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Micki's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 11/17/00 -------------------- 11/16/00 11/15/00 11/14/00 11/13/00 11/9/00 10/23/00 10/15/00 -------------------- Micki's Introduction

November 13, 2000

Disneyland, November 13, 2000
Day 1

The day started off early -- very early. I was up at 5 a.m. to shower and get dressed, and then it was Terry's turn to leave the warmth of the bed sheets for the cold bathroom. Our flight was due to leave at 8:20 a.m. We live close to the airport but it was the direction of the morning commute and we wanted to allow ourselves extra time since we're always late to the gate. Our friend Erin drove two very groggy children and us to the airport where we were quite pleased to find that we were there about an hour before our flight. Unfortunately, the plane was over an hour late and we spent two hours trying to entertain those groggy children.

Once the plane arrived and we were underway, all was good. The boys handled the flight well. As is typical of us, Terry sat with Matthew and I took Andrew. Andrew seemed to have some mild ear problems but we sang "Row Row Row Your Boat" to get his jaw moving and pop his ears. That seemed to do the trick. From there we claimed our luggage and hopped on the shuttle to the hotel. Andrew finally gave up and fell asleep and Matthew looked like he was headed that direction when we arrived at the hotel.

Matthew informed us that he "thought" we were at Disneyland. In fact, he was insistent that we were there despite our futile parental attempts to tell him otherwise. Later he would tell us it was because he saw the Disneyland Hotel. Terry still holds that its because the Disney people put mouse ears on everything they can. :-)

Our room was ready and they upgraded us to a suite so we have a parlor area and a separate bedroom. It includes Concierge service, which we have never had before. It includes continental breakfasts every morning, drinks all day long, wine and cheese every night from 5-7 p.m. and movies that you could take back to your room and watch. All services were free by simply showing our room card.

After dropping off our luggage, we headed right into the park via the monorail. Matthew wanted to hit all his favorite rides first. The Matterhorn topped his list, along with The Haunted Mansion and The Pirates of the Caribbean. We made a pass through Adventureland and Matthew was finally tall enough to ride Indiana Jones. Terry rode with him and he hated it -- too dark and jerky. He didn't cry, just told us when he came off that he didn't like it. Fair enough.

The "tissue" moment from today came from It's A Small World. Just as we were getting off the ride this evening they announced to the park to look toward It's A Small World and the counted down from 3 and WHOOSH, It's a Small World in a million twinkling lights. It was just so great and Andrew was in awe. He loves Small World. He hid through everything else, but we've been catching him peeking. :-)

Tomorrow is more of whatever the boys feel like doing. Terry and I are looking forward to some sleep tonight.