Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Magic Kingdom

In the interest of full disclosure, I actually did NOT want to go to Disneyland this trip.  Too many people, too young kids, blah blah blah.  Jonathan convinced me it would be worth it though, and lo and behold, we all had a great time.  Xander's jaw about dropped to the floor in the Tiki Room, and he didn't really close it until we left.

On Main Street.




After a ridiculously expensive meal, finishing lunch with home-brought strawberries.




Clinging on tightly during the Jungle Cruise.



"The train, the train, the train, the train!  Would you, could you, on a train?"


Looking very carefully at... something.  I forget what.



In front of the Fantasyland castle, like any good tourists.



We must pause for a short interlude of Ari being adorable:
















And back to our regularly scheduled programming...



This is, honestly, how we spent most of our day.  Ah, waiting.



Nearing the front of the line!



Hypnotized by Dumbo.




Entranced, yet a little trepidatious.  It is a flying elephant, after all.



Of course he fell asleep right as we were about to get on.




Xander made that elephant fly so high, up and down, up and down, my stomach jumped and Ari woke up!





Post ice-cream eating, pre-ice cream clean-up.





"It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all."  Come on, you know you're all singing the tune now.



Utterly thrilled about the submarine in his immediate future.  The people behind us became fast friends after half an hour of chatting.



Mesmerized.



Cool artsy shot of the submarines with the Matterhorn in the background.




Last ride of the night before closing.  We went on the monorail three times for Xander's sake - to Downtown Disney and back, and then a return to Downtown Disney to leave the park.



Awesome view of Downtown.




Inside the monorail Xander exclaimed, "It's like a spaceship!"


And it will surprise no one to learn that both boys fell asleep minutes after leaving the parking structure.

1 comment:

Janet said...

Can we go again, can we, can we, huh??