Day 4 of our adventure was our "long" day -- a 12 hour Disney marathon to end the Disney portion of our trip! We still had many characters to see and many rides to try (and re-try!).
Brooke was up early - crawling to the bathroom - and practicing her "trademark" facial expressions in her giraffe PJs.
We has a Magic Morning admission - so we got to head in one hour early. Kylie and Neela had on their birthday buttons - and everyone wore their "ears". They were super excited for the day, too!
We barely made it in the gate when we encountered Chip. He loved to knock off hats and be mischevious. He noticed the girls' buttons, and asked how old they were! They are so excited to tell everyone they are 5 (or almost!).
After a walk down Main Street, we headed straight to Peter Pan's Adventure. We heard the lines for this ride were always long - but it was a ride not to miss. Everyone got to fly in Peter Pan's ship over London and to Neverland...
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| Neela & Grandma |
From the first day, Neela really wanted to ride Snow White again... so we did... 3 times! Neela "protected" Kylie when we let them ride alone together. The ride broke down at the end of the 3rd ride -- or we'd probably still be on it!
Then, it was on to Mr. Toad's cars. All the girls drove their own cars through all kinds of adventures - even Brooke. Papa looked a little frightened by Brooke's driving when they got done!
Grandma went back to the front gate to find David and Renee, so we headed further into Fantasyland for more kids rides. We tried out Dumbo again...
Then, we found the circus train. We all rode in the "Monkey" car... appropriate? Most definitely!
When we found Grandma, David and Renee, we headed to Critter Country to find Pooh and his friends. Brooke found Pooh's ride, but before she could board - Tigger, Pooh and Eyore caught her eye. We went to get in line to greet them... Pooh and Tigger had to leave to find Eyore - and Brooke practically knocked everyone over trying to get to Pooh before he left. They came back... and this was one time Brooke was not afraid of the characters!
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| Waiting for Tigger |
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| Tigger |
Eyore did not get the same respect from Pooh... Daddy had to persuade her to get close - and she still was not extremely thrilled.
Then, around the corner, Pooh's Thotful Spot! Brooke RAN to Pooh! We're lucky we got one picture of her squeezing him - she was so excited! She eventually let the rest of the family take a few pictures with her, and her main "squeeze" :-)
After posing, we did ride Pooh's ride -- sitting in the beehive (honey pot) cars... 6 or 7 times!
Then, we journeyed to Frontierland. We rode on Pirates of the Caribbean - focusing on finding Captain Hook and Captain Morgan (thanks, Papa!), and ignoring the skeletons! Next, we rode on the River Ride - and caught Jasmine and Aladdin in the garden at the end. (We didn't miss posing with too many princesses!)
Grandma and Mommy convinced Kylie and Neela to try the Big Thunder Canyon Railroad roller coaster. They both LOVED the first ride - and Kylie HATED the second ride. Neela just kept asking for new volunteers to go again, and again, and again!
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| Neela, Renee & David in the 2nd & 3rd rows from the back |
We headed to ToonTown to find Minnie, but Kylie and Daddy got a little sidetracked. They took a lot of pictures with Cinderella's castle and Cinderella... and Kylie posed for ALL of them (they wouldn't all fit here!)
We walked into ToonTown, and right into Daisy and Goofy. Goofy would not leave Mommy alone - and we ended up with all kinds of Goofy poses!
Minnie was finally at her house - we had to wake Brooke up to meet Minnie. Minnie LOVED our ears - they were just like her's... and they whole family was wearing them! Brooke was a bit timid, but warmed up to Minnie pretty quickly.
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| Family Picture - Everyone in Ears! |
After posing with Minnie, we headed into her house. We checked out her bed, kitchen, computer... and refrigerator full of CHEESE!
While in ToonTown, we visited Chip & Dale's house, Donald's boat, tested out Goofy's piano... and found another roller coaster. Brooke watched Neela go, and wanted to go herself! So... here we go! Two crazy roller coaster girls... good thing Mommy and Grandma like roller coasters!
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| Brooke's First Roller Coster Ride -- 2nd Row from Front |
It started to get cool... so we ate supper and did a little shopping with Grandma and Papa. Grandma and Papa bought us each new sweatshirts (Kylie and Neela got Disneyland ones to match Grandma, and Brooke got a pirate Mickey) and one toy. Somehow, we each ended up with a Mickey or Minnie stuffed animal for our one toy -- and we LOVE them. We headed down the street to watch the parade... while we waited we played with Mickey and Minnie.
The parade had all of our favorite characters - but the princess floats were at the top of our list. Of course, Captain Hook practically kissing Brooke was right up there, too! (He moved too fast for a good picture!)
From the parade, it was back to California Adventure for the World of Color. It was very beautiful, but it was pretty obvious we were getting a little tired by that point. We watched - and enjoyed most of it - but were very happy to head out to our cars at the end!
And... the beds in the hotel were even better!
Night, night all! Sleep tight, Mickey, Minnie & Pluto!
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