What a wonderful trip for the family. Disneyland is packed full of fun attractions, memories from our childhood, new memories for my children and just truly inspiring with what people can do alongside imagination and creativity. It's safe to say we had a great time. Another observation...damn those people know how to rake in the money. Tickets are expensive, the parks are packed with people, every ride drops you off into a related store full of gifts every child wants. Someone is always offering to take your picture and sell you copies, food is everywhere and way overpriced at $7.49 for a slice of pizza, $6.00 for an ice cream cone and $10.99 for a giant turkey leg (which I bought twice and would gladly do again and again..sooo good). This is not to be negative or to take away from the experience but I think of all the families that could have so much fun and build so many memories if it was only a bit more reasonable. With that said, it's their park, the way they do business and people will pay it for the experience they provide. Obviously the demand is high and business is flourishing so they are doing something right. This is our third trip, not bragging, just a point that we have now taken all of our children over the last 15 years. They all have now had a chance, and if I'm being honest there will probably be one more in our future after Star Wars Land opens in a couple years. But anyway, the point is I always think of my siblings and there families when I go. How much fun it would be to have us all there together, my sister has like twenty kids or something, my brother has like three or so, all of them at that age when Disney is truly magical. Maybe even throw my parents in there to be the cherry on top, as long as they can get their car unstuck from the Missouri mud. It would be a blast, and probably around 12-15k. SO this will probably just continue to be a pipe dream unless one of us wins the lotto or something. Who knows, there is always hope and they can't take that away.
This is one of my favorite Disney stories and rides. I mean who doesn't love Captain Jack Sparrow! I found out later we missed Johnny Depp by only a few hours. We rode the ride a couple times and later that night he made a surprise visit to the attraction acting as Jack Sparrow to promote the new movie. Bummer...so close
This is me teaching my son a lesson in shooting bad guys in outer space. Notice the scores. He said I cheated, nobody said I couldn't put him in a headlock halfway through the ride.
I hate water rides. However it looks like Amber loves them!
There goes about $200 in galactic cheeseburgers. A special thanks to Amber's sister and her family who came down to join us for a day at the park. Hopefully someday in the future more family can make it happen. It was very nice to have them with us and only added to the enjoyment of the trip.
I'm not sure how this picture got in here. I didn't even order a hot dog.
And no trip to SoCal is complete without some time at the beach. We took the RV to Huntington Beach for the day and unfortunately only spent about half the day before hurricane force winds kicked up and sand blasted us off the beach. Overall we had a great trip. Amber held up like a champ and pushed through a busy week. I'm so proud of her and what she was able to do. The next trip will be much slower and a littler more leisure in the mountains of Colorado.
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