Blogs from Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

As a mom, I always dreamed of taking my kids on a magical trip to Disneyland. I was not disappointed. The hotel in Anaheim was more expensive and smaller, but it still had some great perks. Our hotel gave us a free meal plus a $20 voucher for dining with them. So, after arriving from San Diego via Amtrak and taxi, we pigged out on a surf 'n' turf dinner with all the trimmings, side salad, chips, guacamole, and even apple pie a la mode. Also, as part of our hotel package, the next morning we received 4 sack lunches with huge club sandwiches, chips, and juice for us to take to Disneyland (which saved a lot of money in the park). We also packed drinks for the day. That night, we found out (via Google) ... read more

So despite the dramas of last night we all still managed to get to Disneyland park at about 10 to 9.00am. Not a bad effort given Lola and Lisa did not return from hospital until about 2.00am. The morning was again typified by Greta taking an eternity to get ready and thinking of every excuse in the book as to why she can't eat her breakfast. I pity any one who wants to go on the Amazing Race with that girl Once again we headed straight to the Cars ride for an encore. We didn't know the gates opened an hour earlier on Fridays and as such just beat the general admission hordes which were surging towards the ride. It worked perfectly cos we were in and out in 15 minutes. The girls then went on ... read more

Two trips to Disneyland in 2 weeks, that is right. Are we crazy? Well maybe but this was thought thru carefully. We have taken our older grandkids to Disneyland twice, once when they were little and a couple of years ago when we stayed 2 days/2 parks and staying at the Disneyland Hotel. So now it was time to introduce the youngest ones. We have 2 granddaughters, 2 and 3, and 2 grandsons, 3 and 5. The grandsons are, of course, into boy things: running, jumping, yelling. The 3 year old granddaughter is a princess, all princess all the time, wearing princess dresses and princess shoes. Taking the girls and then the boys to Disneyland separately made it much easier to focus on what the kids would like. Since the kids are young a 1 day ... read more

Disney morning felt like a longtime coming and we coud not wait! We got the three day access tickets to Disneyland and Disney California! We were like small excitable children and set off straight after breakfast (more pancakes please!) and found ourselves there in no time at all thanks to Mitch's navigation! It was fairly overcast but still warm but hey we couldn't care, we'd had over a week of California sun and we were off to the happiest place in the world! Excitement on overload we were pretty much in with no queing time whatsoever and straight into smiles and fairytales! We both remember going as kids but this was amazing! They were setting up for Christmas and there was a huge Christmas tree infront of the Princess Castle (my new home!) it was quite ... read more