California: Day 4

We're in Anaheim now....

Today we got to Disneyland right as it opened. We went on a bunch of rides today, too; Space Mountain a BUNCH. My cousin would cheat and show the guy the FastPass from the night before, and he wouldn't notice!!!! We got through that way, like, 3 times!! I got a little nauseous after about 4 times in a row. But it's an AWESOME ride. We did a few repeats, like Cal. Screamin' again. We went on Splash Mountain also because it was HOT that day. We went on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, where you drop, like 500 feet, and the picture of you they take is of you with your eyes the size of dinner plates and your mouth wide open. We went on Indiana Jones again, and it broke down!!!! We were trapped in there for about 15 minutes. Then we got to ride it again. We went on the Jungle Cruise and the Davy Crockett Canoes. We went into some of the stores, and saw some really cool stuff.

This is the pair of ears I got.

Those are both candy apples!!!

We went back to the hotel for a bit because our feet really hurt, and we wanted to swim the pool. My cousin and I played Marco Polo with some other kids, and while watching TV we learned that Billy Mays ("Hi, Billy Mays here with OxyClean!!) died.

So then we walked back to the park and watched the Fantasmic! laser light show on the water. It was really cool; there were images projected onto mist, fireworks, floats, and a lot more!!! We watched it twice because the first time, these people had their seven-year-olds on their shoulders and were standing on strollers and they completely blocked our view. My parents went home, and my aunt, my cousin, and I stayed and rode the Buzz Lightyear Astro-Blasters twice, and then rode the Finding Nemo Submarine Ride. That one was actually really really cool and well done. We stayed until closing!!!

Top: Those balloons change color!!!

Bottom: Obviously, Pooh Bear!!!

California: Day 3

Still in Santa Barbara...

7:25: Wake up, get all my clothes together, and pack up the car

8:00: Leave my aunt's house and drive to the Orange County Airport to pick up my aunt and cousin.

10:30: Get to our hotel at DISNEYLAND!!!! We put on sunscreen, then walked to the park. We waited forever to get our tickets, then got inside!!!

11:15: Get into the park, then we went on the Matter Horn first (pretty long line, really hot) but it was a pretty good ride, pretty jerky.

We went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Buzz Lightyear Astro-Blasters, and a bunch of others in Disneyland.

Then we went to California Adventure and went on California Screamin', Grizzly Bear Rapids, and a bunch of others. We also went to this awesome ice cream place called Catch a Flave, where it's just vanilla soft-serve, but then they put this syrup stuff on it, that somehow permeates the whole cone. It was really good; I got strawberry.

We did some more rides, then pushed our way through, like a million people to get an ok seat for the fireworks.

11:00: Get to the hotel and hit the hay!!

"You are now boarding Flight 2823 Service to..."

CALIFORNIA!!!!! Yippee!!!! Tomorrow I am waking up at 4:30 am to leave the house at 5:00 to get to the airport at 6:00 to board the plane at 6:50 to leave at 7:20 to get to Burbank at 9:07. We are seeing my aunt, uncle, cousins and grandma in Santa Barbara, then driving to Anaheim and DISNEYLAND!!!!! (I haven't been there since I was 6.) Then from there we're driving to San Diego to see my other aunt. Then we're driving to Orange County to see my dad's old friend from college. THEN we're driving BACK to Burbank to see my great-aunt. THEN we're getting BACK on a plane and flying BACK here. It's gonna be SO MUCH FUN!!!!