Sisterly Disneyland Adventuretime

I visited my family last February in Southern California! It was really great to go home, bask in the sunshine, and visit with Mom, Dad, and my sister, Toni.

Toni has been doing a lot around the house and helping Mom and Dad, and I thought that deserved a little treat. So, in one of my highlights of the trip, we went to Disneyland! I hadn't been in almost ten years and Toni hadn't been in at least twenty - and we learned (again) that Disneyland is indeed the happiest place on earth!

DISNEYLAND!!!!

We visited on a day where the park was only open from 9am to 8pm, which definitely kept the park's visitor numbers on the low side. We arrived shortly after opening on a beautiful sunny day. As per our family's tradition, we made a bee-line for Pirates of the Caribbean and were on the ride in less than 10 minutes. We knew this would be a great day, and it was! 

I forced Toni to visit the Tiki Room (everybody now: in the.... Tiki tiki tiki tiki room!) and we even waited 20 whole minutes to go on the jungle cruise. 

Jungle Cruise line selfie

Jungle Cruise crocodile

Jungle Cruise

We went on every ride we wanted to without too long of a wait. I think the longest wait, and the only disappointing ride was the Matterhorn Bobsleds. In the years since we rode the Matterhorn, they've changed the cars and the ride seemed much slower and jerker than either of us remembered. Thankfully, this was the only ride that left us wishing it had lived up to our memories. 

Matterhorn - before the disappointing ride

As day turned to night, we kept having a blast. We were able to ride several of our favorite rides a second time. We even rode most of what Toni called the "snickle" rides - I have no idea where she came up with that term, but it refers to the slow-moving storybook rides like Peter Pan, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, etc. 

Cinderella's Castle

Castle selfie

I loved some of the redecorating that has taken place around Disneyland. We especially liked the decorations around New Orleans Square and Tomorrowland.

New Orleans Square

Adventureland by lamplight

Tomorrowland

And last but not least, two photos that neither of us are proud of... The action shots from Space Mountain - LOL!!! It looks like I am a maniac and Toni is bored out of her mind, but in reality, we were both having a fantastic time. 

Toni is not impressed (but she really was)

Terrified or bored? Answer: Neither. We were thrilled!

Disneyland. The happiest place on earth!!