Disneyland 2008

Hello Hello!! Again sorry for the delay in my blog update.

Well we finally made it to our family vacation to Disneyland. As you already know, Ameera starts kinder in August so we wanted to take her to Disneyland before she starts and also before the crazy summer season starts.

The kids had such a great time! We came away with so many wonderful experiences. We got a spot right in front of the castle one night and saw the fireworks show upclose! It was so awesome! Ameera and Joaquin were just amazed. Afterwards we shopped for Ameera's princess dress for her princess lunch the next day. Since it was so warm, she wanted something short sleeved. Although she would have preferred Ariel, we narrowed it down to Snow White and Cinderella. You see the Ariel and Jasmine costumes show some tummy and Mommy and Daddy (especially Daddy) was not having that. So Ameera decided on Snow White and she looked adorable.

Ameera just loved dressing up as a princess and having lunch at Ariel's Grotto in Disney California Adventure where she was able to meet and talk to all the princesses. Daddy was a little shocked at how much our lunch came out to, but it is all worth it to see our own little princess enjoying her time. Prince Charming (Joaquin) also had a nice time and he especially loved when Belle came to the table. Ameera also took part in the Royal Coronation over in Disneyland where she learned how to curtsy and dance like a real princess. At the end all the little girls were made official princesses. It was so cute.

Of course we did boy stuff for Joaquin. We took the raft thing over to Tom Sawyer Island where Joaquin was able to do Pirate stuff. He even found some pirate treasure and met a real pirate. Afterwards he and his dad went on the Pirates of the Caribean. Ameera would not get on because she does not like pirates.

Joaquin's other adventure was when we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride. Actually we all liked it so much that we went on twice in a row. You have to take your kids on it your next trip to Disneyland...I would say get on it even if you have no kids.

My least favorite ride was Nemo...only because I HATE being in small confined places with NO way out. It is actually neat the way the show the animation under water, but I would say once was good enough for me. LOL!!

One morning we got to the park really early and used our Toontown Morning Madness passes. We were able to ge into Toontown before it opened to the public. The kids ran the streets with no crowds, got on the roller coaster like 5 or 6 times in a row and became Honorary Citizens. Afterwards we went to Minnie's Breakfast where we met lots of characters. Joaquin loved meeting every character during our 4 days at the park.

Oh I can't forget to mention Turtle Talk with Crush. This was an especially neat experience for us. In this presentation there is an animated Crush who interacts with the audience. People can ask him questions and he replies and asks stuff back. Well at the end Ameera was upset because she could not ask a question so I told her we would ask his helper who was the guy with the microphone. Well he did not know the answer to Ameera's question which was if Crush had ever seen any mermaids in the ocean, so he asked her to stick around. When the whole room was cleard out, he called Crush back down and Ameera was able to have a personal one on one conversation with Crush. It was the neatest experience! Turns out Crush has not ever seen a mermaid, but has heard of Ariel so he invited Ameera to look for him when she is a lot bigger so they can go and search for mermaids.

I could go on and on of all the fun things we did, like the rides and Electrical Parade (which brought back great memories of going to Disneyland as a kid) but I guess I will end with we can't wait to go back for another great time.