Despite just going to Disneyland in December, we decided to take another trip with our friends Phil, Char, Brandon, Addie & Terry. It just so happened to coincide with a big scrapbooking convention that was being held at the Anaheim Convention Center (funny how that worked out). So, Shawnna flew down a couple of days early with Char to attend the convention. That meant I had the pleasure of making the long drive alone with a 2 year old. It ended up being a fairly easy ride as I strategically placed a big bag of toys next to Kaitlyn's car seat, so she was able to entertain herself during most of the drive with the occasional, "Dada watch!"
We arrived in Anaheim on Sunday, checked into our hotel (Best Western Park Place Inn), then headed to Downtown Disney for dinner with our friends. After eating and looking in a few of the shops, we decided to call it a night so we'd be ready for Disneyland the next morning.
We ended up going to Disneyland/California Adventure on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are the highlights:
- Monday
- Lunch at Club 33 - once again, a great experience (video walk-through below)
- Kaitlyn's first roller coaster (Gadget's Go Coaster) - she loved it and rode it 3 times!
- Rode King Arthur Carrousel several times ("More ride horsey")
- Dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
- Watched the fireworks show on Main Street - Disney certainly knows how to blow things up
- Tuesday
- Lunch with Aunt Liz and Cousin Andrew
- Rode on Tower of Terror with Andrew, his first time!
- Dinner at Napa Rose
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride was a big hit ("More Pooh")
- Wednesday
- Lunch at Blue Bayou
- Kaitlyn loved the Playhouse Disney live show
Unfortunately, all good things must come to and end, so after spending a good portion of the day in both parks, we headed back home at 4pm. After fighting traffic in LA and a short stop for dinner, we were back home by 10:45pm. Kaitlyn had fallen asleep in the car at 8:30pm and went right back to sleep when we put her in bed at home. Two trips to Disneyland in less than a year - maybe we'll wait a bit before we go back. Of course, that's what I said last time...
