Disneyland Day 1 - December 7th

The first day of Disneyland was Nathan's birthday - which is why we even went - because he could get in free, making it enough more affordable that we couldn't resist. It rained all day. We got soaked - as you can see in all of our pictures. It was cold. There were no characters about and no parades. It was magical! It was fun! We only waited in maybe 2 lines for more than 5 minutes - most were either a 3 minute wait or we walked straight on - that part was awesome! A lot of the outdoor play areas were closed... but with no lines that just meant more rides!

The first ride we went on was Peter Pan and Oliver was unsure about the bar being pulled down across his lap - he was unhappy the whole ride - luckily he got used to the idea on only the 2nd or 3rd ride that was like that. He liked Dumbo, but didn't like the wind and rain in his face. The first thing he truly loved was the carousel (he didn't like the sea animal one in California Adventure though - funny) - we were able to stay on for a second ride because there were only a couple people in line - Oliver was happy about that (oh and he rode it again later in the day). We hit all of the rides we had planned on, and did some things we hadn't planned on like visiting Mickey and Minnie at their houses and playing in Toon Town which was way fun.

Everything was decorated for Christmas - which I had never seen before - and it was so fun. It's a Small World was totally Christmas and it was incredible. Speaking of which, Nathan and I both noticed the walls and ceiling on that ride for what we think was the first time - funny how your perception as a kid is so different.

We had a great day. We were sad we missed some things, but knew it wasn't that big of a deal because Oliver didn't know what he'd missed and he had a great day. It was a magical Disney day!