Disneyland Day 2

Disneyland Day 2
November 18

 The second day we spent in Disneyland.  We started bright and early again around 8:00.  We waited on Main Street for the rope to come down, and then split up.  The dads went with the big kids, minus Sylvie, to ride the newly named "Hyper Space Mountain." Alison and I took the four other kids to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo, Storybook Train, and the Carousel.  While I fed Kaylee, Alison took Lucas with her and her girls on the Storybook Train again.  The first time we lucked out and were able to ride in the cage that was Lucas's favorite color orange.  He was so happy about that!  Then when Alison took them, they had to ride in a different color.  It took all of her persuading to get him to ride, and he still wasn't happy about it!  Cracks me up, that kid loves orange.  I'm grateful that Alison was patient and persistent!

 Lucas chose an orange Dumbo.  He loved getting to control his elephant up and down.  I'm pretty sure Kaylee liked it too!

 Happy boy on his orange train car.

 We loved the carousel

 Stopping for some castle pictures on our way into Fantasyland

 Alison took pictures of all the kids to send to Mike to show the Disney worker in order to prove they needed stroller passes for us to ride Space Mountain!  Sometimes you needed to be there with the kids, and sometimes they didn't care.  It seemed silly for us to wait outside while they rode, so we were happy that the worker believed them.

 Lucas, not so happy, in his pink train car!

 Peter Pan teasing Lucas, and playing peek a boo with him after we rode Dumbo.

 Matisyn, Emilyn, and Jens were so excited to ride the "Season of the Force, Hyper Space Mountain."  I'm pretty sure the dads were just as excited!

 Then we met back up and rode the Storybook Boats and the Tea Cups.

 Next we headed over to Toon Town.  It was so much fun to ride the Gadget Go Coaster with Lucas.  He loved it, and felt so awesome that he was big enough to go on a fast coaster.  It was even better that we got the very front car.  Matt didn't think to take a picture, but Alison managed to get one...mostly of the tree though!  That's Lucas in the blue shirt in the front car.  It's nice because all the kids like this ride, and the little ones can go on it too.

The kids also enjoyed running around in Donald's Boat and Goofy's house.  We visited Mickey Mouse at his house too, which is always a highlight.  All the kids gave him a big hug.  Baby Kaylee was very interested in Mickey and he gave her some good attention and played some peek a boo with her.  Her eyes lit up when she was visiting with him!  When we were leaving, Lucas ran back in and hugged Mickey one last time.  So precious!

When we were walking through Toon Town we spotted Goofy.  Lucas was glued to him as he walked by, and we were one of the first in line.  He could barely contain himself while we waited though, and was jumping up and down ready for his turn.  When it was finally our turn, he was shy all of a sudden.  He held onto my leg and would only go up to him with me.  Once he had a minute with me there, he got a little more brave, and had some time with him by himself.  Later on the big kids waited in line and had some Goofy time too.

 Lucas loved having matching shirts with his "big boy buddy" Jens!

We had pizza for lunch in Tommorowland.  Space Mountain was down, so we all headed over to the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride.  As you can imagine, that was a big hit for Lucas. "I got Zurg!"

After the blasters it was time for our fast passes at Thunder Mountain Railroad.  The moms took all the big kids on together.  It was fun to sit with Emi for her first time on the ride.  She was squealing and screaming and waving her arms in the air.  She loved it.  Then the dads rode with the big kids using the stroller passes.

Splash Mountain was next on the list.  We used the same system with fast passes and stroller passes so that the dads could ride with the big kids, and then the moms could ride with the big kids.  Emilyn loved being tall enough to ride all of the big rides that she missed out on last time.  Alison and I took advantage of our quiet time with the little kids to enjoy one of our favorite treats, a chocolate dipped pineapple.  Lucas finally fell asleep in his stroller, and took a great nap while we rotated riding Splash Mountain.  Then we all rode Winnie the Pooh together.

 Kaylee was very excited to ride Pirates of the Caribbean for her first time.  She happily slept in my arms while the pirates fought and sang and we went splashing down waterfalls!

 We were able to catch the end of the holiday parade, and soak up some magic from the sidelines.
The moms were finally able to ride Hyper Space Mountain with the big kids, and even Sylvie decided to come this time.  It really was so much fun.  I love the additions with the ships and the Star Wars theme.  Then we did another rotation with the dads and big kids and moms and big kids riding Star Tours.

We met up in the new big Super Hero HQ building where some of the Avengers and Super Heroes were hanging out.  Matisyn took her picture with the awesome Iron Man suits.  We actually waited in a super long line to see Spider Man, which was painful, but turned out to be worth it.  Lucas was crazy in line, and then shy again when we got to the front of the line.  He kept looking down and wouldn't speak when Spider Man would talk to him.  We got some great pictures though, and by the time we left Lucas couldn't stop talking about how awesome Spider Man was and how great it was to meet him!  Emilyn, Sylvie, and Baby Kaylee also joined Matt and I with our visit.

 We ate dinner at Haus Burgers back in Fantasyland, and then watched the parade back by It's a Small World.  We got great seats, and all of the kids (and adults) loved it.  Disney really does know how to do parades!  The Christmas lights on It's a Small World are pretty amazing too.  Then we watched the Fireworks over that same area.  They had a fantastic 60th celebration show.  The fireworks and animation were spectacular, and then it snowed on us!  Emilyn was up on Matt's shoulders happy as can be, exhausted and soaking it in.  Matisyn was dancing around in the snow, loving every minute.  Lucas was out cold asleep in the stroller.

 All of the Toy Story and Cars characters riding by all in lights in the parade made Lucas crazy excited!

After the fireworks, Alison headed back to the hotel with Cora, but we decided to fit one more ride in.  We went and rode the Finding Nemo submarine, which everyone enjoyed.  We were able to walk right on for the last ride of the day.  After that we walked back to our hotel.  We started our day at breakfast at 8:00 am, and didn't get back to our hotel until almost 10:30 pm.  Everyone was so tired, but so happy after a great, full day in the Magic Kingdom!