I Went to Disneyland!!

I'm just going to warn you right now: You're going to be jealous by this post unless you've been to Southern California (specifically Disneyland and Magic Mountain Six Flags) in the past seven days.

Ryan, Me and Craig and in front of the Magic Kingdom. Did you know they are giving away Dream Suite nights where you actually get to sleep in the castle for a night? Amazing huh?The Incredibles, Me, Ryan and Craig

You heard it here folks. A friend of mine celebrated a birthday last week and instead of planning the lame old regular party, we decided it would be a grand idea to visit the happiest place on Earth. Of course, when we originally talked about it, we didn't actually think we would go to Disneyland. I mean, what 26,27 and 29 year old people who are all teachers in the last little bit of the year actually take time off of work to go to Disneyland? Well...me and my crew do. And oh my is it soooo much better than I remember it.



In addition to being the first people in line to meet Mickey Mouse, having front row seats for Fantasmic and the Million Dreams Fireworks Spectacular, riding EVERY important ride in both California Adventure and Disneyland at least twice, watching the Disneyland Electrical Parade while enjoying a spectacular bottle of wine at the pseudo winery in California Adventure and getting more wet on Splash Mountain that once thought possible, we were also lucky enough to spend a day at Six Flags.



Imagine if you will a nice Monday morning...we exit our convertible that we rented for the weekend onto the grounds of Magic Mountain. We walk up to wait in line for the park to open. As we're waiting, there is a rather large group of people just hanging out and workers are doing this little dance/entertain the crowd thing. Being three lovely high school teachers, we of course have no problem making fools of ourselves, so we begin to dance along with them. Imagine our surprise when they announce that they have chosen us to be the openers of the park for that day?!? At first we're thinking "no big deal...just going to walk in front of some people." No. That isn't it at all. In order to be the openers of the park, one must ride on a float with a variety of characters, dance around to "Celebrate Good Times" and then at just the right moment, push down a giant TNT thing that releases confetti into the air thus announcing that Magic Mountain is open for the day. Yep. I did that. I'm kind of a big deal. People know me.


So yeah. Went to Disneyland for a few days. Had an absolute blast. Love my friends. Enjoy the pictures. (Don't I look cute in the picture with Minnie? I love her!)

Ryan, the shortest Mickey Mouse ever, Me, Craig