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Disneyland + Pictures
Guess where this nerd went yesterday....! Yup, you guessed it! Disneyland!
We only went on 19 rides but the day was fun-filled and tiring :P Standing in line in the sun was brutal! But I still had so much fun! Here's the rides we went on in order:
Astro Orbiter: like Dumbo but the rocket things tilted wayy too much to the side and it was really squished in the rocket with 3 people!!
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters: love this one. It's where you shoot lasers at targets so that you can defeat ZURG! My dad's score was 87,400. Mine was 5000, hehe.The line was really long but it moved very quickly. It was in the sun, though, so it was kind of... sunny....
Innoventions: this wasn't a ride, it was more of an activity thing. In it, there was this thing where you put on 3D glasses then used a joystick to move body parts to a body where it was all blank so you basically had 4 minutes to put a whole body together. It was hard and I kept putting everything in the wrong spots; it was fun though. There was no line so it was cool. Also there was this weird room that rotated, and it was inside another room that also rotated, so we were all like, "What's happening? Where the heck are we going? Whaatt??"
Autopia: driving for small, underage people. It's really fun, but I am soo bad at it! I always turned too much or not enough so the car kept jerking back and forth on the track, and the engine kept stopping in the middle of the road, err....
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage: in this you go underwater in a submarine and see Nemo and his cute little friends on their adventures through the ocean. Probably my favorite ride. I liked how they used water jets to simulate diving underwater. :) The fish with lightbulb things on their heads part was a little scary because it was all dark then out of nowhere a razor-toothed fish popped up. D:
Tarzan's Treehouse: it was fun and cute to see all the little Tarzan-y things like him with his gorilla mama and "notes" from Jane in little notebooks all over everywhere. This also wasn't a ride, but more of an activity.
Jungle Cruise: Cruising around in boats titled "Kissimee Kate" or "Ganges Gal," we viewed animals along rivers like the Nile and the Amazon while our tour guide recited hilarious witty (scripted) banter. This also was a contender for favorite ride. The animals--dangerous hippos, man (not woman) eating pirahnas, crocs, and cobras were along the way, and our tour guide protected us by sending out warning shots. However, when the man-eating pirahnas came along, he yelled, "Protect the men! The women are safe!" We also got sprayed by elephants with something that was "not water." Whoever wrote the script is amazing; at the end, our guide said "Haha, wasn't that so much fun? It was so fun I'm gonna do it again... Heh... heh... yay... GET OUT." XD
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: this has always been a good ride, short, sweet, and quick. The last time we came the line was like 2 people long so we went on it 4 times in a row. :) It was one of the newer drive-through rides like Roger Rabbit's (below). This time, though, the line was a little longer.
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin: It was one of those old-fashioned rides where you rode through in a car (in this case) and it was all happy, happy, happy, BAD BAD, happy! The end.... Some others like this were Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Pinocchio, etc. THE WAIT WAS SO LONG! It was in Toon Town but it wasn't even that great of a ride, so I don't know why it was so popular--talk about an hour wait. JEEZ. Plus, the sun hadn't been close to setting when we went inside, and it was dark when we got out. :(
Gadget's Go Coaster: only me, my mom, and my sister went on this. It was dark, about 6 or so, and it was freezing and windy and cold and it was probably about 40 seconds long. SHORTEST ROLLER COASTER EVER. Gosh...
Star Tours: after Buzz Lightyear, we had gotten a fastpass for this because the line was 90 minutes long or something. It was scaryy!! It was some kind of flight stimulator? simulator? and we wore 3D glasses while C3PO led us through wherever. (It was kind of like Honey I Shrunk the Kids but the stimulator or whatever actually moved instead of just sitting there.) We got shot at by evil space things, we shot apart a meteor to prevent from crashing, and fell down a snowy cliff (after we almost got stomped on by an evil space dog metal thing!). Also may have been a favorite.
Splash Mountain: Not for me. It was my sister and dad. We also got a fastpass for this before Pooh. My sister got so scared! I'll post an Instagram from my dad later. Her jeans also got soaked, so she had to change into MY sweatpants, and I was stuck wearing shorts until 1am. Grr.
