Did I mention our accommodation is literally at the door of Disneyland? Awesome! We easily filled the hours of 9.30am to 10.30pm there, following our five minute walk from the hotel to the front gates.
It was fun visiting old favourites like the Peter Pan ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and Indiana Jones rides. And while it wasn’t the first stop of the day, it was also great to introduce the kids to “It’s a Small World”. I made Ross and Luke hurry straight to that ride on our last visit here 18 years ago, much to their horror, so Ross rode it under duress this time but did agree afterwards it was better looking at it through the children’s eyes.
We had bought bread and butter from the corner store, so packed Vegemite sandwiches for everyone to eat while waiting in line. The bread here is too sweet. Our sandwiches were gross, which made us even more thankful for the continental breakfast at our hotel.
We sat in a fantastic position in the gutter ready for the parade and ate delicious turkey sandwiches and quiches from one of the cafes nearby while we waited. There are fries served with EVERYthing.
Interesting unrelated fact: the name Wendy did not exist as a girl’s name until Peter Pan was published.
We are planning a big trip up to Hollywood to Universal Studios tomorrow, purely so we can organise our days around being in Disneyland on the 31st May…coz it’s all about me!! 😉