Disneyland: Day One

This is Finley's second trip to Disneyland, but it is the first trip to any Disney property where she is finally taller than 40 inches.  This means she can ride nearly every ride in the park!  Her first evre big girl roller coaster was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.  She did great!  She was really giggling up a storm.  We also took her on Space Mountain, which has been Halloween themed to Ghost Galaxy, so on top of being in space, a crazy ghost monster was chasing you.  Finley wasn't as thrilled with Space Mountain, she really didn't like the ghost.  She wants to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad again, but I think Space Mountain is off the table until that ghost is gone.

This morning we started by getting our Disney annual passes for both Florida and California, which should make for a very fun year.  After we got that all processed and our photos taken, Finley wanted to ride Mr Toad's Wild Ride first.  After that it was on to Dumbo, the Teacups and Small World.  We headed over to Toon Town to meet Goofy, visit Minnie and Mickey's houses, ride the Gadget Go-Coaster and Roger Rabbit's Toon Town Spin.  We fast passed Space Mountain for later and then rode Buzz Lightyear (Daddy won!)  We headed over to Frontierland for lunch and then on to Critter Country to ride Winnie the Pooh and meet him, followed by Tarzan's Tree House.  After that, we visited the special Halloween Jamboree where Finley met Chip or Dale and Donald Duck.  Donald was especially interactive with Finley, he took her over to the pumpkin carving area, which was really neat.  We rode the carousel, then Pinnochio and then it was time for the Soundsational Parade.  After the parade, we took a ride on the monorail and headed over the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.  Finley loved it!  Then we headed to Tomorrowland for Autotopia and Space Mountain.  The park was closing early tonight for the Halloween Party, so we headed over to California Adventure to check out Cars Land and grab some dinner.  The park was getting crazy crowded and Finley fell asleep, so we headed back to our hotel for the night.

Finley got a Donald Duck to nearly complete her collection of Disney animals.  On each trip we have taken, she has gotten Mickey, Minnie, Daisy and Goofy.  In Hong Kong we will get Pluto and she will have a complete set!  Finley also selected some pink Disneyland ears, she wore them all day.  The crowds will be even crazier tomorrow, so I am sure we won't be able to see as much as we did today, but we are having an amazing time.























To give you an idea of the crowds, it is almost as bad as the day in December last year when Justin Beiber performed: