Disneyland Day 2 - 4th of July "American Independance Day"

Once again, we were up, had breakfast and then headed over to Disneyland. When we arrived Emily saw Mary Poppins and Bert and got their autographs. D and Em then took a ride on King Arthurs Carrousal and then we headed over to toon town. The days were getting hotter and today was probably about 28 degrees.

At Toon town we went on Roger Rabbits car toon spin, we went to Minnies house and Em met Minnie, then over to Mickey's house, we did the gadgets go coaster. Had lunch in Toon town and then headed over to the parade and street party.

Today being the 4th of July was much busier than the day before and at about 4 o'clock we decided to head back to the hotel for another swim.

Disneyland - Day 1

After a good nights sleep and breakfast, I went to reception to purchase our California Pass tickets. The hotel was only 2 big blocks from the park so could easily be walked, could not believe the people waiting at the front of the hotel for the bus to take them to the park, LAZEE!!!

Walking down the main road to Disney we could already see the park and even I was excited. After we had entered, the first thing we did was head to the store to get Em an autograph book, as instructed by Tracy, it was well worth it. We had an awesome day going around Disney and because it was holiday season, there was lots to do, lots of parades.

We walked through Sleeping Beauty's Castle, we went on the Disney train twice, we went to meet some of the princesses, Cinderella, Aurora and Ariel, we went on Snow Whites scary adventure. We had lunch at the New Orleans Square and then took a ride on the Mark Twain river boat.

After much fun, we headed back to the hotel for a swim. We then ordered dinner in and from our hotel apartment we could see the fireworks at Disneyland which were awesome, I think Emily missed it as she was completely exhausted.

The Longest Day

Yep, the title sounds like a movie and I am sure it was. Well it really was the longest day, we were up at 3 a.m. in the shower, suitcases down stairs and house guests and Em sound asleep. The next thing the heavens opened, I have never seen so much rain in Dublin in my life, it was like a tropical down pour. The taxi driver did not have an umbrella and was waiting outside, D and my umbrella were in the car and we had disconnected the batteries. So we waited and waited but there was no abating, so D went off got the umbrella and saw everything safely to the taxi.

On the way to the airport at 4 a.m. the roads were flooded near Drumcondra and we were holding our breath that the flight had not been cancelled or worse yet we would get stuck on the way, but we got there in one piece.

Our flight to London left on time at 7 a.m. and we arrived in London at 8:00 from there we had to change from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5, we were supposed to leave at 12 Midday but the flight was delayed and we only left at 13:00 but all was well because it was a 10 and a half hour flight.

Once seated we each had our own TV screen and could watch Videos, Movies or play games. Em loved this. It was a long flight and of course it never go dark because we were chasing the Sun, we finally arrived in LA at 4:00 PM which would have been Midnight in Ireland, Em had been awake during the whole flight so was starting to get a bit ratty. Anyway we sailed through, got our luggage and then went to pick up our rental car, which was a big Toyota Sedan.

Not long after leaving Los Angeles Airport, Em fell asleep. We finally reached our destination in Anaheim at 7:00 PM, sun still shining. We unloaded and then went off to find somewhere to have dinner, finally back at the hotel we fell into bed.