Disney Parade

Whenever you go to Disney you need to experience a parade. The kids enjoyed getting to see all the characters all in one spot.

N's view for the parade.

3 of my boys.

Monsters Inc ride, which broke the second time we went through, I was naughty and took a picture when they told me not to...but really the characters, ride props, and set up looks real even when the lights are on.
With Goofy.

With Lilo.

Outside our Hotel...Grand Californian...a really nice hotel!

J outside the gated entrance for the hotel. We enjoyed staying on the property. We had 3 heated pools to choose from, 2 water slides, 3 hot tubs, 2 restaurants, and our own entrance onto the California Adventure Park.

More of Our Spring Break

M and J jammed with the Toy Soldiers from Toy Story. They had their own little parade and had a pretty good rhythm.

One of the favorite movies for the boys is Toy Story...and they were thrilled to meet Woody and get a quick family photo with him.

The boys with Mr. Potato head. One of the newer rides...with no fast-pass, so get there early!

The boys with Mulan and Mushu.

With Pluto!

Inside Bugs Live 4D...the 4th thing being that it squirted water and had different smells during the show and it also had parts were you got poked by things coming out of the seats. It was really entertaining and we walked right in.
The boys thought that it was super funny that she knew I took her picture.

We are the tiny people under the castle...maybe we will get a better picture next time.

Enjoying one of the rides...again N just was able to sit on a lap...this was all new to us....usually there is a height restriction for these types of rides...not at Disney!

The Storybook boat ride...we are going into the giant whale.

M doing some rock climbing at Disney. He was up there a good 4 ft and made it to the finish line with only coming off the wall once.
The boys sporting some Mickey ears...N really liked the pink sparkly one :)

There are a lot of little play parks that the boys can run around in too...which is great for breaks out of the stroller for N. He really liked pushing the buttons at this one which was like a boat.

M gave the new 3D Toy Story ride two thumbs up!

Another play area...it was like the Jungle Book, tree houses with bridges connecting different sections.

More of our Disney Adventure!

Darth Maul up close and personal. M got to "battle" Maul after he got his training.
M fighting Darth Maul with a little assistance.

Brother Bear at our breakfast in our Hotel Restaurant.

Chip and the boys...N wasn't too excited about Chip.

The super yummy Mickey Waffles that the boys and I ate.

A Little Jedi Training...part 1

M and J are REALLY into Star Wars...and how fitting that Disney had a Jedi Training camp "show".

M got selected to "train" with the Jedi.

Hurry the Dark Force is present!

Up comes Vader...you should have heard the crowd...we had no idea that the stage lifted up like that.

Complete with Storm Troopers...Darth tried to persuade some of the young Jedi to turn to the Dark side.

Meeting Minnie and more Day 2!

Getting Minnie's Autograph.
Cheese....N really liked Minnie!

Big smiles after Pooh's Honey Pot ride.

So what was your score? We LOVED the Buzz Lightyear Galactic Blasters ride.

Hanging out in Donald Duck's boat house.

More Day 2 Pics...Meeting Mickey!

Meeting Mickey!!

Sitting in one of Mickey's chairs in his house!

M got the other chair.

N as Director...we kinda got harshed for this one...apparently you weren't suppose to lift kids up 5 feet into the air and put them in that chair...oh well...it turned out cute!

This is how we spent a lot of our time...holding N and walking/riding through the park...he didn't mind as long as there was something to look at.

Day 2! Early Morning!

Super excited and waiting at 645am to get into the park...7am opening for resort guests.

On our first ride...Peter Pan.

Second ride...Dumbo of course! We were able to map out which rides to go on thanks to a computer program...which we paid $15 for...that you can put in the days you are at the park and interests and it plots out which rides to ride at certain times of the day...well worth it!

Mr. Toad Adventure ride.

The J's on Space mtn. (a picture of their picture you could purchase...for like $15 bucks...ummm no thanks!)