The Happiest Place on Earth

Robyn and I just got back to our hotel after two amazing days in Disneyland with Zack and Delta. My feet hurt like the dickens after walking around the park all day long, but we had an infinite amount of fun in a finite amount of time; so it was truly fabulous. After experiencing Disneyland in January, I don't know if I could ever come back in the summer. The temperature was cool and comfortable, the lines were super short. (The longest we ever had to wait was 40 minutes for space mountain but there were many rides where the wait was 5 minutes or less.)

All that remains of our trip is a long drive home tomorrow, but for now there are a few things I need to share about our trip.

I dominated in the Toy Story ride
There is a ride that is essentially a wii game. You ride around and shoot different targets and you rack up points. My first time playing it took me a while to get the hang of using the gun aparatus. Robyn dominated me. We rode the ride again, but this time I knew what I was doing and I rocked everyone's world with the highest score out of the 4 of us.

 My score is on the left, Robyn's is on the right.  It was a close battle but I won out in the end.

Delta gets rebuked by a five year old
We went on the Tower of Terror but Delta elected not to go. While she was waiting outside there was a grandma with her five year old grandson that talked to her. She told him that she was waiting for us because she didn't want to go on the Tower of Terror.  He told her, "I went on it twice and I didn't cry. How do you know you don't like it if you don't try it?" I told her the child was correct.

Robyn watched for the rocks

That's how she rolls.

Zack and Delta decide on a Vegas Wedding
On the way to California we stopped off in Las Vegas to eat at one of the buffets there because they are awesome. Zack and Delta, who recently got engaged, saw one of the Vegas wedding chapels and decided that they should give it a go. Wouldn't Disneyland make a great honeymoon? Especially with me there? I'm not telling whether they decided to go through with it.

Robyn wasn't scared of the Matterhorn
We were all so proud of her.  She was still scared of the Snow White ride, but we'll work on that next time.

Disney impresses me with their excellence
As a child I remember seeing one of the characters, Launchpad Mcquack, at Disneyland.  I walked up to him and asked if I could go on his plane.  He nodded his head and took me by the hand.  I'm not sure where he planned to take me but my mother stopped him before he got very far.  I was sharing this story while we were in line for Soaring Over California.  But in trying to get Robyn to remember who he was, I said he was a pelican.  Zack vehemently disagreed and thus ensued the debate.  I decided to get the opinion of a Disney staffer.  She said, "I always thought he was a duck."  But then the line had to move on and we couldn't discuss it any longer.  But then she found us after we rode the ride, and explained to us that he has the lantern chin which is used to denote arrogance in a character and it is not a pelican bill.  I was so impressed with her dedication to find us and give us additional information that I didn't even care that I lost the debate.  Disney is awesome.