Sunday, March 24, 2013

DISNEYLAND! - day 1

Here we go!
 
Oh this girl just melts my heart so much!!
 

We barely made it into the park when we saw Bert and Mary Poppins!

Love this girl!



Love the posing!

Deep in conversation

Aurora and Aurora!


They let us preview the Fantasy Faire -
It was very cute, I loved the focal point Rapunzel's tower made -
 That's her hair flowing down :)
These guys were amazing storytellers! 
They're getting ready to tell the tale of Rapunzel

I just love the action in this picture!
Rapunzel came to help them tell the story.

What a creative way to make a window


We were all thoroughly entertained the entire show. 
A definite must see!


First ride of the day: Alice in Wonderland!


Thank goodness we still have 10 years before Kira gets her license!

"It's a Small World After All..."

For some reason this picture wont rotate...

Hanging out in Mickey's house


She couldn't get any cuter if she tried!


Fairy Godmother spent extra time with Ella since she was a little nervous.
Ella really started to warm up to her :)

I love how exhausted Ella is in this pic.
She was so spoiled the whole trip and was NEVER put down!

Watching the parade. 
I love the excitement!

This one speaks for itself!





Rora fell asleep just before the fireworks. 
I love how curled up she is!


We had a great first day in Disneyland, we ate lunch at the Blue Bayou overlooking the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.  It was delicious and the atmosphere was awesome.  Kira kept trying to figure out how it was night time and couldn't comprehend how it looked like we were outside.  Later in the trip while riding PotC for the upteenth time she finally figured it out! 
   It was fun seeing the difference's between the land and the world.  Everything was closer together, but it didn't feel closer.  I was very impressed with the use of the space.  The only thing that was a let down (to Josh, I've been before) was how small Sleeping Beauty's castle is.  It doesn't have anywhere near the wow factor of Cinderella's in the world. 
 
Kira's favorite from the day: Riding Pirates of the Caribbean
Rora's: Alice in Wonderland ride - I'm not surprised, she couldn't wait to ride it!
Josh's top five moments from day 1:
           Riding PotC
           Seeing my 3 girls having fun
           Eating a Blue Bayou
           Watching the parade - one of the floats broke down, we waited and waited for them to get a vehicle and tow it so we could watch the rest of the parade...yeah, it was the last float.
          It was neat getting to see Fantasy Faire before they opened.  And the show was good.
My top five:
            Disney Magic!  I just love the customer service at Disney! We had just arrived at the park and were immediately asked if we wanted a preview of Fantasy Faire.  It didn't open until the next day, they were doing a soft opening of sorts (lots of tv crews were there, I think they wanted ppl in the background...) It was so fun to watch the show and explore the newest area of DL!
            I loved Rora's excitement.  Being 3 is so fun!  She was so excited to ride Alice and every detail of the ride, even the exterior touches, brought ooh's and aaah's :)
            Our lunch at Blue Bayou was delish, but even more fun was Kira's bewilderment at how we were inside and yet it looked like we were outside - at night!
            I know it isn't "Disney" but I loved having the entire day with Josh and just being able to share the moment.
            The fireworks display in DL is much different from DW.  They incorporate the music from all the rides, it was neat to see how they matched the fireworks to the music, ie - They had the Haunted Mansion voice, "Is this room actually stretching?" accompanied by creepy green straight shooting fireworks in an octagon pattern.  It fit so perfectly and was amazing!






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