Originally Posted By stagemomx3 We started off the day early again, grabbed some breakfast at the hotel and took the shuttle over to Disneyland, we got in line about 7:40am and there were just a few people ahead of us. We went in, took a picture of the kids in front of the marching band and flowers and Mickey statue. We walked down Main Street, the double decker bus was loading and Adam wanted to ride so we climbed on board while we were sitting the top section waiting to leave we saw Mickey, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald come out and play around in the courtyard. We rode in the top section over to the entrance to Fantasyland and Tomorrow Land. We spotted Aurora and Cinderella walking near the castle and we headed into Tomorrow Land. We wanted to ride Buzz since we hadn't yet. Buzz wasn't open yet though so we went to Space Mountain. Only DH, Joey and I went on the other four spent their time in the souvenier shop, Adam picked out a Goofy swearshirt, and Daisy got a Tinkerbell one, we would spend the rest of the trip trying to find Joey a child sizes pirates sweatshirt! We all did some shopping, then headed over for the opening of Toontown, there was not more than a handle full of people who went in at the opening. Toontown looks great! We wandered over to Minnie's House she was in the doorway and the kids got her signature in their books, then it was Mickey's House, he also was right on his front porch and the kids got his autograph as well. We walked slowly through his house, but I'm sure we missed a lot in both of those houses. We then walked onto Roger Rabbit and rode it, not a bad ride, but none of the kids wanted to ride it again. There was almost no one in this area, and the kids just ran around looking at everything. The places over by Roger Rabbit that you could hit a button and here noises or voices was great! I loved Donald's boat, and we took Daisy's picture in front of Daisy's Diner. The only disappointment was that none of the food stands were open while we were there. The kids went in Chip and Dale's treehouse, and Joey rode Gadget's Go Coaster. We then saw Goofy and he signed the kids books, Adam was thrilled because Goofy was a leftie like him. Then it was off to Frontier Land. Big Thunder Mountain is one of my all time favorite rides and we were going to grab fast passes, but there was only a 10 minute wait, so Joey, my mom, my aunt, and I jumped in line and DH, Daisy and Adam walked over and grabbed us fast passes for Splash Mountain. They also walked onto Winnie the Pooh. I told DH where to look for the surprise on the wall in the ride, but he didn't see it. We met up again and got some fries(McDonald's) at a snack counter and hopped on the train at the New Orleans station. The train ride was great I had forgotten about the dinosaurs scenes, and I didn't know you got to see inside Splash Mountain. Splash Mountain was next with our fast passes, Daisy refused to go, so she sat and watched the backpack for us. I LOVE SM, it is my new favorite ride!!! We grabbed another fp for it, and headed over to the canoes. I can see how just like Jungle Ride, your experience on the canoes is totally depended on the CM who is guiding you. We had a lot of kids in our canoe and rowing was definetly difficult! After the canoes we all went on Winnie the Pooh which was definetly our families favorite dark ride, and I pointed out the animal heads mounted on the wall in the honey room. We then did SM again, well not Daisy! Joey and I both got SOAKED this time! It was definetly time for some lunch so we ate at the Hungry Bear, this was my favorite place to eat our whole trip. It had the most helpful and fastest lines, and the most relaxing atmosphere to eat in. After lunch we rode on the Mark Twain which was fun and very relaxing! Next we walked through Fantasyland, the only crowded place in the park, and back into Tomorrow Land we grabbed fast passes for Buzz Lightyear and went into Star Tours, this ride is very dated! After Star Tours we got popcorn and grabbed spots for the Parade of Dreams. While we were sitting there we saw the Queen of Hearts, Gipetto ran up behind her and flipped up her skirt Then Captain Hook went by, followed by Peter Pan and Wendy. Also Alice and the Mad Hatter, and then Eeyore all went by. The Parade of Dreams is fabulous! The floats that stopped in front of us were Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King. The bird girls on the ropes were just jaw dropping fantastic! I'm so glad we got to see that. After the parade we rode Buzz with our fast passes, fun ride, but Adam's gun didn't work the whole time. I should have said something, but it really wasn't crowded and I knew we would ride it again. On the way out we grabbed more fast passes for the ride and then went on Autopia and