Trip Recap Day 5

Today was the day that we were switching from Paradise Pier to the Disneyland Hotel and hubby was going to come join us.  I set my alarm for 5:30 am so I could call hubby to make sure he was up and ready to head to the airport.  When I called him he had been up for a while because he was so excited to come join us :)  He was already headed up to the airport and had just stopped by Starbucks for a coffee.  After I talked to him for a bit I went back to sleep until around 7:30.  I got up and called hubby again just as he was boarding the plane.

 I jumped in the shower and then started packing up.  Totally not like me to pack up last minute but since we were just switching hotels it wasn't like I had to pack smart, I just had to make everything fit in one of our 4 suitcases & 2 backpacks.  I managed to get it done in about 15 minutes, I think an all time personal record.  It wasn't pretty but it worked.  The kiddo was up at this point so I poured us some cereal and we watched Dumbo on TV.  Hubby called us about 10:45 to let us know he had landed and was getting into his cab.  So we grabbed all our bags and headed over to the Disneyland Hotel.  I am not going to lie, it was a very interesting walk and felt a bit like it would never end.  It really isn't that far of a walk but with 2 big suitcases, two carry on's and two backpacks it was an adventure.  The kiddo was a pretty good sport, but he was ready to just be there.

The pink line shows our route

We got there and just hung out at the front of the hotel until hubby got there.  We were so happy to see him!!!!

We got checked in really quickly and they gave us our room number and said they would text us when the room was ready.  So we checked our bags and then headed into the parks.

We had reservations at Carnation Cafe again so we headed over there.  What can I say it is one of our favorite restaurants.

How can you not get the fried pickles

The amazing shrimp salad.

We headed over to the rockets and then we we got a call from the hotel saying that a different room was ready for us so we could come and get new keys and the new room number.  

So we headed back to the hotel and got our new room keys and number.  When we got in the room I was actually really disappointed.  Don't get me wrong the hotel and rooms are really nice and I love staying here.  We had decided to splurge this time and get a deluxe room which I thought would be bigger than what we got.  The room was still really nice, just much smaller than I was expecting and smaller than Paradise Pier.  I didn't take any pictures of the room which I wish I had.  I promise when we go in January I will.  I am still trying to get used to taking pictures for the blog.  I am just not ready to put our faces out there so I don't really have a lot of pictures without us.  I noticed that I did take more when it was just the kiddo and I.  I think we did a lot more though once everyone joined us so that may be it.

Anyway, the hubby and I had booked the kiddo at the Pinnochio's Workshop for the night and since hubby had been up really early he took a nap and the kiddo and I went to the pool for a bit.  I cannot say how much I LOVE the Disneyland Hotel pool.  It is amazing.  They have two pools, two waterslides, and a little kid area with small waterslides.  It really is a lot of fun.  

We headed back up to the room just as hubby was waking up and got ready to go.  We headed over and dropped the kiddo off and then head to our dinner reservation at Wine Country Trattoria.  This is hubby's second favorite restaurant.  I didn't take any pictures but I can tell you it was yummy.  I had the Shrimp Scampi & hubby had Alla Vongola.  Then it was time to hit up the rides the kiddo won't ride.  We rode Soarin, California Screamin two times, then we headed over to Disneyland and we rode Star Tours, Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunder, and Splash Mountain-twice.  When we were waiting in line for the Matterhorn they were doing the fireworks and when we got to the openings they were doing the grand finale and it was so amazing.  Super romantic to get to share it with the hubby.  We couldn't have timed it better.  The upgrades they did to the Matterhorn were pretty awesome too.  Still a super jerky ride, but much improved.

The fireworks in line from the Matterhorn

After our second go around on Splash Mountain we went and picked up the kiddo.  He had a blast!!  They had a special viewing area for the kids to watch the fireworks from, they had a Mad Tea party, he got to play games and watch a movie.   I cannot say enough about how wonderful the babysitting is at both Disneyland & Disneyworld.  The Cast Members obviously love kids and love what they do.  Thank you to the wonderful cast members who take such good care of the kiddo.  He is really sad that we didn't book one for him when we go to Disneyworld.  

Then we headed back to the hotel for a nice sleep.