Trip Report “Are we outside?” A Disneyland report COMPLETED

The Disney blues have officially set in however we had the best time and made the best memories.

Who: ME! Hubby, Paca, Grandma, Bear, Nene, Jet and Handsome.
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Where: Disneyland Hotel
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When: Oct 11 to Oct 18
Why: Handsome’s 4th birthday
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Longers

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It was 8:30pm on a Disney day and we had not had ice cream yet. This has to be corrected ASAP. Am I right @Longers ? We made a stop at Clarabelle’s for the make your own ice cream bars. We are all pretty boring and did chocolate on chocolate with chocolate sprinkles. No pictures of the ice cream. Just the aftermath. View attachment 425614
After our treat we decided we that we were all pretty tired. We had walked 20,000+ steps andI had been up since 2am. We rode 15 rides, made a lightsaber and had a pool break so day 1 felt successful. When we got back to the room all the kids wanted to sleep in our room so we were snuggled up tight. I placed our Prime order and passed out.
Anytime is good for ice cream when on vacation!
 

Sillysidewalker

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We pulled our kids out of school for a few days to make this trip happen. Unbeknownst to me when I planned this trip state testing would begin the 1st day we were back. We decided to take advantage of Magic morning hour and wake up as early as possible to keep the kids on the Ohio schedule. You will soon discover this magic morning was a total bust. That hour would have been better spent sleeping in. Our first stop was to be Guardians. We walk there first to discover it’s down. Ok no big deal let’s do the racers. We walk there it’s down. Ugh. Ok let’s go to Incredicoaster we walk in that direction and I check the ap neither Incredicoaster or Midway Mania are open. Double ugh. We see The Little Mermaid ride and I am more than happy to keep my promise to Handsome.
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@Tuvalu Handsome and Woody have something in common.
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After our ride under the sea the ap showed Midway Mania open. We walked in that direction but stopped for a photo along the way.
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Sillysidewalker

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We walked up to Midway Mania and a CM told us it was down! Everything was down! We saw Soarin was up. We only had 10 minutes until park open so we decided to try to walk over. The line was long since every person who was there for Magic morning was in line. Our kids made friends with a CM while waiting in line and he told us they had a bunch of call offs in the park that morning. Must of been a great Saturday night! The park opened and we rode shortly after.
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The ap showed the Incredicoaster wait time of 10 minutes so we headed back across Pixar Pier.
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We love this ride but it’s much better at night!
 

Sillysidewalker

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After RSR we hoped on the Tow mater ride. We waited about 10 minutes.
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We had a fastpass for Midway Mania next. So far the kids had been troopers but the morning frustration and the time change started to catch up to them. Everyone wanted to ride with Daddy on Midway Mania. Bear keeps a constant fairness tally in her head and at the moment the unfairness was high because Jet called dibs with Daddy.
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Handsome and I did terrible but he giggled the whole ride.
 

Sillysidewalker

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Our next stop was Hollywoodland. We wanted to see if there were any Marvel characters we could meet. Captain America had just came out so some of the party hoped in line while the rest of us visited the bathroom.
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Nene had really wanted to meet Black Widow but she said she would settle for Capt because he was pretty cute. 😂 😍
 

Sillysidewalker

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We debated going back to the hotel for a swim or seeing Frozen. We decided to see Frozen 6 out of 8 really enjoyed the show.
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We decided to mobile order Red Rose Tavern. I ordered the chopped salad, the Halloween cupcake and Gastons famous brew.
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Sillysidewalker

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You will probably have noticed we Park hopped for lunch. Well we had a 1:30pm appt we couldn’t miss. When we started planning I had asked the girls if they wanted to do the Bibbiddi Bobbidi Boutique. I got a Luke warm yes from Jet and very excited yes from the other three. So I said let’s do it but only do hair and make up no costumes. That all went out the window when the girls saw the Mary Poppins costumes. We adore Mary.
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Sillysidewalker

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After we were finished with our makeovers we experienced a magic moment. We were walking over to the area where they take the photos and Mary Poppins came out of no where. The girls were so excited! Mary took her time talking with them and invited them to come perform with her in front of the castle.
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Sillysidewalker

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Alright the holidays are over 😭, Brooks is sleeping through the night😃. I have no excuses. It’s time to finish this report. It was getting close to our dinner reservation at Blue Bayou. As we walked everyone kept commenting how cute our “twins” were in their Mary Poppins outfits and it was infuriating Jet. She is two years older and so much more mature than Bear...or so she thinks. Meanwhile Nene was smiling like the Cheshire Cat over her ensemble choice.
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I order the surf and turf and creme brûlée. Everything was meh and served cold. Our waiter was also not very attentive which but a drag on everything.
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Handsome was extremely quiet this entire meal which is not like him at all. He is a real talker. He had the strangest expression on his face and I asked him what was wrong. In a very serious voice he said “ Mama will you always tell me the truth?” I wasn’t sure where he was going with this so of course I said yes. He says “ Mama, are we outside?”. I died laughing and he asked again and again. His poor little mind couldn’t wrap his head around a restaurant with a boat ride going through it.
 

Sillysidewalker

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When we finally convinced handsome that we were inside, we settled our bill and gathered our tickets for the fantasmic show that night. We had managed to book a FP for HM and BTMR so we were able to fit both those in before fantasmic. One Cheshire Cat was even rewarded with a red card.
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Sillysidewalker

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We decided to go grab our seats for fantasmic. We were a little confused where to check in but after a few mixups we finally had it figured out. We really enjoyed having this reserved seated space after a long day of walking. All my tired little people enjoyed
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after this we made the slow walk back to our room and promptly fell asleep.
 

Sillysidewalker

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Up next a favorite we all could enjoy. Soarin.
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This is the closest my feet will get to Paris until my babes are a little older. After this back to the kiddos fav the Incredicoaster!!!
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Wait times were so low and we were stacking up fast passes. Handsome’s favorite was next.
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Old Kachow was calling to us.
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We had rode all the big rides and it wasn’t even 10!
 

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