Disneyland Wrap Up...

So it's taken me a while to get the Disneyland Trip wrap up post done. Sorry for the delay and all - it just took me a while to get back on top of things, and I had to do some photo consolidation.

Anyway - Jake bounced back from his illness on Thursday and we returned to the parks. Unfortunately, he was unable to remove the sword from the stone and was not declared the King of Disneyland. But it was good to see some color in his cheeks and a smile on his face again.

We spent a good portion of the day at California adventure. Jake and I went on California Screamin', and we were in the cars and all set to go when all of a sudden, the bars popped up and we were told there was a problem with the ride and it would be closed indefinitely. We left and Jake was bummed. But as we walked away, I think he learned a valuable lesson. There was a car stuck almost at the top of the coaster. The poor people that were stuck were escorted down - they had to walk down the maintenance walkways.



It could have been us.

My friend Mark at I3 pointed out that I shouldn't be riding coasters anyway with my shoulder and neck problems, so it was probably for the best anyway.

Not much else to report. Oh, except that I discovered that my old habit of falling for the wrong sort of woman has not gone away, but has been lying dormant since I found Rachel. I was strangely attracted to Cruella DeVille.



Thursday night was mellow - we ate leftover Buca in the King's room and chatted.

Friday, we went back to Disneyland and spent most of the day letting Dre enjoy the more kid friendly attractions. Jake was great about it and went on Dumbo and such. And, of course, there was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, which I always enjoy because my Dad used to love it. I think it was the only ride he went on when we were younger.







We saw Goofy in Toon Town. I like Goofy.









We watched the parade. It was pretty spectacular. Mickey and Minnie at the end.



What's the deal with them, anyway? I mean, they are obviously a couple. But they maintain separate residences. At least Mickey has his own pad in Toon Town. But I wonder if California courts would consider it a common law marriage since they have lived together for 50 years at Disneyland.

To sum up, the park looked fantastic. Even the castle had a face lift and was the best I've ever seen it.



Tinkerbell was everywhere, and since Rachel has been on something of a Tink kick lately anyway, she really enjoyed that.



And we had a great time travelling with our neighbors, and the trip brought us closer together as families.



Tony says next year we go to Mexico. I am all for that.