Disneyland Day 1

Curtis has been wanting to take Max to Disneyland for a long time now.  Max loves Disney!  He's not such a big fan of Pixar.  I'm not sure why that is. The next few posts will be our 5 days in Disneyland.

Our party of 7 (Curtis, Max, Kendall, Grandpa, Grandma, Claire and Me) arrived in Anaheim around 2 in the afternoon Sunday January 27th.  After a check-in at the hotel, we headed over to Disneyland.
As we entered the boys got to see Pinocchio, Pluto and Goofy.  Our first stop was the City Hall.  They gave us "First Disneyland Visit" pins for the two boys.  After that we headed down Main Street.

The first ride we stopped at was the Jungle Cruse.  Max loved the ride!  The adults were all entertained by our seasoned guide.  He was hilarious!

We walked through adventure land and spotted a "Princess and the Frog" street show."  Dad found us a great place to watch from.  Max got to sit on our shoulders.  He was so cute as he sang along and tried to dance from his seat.  When the show ended, the cast did a short parade and one of the dancers gave Max some Mardi Gras beads.  Max was enamored with Disneyland at this point.

Of course our next stop would only deepen his love for Disneyland; Choo Choo, here comes the train.
We loaded the train at New Orleans Square and headed to Fantasyland.  We headed to the restroom but when we came out Claire told us there was a parade coming   We ran down the hill to the roped off area to watch as all of Max and Kendall's cartoon friends waved to us.  There was Micky, Minnie, Pluto, goofy, The Three Caballeros, Lion King, Peter Pan, Hook, Tinkerbell, Aladdin, the genie  The Little Mermaid (Max and Kendall have not seen this movie yet), a whole lot of princesses: Snow White, Aurora, Rapunzel, Belle and Cinderella.  The Parade ended with Max's current Favorite character, Mary Poppins!

After the "Soundsational Parade" we went to Toontown to meet Goofy and Mickey Mouse.  The whole time Max just wanted to get back on the train so we headed there next.  We took the train back to New Orleans Square to pick up the strollers again.

We headed to critter country to eat at the Hungary Bear.  After Dinner Grandma was ready to head back to the hotel.  We all went back to get dressed warm for the World of Color show.  Grandma stayed with Kendall, but the rest of us went to California Adventure.  We had an hour before the show started so we went on Soarin over California.  Claire and I both got a little motion sick but Max, Curtis and Grandpa liked it.

When we arrived we talked to a cast member and let them know we got here late and there weren't any fast passes left for this show.  He was a really nice guy and made us his personal guest.  We got to sit in the front in the spot where you get wet.   We were ready, we had our rain coats on and you will need them if you sit here.  You don't get wet until the second half but you will get really wet during the pirates part.  It was a really great show.  Max loved the part with Wall-e.  Max was really sleepy with the time change we were already and hour past his bed time when the show started.

When we were leaving the park, we could see the fire works in Disneyland.  We stopped for a little while to watch but then headed back to the hotel cause Max was falling asleep.  We had a great first day in Disneyland!