 5 days to make sure we took it all in and didn't miss out on anything. We had a Park Hopper pass so we could go back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventures. There was so much to do everyday that by the end of the day we would crash in our hotel so exhausted!! The park stays open until midnight everyday and opens early in the mornings. We hit it hard everyday! Usually we would take a break for a couple hours in the afternoon while it was really hot and go play in the pools at our hotel (which I think Shae and Janson thought was just as much fun as being at the park). The kids were such little troopers and had a BLAST!

Shae loved all the rides ( one part in Pinocchio scared her a little) but for the most part she loved them all. There were really fun rides from all of her favorite movies like, Monsters Inc, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Bugs Life. There were also a lot of cool rides for a lot of the classic stories like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, and Peter Pan which she thought was pretty cool. There were also a lot of boat rides which she loved like Pirates of the Caribbean, and It's a Small World. There were also a lot of little train rides around the park that were fun too. We went to a 3D show in Bug Land that was really cool, but the flying bugs freaked Shae out a little. There were also a lot of fun rides for the 'grown ups' We liked Splash Mountain, The Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the California Adventure Roller coaster.

We ate at some really fun restaurants (one inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride). And ate more than our share of Carmel apples, taffy, and cotton candy.

There were a lot of cool parades and shows at night that were really AWESOME! The light show is called FANTASMIC and it was really cool. I have never seen anything like it before. There were also a couple of different parades that were fun for the kids. The Disney Pixar Parade which had all the characters from all the movies and the Disney Electrical Parade which was after dark and was really cool. They also do an amazing firework show over Sleeping Beauties Castle at night which Shae LOVED!! We had so much fun and loved watching Shaelynn experience it all.