Disneyland and California 2013

Disneyland

 Awesome fries at Cafe Orleans

 Monte Cristo at Cafe Orleans

Splash!

 Two of my favorite things at Disney...Corn dogs 

and Dole Whip.

 The Iron Man suit at innovations. The kids and I

hung out here quite a bit. It was fun and cool (literally).

 The Matterhorn..I'm surprised mom didn't have a poncho on here..

I think there's a tiny splash on it.

 The Jungle Cruise where you see the backside of.....Water

 Lunch at the Stage Door Cafe....yum!

 Awe...how cute. Michael and Yosh on Winnie the Poo.

 Redd Rockett's Pizza Port

I'm going to split the Disney post into one for Disneyland, and one 

for California Adventure. We spent 4 days of our vacation in the 

Disney parks. Specifically it was Monday, Tuesday, Friday and

Saturday. Monday was started off at California Adventure 

until about noon. We had reservations at Cafe Orleans for 1:15

so we headed in that direction. Lunch was good. The fries were

awesome and the gumbo was good. Mom and Dad, Carol and I

had the Monte Cristo. They had the ham and cheese version and

I had the 3 cheese version. They were good but seemed a 

little off from the Blue Bayou version that we love. Overall I 

would say lunch was good, but not great. After lunch Dawn, Carol

and Yosh headed to the hotel (Candy Cane Inn) for a break

while Michael and I hit up Tomorrow Land. Mom and Dad 

went their own direction in Disneyland. Michael and I did a

little shopping. I think he bought a couple things at Startraders.

After that we checked out the Starcade (cool, but much smaller

then it used to be) and watched Captain EO. Watching Captain

EO really brought back some memories, and I thoroughly enjoyed

it. I believe we had dinner at Flo's in California Adventure

on Monday. After Monday things are kind of blending 

together for me so I'll just cover some highlights and thoughts. I

guess i should have taken notes! So one of the things that

really stands out at Disney are the corn dogs. They are crazy

good. I had one at a little red cart on main street, the Stage Door

Cafe and Corn Dog Castle at CA. They were all good but the 

one on main street stood out. We all thought they were great. 

Michael, Yosh and I had lunch at Redd Rockett's Pizza Port

one afternoon. It was pretty good but pricey for pizza. The kids

had Mega Pepperoni and I had Lunar Cheese. We all had

different favorite rides. I think Michael liked Startours

best. My favorite is The Haunted Mansion. Carol and Yosh 

seemed to like all the rides as long as they didn't get wet.  As

many times as Mom and Dad went on Indiana Jones I would 

assume that was their favorite...although it might be close

with Pirates of the Caribbean, and Dawn loved Splash Mountain. I've

been to Disneyland quite a few times and had good and bad 

experiences. This time I just went with the flow and had such 

a good time.  I really can't wait to go back.

Candy Cane Inn

The Candy Cane Inn was our hotel again this time. The rooms aren't 

the fanciest but they are very clean. We had the premium room. That

entitles you to a free, delivered Continental breakfast every morning. It

was good and saved us money. The grounds are landscaped beautifully.

It almost reminds you of being at a Disney resort in Florida. The main 

attraction is the closeness to Disney. Its a short 10 minute walk or a

quick shuttle ride away. 

The welcome basket that was waiting
in our room.

 Free continental breakfast delivered
to our room daily.