Walt'sbirthdaygirl
03-04-2005, 09:42 PM
Day 1
After a quick traffic free trip we arrived at the GCH around 11:30 am, valet parked the car, mother in law splitting the room cost so we thought we would splurge! Registered, checked the luggage, loaded up the kiddos and headed straight to Disneyland!!!!!! Walked right onto the Jungle Cruise, had a very funny skipper, but he didn't point out the back side of water, first time I have had that happen. My daughter noticed the pole and the man were missing, but the rhino was still there with the pants on his horn. So happy the guns are back. Got a couple of fast passes for Indy and we were off.
Braved the mad horde in Adventure land and went over to Pooh, the kids and hubby rode it twice, they love winnie the pooh and the baby kept pointing shooting, "poobay, poobay". Daughter very disappointed Splash wasn't open, we had to explain to her that since we too come more than once a year she will get to ride on it again soon. Met some friends at RRPP for lunch, had the pizza, which is okay, we all love the chicken fussilli but the line was much too long.
After lunch went back to Indy, bypassed the front of the que but still had a 30 minute wait. What a great ride with all the effects working and the new snake is awesome. We rode it in December, but it kept stopping throughout the ride, really a bummer. Went back to the Jungle Cruise, thought we would get in one more ride before it closed for refurb. Had a really boring skipper. Took the kids to Tom Sawyer's Island, it was my daughters first time there, I don't know why we had bypassed it in the past, she loved it, almost had to drag her back to the raft.'
The kids were pretty worn down by then so we went back to the hotel and called the bell desk for our luggage, it took over an hour for the bags to be delivered to the room. I have never had to wait that long at any hotel. Our room had a DTD view and was way down at the end across from Naples. Everytime I have stayed at the GCH we have had rooms about as far from the lobby as you can get. We had originally booked rooms at the DLH, but my mother in law really wanted to join us and had never stayed at the GCH. I like the GCH, but for 5 people the room is a little small and when your room is that far down the hall you really aren't saving that much in walking distance. I do love the close proximity to whitewater snacks, and the lobby and hearthstone lounge are beautiful, love riding GRR with swimsuits under our clothes, coming back to the hotel wet and jumping right into the jacuzzi. But we also love the DLH, for the money I prefer the DLH.
After naps for the kids and some shopping for mom we headed back to the park, stopped for corn dogs (huge and tasty) on mainstreet and made our way to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo and It's a small World. My son loves all the colors and sounds of IASW, he is almost 18 months and loves all that are bright and shiny. Went on Pirates, , my daughter's fav, and about 8:15 met up with our friends again and dashed over to California Adventure for the Electrical Parade.
Found an empty spot to stand near the corner across from PT fleas, got the kids settled and really had a great time. I haven't seen the parade in almost 20 years and had forgotten how magical it was. My husband kept ohhing and ahhing and both kids were just transfixed.
We found our way out of Cal Adventure after the MSEP, went back to the room, put the kids to bed with grandma and headed down to the hearthstone lounge for cocktails. Sat in front of the fire and just relaxed, it was a great first day, lines weren't too long, kids behaved really well, and best of all no rain.
After a quick traffic free trip we arrived at the GCH around 11:30 am, valet parked the car, mother in law splitting the room cost so we thought we would splurge! Registered, checked the luggage, loaded up the kiddos and headed straight to Disneyland!!!!!! Walked right onto the Jungle Cruise, had a very funny skipper, but he didn't point out the back side of water, first time I have had that happen. My daughter noticed the pole and the man were missing, but the rhino was still there with the pants on his horn. So happy the guns are back. Got a couple of fast passes for Indy and we were off.
Braved the mad horde in Adventure land and went over to Pooh, the kids and hubby rode it twice, they love winnie the pooh and the baby kept pointing shooting, "poobay, poobay". Daughter very disappointed Splash wasn't open, we had to explain to her that since we too come more than once a year she will get to ride on it again soon. Met some friends at RRPP for lunch, had the pizza, which is okay, we all love the chicken fussilli but the line was much too long.
After lunch went back to Indy, bypassed the front of the que but still had a 30 minute wait. What a great ride with all the effects working and the new snake is awesome. We rode it in December, but it kept stopping throughout the ride, really a bummer. Went back to the Jungle Cruise, thought we would get in one more ride before it closed for refurb. Had a really boring skipper. Took the kids to Tom Sawyer's Island, it was my daughters first time there, I don't know why we had bypassed it in the past, she loved it, almost had to drag her back to the raft.'
The kids were pretty worn down by then so we went back to the hotel and called the bell desk for our luggage, it took over an hour for the bags to be delivered to the room. I have never had to wait that long at any hotel. Our room had a DTD view and was way down at the end across from Naples. Everytime I have stayed at the GCH we have had rooms about as far from the lobby as you can get. We had originally booked rooms at the DLH, but my mother in law really wanted to join us and had never stayed at the GCH. I like the GCH, but for 5 people the room is a little small and when your room is that far down the hall you really aren't saving that much in walking distance. I do love the close proximity to whitewater snacks, and the lobby and hearthstone lounge are beautiful, love riding GRR with swimsuits under our clothes, coming back to the hotel wet and jumping right into the jacuzzi. But we also love the DLH, for the money I prefer the DLH.
After naps for the kids and some shopping for mom we headed back to the park, stopped for corn dogs (huge and tasty) on mainstreet and made our way to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo and It's a small World. My son loves all the colors and sounds of IASW, he is almost 18 months and loves all that are bright and shiny. Went on Pirates, , my daughter's fav, and about 8:15 met up with our friends again and dashed over to California Adventure for the Electrical Parade.
Found an empty spot to stand near the corner across from PT fleas, got the kids settled and really had a great time. I haven't seen the parade in almost 20 years and had forgotten how magical it was. My husband kept ohhing and ahhing and both kids were just transfixed.
We found our way out of Cal Adventure after the MSEP, went back to the room, put the kids to bed with grandma and headed down to the hearthstone lounge for cocktails. Sat in front of the fire and just relaxed, it was a great first day, lines weren't too long, kids behaved really well, and best of all no rain.