Trip Report No Creative Title...Just my Live Trip Report from Disneyland!!

Currently at the St. Louis airport waiting for our 9:20 flight to LAX for our week long stay at Paradise Pier Hotel in Disneyland!

We left Eastern PA on Wednesday morning and traveled to Southern Illinois to visit family. The trip out was great. The kids love road trips!

In the last week, we found out my brother-in-law will be meeting us in Disneyland for the first two days. We usually travel to AZ to see him during our trips out west, so this will be a nice surprise for the kids since they don't see Uncle Pat too often. We also found out my wife's cousin will be meeting us for dinner tonight as well.

Thanks to those who follow along. Ill keep this updated frequently!

 

[coachwnh]

Disneyland BTMRR "blows away" Disneyworld. (Pun intended)

The smells, sounds, and effects are awesome!

 

[Californian Elitist]

Man, I'm itching to experience the newly refurbished Thunder Mountain. Lucky you guys!

 

[coachwnh]

Haunted Mansion

 

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Winnie the Pooh

 

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Man, I'm itching to experience the newly refurbished Thunder Mountain. Lucky you guys!

It is very well done.

 

[coachwnh]

On our way back to BTMRR with our FPs then breakfast at the Plaza

 

[Gabe1]

Just caught your 'live' and caught up on 10 pages. Fun lunch hour. Enjoy!

 

[coachwnh]

Exploring Innoventions

 

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Waiting to meet Captain America

 

[coachwnh]

Just taking pictures along Main Street as we head back to the hotel for rest and a swim

 

[coachwnh]

Best part of a summer trip to DL....zero chance of rain!!!!

 

[coachwnh]

Making our way to The Matterhorn just after opening this morning.

 

[coachwnh]

Then it was off to Adventureland and a ride with Indiana Jones

But first a picture of the Castle

Entering Adventureland

 

[coachwnh]

Last summer, BTMRR was down. The wait was well worth it. Amazing!

 

[coachwnh]

Since POTC was down, we went to the Haunted Mansion. Im not sure which version I like better. They are very similar, yet different

A look back toward New Orleans Square from the HM queue

Another view of HM from near Splash Mountain

 

[coachwnh]

BTMRR a second time

 

[coachwnh]

Then it was time for breakfast at the Plaza. The Plaza is similar to the Crystal Palace. Its a character breakfast.

Had to stop for another picture along the way

Breakfast characters

One great thing about The Plaza breakfast is the number of characters you see. Hook, Mad Hatter, and Alice were also there, but we didn't get to meet them today. The draw back compared to WDW character meals is that DL is a lot less organized. CMs don't walk with the characters and there doesn't really seem to be a set path the characters follow. We did get to meet more than any character meal in WDW, the this was probably my least favorite experience here of the three times we have done this.

 

[coachwnh]

Then we went to Innoventions to meet Captain America

Then we met the man!

Doing the "Hulk, Smash!"

 

[Californian Elitist]

Love all your photos, especially the Captain America ones!

Try the goat trick the next time you ride Thunder Mountain. Ask the CM to sit in the back and once you pass the goat with the dynamite in its mouth, stare at it as you go down. I can't really explain the feeling, but it's a neat trick.

 

[DisSplash]

Waiting to meet Captain America

Wait ... What? You can meet Captain America at Disneyland? Must tell hubbie this news. Are there any other Avengers available for meet and greet?