practically walked on, the wait was less than 10 minutes. We really were fortunate in having very lite crowds and almost no lines for rides. We went in Innoventions next, pretty boring for me, the kids liked it some, and I can see how on a really hot day it might be a good place to hang out for awhile. It was time for Buzz again, and this time everyones guns worked! We then grabbed churros, and got to see the Trashcan Trio perform right in front of us as we waited in line. After getting the snacks we walked back through Fantasyland, still packed, no one was in the Villian's lair either time we went through, and crossed into Frontierland. The four of us rode BTM again, while the other three once again grabbed fast passes for Splash Mountain, if I had known how empty Critter Country was going to be later, we would have grabbed fast passes for Indian Jones, but you live and learn. We walked over to Adventurland, my least favorite area, it's to dark for me! The kids went in Tarzan's Tree House, and then we all ate dinner at River Belle Terrace. The CM looked at me funny when I ordered to Mickey PB&Js one with just jelly and one with just peanut butter. I had the chowder in the sourdough bowl and it was pretty good. We ate at a very nice spot on the terrace and enjoyed the people watching. The kids wanted to ride the Jungle Cruise again, so we did, we had a little better CM this time. We were still on the lookout for a pirate swearshirt, but no luck so far. Then we made the trek back through Frontierland, going on BTM again, this time DH went with and my aunt sat with Daisy and Adam. Then into Fantasyland, Parade of Dreams was still going on so the Teacups were empty, Daisy had been asking about going on them again all day, so the kids went on the Teacups twice. The parade let out and Storybook Cruise opened up, we got in line for that, it was the only long line we stood in the whole trip, we waited about 20 minutes, but we had a nice chat with a friendly CM almost the whole time. We ended up with the gold Tinkerbelle boat, which the CM loading us told us was the fastest. Adam got invited to sit up on top with the CM and be the co-captain, he was absolutely thrilled! We then headed back over to Critter Country since we had those fast passes for SM and I wanted us to get over there before the first showing of Fantasmic started. Critter Country was empty, we rode Winnie the Pooh twice in a row, while my aunt went and bought us ponchos for SM, since it was dark out none of us wanted to get wet! Then Adam and Daisy waited while the rest of us rode SM, we didn't even use our fast passes we just walked on. After that ride through my mom and aunt went with Adam and Daisy on WtP while DH, Joey and I rode SM again. We walked onto it twice more, we just loved that ride! Daisy and Adam also enjoyed getting to go on WtP all by themselves! Then it was time to head over to Fantasmic dessert buffet, now I did not know we could have check in earlier, so we did not end up with very good seats. In fact for the price I don't think I could reccomend the dessert buffet to people. It was nice having a chair, and not having to spend the time saving a spot, but we really could have just hung out in CC like we did and then followed the crowds that were leaving and grabbed a spot for the second show. The chocolate covered strawberries were fabulous though. I thought Fantasmic was good, but I really didn't get what all the hype was about, it was not something I would necessarily take the time to see again. We wandered out through Frontierland and did some shopping. The kids did the shooting gallery and we just enjoyed the atmosphere on our last night in Disneyland, it was midnight by now, and we had amazingly opened and closed Disneyland, it sure didn't feel like we had spent 16 hours in the park, but we had!
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Gosh is sounds like you had a wonderul day! I love reading the reports cause it makes me feel like I am there with you. lol I also had a really fun time on Splash Mountain our last trip. I had not ridden it in a while and what a blast. Thanks for sharing
Originally Posted By allthingsdisney did u ever find the pirates sweatshirt? sounds like a grat trip can't wait for ours in Sept. taking my 4 yr old nephew for his first DL trip
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 We found a pirates sweatshirt, but we had to get an adult small, which is a little big on him. They did not have kid sizes anywhere!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Great report. Eating at RiverBelle on the terrace is one of my favorite things to do. Sounds like you had a really great 5th day
Originally Posted By dzy76 I enjoyed your reports. I love opening and closing the park! Sounds like your trip was wonderful. Thanks.
