Disneyland Dec 2011

This year for a special treat while Matt had some down time at work, we went to Disneyland. The advent calendar for that day read "a car ride to a magical place". Maddie didn't realize where we were until she saw a Mickey Mouse sign in the parking structure.

We ended up upgrading our park hopper tickets to season passes (the cheapest ones) so we can go back a few times next year. They have a super cute Little Mermaid ride and a Toy Story section over at California Adventure that make it worth the trip to the second park. Next time we go, I think we'll spend a night or two in Anaheim because when going to both parks, we didn't see very much! I doesn't help when you have to wait 45+ minutes to see Rapunzel and 25+ minutes to see Tinkerbell but those are for sure must do's for our family!

We met some new characters this time... Maddie is a bit obsessed with Toy Story so it was very cool to see her get some lovin' from Jessie and Woody!

The castle at night was just gorgeous!

We're a bit spoiled by living so close to such a "magical" place!