Disneyland

Disneyland was the focus of today’s travels; we came, we saw, and we conquered most of our objectives for the day!

Getting into the parks took a hot minute, and when we made it to the trams to ride into the park, I was able to load the GeniePlus service, which helped us get onto more rides!

Rain had fallen most of the morning, but the clouds were lifting as we entered the park. The numbers weren’t crazy so it was pretty simple once we reached the gates.

Max chose to ride a Star Wars ride first and we were able to get on pretty fast!

After riding we grabbed some lunch at PizzaPlanet before staking our place for the parade to see Seamus march through Disneyland!

Next up: watching Seamus and the Mason band march through Disneyland as their last performance before the big parade. Luckily we lined up next to Seamus’s buddies’ families, and we all watched the kids march from Its a Small World up the Main Street to the big Christmas tree at the beginning of the park. They did a great job and miraculously we ended up on the side with Seamus marching. Max videoed with my phone and I took pictures with my good camera, so those will be added later. It was a great performance!!

Once the band marched on through Disney, Max, Joe, and I headed onto the next ride. We hit up The Jungle Cruise due to the shorter line time. Now, let’s be clear, unless you had the Lightning Lane pass, no line was short🤣🤣. Lucky for us, we had been warned! This park originally opened in 1955, and I think Jungle Cruise may be one of the original rides from that era. We had a fun boat driver and managed to stay mostly dry!

Now we were off to Star Wars area to ride Smugglers Bay. Of course we spent a lot of our time here!

After catching up with Seamus and checking out lightsabers for a bit, we decided to head for the California Adventure Park. Unfortunately we did not get to ride the Avengers rides we wanted to ride, but we did see quite a bit. The Cars land was amazing. I really enjoyed it. On the way we explored the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse too!

Now it was time to head back to the other park and finish up some rides and eat!! The important stuff. It stayed busy the whole time but definitely cooled off in the evening. I was cold waiting outside at the Haunted Mansion—which was redone for The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was really neat!