teach
03-19-2006, 07:24 AM
We just got back from our sixth and final trip ever with our kids, aged 10 and 12. Jokingly, the plan is now to tag along with our girls and their families when they are grown up, married, and with their own children.
Why is this our final trip till then? We have just had a magical year of Disneyland adventure, and our annual pass is up at the end of this month. Given that we live in Canada, and it is a huge investment of time and money to make the trip, we do not plan to renew the pass. There are other places in the world to visit. We feel very fortunate to have had four trips in the last year and have made 19 days of visits to the two parks.
So what do you do with the final visit ever? The answer was enjoy it all. We did our usual show up early and enter the parks right at opening time, utilize the fastpasses to maximize the number attractions, lots of people watching, and best of all having quality family time.
Random highlights of the four days this trip were: bumping into four families from the school where my wife and I teach at, seeing the fireworks no matter where we were in the park, still getting a silly grin on our faces when the elevator comes to a stop at the end of Tower of Terror, experiencing new jokes on the Jungle Cruise, trying to predict who was going to get wet on Grizzly River Run, getting the front row on California Screamin', and the continued thrill each time you walk through the gates each morning.
On our last day, we were justing staying until noon and then driving back to Las Vegas where we originally flew to. The dilemma was what rides do we go on for our last trip ever. We each chose our favourites, which consisted on Soarin' Over California, Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, and Space Mountain. We then added in the Jungle Cruise because that was our first ever ride at Disneyland when the girls were 5 and 7. These rides made for a perfect end to our Disneyland adventures.
So what next? Well, I will continue to live vicariously through the posts on this website, and the family would like to plan trip to Europe next. Didn't I hear that there is a Disney park in France?!?:cool:
Why is this our final trip till then? We have just had a magical year of Disneyland adventure, and our annual pass is up at the end of this month. Given that we live in Canada, and it is a huge investment of time and money to make the trip, we do not plan to renew the pass. There are other places in the world to visit. We feel very fortunate to have had four trips in the last year and have made 19 days of visits to the two parks.
So what do you do with the final visit ever? The answer was enjoy it all. We did our usual show up early and enter the parks right at opening time, utilize the fastpasses to maximize the number attractions, lots of people watching, and best of all having quality family time.
Random highlights of the four days this trip were: bumping into four families from the school where my wife and I teach at, seeing the fireworks no matter where we were in the park, still getting a silly grin on our faces when the elevator comes to a stop at the end of Tower of Terror, experiencing new jokes on the Jungle Cruise, trying to predict who was going to get wet on Grizzly River Run, getting the front row on California Screamin', and the continued thrill each time you walk through the gates each morning.
On our last day, we were justing staying until noon and then driving back to Las Vegas where we originally flew to. The dilemma was what rides do we go on for our last trip ever. We each chose our favourites, which consisted on Soarin' Over California, Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, and Space Mountain. We then added in the Jungle Cruise because that was our first ever ride at Disneyland when the girls were 5 and 7. These rides made for a perfect end to our Disneyland adventures.
So what next? Well, I will continue to live vicariously through the posts on this website, and the family would like to plan trip to Europe next. Didn't I hear that there is a Disney park in France?!?:cool: