Disneyland 2010

We just got back from Disneyland and I am glad to be back to work and rest. Elise took a 3 hour nap on her first day back at daycare. We are all still tired.

The day we arrived Elise was up and playing on the plane then up and running in Disneyland. We caught the Celebrate Parade, Elise caught a 45 minute nap. The fist day we mostly did a lot of exploring and hit up a few rides. Primarily took pictures though. 450 including Kirsten's, but not Jessica's. Elise loved A Small World, the Carousel and Dumbo. She was a little stunned in the Winnie the Pooh acid trip ride. Everyone fell asleep very easily that night around 10pm.

The next morning we started out around 9am and went until a late nap around 2pm. The first thing we did was to get Stephanie's wheelchair per her doctor's orders. We went to Adventure Land first and found the hit of the day right away... the Tiki Room. We almost had to drag Elise out. She wanted to stay and dance, but we had other rides to go on. We went on the Jungle Cruise next and Elise was ambivalent about it. Later we went on Pirates of the Caribbean and Elise was great. She did not know the characters, but she was never scared. I was nervous she would be because it was so dark and the ride had unseen dips and skeletons, but she took it all in stride.

The afternoon started pretty late at California Adventure and started with the Pixar Parade and Elise (and I) loved it. We went on a couple of rides in Disneyland and made our way back to California Adventure for California Screamin (the Roller Coaster.) Elise also like a Bugs World show. She even kept the glasses on the entire time. We also staked out our spot for the Electric Light Parade and that was great, but my pictures were bad. Elise LOVED the parade. She was so excited by everything, but by 10pm we were all ready for bed again.

The last day in Disneyland we started out around 9am again and Everyone went for the afternoon break around 1pm, Except Gerry. We only walked around for the first hour since we had a 10am Character brunch. The brunch was fun, but the most famous characters were Chip and Dale. Brother Bear and the raccoon from Pocahontas were there also, but I have never even seen those movies. They all scared Elise for the first hour then she was blowing them kisses and slapping them high fives. After brunch we went on Casey Jones Jr railroad and Elise Loved that. She was so excited. We also rode Dumbo again, very exciting, and wandered around Toontown in the afternoon. Toontown was cool because Mickey and Minny live there (in separate houses)and Donald has a house there. Elise broke out of prison and lifted some weights. Drove every car, skippered Donald's boat and kissed the fish. She also roamed Mickey's house like she lived there. Sat in every chair, played the piano, tried to open every door and do some laundry. Later we went to Downtown Disney (basically a mall) and bought Elise some sunglasses that she still has not broken four days later. It only took her 5 minutes with her last two pairs. That pretty much wrapped up Elise's first visit to Disneyland. I stayed until around 12:30am and go to go on every ride because the crowds clear out around 10:30pm. I also got some cool night time pictures, but like a schmuck I forgot my tripod.

The last day was shopping, which Elise likes to do. Elise picked out her princess doll and a present for ma tante Denise. The flight back was super easy. Family Dupuis fell asleep before take off and woke up when the wheel hit the ground again. A very fun vacation that Elise will soon forget, but we have over 500 pictures to remind her... until we go again next year.