The wonderful world of Disney

It's a 7 hour drive from San Francisco to Anaheim. The I5 was long, hot and surprisingly straight with barren, dry fields as far as the eye can see, dotted with incredibly lush (as a result of heavy and apparently contentious irrigation) farmland.  Los Angeles lives up to its reputation and is one big traffic jam from start to finish.

For the next four days we will eat, sleep and breath Disney. From the moment we wake up to the minute we crash out in the evening, Disney will be our life. I for one am very excited!

Princesses Rose and Isla with Snow White

The girls donned their princess dresses and we entered the gates of this all consuming land at 9.30am this morning. The children were stunned into silence as Alice and the Mad Hatter danced around to the brass band just inside the main gates. In fact, Rose has been wide eyed and open mouthed for most of the day. There are princesses everywhere  - Aurora, Snow White, Ariel, Cinderella, Jasmine. It's magical (with a lot of rules to control the fun!).

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Day 4
We have managed to leave Disney unharmed and full of happy thoughts. Honestly, it was really good fun and the children loved it.  We have discussed 'best bits' and they are as follows....

Star Tours - The new Star Wars 4 minute simulator. The queues were up to 2 hours long but we got Fast Passes for Dave, Owen and Rose. C3PO saves the day.
Total number of visits: 3

Buzz Lightyear Lazar Challenge - We ALL loved this. In 2's or 3's you are sat in a car on tracks and propelled round the course. Nothing special so far... but each player is equipped with a laser gun and instructed by Buzz himself to defend the little green aliens and attack Zurg. There was a lot of red light beams directed at who knows what but we all scored points and became super star pilots or something like that.
Total number of visits: 5

Princesses on Parade - Disneyland would not be complete without its princesses and Isla and Rose managed to find quite a lot of them over our visit. We have signed autographs from Cinderella, Snow White, Tiana!!!!!, Ariel and Sleeping Beauty. Isla was a bit sad to miss out on seeing Jasmine but did manage a lesson in drinking tea with Tink and a dance lesson at the royal court.
Total number of visits: Loads

Jedi Training - Young Jedis received their training from a true Jedi knight. They were donned with cape and training light saber and taught the correct moves to defeat the DARK Side. Suddenly, during the  training who should appear but Darth Vader and Darth Maul!!! WOW so cool. And then, each of the young Jedi's got to fight them with their newly obtained skills.
Total number of visits: 2

It's a small world: And it surely is. The people in this are little but oh so cute. This was Isla's favorite ride. She waved at the little dancing dolls all the way round.

Total number of visits: 2

Dave liked the white water ride best!