And so it begins!! Here we are at the SLC airport waiting to get on the flight for California and DISNEYLAND!! The kids were so excited that it was absolute torture waiting to get on the plane. Then once we got on the plane the kids realized that each seat had a TV right in front of them! We had to tear their attention away from the TV so that they would realize that we were taking off! They did giggle and squeal with delight when they realized what was happening but soon after getting in the air they were right back to being glued to the tube.
Once we arrived we drove 20 mins to our Condo's. Tony's parents were so generous in letting us use their Worldmark resort points for our trip. It was a beautiful place with 3 bedrooms and a full kitchen. We were only 5 blocks from the entrance to Disneyland. There was a shuttle that picked us up at the corner of the resort and drove us right to the gates.
Once inside the gates we decided to conquer California Adventure first. We had heard that there isn't as much 'younger' kid stuff there so it would only take 1/2 a day. It was already 2pm by the time we arrived. We went straight to Flick's Fun Fair. Our first ride was one of Tony and my favorites. It was Become a Bug 3-D. All I can say is WOW. You really feel like you are in an ant hole and things are crawling all around you! The kids got a little scared but after said that they liked it.
This is some fly you high ride that the kids loved! ALL of our kids LOVE roller coaster, stomache dropping rides. They take after me NOT Tony.
Bumper Bugs... Lily loved this.
This was too slow and boring so the kids said afterward. It was a journey through Heimlichs garden of food.
We went into the bigger part of the park and Jax Tony and I did California Screamin'. It was a great ride but long line. Afterwards we did a Toy Story ride that was Stupid in my opinion but the boys loved it. It was like going into an arcade world where you have to shoot laser guns for points and they keep track of your scores. After that we were pretty hungry so we did a huge splurge and went to ARIEL's grotto. WOW the girls were in Seventh Heaven. They were able to meet Ariel (lily's favorite) and spend several minutes talking with her. They then sat us at a table and served a very fancy, very expensive, meal. The highlight was that every 7 mins or so they would announce a new princess into the dining hall. The girls would squeal with delight and each princess would take time to come to each table and visit, and take pictures with the little girls. Here are some of the shots.
Jaxson was a great sport about the whole dinner thing. Here he is trying to entertain himself as KING TRITON. I think he secretly loved seeing all the beautiful princess up close! Tony teased him mercilessly of course.
After dinner we did Soarin over California. IT was amazing. All the kids including Lily LOVED it. Our only complaint is that it wasn't long enough. We wanted it to go for at least 15 mins. Oh well right. We finished off the night by Tony and the oldest two going on Grizzly rapids ride. Lily was soooo upset that she couldn't go until Sarah came off the ride bawling because she was wet. So back to the condo at 10:00pm . The kids fell instantly asleep and Tony and I stayed up and watch some uninterupped TV. Silly I know but it was nice.
