Disneyland Day 3

We had breakfast at the hotel and caught the shuttle to the park.  Dallin was so tired and his feet hurt so bad (from tons of walking and too small of shoes) from the day before he stayed behind for a bit.  We started this day out at Disneyland.  We walked in the characters were going on a break.  We took some pictures and found out the characters would be returning shortly so we hung around the area.  When they made their appearances, I had my family run and jump in the lines and Zoey and I would rotate around without having to wait in a bazillion lines.  It was perfect!  She met Minnie (her favorite), Donald and Daisy (Donald was a surprising favorite), and Chip and Dale all within less than an hour.

We walked up Main Street and took pictures by Cinderella's Castle.  This was something she had seen the night before but had been begging to go in it.  Sleeping Beauty came out shortly thereafter and we waited to meet her while my brother went and got in line for the other princesses on the other side of the castle.  She met Sleeping Beauty (again), Snow White and Cinderella in that area.  She was actually wearing her Cinderella dress that day and it was so cute when they met each other.  Snow White was very "in your bubble" and didn't allow Zoey to be too shy but everyone else kept this distance if Zoey wasn't feeling it.

We went to eat lunch after Dumbo and the Carousel.  As we're sitting at lunch my dad was feeding Connor and said he smelled something.  We thought it was just gas as he'd pooped the day before and generally only poops every other day.  My dad checks and Connor had pooped ALL OVER my dad!  I was mortified.  My dad carried him to the bathroom and I took him in to get him cleaned up while my dad went to clean himself up.  It was so gross and smelly I wanted to gag.  My dad ended up having to buy a new shirt and since my parents didn't want to walk all the way back to the locker for Connor's spare clothes, they just bought him new clothes too (a cute blue Mickey golf shirt and socks).  Dallin arrived shortly after this (or he could have brought clothes) and my parents took Connor and Dallin and I took Zoey to Toon Town.  I hadn't been there since I was small and it was fun because it's good for little kids.  Dallin and Zoey went to meet Minnie while I stood in line for Mickey.  I just kept walking and weaving and I walked straight to where he was!  So I called them and told them to come.  We legitimately waited 10 minutes to meet Mickey.  After that we met Goofy and Pluto then took Zoey on the little roller coaster there.  I was worried how she'd react but when it was over she said she wanted to go again!  There's a little dare devil in her I guess.  Then we waited in line to meet Minnie and I was sad we did because this Minnie was so awful.  Zoey asked her if Mickey was her friend like 6 times and the Minnie didn't even acknowledge her!  I wanted to kick her.  I was following what the worker said to have our books ready for autographs and I guess she wanted to take photos first and kind of swept the pen out of my hand which in turn landed on my pants (luckily they were black) but still!  I was so disappointed.

We went and my brothers had picked us up Indiana Jones fast passes so we headed over there and rode Pirates (she told us they Pirates had guns.  We have asked her to tell us any time she sees a gun for safety's sake and we were so proud she listened) and I taught her how to say "wheee!" down the dips so it doesn't hurt your tummy.  She was also quite concerned with the "lion" (Davey Jones) in the steam at the start of Pirates.  She still talks about it.  She insisted on a frozen banana after Pirates and we tried to discourage her since they are frozen solid but she ate almost the whole thing!  Then we did Indiana Jones then rode Buzz Lightyear.  All Zoey did was spin us in circles and we laughed our guts out.  We couldn't hit a thing because we just kept spinning and spinning.  I got a little sick but not horribly.  It was some sort of miracle I was able to ride all these rides with her and not get sick (even the Carousel).   Then my sister's friend texted that she thought Space Mountain was open.  It was closed the duration of our trip and had been for weeks as they got ready to turn Tomorrowland into Star Wars Land (the Monday we left) and turned it into Hyperspace Mountain.  My brother ran over and confirmed that it was indeed open, a soft, super-secret opening but the wait was already an hour.  My parents took the kids back and all us big kids ran over and hopped in line to get the sneak peek.  Luckily the line was only about 35 minutes and we got to ride it!  It was super cool in the fact that it was the first time people had been able to ride it and the vibe of excitement was overwhelming.  I didn't find the ride that much different than the original but it was still fun. 

We headed back to the hotel and went to eat at Red Robin. Zo gets so slap happy when she's tired.  We got back to the hotel and Connor was hungry and tired and Zoey's jumping on her pull-out bed yelling Merry Christmas at the top of her lungs.  I was laughing so hard so I didn't cry. It was another late night but so fun!