Monday, October 30, 2023

Disneyland Day 1

 Starting out the day with a floral Mickey picture


Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway - Ev, Mike and I had ridden this in Disney World, but it was the first time for Nora and Sam. It is a fun addition to Toontown



Exploring Toontown a bit - the kids loved to visit this part of the park when they were really young, but we hadn't really been there for a while



Riding Roger Rabbit

Going for a spin in the teacups

Matterhorn


lol

Big Thunder



Taking a little snack break - Nora and I were excited about trying some of the special Halloween treats at the parks. This one is the Graveyard Banana Funnel Cake

Mike got a corndog. At first I thought it didn't have a stick, but there was a tiny bit of stick sticking out, hehe.

Jungle Cruise

Haunted Mansion Holiday


This year's gingerbread house in the ballroom

Winnie the Pooh

Meeting Winnie the Pooh


The kids wanted to try out the Davey Crockett Canoes since we had never done them before

The leaders of the canoes are really funny and tell jokes the whole time. My favorite was "The Jungle Cruise skippers think they are so much better than us because their ride has a line, and their boats have a motor." hehe

Pirates



Taking the train over to Tomorrowland

Star Tours

Lunch break

It's a Small World

How Ev feels about being surrounded by small children



Indiana Jones


Sam and I took a cool down/rest break at the hotel for a couple of hours.
Getting a picture with the Mickey Pumpkin on the way

Mike and the girls stayed at the park
Front row on Big Thunder!


Trying the seasonal Dole whip float - blood orange juice with strawberry soft serve


Sam and I met up with the others in California Adventure


Maybe Sam has a future in advertising?


Riding Soarin'. It was the Soarin' Around the World version this time

Guardians of the Galaxy - Monsters After Dark! They have the regular version during the day, and then at 4pm during Halloween time, they switch to the monsters after dark version


Monster's Inc. -  Ev said the monster she most identifies with is Roz. lol

We had a late dinner at the Smokejumper Grill. They had a fun green apple lemonade for Halloween.