Disneyland

We got two day passes to Disneyland so we could at least spend one day in each park. I found a site on the internet a week before that was selling tickets at a $30 discount, so that's where we bought them, but we had to pick them up the day we went to the park. I had no idea we were buying elicit Disneyland tickets! I waited in the car while Stephen went in to get them. The office we picked them up at was in the same building sandwiched between a gas station and a small restaurant. Anyway, the guy told Stephen to remember three things when we tried to use the tickets because the ticket takers ask questions just to make sure no one is reusing tickets. We were using used tickets! Haha, we had no idea and there was no way to get our money back.

We went to California Adventure on Tuesday and Disneyland on Wednesday. The whole purpose of going to Disneyland in the middle of October was to beat the heat, but both days we were in the park it was in the high 90s and Wednesday it hit 101 degrees! We had fun riding all the rides and seeking out the Disney characters, but most of the rides are for smaller children, so we probably ended up only riding 1/3 of the rides in both parks. I'd say Tower of terror and Space Mountain were my favorite rides; I rode them both twice.

 California Adventure was more like Pixar land, most of the rides were from Pixar movies like A Bugs Life and Cars.

 Me and Zac riding Tuck and Roll. He loved this ride!

 California Screamin coaster

 This is the Radiator Springs ride in the new Carsland that was the most popular ride in the entire park. It was pretty cool I have to admit.

 Tower of Terror

 Space Mountain

 Splash Mountain

This was our boat on the Grizzly Falls ride: Dad, Kaylee, me and Stephen...

 Sariah, Bekah, Mom, and Lori

 Star tours was another really fun ride with the Star Wars characters. We saw these little backpacks people were wearing all over the place and thought they were fun. This is Yoda on Stephen's back. He looks a little creepy

 Jasmine was the only princess I got my picture with. There were long lines for an hour or more to get your picture taken with the characters, but we also spotted Cruela De Vil and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty too.

 What's Disneyland without Mickey Mouse ears?

 I was looking forward to seeing all the princesses (yes, even at my age), but because the lines were so long this parade is as close as I got. At least I got to see them.