Disneyland: Day 3, pt. 1

Thursday was our Magic Morning! As you can see from these pictures, TONS of people take advantage of the extra hour.

 We headed straight for Tomorrowland so we could get Fast Passes for Star Tours. Turns out, Star Tours doesn't open until the regular opening time. We went ahead and got on the Buzz Lightyear ride (where Clark kicked our trash with his 90,000+ points versus my 26,000 and the girls' 2,000) and then the rocket ride at the very front of the area. Soon, we found out that a scheduled update to the Star Tours ride had gone awry (they're starting to incorporate new Episode VII footage) and the ride would be closed until further notice. UGH. :(

We ended up looking at the map to see what rides were close and noticed that Finding Nemo's Submarine wasn't too far away and only had a five minute wait. We hustled the girls over and got on and the girls really enjoyed the fish and water and bubbles. Finding Nemo was Azucena's first movie and she has loved it for three years. I'm so glad we were able to get her on the ride!

After that, we looked at the wait times at Toon Town (because we still hadn't run into Minnie, Donald or Daisy) and saw that Minnie's house was just about to open and so her wait time should be minimal. We gathered up our things and headed that way. When we got to her house 15 minutes was posted and we got in line. The girls knew exactly where we were and kept saying it was their turn to see Minnie. It was all we could do to keep them with us in the line!

This. This picture. This moment sums up why I wanted to take the girls at this age to Disneyland.

 We spent a lot of time in Minnie's house. The girls loved looking around, sitting at the table, fiddling with everything. Even after walking out of the house, there was a patio area where they got distracted again and had to go over every detail. So dang cute! They sure do love Minnie!

After Minnie's home, we headed over to Donald's boat hoping that he would be home but, alas, he was not. We also tried to look up Daisy but apparently she just doesn't come around often; she wasn't on the docket any of our three days. Poor Adelaide! While checking out all that information and visiting the bathrooms to administer diaper changes, Clark saw that Star Tours was up and running so he ran back to Tomorrowland to get the Fast Passes while I gathered up the girls and everything else.

Clark was able to get the tickets, but they weren't for another hour and a half. So we went back to the carousel (the girls had asked for it again). Also, Clark mentioned that he had seen Bert and Mary Poppins while running and I just had to see them! It took about 45 minutes (and five cast members) to find out where they were supposed/going to be. Like, really, they're ninjas! While looking for them, we ended up in Frontierland again and decided to get another Dole Whip to cool off ourselves and the girls. Have I mentioned yet that Aurora would just suck it all down?! I don't know if it was the fact that it was something cold on a hot day or the flavor/sugar but that girl ate over half of my Dole Whip!

 Finally it was time to return to Star Tours! We headed back and Clark got to go in with Azucena first. (Actually, the plan had been for him to go by himself and all the girls to stay with me but as Azucena saw him walk into the building, she started to freak out and yell "Daddy! I want to go with you!" so that changed our plans immediately.) Adelaide, Aurora, and I headed into the Star Wars shop where the ride exits (of course) and looked around a little bit. When Clark and Azucena came out, I took her hand and we headed back to the main entrance. I was so excited to see R2 and C3P0!

 Azucena and I got to be on the very end. She was adorable. She had her headphones on, kept her 3D glasses on her face the entire ride, and held my hand, too. So. Dang. Cute.