7:45 AM - Progress! At this rate, maybe by the end of the trip I'll be sleeping in past EIGHT o'clock!! Dare to dream.
This is another hotel that offers a free breakfast so we are going down in an hour or so to eat before coming back up to the room to clean up and pack for the move down the street to the hotel equivalent of the "Main Event" of the vacation.
10:30 AM - We are checked in at the Grand Californian and drop off our luggage. Our room isn't ready, of course, but we have everything we need to head into Disneyland! There is really nothing as exciting as walking through those gates for the first time. Every trip, it brings me goosebumps. Oh, and it's hot today. Holy cow hot. Off to Pirates, our traditional first ride, and we are both dripping in sweat waiting in line. Thankfully it doesn't take too long to get inside the building where it is cool and comfortable.
I love technology; everyone in line (it seems) is checking their phones for their fantasy football results :-)
We already got Fastpasses for Indiana Jones, which we haven't been on for YEARS.....the last time we were here it kept breaking down so we missed it, and of course this ride doesn't exist in Florida. After our ride on Pirates it's almost time for our Indy passes so we decide to double up and head down and get Fastpasses for Splash Mountain (hey I would love to get soaked in this heat!). We also hit the Winnie the Pooh ride. So cute. I've always said it: everyone loves a good Pooh.
We head back to Indy just to see everyone in line leaving the line, in fact they are coming out through the exit. Apparently someone puked in the ride! Not actually ON the ride, I understand, but in the lineup...so they evacuated the thing to get it all cleaned up. Anyway, since the ride was closed, they told us to come back and use our Fastpasses later. We'll do that tonight.
We head over to Big Thunder Mountain, which just recently reopened after an extended refurbishment. The wait time is posted as 10 minutes, but it was actually closer to 3. There was really no wait at all, just the time it took us to walk through the ropes. Always a great ride, but some new scenery added during the refurb made it even better.
Off to lunch at the Big Thunder BBQ where we consume copious amounts of chicken, ribs, beans, coleslaw, yada yada yada. Oh I think I'm going to be sick.
Not kidding, I ACTUALLY feel quite sick. Walking down to Splash Mountain and the heat and the BBQ are not a welcome combination. Thankfully we don't have to spend too much time in line before we get on the ride where we get absolutely DRENCHED (wettest I have EVER been). Normally I'd be irritated being THIS wet but it's about 149 degrees right now so what do I care? I'll be dry pretty soon. Tracey might even be wetter than I am; she walks with a SPLOSH SPLOSH SPLOSH.
It's getting pretty close to the time we expect to be able to get to our room, so we start walking back while doing a little shopping on Main Street. Our room still isn't quite ready so we hit the lounge and watch a bit of football while we wait.
4:30 PM - Finally up in our room, unpacked, and relaxing. Celebrating our arrival with a lovely bottle of Viognier and some artisinal cheese we picked up in Napa. Planning on a light dinner while we watch the Niners on Sunday Night Football, then back into the park for a late evening of fun. This is the only night we are here where the park is open late (Midnight) so we want to take advantage of the coolness!
Our room is gorgeous of course, with a lovely view of Downtown Disney. It will be fantastic to relax on the patio and watch the action go by....but perhaps not right now, while it's so freaking hot. The air conditioning of our room will be just fine, thanks.
8;20 PM - After a fabulous "light" dinner of wraps from Earl of Sandwich, a new food option in Downtown Disney, we head back to Disneyland to see the fireworks.
9:00 PM - Oh my God. It's 9 PM, I'm sitting on Main Street awaiting the fireworks, and I'm sweating. It's 31 degrees Celsius at 9 PM. The sun has been down for hours, and the pavement I'm sitting on is almost unbearable.
After the fireworks we use our Fastpasses to knock Indiana Jones (which has had some minor scene improvements since we last rode) off the list. We try for the Haunted Mansion and Alice in Wonderland but both have waits over a half hour and we're too tired for those kinds of lines at this point. We walk right onto the Matterhorn, which we haven't been on in YEARS. It's had some improvements as well. As we discover we have both hit some rather large walls, we mosey on over to the Monorail and take it back to our hotel.
11:00 PM - In for the night and have decided to change our plans again and sleep in a bit tomorrow. We have a late afternoon lunch at the Blue Bayou scheduled for tomorrow before coming back here to watch the Colts on Monday Night Football.
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