DISNEYLAND!!!!! (Part 2)
In which I continue with my escapades to the Magic Kingdom…
So we woke up early the next morning, and after we all got cleaned up and my folks tried to coerce me to eat something (I was too excited! We were going to Disneyland!), we piled in the car and headed to - FINALLY - Disneyland! Yay! Mommy had talked to Tully the night before (Tully, Katil, Pammy and Cappy drove down and got in really late and stayed at the same hotel we were at), and we agreed that we should get a very eager start so we could beat all the lines. Well, mission accomplished - we got to Disneyland SO early that we couldn’t even get in the parking gates yet! We just parked in a line outside, and I started to get a little impatient - there had to be more to Disneyland than parking in our car, right? Mommy and Daddy reassured me that yes, indeed, there would be more to see, we just had to wait, and would I please eat some banana? Humph. Ok, fine - if it would make them happy!
Finally, finally, finally - the gates opened, and we got to drive in and park our car! We were almost there! Daddy made me put on some sunscreen (yuck!), and then we were off! We walked over to yet ANOTHER line, but this one was for a choo choo train called a ‘tram’. We climbed on, and let me tell you - this tram was cool! It had circles in the ceiling, and a man talked out of them! I thought this was very impressive, so much so that I continue to mention it to this day at random intervals. The tram went chug chug chug and then we stopped and got out to buy our tickets and wait in line to go in! While we were waiting in line, guess who came and found us? Pammy and Katil and Tully and Cappy! Hooray! Now everyone was here and the day could officially begin!
The nice people at the gates let us all come in, and then we went under this neat tunnel, and there…was DISNEYLAND! There was a big sand castle colored pink (Pammy said it was Cinderella’s castle), and lots and lots of people walking around, and I just couldn’t wait to get in and see Buzz Lightyear! But…we still had to wait behind another line for this rope to be taken away first! So Pammy and my mom and I went to restroom (destined to be one of several trips that day - hey, it was hot! I like my apple juice!), and then we came back and it was time to book it to the first ride of the day! Yay!
Mommy and Daddy had told me that some of the rides at Disneyland would be in the dark, and that they would be fun but if I ever got scared that I could hold on to one of the grownups and I would be ok. Well, I sleep in the dark without even a nightlight, so that was fine with me! The first ride we went on was called “Pirates of the Caribbean”, but it seems like it should have been called “Silly bird and silly monkeys”! That’s because when you wait in line to get on, there is this parrot at the front who talks to you - he’s very funny! And then, all through the ride, there are all these silly monkeys (all the grownups called them skeletons, and I guess they had been worried I wouldn’t like them - but they look like monkeys to me! And they’re quite funny!). Anyway, you get on this boat and you sail along and look at the silly monkeys and some silly pirates who are doing things like playing peek-a-boo on their boat and in this well and running around and singing with piggies and stuff like that. Enjoyable! The only part I didn’t like was that sometimes you get sprayed with water - I didn’t like getting wet! But the rest was great!
Having successfully negotiated my first big kid ride, the grownups suggested we go on one called “The Haunted Mansion”. This one was ok, not as cool as the “Pirates” ride. You go into this big old house, and a man talks to you from the ceiling, and then the walls get really tall! Then you walk down a hallway and you get into this seat with a bar (I sat between my mom and dad), and we started moving! We saw all sorts of blue and green people, and some lady was floating in the air while all these instruments played and flew around. There was lots of music and singing, and when it was over, a blue person (Daddy called him a ‘ghost’, but I didn’t see a sheet!) sat on our laps! I guess he wanted to cuddle - but he stayed behind, he didn’t come out with us.
Then the grownups went on a ride called “Splash Mountain”. I’m too small to go on that ride, plus the name alone was a turn-off for me (I didn’t want to get splashed!), so my mom and I stayed behind and walked around outside and looked at lots of neat stuff. There was a big lake around the corner, and it had lots of ducks to say hi to! Then we stood and watched all the boats from “Splash Mountain” go by, and the grownups were all laughing but were very wet! We didn’t see Cappy or Pammy or the rest of the crew, so then we went and looked at this really big BIG boat (Mommy called it a ship), and it had a statue of a lady on the front and I really wanted to touch it but it was too high so Mommy said we could talk to it and wave at it instead. We did this for a while - I really like statues! Then I got antsy so Mommy and I walked back around into “Critter Country” to see if we could go find Winnie the Pooh - and we did! We also found Eeyore and TIGGER! (I love Tigger!). So while we waited for the grownups, Mommy and I got in this line to go around and meet all the animals. I got to hug Winnie the Pooh, and Eeyore, and best of all - not only did I get to hug Tigger, but he picked me up and swung me around and around! It was soooooo cool! I didn’t want to go, but Mommy said we had to let other kids have a chance to meet Tigger too, so we moved on. To make it up to me, she took me on a ride about Winnie the Pooh, which was ok, I guess - but it wasn’t the same. I tried to humor her though - she seemed so excited (”Look, Decker, there’s Piglet! Look, Decker, it’s Winnie the Pooh!). Moms are so cute!
More in Part 3!