Disney days, Part 3

California Adventure day!


I'm feeling very cool today.


First we rode Monsters, Inc.


Then, uh... I sorta got in trouble for climbing on stuff I shouldn't be climbing on.


Aaaah! Luckily I was saved at the last minute.


Then we went to Muppetvision 3-D.


That reminds me, did I brush my teeth after breakfast?


I had the strangest feeling I was being watched.


Across the street we went to the Disney Animation area.


Look, I drew Donald Duck!


Then the rest of the family rode California Screamin', but I was too afraid I'd fall out on the loop-de-loop, so I didn't go.


I did remember to mail a postcard, though. (Has it gotten home yet?)


We popped back into Disneyland and rode the train over to New Orleans Square...


because we had a late lunch reservation.


Here I am waiting for lunch with Miss V's new friend Jack. He's kinda tall, but he's an OK guy.


The Blue Bayou menu. This time I was smart and didn't eat a whole lot. It was delicious.

We re-rode a few rides, and then headed back into California Adventure.


Too right! You shouldn't judge people by their size! (Whoops. Um, sorry Jack.)


It was getting dark, but the big grizzly bear mountain called to us.


So we rode the Grizzly River Run.


We'd show you more pictures of the ride, but we were too afraid our camera would get soaked. (Everything else did.)


Um, then... ulp... we went to the Tower of Terror.


I'll tell you I was nervous. But so was Jenny.

We survived.


Miss V seems overjoyed to be alive.

And with that, we went back to the hotel to collapse for the night.

Disney days, Part 2

We all went back to the hotel and I had a little siesta after my big lunch.


However, this didn't stop me from having a big dinner.


Ugh. I think I'm starting to understand why people gain weight on vacation.


After that we went to Tomorrowland. I haven't gone today to check and see if it's been renamed Todayland.


We drove on the Autopia, which had a long line. Here I am waiting not very patiently in line.


Miss V was enjoying being a fairy princess.


Doesn't "it's a small world" look amazing at night? It wasn't open yet, though.


So we rode the Matterhorn bobsleds. They're scary at night, especially with the yetis.


Then we made a big mistake. We rode the teacups.


They look fun enough, don't they? Ha.


See this little mechanism? IT IS A TORTURE DEVICE. Captain Midnight and Soozcat cranked it around SO FAST that... um...


I got sick.


Yeah, I was queasy, but not so much that I wouldn't go on Space Mountain.


I was a little nervous.


But inside it was really cool!


Our last adventure in Tomorrowland was the rocket jets.


Whee!

And that was our first day at Disneyland! Next up: California Adventure.

Disney days, Part 1

On Thursday, after having a good breakfast at the hotel, we headed out for Disneyland.


Just outside the hotel. I think Miss V is still a little annoyed with me at this point.


There are huge date palms everywhere around this hotel. I wondered what the dates would taste like.


So I tried climbing the tree, but it was just taking too long.


Besides, here's our bus!


And here's me riding with Captain Midnight on the bus.


We're in Disneyland! Can you see me in this picture?


Disneyland looked... unusually festive for this time of year. I found out they decorate very early for Christmas.


We caught sight of a famous mouse... but I haven't met him yet.


We also went to Pirates of the Caribbean. Arr, adventure and salty old pirates!


Soozcat took a picture inside the ride (which you're not supposed to do... naughty Soozcat!) of the Blue Bayou Restaurant. We're going to eat lunch there on Day 2 of our trip.


New Orleans Square was all fancied up for a Mardi Gras-style Christmas celebration.


It was really beautiful.


Captain Midnight and I also took a picture outside of Club 33, the secret club inside New Orleans Square. Since we are not members, we didn't go inside.


Instead, we went to the Haunted Mansion.


This is the time of year when Jack Skellington and the residents of Halloweentown take over the Mansion and try to make their own kind of Christmas.

It didn't look very Christmasy to me, but it was still fun.


Next, we rode the Indiana Jones ride.


I didn't think I would be tall enough to go...


But look, I'm just the right size!



Here I am in the bat cave. It was creepy. I did not see Batman in the bat cave.


I was also tall enough to ride the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Here's part of the track.


And here's a train coming along the track. You can't tell here, but it's going SO FAST.


Yes, of course, we went on Splash Mountain. I think everybody in this family is a big ham.


Then we had lunch at Rancho del Zocalo. I can't believe I ate the whooooole thing.

More in the next post.