DATS4SURE

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Disneyland 2010

Last week we took the kids to the happiest place on earth for 5 days. It was their first time. Kim and I decided that to make the trip even more special, we would book our hotel reservations at the Disneyland Hotel. A wise choice dats4sure! I was nervous because some people in the reviews I read had said that it was old and run down. Those reviews couldn't be further from the truth. While it wasn't the most modern hotel, it had tons of Disney charm and the service was outstanding. But enough hotel review. It was a fantastic place to stay!

It took us 10 hours to get to the hotel by way of 101. We unloaded the bags at the curb and I went to park the car so that we wouldn't have to pay the 17 dollars a day for the valet. As I was searching for a place to park, I got a text from Kim who was supposed be checking in. She was stuck at the entrance unable to go in. Evidently Mark wasn't having it. Once he caught a sight of Goofy he got spooked. He locked up and wouldn't budge! When I arrived at the door after parking, Mark was tracking the giant puppet man with a instinctive survival glance. It was super intense.So I wrapped him up in my arms and we went into the lobby. Elisa was exactly the opposite. She ran over and gave the Goofy a huge hug and posed for pictures. She was STOKED!! The stage was now set for how the kids would react to the characters.

After we unloaded our bags in our room we headed for the park. We opted to walk through downtown disney. When we got there we headed straight for to the mad hatter and had some Disney ears made.