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This past labor day weekend, Kayla and I made the 6 hour drive down to LAX to pick up my mother. From there, we ventured to Anaheim, California to the happiest place on earth: Disneyland! Two days in this magical place flew by as we met characters, rode roller coasters, ventured into mystical lands, and ate yummy chocolate. All in all, Disney was AMAZING and every one had a good time. I'll try to summarize everything using the below million pictures.

Day 1
On Saturday we went to California Adventure. This park focuses more on the Pixar movies and is the newer of the two parks. We started bright and early, in the normal silly style.

 There were a lot of adorable rides that went through the story of various Disney classics. One such ride was The Little Mermaid. It was pretty hard to capture pictures in the tunnel atmosphere, but Kayla caught this beauty.

Kayla and I also went on a roller coaster called California Screamin'. It had tunnels, a 360 degree loop, and all of normal stomach plunging drops. Here is a shot of the coaster with the famous Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel.

We had lunch at a little restaurant near the ferris wheel. Near the end, we were entertained with some live music. ...this may be my favorite picture from the trip!

The parade was pretty awesome. I was honestly far too excited by the characters. As I said, this park focuses more on the Pixar movies. So, we've got:
1) Monsters Inc

2) The Incredibles

3) Finding Nemo

4) A Bug's Life

5) Toy Story

 

5) Cars

We also ventured to Cars land, and saw a hilarious performance of Aladdin. But the highlight of the day was by far the World of Color show. Disney used fountains of water and light to put on the most mesmerizing water show I could imagine. Not only that, but using the water, they were able to display disney scenes from famous movies such as the Lion King, Brave, Pocohantas, and more. I would recommend this for everyone!!

Day 2

On Sunday we went to the original Disney Land park! The quintessential princess castle can be seen below for proof.

We went on many rides, including Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Matterhorn, Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Toy Story. The highlight in terms of pictures (and perhaps overall) may have been meeting Eeyore, Pooh, and Tigger too :)

 

 

There was also a parade on this side of the park! This one focused more so on all of the Disney classics.

1) Mickey and Minnie Mouse

2) Aladdin

3) The Little Mermaid

4) Princesses: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Cinderella

5) The Lion King

 

6) The Princess and the Frog
 

7) Peter Pan
 

Unfortunately all of the rides we went on were sort of impossible to get photos of. Also, we seem to be missing pictures of the chocolate dipped pineapple, chocolate covered strawberries, and general awe inspiring Disney stores. HOWEVER, I think I have inundated you all with enough photos. So --