So, Allie and I had plans to go to Disneyland earlier in November. She had just bought herself an annual pass and wanted to go for the 3rd weekend in a row. It's not difficult to talk me into a trip to Disneyland. I was also gonna get to see my favorite Hunter family.
On Wednesday night before the trip, Allie and Starlyn and I were at a concert that another TA was in. Starlyn said she needed a vacation and should come with us. We told her to join us. She kinda went back and forth on Thursday, but by Friday, she decided she was in. Starlyn had taken Friday off because of a funeral. Allie and I worked all day, then stopped in Springville to pick up our friend. We drove straight to So. California, stopping only for gas, bathroom breaks, and Cane's chicken strips. We were going to stay at Derek and Rachel's, but they came down with strep throat, so we got an air bnb. We stayed in a bedroom in an Asian woman's home about 30 minutes from the park. We got in late, around midnight. Allie still had to take an exam, but she got it done. We had a nice place to stay. Nice comfy bed and a bathroom. That's all we needed. Allie slept on a mat on the floor. When the lady found out there were unexpectedly 3 of us, she brought up an air mattress for Allie for night #2.
Saturday, we got up early and headed to the park. When I went to use my pass Derek had emailed me, it didn't work. It had been used by Connor Crockett. I know because the lady showed me the picture of the person who had used it. Oh no. There were Allie and Starlyn, safe in California Adventure, and I was stuck outside, waiting for Derek to get to the bottom of it all. He did. He was very frustrated, as I can understand, but it all worked out. The 3 of us had hopper passes and we had a blast. We stayed from 9 am until midnight. We did just about everything. We rode the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride and rode Soarin. We rode the cars ride. Starlyn hadn't been to Disneyland in years. It was fun to show her around. We do not get maps anymore. We know the park quite well. We went on Indiana Jones, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Haunted Mansion, Ariel, Monsters, inc., Star Tours, Buzz Lightyear, Jungle Cruise, and many more. We also saw the Frozen show, which is so cute. I tell ya, we had a blast and wore ourselves OUT!
A funny thing that happened is that we thought we got an unlimited fast pass. Allie got a text that said there was a change to our fast pass and that we had an "unlimited attraction" fast pass. We understood that to mean unlimited pass for the remainder of the day. That was at about 4:00. We managed to use it 4 times before someone explained that it had "disappeared" from Allie's phone because it was a one-use pass. We just told ticket people that it was on our phone, but we couldn't download it anymore. We really thought it was a phone problem, not that it was a one-time use deal. Like I said, we got a lot of fun out of thinking we had unlimited fast passes. We also got on 4 rides when it should have been only 1, so it worked out ok.
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| the BEST fast pass user of all time |
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| At Cane's on the way there |
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| Great recommendation, Allie. Lunch at Downtown Disney at Earl of Sandwich. |
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| Our faces when we thought we had unlimited fast passes |
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| They turned Tower of Terror to Guardians of the Galaxy. It was a good change. I'm still upset about them changing the Swiss Robinson Treehouse to Tarzan. |
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| Thinking of Sister Adcock "Joy to the Whirl" |
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| Wins the prize for best Disney treat of the trip. Mallows, caramel, chocolate, sugar |
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| Look Kamiko, it's Buzz |
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| In line at Guardians |
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| on the bus to the park |
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| Santa + Disneyland + friends = PERFECTION |
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| end of the day. a bit tired. |
