Celebrate You! - Day One

Our trip in Photos:

We left Thursday at 7:30am and were checked into our hotel by 1:30pm. Alright! The drive seemed short... maybe because Mandy and I keep each other entertained. Chris was our driver and had to put up with our High School Musical singing and even let us hook up the laptop to the car speakers so we could watch HSM3 in surround sound! Yeah! 

In the other car was Bobby, the driver, Juanita, and Michael Houston. Their official name was the "Yogi Bears" and we were the "BooBoos." We stopped for a picnic basket right before the grapevine. 

Somewhere on Highway 152

In case you are wondering, you can watch HSM3 in its entirety from the Wendy's before the Grapevine until you check in at the Best Western across the street from Disneyland.

Here we are waiting for the boys to check into the hotel.

We got settled into the hotel and made our way over to Disneyland.

Just down Main Street, Mandy found some Cast Members with lanyards.

She found Little Genie! Now Little Eric has a friend.

We made our way to Big Thunder Railroad since that's what the shortest line was at the time -- The sign said only 20 minutes but it seemed even shorter than that.

This here is the wildest ride in the wilderness!

We were all churro deprived and made a quick stop at the nearest churro stand. They raised the prices again... BOO! But luckily, Bobby made good on his deal and gave me the three dollars we bet last trip -- Best score on Toy Story Mania gets a churro. 

Nom, nom, nom.

Small World was next on the list. I had not yet seen the new additions to the ride so I was very excited! The new characters made the ride exciting again -- I loved every moment of it!

But I'm not about to ruin the new characters in Small World for anyone. You'll just have to go and see them for yourself! (or google it...)

Off to Toon Town!!

We met Mickey who was dressed up in snazzy outfit. We managed to make it through his house without getting into any kind of fist fights... barely. It's something about Mickey's house that makes people go crazy, forget how to be parents, forget how to stand in a line, and ignore any sense of personal space... 

After the stress of Mickey's house, it was time to redeem our a Astro Blaster fast passes. 

It was me against Michael. It was his first time on the ride.

We then made our way to Adventure Land where we took a ride around the Jungle!

Followed shortly by a wild ride with Mr. Toad!

We went to hell and back, but that didn't stop us from continuing on to the next ride! Unfortunately, Pinocchio broke down while we were waiting in the line and we had to escape!

We escaped only to wind up on a scary adventure. But it was OK! Because afterwards, we caught the monorail to Downtown Disney where we partied it up at ESPN Zone and the Lost Bar. 

"To the Lost Bar!!"

Yeah, the trip wouldn't be complete with out an HSM jump!

So there you have it, our first day full lots of driving, lots of rides, and lots of fun!