On this day we employed a service called Ridemax. You input the day you'll be there, which park you're going to visit, and which rides you want to go on. Then Ridemax uses gathered data and tells you which rides to go on when so that you don't have to wait in long lines. The plan was awesome. We stuck to it pretty well in the morning and deviated a bit in the afternoon, but we were still able to see/ride twenty-four attractions in the twelve hours we were there. Also, we were dead tired by the end of the day.
We got in an hour early and the boys took advantage of that and rode the Matterhorn without waiting in much of a line. The girls stuck together and Phoebe and I rode Dumbo. Both boys loved the Matterhorn, but only Cooper enjoyed Space Mountain. I'm afraid it left Peter rather unhappy. The favorites on this day were the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean (except for Phoebe, who declared it too scary), Gadget's Go Coaster (for the boys), Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, the Soundsational Parade, and Peter Pan's Flight. And meeting princesses. That was, by far, the highlight for Phoebe.
That half-closed-eye thing Cooper is doing is a family photo classic. We have pictures of several people on my side of the family doing that face for pictures, all unintentionally.
This was their second time on Autopia. Cooper looks thrilled. Peter looks a touch concerned.
I now know why parents like the Finding Nemo Submarine ride. It's dark, quiet, and soothing. It was all I could do to stay awake. Bryan succumbed to slumber and had a nice little nap during this ride. Also during this ride, someone must have mistaken our stroller for theirs because it was nowhere to be found when we exited. Oh well. At least it was our cheap umbrella stroller and not our double stroller. And Disneyland gave us a free stroller for the rest of that day and the next day.
Phoebe had a nice nap in the free Disneyland stroller.
Here we have the best part of Phoebe's day. Now, we had tried once earlier to see the princesses and just as we got there I looked into the stroller to ask if she was excited and discovered that our girl had fallen asleep. By the time we got back Phoebe was tired and grumpy and had just gotten sunscreen in her eyes. Nonetheless, she loved meeting Aurora, Ariel (the pictures aren't great so I didn't include them), and Cinderella.
Phoebe had quite a conversation with each one. She informed Cinderella that she was Phoebe's favorite and that we had a Cinderella movie. Then Phoebe explained a few plot points.
We made it to It's a Small World after we saw the princesses. When we came out we discovered that we were in the perfect spot to watch the parade. And we had a little MBA reunion. Two other recently graduated families came and sat by us to enjoy the parade. That was a fun treat. Also, I highly recommend wearing a BYU shirt if you ever go to Disneyland. It instantly identifies who you are and with whom you're affiliated. I received lots of positive comments from my shirt choice.
After the parade we ran around and crammed in as many rides as we could. They actually shut the door behind us on the Roger Rabbit ride. I was very thankful to ride the shuttle home, especially since we no longer had a stroller that could leave the park.
When we pulled into the parking lot of the hotel, we immediately piled into the minivan we had rented and found the nearest McDonald's. Turns out fruit snacks, cheese sticks, trail mix, and soy nut butter sandwiches aren't quite enough to get you through the day.
Day two ended with five very tired people falling into bed and quickly going to sleep.
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