Showing posts with label disneyland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disneyland. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 June 2012

disneyland vol. 3!!!

it's exactly one month
since we visited the happiest place on earth
and even though it has already been a month,
we can't stop talking about our trip!

as with every vacation we've been on
i've created a photo dvd of our disneyland trip
set to music from around the park
and our family favorites as well.

here is only a snapshot of
our magical vacation: believe me, 
there are far too many photos to sort through!


above: the fam getting ready to embark on day 1
of our vacation!
left: flik's flying contraption at a bug's life
right: belle's library at the beast's castle
in the sorceror's workshop


we had the pleasure once again to meet all of the
princesses during our princess lunch at ariel's
grotto! olivia's gotta work on her
picture taking skills...lol


top: the wonderful world of color!! 
top left: both emma and olivia enjoyed this
enormous lollipop, with all of those colorful displays, how can
one resist?!
bottom left: the girls first photo with mickey!
right: the first of many rides on the mad hatter's 
tea cups!


top left: emma and dad walking towards the magic 
kingdom..probably my favorite photo of the whole trip
top right: emma dresses as rapunzel! wig and all!
bottom left: the girls with minnie!
bottom right: the first of many many rides on it's a small world...


top left: daddy and the girls with the ever mischievous
chip and dale
bottom left: a family snapshot on the mark twain river boat
right: the coveted club 33 sign..i'll get a membership one day!
or at least know someone who has one!


left: t-i-double g-er! 
top: the entrance to critter country
middle: the girls with winnie the pooh
bottom: olivia carried this little ariel everywhere she went
including the winnie the pooh ride
right: olivia enjoying a delicious beignet!


top: the hubs most favorite ride..
left: tomorrowland!
middle: one of the many hat changes..
right: captain eo!! probably the best 80's 3D movie lol

top left: emma in the driver's seat!
top right: autopia!
middle left: mommy and olivia driving!
middle right: olivia peeking out of the submarine window
bottom left: finding nemo's submarine  voyage!
bottom right: oh that darla!


top left: a night time view of it's a small world, we were
gearing up for the magic, the memories and you!
top right: what is a visit to disneyland without churros?
middle right: olivia taking a big bite!
bottom left: king arthur's carousel
bottom right: mom and dad having a great time :)


top left: the fam infront of the mickey mouse garden
top right: the queen of hearts!
bottom left: the girls and tinker bell!
bottom right: the girls having a silly time at goofy's house


top: a snapshot of the awesome aladdin performance!
middle left: walt disney's famed quote
bottom left: the beginning of the soundsational parade!
bottom right: emma and olivia with alice!

top left: ariel during the parade
top right: emma clapping along to the parade song
middle left: daddy and olivia enjoying the parade
middle right: princess tiana! was so hoping we'd meet her
this visit but sadly we didnt :(
bottom left: the castle at night
bottom right: mary poppins and bert, my fave!

i think its needless to say that we had
such a fantastic time..the girls were another year older
and just the right age to appreciate all that disneyland has to offer.
myself and the hubs had an amazing time..always fun to be a kid with your
own kids!

as i've said before and will say again: until next time!!!

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

the countdown to disneyland: preparing the list

well folks, it's t-5 days until we're hopping
onto a plane to the most magical place on earth: disneyland!!!

the entire family is just gushing with excitement and
this time around we want to take the time
to see things that we rushed past the last time we vacationed there.

here are the things on our to-do list:

i think it's safe to say that the last time i went on this boat
was when i was 7 years old. it's charming and explores an area of the park
not visible on land and i think our kids will enjoy being on a boat!

there are so many lovely little shops and shows
rich with the history of disneyland's beginnings, the hubs
and i are soo intrigued by how it all got put together!
(did you know that the eucalyptus trees that surround main street, usa
are the ones that existed while disneyland was being built?)

we have heard such good things about this show
that we absolutely have to watch it!

4. world of color
although we watched this the last time we were at california
adventure, we are attempting to get our fastpasses for
reserved seating this time!!

5. the magic, memories and you!
seeing as how we are visiting the parks during the week,
we will unfortunately miss out on the evening's festivities
like fantasmic! and the magical! fireworks display.
this will be something fun to take part in when the sun sets!

6. beignets
a visit to new orleans square just isn't complete without
a 1/2 dozen of mickey shaped beignets inspired by the
princess and the frog! we hope to try some gumbo and
get a photo with princess tiana and prince naveen while
we're there!!

i'm contemplating trying one of those turkey legs they so strategically place
around the park that smells like bbq goodness..and of course we can't forget
pineapple soft serve at the enchanted tiki room!

we have a scheduled lunch with the princess on our first day there
and emma's still unsure as to whether or not she'll get transformed
into a princess at the bibbidi bobbidi bootique

we leave this coming sunday...do you have any tips/tricks/favorites you
want to share?

WE CAN'T WAIT!