December #4: Disneyland

On the morning of the 30th, we were up bright and early (5am, PST) to get ready for our day at Disneyland. After a quick breakfast with giddy girls, we walked over to the park and walked in as it opened.

We made a quick stop to say hello to Minnie and Mickey, 

Then headed down Main Street toward Fantasyland.

After a quick stop to check out Sleeping Beauty's castle, we made our way to our first ride: Peter Pan!, and then Dumbo.

Our next stop was to take care of Annie's "must-do" item for the day: she wanted to get a hat from the Mad Hatter shop, so off we went, and after she and Siri both had their hats, we made our way to "It's a Small World"

Next stop: Toon Town, where the girls wanted to visit Minnie's house, and were delighted to find her in her backyard. We stopped by and saw Mickey at his house, too, before heading back to Fantasyland to ride the Tea Cups.

We ate lunch at Tomorrowland Terrace while watching a class of Jedi's train and then defeat Darth Vader and Darth Mal, and then Eric and I headed to the Matterhorn while the girls visited Pixie Hollow (where they taught Faun how to arabesque) and rode the Alice in Wonderland ride

We met up again to drive the cars at Autotopia, and then go on the Finding Nemo submarines

Then, it was time to head to Main Street for the parade…The big thing Siri wanted to do at Disneyland was to dance on Daddy's shoulder during the parade--you can bet we made sure that happened!

By the time the parade was done, it had gotten quite dark out. We headed to New Orleans Square to ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" and then to Frontierland for Mexican Food. We then went to the Tiki Tiki Room, and then to the Jungle (Jingle for the holidays) Cruise. Next, it was on to find a good spot for the fireworks and Fantasmic…

Annie enjoying the fireworks

Siri sleeping through the fireworks; we did wake her for Fantasmic

Fantasmic wrapped up about 11pm, and we decided it was time to call it a night, so we headed out through Main Street, and walked back to our hotel…Very tired, and very happy!