Disneyland: Day one

This morning we had to wake up at 3.30 am, because we were supposed to be in the car at 4. We went to bed quite late as well, and for some reason we both couldn't really sleep, which caused us to wake up incredibly tired. I have this weird thing, that every time I have to wake up in the middle of the night to go somewhere in the car, I get nauseous. This time was unfortunately no exception... Ok, so the 5 hour car ride was no fun. Dylan didn't sleep at all, so he's probably the most tired of all of us! When we got to the hotel it was 9.45 am, so we got the entrance tickets for the Disney parks and waited for the shuttle bus.

Arrival at the park is always so magical! Sounds exaggerated, but the whole atmosphere is so great. Because it's almost halloween, there were some themed plaza's, roundabouts and gazebo's decorated with pumpkins (with two mini-pumpkin-ears of course) and friendly looking ghosts. It was extremely foggy, so we couldn't see the pink castle very well in the beginning, but luckily it got a lot better in the afternoon. It's over 20 degrees Celcius here, which would be in the lower 60's Farenheit, a record for this time of the year here! So it was incredibly nice to walk around there.

First, we went into the castle and after that, we tried to pull Excalibur out of the stone (which is also a virtual geocache!) and took some pictures with the 'bad guys' from the movies who were walking around there. Dylan wanted to hug Atilla the Hun from 'Mulan', but he just punched him back with his sword. We thought that was very funny, of course, haha! Then we went on to the labyrinth of Alice in Wonderland and 'It's a Small World' which is my all-time favorite ride ever! :)

Then we walked on to Adventureland, where Dylan felt completely at home and let all of his pirate-dreams come true. We walked through Dave Jones' Locker, (looked for another geocache, but didn't find it..) explored the treehouse of Robinson Crusoe, and went on the Indiana Jones ride. We didn't know that it would go upside down (which Dylan doesn't like) so it was quite a surprise when it turned out that it did... It was quite scary but also very cool!

We went on to Frontierland (with lots of Minnesotan names on the engines and mine equipment), where we conquered the 'Thunder Mountain' which is now everybody's favorite rollercoaster! After that, we went on a big white steam boat that went around the island where the Thunder Mountain is. By that time, we were completely falling apart but it was only 3 pm... My sister was scared to go in the haunted house, so my dad stayed behind with her while the rest of us checked that out. It's more pretty than scary, actually! (I don't like scary things either... But this one wasn't bad. It was beautifully made.) We then decided that we needed a break, so we planned what we still wanted to do for today.

We then went to Discoveryland, because my sister really wanted to go on the 'Buzz Lightyear' ride, which is now also everybody's favorite. You sit in a little spaceship that you can  turn, and you have a lasergun with which you have to hit moving targets along the track. The spaceship counts your points, and my dad won with a stunning amount of 75000 points. I had 25000, Dylan 30000, I don't know my brother's and sister's score but my mom, who didn't completely understand it,  only got 2000 points, haha!

It was amost 5 pm, which is when the magic Disney parade would start! We found a nice spot along the route to sit, but also see every car clearly. It's always been my big dream to be a princess on that parade, so I'm thinking of applying for a job in Disneyland when Dylan goes to America next summer. I wish I could go with him of course, but if he's going to be working all day I'd better earn some money myself too! And Disneyland just sounds like so much fun to work at, even if it's just in a store or on a ride. Then, everyone was so broken and hungry that we went to the hotel, where we had an all-you-can-eat buffet. Now I'm going to sleep, so we are ready to walk another long day tomorrow!