The alarm went off at the butt crack of dawn and I was up by 5:45. I went into Lisa's room area and thank goodness she had already started the coffee. (I set it the night before.) She mocked me about bringing my own coffee junk but by the end of the trip was quite happy with my obsession with my own coffee as opposed to the junk the hotel provides. Lisa had the morning shows on, and we were shocked and horrified to learn that Ed McMan had died. WE pondered weather we should even go at that point, seeing as how we were sure the park would be closed, but decided we would cover ourselves in black and suffer thorugh the day as best we could. We had decided we wanted to be out the door by 7:15 and believe it or not we actually walked out the door at 7:15, tissues in hand. We tried to contain ourselves in our greef. The first photo you see of us here with our glasses on were actually covering up swelled poofy eyes from all the crying we did walking across the street. Had we KNOWN later that week that we would also lose Farah and Michael Jackson I'm sure Lisa would agree we would have cancled the trip right then and there and driven home. The shocking death of Ed aside, we were second in line at the gate. Once the park opened we went straight to Peter Pan and were the first ones on the ride for that day. We then hit Mr Toads wild ride and Pinocchio, and we walked through the newly redone Sleeping Beauty Castle. It was 8:15 by then and Lisa's shoes already gave her blisters. I made her stay at the Dumbo ride while I went to first aid to get her some bandages. The nurse was like "it's only 8:20 and you already have blisters??" "Yes, my friend decided to wear new shoes" Note to anyone: Never break in new shoes at Disneyland. Bandages in hand I headed back to Lisa, and they did the trick. For the next few hours we hit ride after ride while collecting Fast Passes. I had ADR's for Blue Bayou at 11:30. We had lunch then headed back to the hotel to rest and sit in the hot tub. While watching TV later that afternoon we learned that not only did Ed Mcman die but that Jon and Kate were getting a divorce. OMG will the horror of the day never end!! I dragged Lisa back out about 7 to start using our previously collected Fast Passes on the over crowded E ticket rides. We went on Space Mountain, which made Lisa sick, then Finding Nemo subs. After the subs Lisa went back to her room, I stayed late saw Fantasmic again, and rode a few more rides alone. I really like the park after Fantasmic. It's much quieter after all the people leave and it's quite pleasant. I wondered back to the room by about 11 and crashed. WE did not get up early the next morning. The next day we went to CA Adventure, had lunch, hit the hot tub and finished off the night at Disneyland where I made Lisa watch Fantasmic. Again I closed down the park and wondered back to the room by about 12:30. We drove home Wednesday morning. All in all a great trip. Photos to follow.
I alreay want to go back at Chrismas with Jason for our Birthdays. We'll see if Dave lets me.
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