DISNEYLAND: Day 1

We had such an amazing trip full of fun, magic, and adventure. We are all still adjusting to normal life and desperately want to go back to the Happiest Place on Earth, but until that is a possibility, we have our pictures and our memories. In this post I will share what we experienced on our first day in both Disneyland and California Adventure.

We decided to start the day in Disneyland, enter through the main entrance and take a picture in front of the iconic Mickey flowers.

Then we headed to Adventureland to enjoy the Tiki Room, Indiana Jones, Jungle Cruise, and the Mark Twain Riverboat.

We then made our way to Fantasyland, via Frontierland, where we ran into Jessie from Toy Story. This was one of my favorite moments of our trip. Inara got so excited when she saw Jessie that she jumped out of the stroller and started to run towards her, and even though there were a few people waiting in line to see Jessie, they allowed Inara to "cut" in line. Jessie gave my kids a hug and when Inara was enthralled with the ride Big Thunder Mountain, Jessie played right along. Pointing to the train ride, and going over to the fence to watch it pass by with my two. It was so precious to watch.

Once arriving in Fantasyland, we rode the Carousel, Dumbo and the Teacups.

After that we decided it was time for lunch, which we brought into the park with us, so we took a break to eat, and while we ate we watched a really amazing live show called Mickey and the Magical Map. It was very well done, full of music and magic, and I highly recommend it.

My mom kindly offered to take our kids and nap them so Sean and I could do a couple things ourselves. So we were able to ride Space Mountain and Autopia, as well as get some churros, sit in the shade and relax.

After nap, we agreed to meet meet my mom (and Gary and my Gramma) in Toon Town where we saw Goofy, Pluto, Mickey in his house, and Declan and Sean rode Gadgets Go Coaster. My Gramma also bought the kids Mickey ears hats with their names inscribed on the back. They weren't super into them at first, so Sean and I wore them for a bit.

We wrapped up the afternoon/evening in California Adventure, riding Francis' Ladybug Boogie and Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, which my kids LOVED. Then we left the park to have dinner in Downtown Disney, meeting up with Clark, Molly, Jackson & Aubrey.