Our last day in Disneyland was dedicated to hitting up Fantasyland (which we’d mostly neglected thus far) and re-riding some of our favorites.
Good morning, Walt and Mickey!
Photography fail: look how SHARP that focus is on the castle! LOL
First up, Dumbo!
http://youtu.be/5_sqoBNpris
After that, it was a flurry of Fantasyland rides. I think we rode something like 5 rides in 45 minutes. LOL
Ian pretending to be terrified of Matthew’s driving skills after Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
Waiting in line for Peter Pan’s Flight
Flexing their sword-in-stone removal muscles
Neither are the new king of England. Quite shocking, isn’t it? 😉
Next up: Mad Tea Party (isn’t it pretty?)
Riding alone so he can spin like a crazy person
Matthew insisted on riding with Mike. I’m pretty sure Mike insisted on NOT spinning. LOL
My ride partner agreed with my condition of “no extra spinning”. Just enough spinning to give this picture some motion blur. 🙂
After we finished up Fantasyland, we headed to Frontierland and Critter Country to hit up Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, and the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad selfie!
Splash Mountain!
After that, we went back over to Tomorrowland to re-ride some favorites.
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters stopped mid-ride so while we sat in the dark, I took this picture. 🙂
Star Tours again!
After that, we were all hungry for lunch. We were a little tired of theme park food so we decided to go to Downtown Disney for lunch at a sit-down restaurant.
Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria
Afterward we decided to take the boys shopping for their long-anticipated Disneyland treat: RideMakerz cars! They’d been nagging about it for about a month – ever since we told them about our trip and watched the Downtown Disney segment on our Disneyland trip planning DVD. The nagging got 100X worse once we walked past RideMakerz on the way to dinner the night we arrived at Disneyland LOL
RideMakerz is basically Build A Bear for boys. You pick a chassis and then can get all sorts of extra add-ons to make your car extra awesome.
Instead of lovingly stuffing a bear with cotton and gently placing a heart inside, the boys got to screw wheels onto their car and snap tires on the wheels in competitive, timed-race format. LOL
http://youtu.be/qO-DcI9lXec
Shockingly, they had a ball. After they did the wheel/tire thing, we were free to try on accessories as we wished. We had to limit the boys to 1 each they’d already upgraded their wheels/tires. That stuff is expensive!
Finished products!
They were in heaven!
After taking a second mortgage out at RideMakerz, we headed to the World of Disney to pick up souvenirs. After that, we headed back to the hotel for naps.
After naps, we went back to Disneyland and saw Minnie! I completely humiliated Matthew by yelling “Hi, Minnie!” after I took this pictures. But!!! I got a wave so BOOYAH!!! 😉
We split up at this point. Mike took the boys on Autopia while Rachel and I planned to ride Space Mountain again. Space Mountain had a million hour wait so we decided to go on Buzz Lightyear again.
Guess who is the most competitive of the Jones sisters? LOL
After that the boys decided they wanted to ride, you guessed it, Buzz Lightyear. LOL
After that, we did a few more rides and had dinner.
Ian and Aunt Rachel walking into Adventureland.
I was surprised but the boys requested Jungle Cruise a second time
After dinner, we decided to split up. Mike took the boys potty and to get snacks (churro for Matthew, popcorn for Ian) while Rachel and I got Dole Whips. We met up in front of the castle where Ian, Rachel, and I were going to wait to see fireworks. Mike and Matthew headed back to the hotel to watch TV and waste precious Disneyland touring time. 😉
Front and center for the fireworks!
We sat on the ground while we waiting for the show to start. Ian and I looked through photos I had taken with my phone and texted with my mom for a bit. It actually turned out to be a nice time.
We also took pictures while we waited. Ian snapped this one of Rachel and me.
Rachel took this of Ian and me.
A guy sitting behind us snapped a handful of pictures for us in an attempt to get a picture where Ian didn’t look drunk. This was the best we got. LOL
“Glow with the Show” ears:
http://youtu.be/h771WpzhbiI
While waiting for fireworks, they made an announcement that they were considering canceling the show because of the breeze. I was so nervous we weren’t going to see it but the show went on as scheduled! Woo!
http://youtu.be/fpV5kln3a2o
In my opinion, the fireworks couldn’t replace Walt Disney World’s Wishes in my heart. LOL I think the castle and fireworks being smaller just made the show a little less…something. I don’t know. They were very good. I just like Wishes better.
That being said, seeing Tinker Bell **AND** Dumbo flying was pretty darn awesome, I thought the carousel projections during the Mary Poppins piece were really cool, and I absolutely loved Flora and Merryweather fighting over the castle color. 🙂
When you see how much Tinker Bell and Dumbo fly and how low/close the fireworks are, you can better understand why they were considering canceling the show because of the wind. Craziness!
Some pictures during the fireworks:
After fireworks, we ended the Disneyland portion of the trip by heading back to the hotel for the night.
See you later, Disneyland!
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