March 11, 2014
Our day in Disneyland was tiring but memorable. Even though Coby is too young to probably remember it long-term, he did enjoy it a lot for the day and still remembers it after returning home. We spent the morning in Disneyland and the afternoon in California Adventure.
In Disneyland, we rode:
- Official Disneyland Fire truck
- Casey's Train
- Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
- Autopia (2 times)
- Monorail
We met Daisy Duck and had sightings of Pluto, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse.
We only made it to Fantasyland and Tomorrowland and Main Street, but that likely gave a good feel of the park to Coby. He probably would have enjoyed ToonTown but we ran out of time.
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| A highlight of Disneyland was definitely the "Disney Fire Station". Coby could climb on the fire trucks there to explore. And we all had a chance to ride down Main Street in one - the driver has been driving it for 41 years! |
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| Checking out Toady's car outside of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride |
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| Coby loved playing in the car outside of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. No need to wait in line to ride it, when he was equally happy playing on the one that didn't move. (Though we eventually did go ride it and he liked that too.) |
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| Checking Coby's height - yay he is more than 32" and can ride Autopia! |
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| First ride on Autopia - looks a little apprehensive as Daddy navigates the track. |
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| Second ride on Autopia - looks more excited now and ready to take control of the wheel. |
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| Mickey sighting on Main Street! |
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| First character meeting with Daisy Duck. |
While Coby napped in the stroller, we walked to Bubba Gump and ate lunch there outside of the park. After lunch we walked back to the park and visited California Adventure where Coby eventually woke up.
In California Adventure, we rode:
- Ariel's Grotto (2 times) - Coby kept saying "again?". He really liked this ride.
- King Triton's Carousel of the Sea
We also explored Cars Land and met Mater and Lightning McQueen.
Lines were not too bad on a Tuesday, but still a bit long for Coby to handle. We thought he would like the train at California Adventure, but he didn't want to wait for it.
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| Meeting Goofy as we enter California Adventure. |
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| Coby intently watching the Newsies trolley stop and sing. |
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| Newsies trolley stopping and performing, with a surprise closeup appearance of Mickey Mouse! |
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| Bye Mickey, after he leaves with the Newsies trolley |
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| First visit to Cars Land. Cars Land is new so none of us had ever been there before and were excited to see it. |
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| Visiting with one of the tractors called "Mater's Petting Zoo" |
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| Live visit with Mater! Thought Coby would love it but he deemed Mater "too noisy" and still says now that Mater is "too noisy" because of that visit. They had him sort of creaking and squealing. |
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| Waiting in line for King Triton's Carousel of the Sea. |
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| Coby was not interested in riding one of the animals on the carousel so we all just sat on one of the carousel benches. |
We were fortunate to meet Reena's high school friend Erin, her husband, and 2-year-old son Caleb in the evening. We visited California Adventure with them, and then went back to Disneyland to watch the evening parade. Both boys loved the parade and watched it closely. Coby was singing "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E" as they sang it at the beginning of the parade.
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| Coby and Caleb admiring the trains on Main Street. |
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| Waiting for the evening parade! |
