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Disneyland Again (Day 3)

Another successful rope drop(Disneyland this time).  Russell went on ahead and went through a no bags line so he could be first in line at one of the entrance gates.  Then we made our way to Tomorrowland so we could ride Space Mountain first.

Very few people in front of us on Main Street.

Front of the rope, again!

Mason makes fun of the way I bend over to take pictures.  He was mocking me.

I am never good at posing for the pictures but today I had the best pose ever.  I pretended like I was puking which was almost the truth.  Unfortunately, my pose was blocked by Russell.  This ride makes me sicker than any ride in the park.  I hate being flung around in the complete darkness.  It is so nauseating.

We lucked into the tail end of Small World Holiday.  It was SO CUTE!  Russell and I loved this.  The little people sang It's A Small World and Jingle Bells.  So festive, so magical!



Mason has to visit the joke shop.  It's his favorite place.  He used his Christmas money from his Grandparents to buy a $32 marked deck of cards.  


We split this day up a bit.  The first part of the day was spent in Disneyland.  Then we grabbed some lunch at McDonalds and walked back to our hotel for some daytime swimming.  We returned to the park to catch our favorites one last time and watch fireworks and Fantasmic.  We were surprised to get the largest slice of bread ever and 2 chocolates today.  I guess they were making up for yesterday!

Fireworks were a bit of a bust.  Disney just ended their holiday show and the castle was boarded up so they could take the decorations off.  They offered a disappointing 4 minute display.  It was pretty pathetic but to be honest, I didn't know if there would even be fireworks so I can't really complain.  However, we got a front row seat to Fantasmic.  It was cold and late (10:30 pm) and we were sitting on the cement which was even colder and uncomfortable but the show was great!  We have never had such a great spot.

It's always sad when our vacation ends.  We are super glad to have season passes so we can come back in a few months!

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