We finally got a chance to slip away to Disneyland yesterday. We haven't been back since the Fantasmic incident. Partly due to taking a break from D-land, but then we just couldn't make it work schedule wise.
We headed straight for the Haunted Mansion Holiday ride to see the Nightmare Before Christmas crew. It was about a 25 minute wait. Not that great, but not too horrible either. From there we headed over to the Winnie the Pooh ride since we were pretty close to it.
Here's the only picture we have from our visit. And oh boy, it's a keeper!
Fun ride. We got back to the stroller, and the kids wanted a drink, so I dug out some apple juice drink boxes from the stroller basket, and realised that the diaper bag was gone! It was hanging from the handle and would sit right at the opening of the basket. LAME! As Anna and I quickly discuss it, Duncan becomes aware of the theft and almost gets emotional about the bag being gone. We explained that sometimes these things happen, and so on.
Luckily, there wasn't anything too important in there. Really, it was diapers and wipes, a handful of fruit snacks, a couple small toys, A&D, tissue, nothing worth stealing. The kids' Kaiser cards and immunization records were in there, but Anna says those aren't that big a deal. As we made our way to the Pirates ride, I noticed a fruit snack on the floor like the ones we have, and upon inspection from Anna, it was unopened. It probably fell out as they looked through the bag. Knowing it was a waste of the theft's time, we hoped they would ditch the bag somewhere findable, like a restroom, or along the walk way. Maybe a cast member would find it and turn it in to Lost and Found. We didn't stress over finding it, but we did look as we walked, and did check restrooms we happened to pass. Before we left, we did check out Lost and Found, but there were no bags fitting our description. They hold items for 2 weeks, so we'll go back and check again, just in case.
We did stop to watch the fireworks show. It was pretty good. We also made our way to Small World after the fireworks since 80% of the people in the park were headed out and we didn't need to be a part of that. The line was a little long, but not for us...
Actually, when we first got into Disneyland, Anna took Liam over to the City Hall to see about getting a pass for special needs kids. We decided to try it out. We would only use it for really long lines and when the kids are a bit restless. I took the rest of the kids with me to the Haunted Mansion and got in line. Anna used the pass to meet us at the entrance to the ride, and then we used it to get on Small World. It was about a 2 minute wait as opposed to a 20 minute wait. It was quite nice actually.
So yeah, first time back since our last poor experience, and jacked during this visit... what the heck?!
We may go back as early as tomorrow (I have a shirt order that needs picked up in Fullerton), or next week, Monday or Wednesday.
3 comments:
I think we are planning on going tomorrow night because we want to watch the fireworks. Maybe we'll see you there! And that sucks about the diaper bag, I've never had that happen *Fingers crossed*
I can't believe someone jacked your diaper bag. They were probably hoping you'd left a wallet in there.
I'm glad you guys were able to get the pass. It will hopefully make the long lines a little bit easier.
i feel violated. i always tell luis not to worry about leaving the diaper bag. afterall, it is disneyland... but i guess you can't trust the happiest place on earth anymore. i'll be taking a separate purse to take my wallet with me on the rides from now on.
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