Tuesday was our first day at Disneyland, and it was also our Magic Morning. We could get into the park one hour before the official opening. That meant 7 o'clock...which meant we needed to get to the gates by 6:30 a.m.! And we did! In fact, we were second in line. Great, right? Well it totally would have been if the scanner at our turnstile wasn't broken!!! Ggrrr. Certainly the people WAY back at the end of the line probably thought that it was us--like there was a problem with our tickets--but really people, I swear! Even so, I couldn't look back. Making eye contact wouldn't have been pretty. Especially at 7 in the morning. But thankfully after the seemingly 90 year-old cast member tried dozens and dozens of times to make things work to no avail, he asked the cast member next to us to scan our tickets, and he did. So with that fiasco behind us, we walked with purpose to Fantasyland.
Peter Pan is traditionally our family's first ride. Always. And so it was again. Then it was off to Dumbo and the Matterhorn. Yes, the Matterhorn! After countless attempts we finally *talked* Grayson into trying it! (So what that there may or may not have been a little money exchange. *Talked* him into it or *payed* him off...really, what's the difference?!) Molly could have done it, too, and we did get her all the way thru the line, but we opted not to be those parents who make their wailing, kicking, screaming children go on rides. Bribery? Yes. Forced torture? Nah. So just G and I rode, and thankfully that ride was just the beginning of Grayson's new love affair with roller coasters. Yahoo! (Again, there may or may not have been money exchanged for each new ride tried.)
Now that I look at my pictures from this day (see below), I am cracking up! While I did take several, there were hours and hours of fun that I never got a single shot of! Huh. Apparently I only got my camera out early in the morning and then again at dinnertime. Oh well. Besides, I think that might have been the day that Molly napped for like 4 hours. Tired girl.
Other highlights from Tuesday:
-We ate at 2 of our favorite restaurants--Carnation Cafe on Main Street and Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. Both were fun with great food.
-Molly and I were the first people in line to meet Minnie at her house. And shock of all shocks, Molly didn't cry or cover her eyes! True, she didn't smile either, but she did agree to a picture and let me hold her next to Minnie.
-Just by chance, Grayson and I ended up on Thunder Mountain Railroad during the fireworks. Awesome! In fact, that was the perfect ending to an awesome first day in the park. We headed back to the hotel happy but exhausted.
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