Nothing like a 1st time visit.

“To all that come to this happy place, Welcome! Disneyland is your land.” ~W. Disney

Jenna and I decided to take advantage of our day off (Saturday) and venture out into the parks. When you walk through the gates of Disneyland you really do feel special! So after getting through the gates, Jenna and I went straight to the city hall to receive my “1st visit” button and proudly wore it all day! Next, we decided to head over to fire hall, where Walt himself, had an apartment above it. Story goes, he stayed there when we wanted to stay overnight and there’s a light always on to show that the “spirit of Walt” is still alive in us all.

Before I get to ahead of myself, I must list all the characters we saw today:

Alice/Mad hatter, Gepetto, Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Jesse, Woody, Green Army toy guy, Mickey, Minnie, Aladdin, Jasmine, and other various characters in Pixar parade

Princess Aurora's castle

Kitchen of the future

We were all super excited throughout the whole day as we began in Adventureland (starting with the “Enchanted Tiki Room”), enjoying various rides and then we moved to New Orleans Square (Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion!), Critter Country (Winnie Pooh), Frontier land (Big Thunder Mountain), Fantasyland (Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough), and Tomorrow land (Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Captain EO, Innoventions). We had lunch at Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port. Then we decided to make a quick trip to Mickey’s Toontown. We visited Mickey and Minnie’s house, but unfortunately, the line was too long to actually see them. Maybe another day.

Haunted Mansion

Afterwards decided to venture into Disney California Adventure. The gates are amazing because there is the giant “California” letters! The main theme currently happening in DCA is “World of Color”. After you walk pass the letters, you see a mini-replica version of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Muppet Vision 3D

Heading under the bridge, we went straight to Soarin to get a fast pass, which is one of my favorite rides! To pass the time, we headed around the park for some fun rides including, Golden Zephyr, California Screamin (the rollercoaster that takes you from 0 to 55mph in 5 seconds!) I loved that ride so much that we went on it 2 times in a row! And it was finally time to visit Soarin’! That ride is like flying over California and you can smell the pine trees and the oranges too!

Buzzlighter Blasters

Right before we took off on Calfornia Screamin

Then we unknowingly ended up in the Hollywood pictures backlot area, which ended up being really neat! They have a whole “Animation” section where you get to go behind the scenes of how Disney animation works. We also visited Belle’s library which was fun too.

Then the sun went down and we wanted to wait for World of Color but it’s best to come early in the day and get the fast pass tickets to get the better viewing. So maybe next time.