Disneyland - Part 2

 Here are some more pictures from our Disney trip.

This is Matthew about to go on Splash Mountain.  He loves that one!

 And Scott and Matthew

Anna has grown a lot since we were here last year and she is now, just barely, tall enough to go on many of the big rides.  She opted out of Space Mountain and Tower of Terror even though she was tall enough.  But she did go on Star Tours, Splash Mountain, Soarin' and the new Radiator Springs Racers.  She was just barely 40 inches, the cut off for all of those rides, so as we went through the line with her they measured her again and again.  She always measured up...just barely.  She was also tall enough for Thunder Mountain but that was closed.  :(

I was kind of surprised that she wanted to go on Splash Mountain, but we went and she was pretty good about it.  I told her there was a big drop and she got to see people going down the drop before we went on.  I wanted her to know what to expect.  I held onto her on the drop, hoping she wouldn't feel so scared.  Her little heart was thumping out of her chest, poor girl.  But she made it and after recovering from it, said it was fun (she calls it the "Skip-a-dee-doo-dah ride").  Anna was also very interested in going on the Tea Cups.  I haven't been on that ride since I was very small 'cause it makes me sick, but I went on it with Anna.  We even spun our tea cup and had lots of fun.

 

Grant got to go on lots of things too.

Here we are in line for some of the rides in Fantasyland

 Anna in line

 Me and busy Mr. Grant

 And Scott and Johnny

He was fussing here about waiting so long in the Casey Jr. line!

 And on Casey Jr.

 We were in the wild animals train car

And here is Matthew in line for Matterhorn.  I really thought the height for this ride used to be in the high 30s but its now 42, so Anna at 40 was too short. 

Matterhorn was under construction for a while and now, reopened, they touted it as "re-imagined."  It seems exactly the same to me...except maybe with new bobsleds.  Oh well...still fun.  We had a fun three days in the Disney parks.

I asked everyone what their favorite rides were and this is what they said...
Matthew said his favorite was Space Mountain but then quickly changed to the Mattherhorn.
Anna's favorite rides were Ariel's Undersea Adventures, Winnie the Pooh, the Tea Cups and the "Skip-a-dee-doo-dah one" (Splash Mountain)
Scott is not here right now to ask about his favorite ride but I think he likes Indiana Jones and Radiator Springs Racers. I'll have to ask him later.
My favorite ride was Radiator Springs Racers which is a lot like Test Track at Walt Disney World except with a Cars theme.
When I asked Grant what his favorite ride at Disneyland was he screamed "NEMO!!" repeatedly.  That sounds pretty definitive.
John seemed to like the carousel...but I don't know.

More of our vacation adventures to come...