We were back in Disneyland bright and early on Thursday morning. This time we used our early entry to get us on the Matterhorn ride.
Its lines had been pushing 90 minutes the other days, so our 20 minutes wait that morning felt like nothing!
The boys had mixed emotions about the Matterhorn. It was closed 3 years ago when we were there, so there were no memories of riding it, however, they new there was an Abominable Snowman/Yeti on it somewhere and that frightened the younger two a bit. Or a lot. By the end, there was no fear, lots of smiles, and promises to ride it again someday – when the wait ISN’T 90 minutes!
We hadn’t ridden the carousel the morning we did Fantasyland, so we all went for a ride!
The simplest thing like a merry-go-round still makes them all happy…
Or almost all of them. Bobby wasn’t fully convinced of the fun of this ride either.
Sigh. I love my boys!
Our next destination was Toontown. Here is the land where you walk into a cartoon to play. My imaginative boys loved it.
We explored Minnie and Mickey’s houses, Goofy’s Garden, Chip & Dale’s Treehouse, Donald’s boat, and the Go-go coaster.
Lots of exploring and playing!
Minnie’s house was very girlie …
See, Kevin and I were there too …
Maybe it is a good thing we only have boys …
They are never this interested in dishes being washed at our house!
Bobby was all over Minnie’s computer – trying to hack his way in, I’m sure!
On one shelf in Minnie’s house, tucked at an odd angle, Kevin found this book. A bit of Disney humor perhaps?
Finally it was our turn to meed Mrs. Mouse. Bobby was in love!
She was incredibly sweet with him and all the boys …
My mom has always been a Minnie fan, so I made sure we got a little Minnie love for her, too!
Mickey wasn’t quite as much fun, from a mother’s perspective. It was a dark room and none of the photos really turned out well.
But Bobby loved that big mouse, too!
Kevin took the older boys on the Roger Rabbit ride, we played in Goofy’s Garden. There is a slide and some giant vegetables for playing in and on. Rusty surveyed the area and said to me, “I’ll be in a pumpkin if you need me.”
I guess Bobby needed him …
The best part of the day was our matching Captain America shirts. We’d be walking around and hear people say, “Look 4 Captain Americas!” or “Hey, 5 Captain Americas!” or, my favorite, “Wow! 4 Captain Americas, no 5, no 6 … how many are there?!”
We even earned a comment from the tour guide on the Jungle Cruise. Pretty awesome!
Our cameras didn’t come out much that afternoon, but only because we were having too much fun.
We enjoyed the Tiki Room with Bobby completely enthralled by the singing and dancing flowers, birds, and tikis.
Grandmama took Bobby off for some window shopping while we did Thunder Mountain again and while we took Ricky and Billy on Indiana Jones. They were so excited to get to go on it! Kevin and I taught them how it is done – lots of screams and wahoos! It might have been a little much for Billy, but Ricky was certainly ready to go again! And Billy probably was as well, since he kept talking about it for the next couple of hours.
We rode the Railroad around to where we were supposed to meet Grandmama (because Rusty loves the dinosaur tunnel) and then we sat down at a nice spot on Main Street to wait. Apparently, we sat down by the Horseless Carriage Stop, because the driver pulled up and offered us a ride! I’d never done that before, so we all climbed in and rode around Main Street in an old fashioned car.
Nap time finally came and after that we played in the pool. The boys loved the water slides and Bobby and I enjoyed the kiddie pool with its water squirts here and there. The weather was perfectly warm for being at the pools without being too hot! It was a great afternoon!
Dinner that night was at the Tangaroa Terrace. It is a cute little place overlooking the Disneyland Hotel pool and gardens.
The food was quite good … we’d definitely eat there again!
We had the company of a sparrow which hopped around looking for stray crumbs.
At one point, the boys wandered from their seats and were looking through the fence into the bushes. We try to teach them good eating etiquette, especially at restaurants, so I told them to sit down. They weren’t actually disturbing anyone and it turns out they were talking to a cat. Once they finished eating, I let them go back to finish their conversation!
It had been a good but long day, so we went to bed a little earlier that night. One more day left in our visit to the happiest place on earth!
Thursday Rides and Attractions: Matterhorn, Carousel, Go-go Coaster, Roger Rabbit, Mickey’s House, Minnie’s House, Goofy’s Garden, Donald’s Boat, Chip and Dale’s Treehouse, Indian Jones Ride, Tiki Room, Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain, Rail Road, Horseless Carriage, Pool