Disneyland

A few weeks ago Aly and I took a much needed vacation to Disneyland! We had so much fun despite the down pour of rain for 3 days. Local news said it was the most rain they had received in over a year. Go figure!

The first comical thing that happened to us was our flight. We flew into Long Beach which is the first time either of us had been to this airport. When the plane landed we were sure we were in some small country. In order for us to exit the plan we had to walk down a ramp (in the rain) and onto the tarmack. Then trek thru puddles of water to get to the "so-called" terminal (which wasn't any bigger than my home. The next thing that made us laugh was the baggage claim. This sits outside the terminal with a canvas over the carousel. Now if the weather was great this wouldn't have been such a big deal, but remember it is down pouring and cold.

By the time we made it to our hotel, we both had to change shoes and socks (drainage in California is not great. Lots of BIG puddles!)

Disneyland was fun. Aly and I spent three days wearing our heavy coats and blue rain ponchos! We were quite the beauty queens. After the first day we didn't even bother doing our hair. Because of the rain, lines were short and most things we walked right on to.

Our favorite ride was the new Toy Story ride at California Adventure! It was fabulous and worth the 40 minute wait. It is similar to the Buzz Light Year ride at Disneyland, but in 3-D. Aly and I would get off and get back in line. We were sure we could better our score each time. It became quite competative and funny.

The craziest thing we did was ride Screamin California 5 times in a row!!!! It was awesome! We acutally rode it like 9 times during the three days there. No line, it was great!

When we went back to the Long Beach Airport, we had to take a picture. We were still laughing about our arrival, but it just got better. We went into the area where you check in. It was about the same length as an isle at Walmart and about that wide and that included the "food court." After we checked in our bags we had to walk outside and wait in line to go thru security. Good thing they have canvas tarps over this area. Once thru security, we were back in the so-called terminal. There are only 4 gates and not enough space or chairs to support the number of people flying. Once again we had to walk outside and up a ramp (this one was covered) to get back onto our plane. We took some great pictures and had a good laugh!

All in all the trip was very enjoyable and good R & R. Now we all need to plan on going in 2012 because by then all the new rides will be done and opened in California Adventure. It is getting a major overhall with 3 (it might have been 4) rides.