Great wrap up! You and DH make a great team - your narrative and his pictures. Looking forward to your upcoming TR's!
Thank you so much! I never thought about us being a team in that way but you're right! I could never take the pics he does and he absolutely wouldn't want to do all of the writing and putting it all together. lol
It really is a great parade. I certainly enjoyed it!
We had seen it on our first trip, but that was so long ago that I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it as well.
I'm sorry he froze, but hey, at least he got to talk to Crush! And it seems that Crush managed to handle it well. And now Paxton dude knows what a question is!
Yeah, it was just a little awkward. lol But it didn't seem to bother Paxton, and he enjoyed being called the little dude in the red shell.
That's awesome! I was disappointed that I never managed to be in the right place at the right time to see this while we were there.
I kept saying I wanted to plan an evening to be there for the lighting, but we kept forgetting about it. It was a nice surprise to catch it without meaning to!
Oh yeah... of course he's kidding.
Oh, if only...
I know the feeling. We scoped out a spot... spent 45 uncomfortable minutes waiting. And then if you blinked, you missed it.
I really couldn't believe the fireworks were that short!! My only prior experience with
Disneyland fireworks had been during the summer, so it was a normal length show, and actually a little better than Wishes because both Tink & Dumbo flew over the castle! This was one of those surprises that was not so good.
I can only imagine. You should have made a point to avoid walking anywhere near the entrance to that area!
Definitely! I can only ride that Chew Chew train so many times before I lose my mind!
Thank you! I always enjoy your TR's and Dustin's pictures. I look forward to the next ones!
I so appreciate you always taking the time to comment!!
Great trip report - and of course great pictures! Glad you had such a great trip and got to nearly everything you wanted (other than things that were done in preparation for the 60th).
It's funny that I thought 3 days would be ok and you were worried 5 days wasn't enough! I think we definitely undershot things especially with the extra crowds the 60th brought. seems like 5 days and then the "off day" to do something else (e.g., Legoland) worked out great!
Glad you found your hotel worked out well!
Nice that you had this last trip with your son before the family unit increases in scale!
Also glad you have already started another TR
thanks again!
While the longer trip ended up being better than our shorter trips just because we didn't have to hurry to fit everything in, we definitely had times that we were wandering around and feeling like we had already done everything. I hate to say we were bored, but there were times we just had trouble finding something to do that we didn't feel like we had just done recently. Of course, limited options due to so many things being closed didn't help. With me having to take things at a slower pace, though, 5 days was good for us.
It was nice to have just one more trip to spend with him in Disney before expanding the family!
Thanks for following along!
I love reading your report - thanks for sharing your experiences on the West Coast. It makes a trip to DL and DCA very tempting!
If you can ever make that trip happen, definitely do it! It's so great to visit the original Disney park. Thanks for following along!!
I'm glad overall it was a great trip and that you felt you had enough time to do everything you wanted! Thank you for sharing, I always love reading along to your TRs!!
Thanks, Alexis!!
LOVED your trip report! We are a week and a half from our first DLR visit (though we have many WDW vacations under our belt) with myself, DH, and DS 5 so it was fun to read such a detailed report from a family "just like ours". Thanks so much for all the time you spent on this. Because of this I have adjusted our "Max Pix Day" from day 1 to day 5 as I can see how that would set an expectation for the rest of the trip
*also have totally inspired me to give writing a trip report a try
I'm so glad you like it! And that it could hopefully be a help since our family make up is so similar. Haha yes, I'm glad someone could learn from our mistake!!!! lol Let the kids pick at the END of the trip!!
I would absolutely recommend it! It's a great way to document the trip to look back on later when you're feeling nostalgic. And it makes the post Disney depression just a little easier to handle.