Oh! And after Pooh, we stood in line to see Tigger, Eeyore, and Pooh, get their autographs, and take pictures. It was funny because Pooh and Tigger saw out of the Pooh and Tigger costumes' mouths but Eeyore saw out i of the Eeyore costume's eyes, and since he had a huge nose, he had to awkwardly hold the book and pen up by his eyes with his stubby arms... ohh, you just had to be there. :)
Haunted Mansion Holiday: Unfortunately there was no more fastpasses so we had to stand in line for about half an hour or so. The elevator thing was scarier than the actual ride but it was really cold and kind of creepy. After the elevator we got into black sleigh and rode around seeing scary Jack Skeleton things. There was this part where the sleigh turned to face a mirror and it appeared as if there were things in our sleighs, for example my sister (next to me) turned into a stocking that was kicking my face, and my brother turned into a gravestone thing. :) After this we headed to Fantasyland.
King Arthur Carousel: no explanation needed. It's a carousel. What explanation do you need? :) I counted that we went around exactly 6 times. It was so pretty because you could see so many lights and the icicle-lighted castle. (See pictures, haha...)
Pinocchio's Daring Journey: an old-fashioned drive-through again. Cute because I like Pinocchio. The line was short, didn't move that quickly though.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant: It's Dumbo. You fly around in a circle moving up and down--in an elephant. A cute elephant. Me and my sister were together and kept going up and down really fast. Then Mom got mad so we went up and down. Slowly. :)
Mad Tea Party: Teacups are always fun. We all squished into one cup. My brother wanted to go slow but my sister wanted to go fast so we decided to go half and half. We went fast at first and my brother liked it so we all helped to spin it really fast.
Alice in Wonderland: it was right next to teacups, so why not, ya know? The line was a little long, my feet hurt, and I was getting tired, but we went anyway because we all wanted to. I like this ride. It's nothing special, but I like how when you're at the top and the caterpillar goes in that swirling "S" motion and it feels like you're gonna fall off the edge.
Best for last:
it's a small world Holiday: earlier, the line had been almost 2 hours long, but since it was close to midnight, it was only 15 minutes. Score. They had changed it so that it had so many pretty lights, and every couple minutes, I think it was 10 or 5 or something, all the lights turned off and it had this awesome presentation projected onto it with Nutcracker music playing. It was really cool. Then of course, there was the actual ride, and it was cool. They had added a bunch of stuff for the holidays. Instead of just the "small world" song playing, they made it into a mashup with that and Jingle Bells. They added a Hawaiian section (I think. I haven't been there in 5 years), and I think they changed the finale... I'm not sure.
After that we jogged to the Emporium on Main Street so that we could get souvenirs. My brother (who fell asleep in the 5 minutes it took to get to Main Street) had already gotten a Jack Skeleton "stuffie" (that's what we call stuffed animals in our family). My sister picked quickly, a Perry the Platypus stuffie. We looked around for something for me and I found a Nemo stuffie which was super cute. Then I saw an Eeyore stuffie. I had become obsessed with Eeyore ever since we got his autograph :) It was just the normal Eeyore, then I went to ask my mom which I should get when I saw a bunch of adorable Pooh characters, the baby Disney or something. I got the baby Eeyore. I'll post an Instagram :)
See the awesome pictures my dad took below! Recognize some of the clothes from Christmas? I'm wearing the shirt from my mom, my sister is wearing the shirt from me and my brother, and we're both wearing our new Converse :)
Christmas + Pictures
The most wonderful time of the year is over... What did it bring you? Here's what it brought me ~
From Santa ~ Checking it Twice Santa ornament; navy blue Converse; Dream Dictionary.
From my brother and sister ~ Glow in the dark pink nailpolish; purple nailpolish; handmade cards; Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon book. It was passed down from me to my sister when she was 4. I guess now it's mine again [: ; orange lollipop, Smarties, a "frootie--" I have no idea what that is, never heard of one, hehe; 2 quarters.
From Mom ~ Navy blue pocketed scarf; navy blue red bow sweater; grey "Smart Alec" apple t-shirt.
From Dad ~ Money for end-of-the-year Catalina Island field trip; 1127 page gold-embossed Lewis Carroll book; Toblerone chocolate bar (if you've never had one of these go out and buy yourself one!); Holiday Skittles.
From Nana (mom's mom) ~ A cream-colored knit 3-piece with gloves, hat, and a scarf; navy blue longsleeve (for school uniform).
From Nilsson cousins ~ 5 toe rings; silver & pink bracelet and necklace; 2 feathers that you clip into your hair; 3 books, an iTunes giftcard; a purple & heart-printed wallet.
From Romero/Flores cousins ~ suede faux-fur-lined beige boots; a ring with an aqua blue gem; Indian Beads kit.
From Auntie Patty & her friend ~ Claire's giftcard.
From Auntie Myrna, Uncle Joe, and Grandma (dad's mom) ~ money from each of them.
Here's pictures:
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