On our way!
After wishing and working summer away, vacation has finally arrived!
We got up bright and early (4:30 am) and mom and dad took us to the airport. Stupid Delta cancelled a fight to Detroit, so they booked up our 6am Chicago flight. Luckily we got out on the 6:30 to the AA mothership, Dallas. Non-reving (travelling standby) is like the lottery. We were standing by gate C4 in DFW, hoping we could get on the oversold flight to LA and as each minute ticks by, you are fearing you will get rolled over to the next flight. But then, at the last minute, hope! They start calling names of people who haven't shown up yet, and then... Now! Now! Now! "Wilson, Snyder, Get on the plane! It needs to leave! Now!!!" I told the cranky gate agent I don't know how she works gates everyday at the hub. She said, "I know, it's horrible here." Oh well, so much for trying to have a pleasant conversation with her. After a smooth flight we landed in LA and made our way to the Happiest Place on Earth and Walt's original park, Disneyland.... HOORAY!!!
We checked into our hotel (Ramada Limited, $35 on Priceline!) and immediately caught the Shuttle to the parks. We entered Disneyland at 3pm and were no longer tired from not getting any sleep last night because of the excitement or having to get up so early (2:30am California time!!!)
I love Disneyland, probably because this is only my 4th visit, Not my 1000th to Disney World. And it is so much smaller, more intimate and so many more rides! We spent the next nine hours between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. We stayed until midnight when we were whipped by the exhaustion of the long day. We couldn't bring ourselves to leave before closing because it was so dead. We got on nearly every attraction in both parks with a wait of nothing to 10 minutes. We didn't think our luck would last the next two days during a packed weekend so we wanted to take advantage of no waiting while we could, despite staying up nearly 24 hours straight.
Highlights of the day included the Indiana Jones ride, the Magical fireworks and the absolutely unbelievable World of Color show at California Adventure. That show was amazing. I do not even know how they figured out all that technology to make such an awesome show!
Anyway, we bought noodle cups out of the hotel vending machine after a crazy bus ride back to the hotel at midnight. We must look like easy guys to talk to because the Guatemalan bus driver was telling us crazy stories not appropriate for this blog until we got to the hotel where the moral was to find Jesus Christ after your life gets crazy. People are so interesting! I love them!
Time to get going... Another fun day in the theme parks is ahead... But today we are well rested!
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