Our favorite day of the tour might have taken place in Disneyland.
Thank you good people of the House of Blues in Anaheim because they got us into Disneyland for free (since we played there and begged them to get us in). I think it's a hundred bucks a head now if you get the good tickets (fast pass anyone?)
So, with the thought in mind that it didn't cost us much to go, we experienced some serious magic.
I realized throughout the day, while letting Mags transform into a princess (everyone at the park bowed and called her princess wherever she went), going on all the classic rides (better than I remembered even if Mags wanted to turn that pirate ship around halfway through), and the parade (Mags and I got so excited for Ariel's float that I cried), that this place really does hold up and it exceeded my adult Disney expectations.
I wasn't thinking it'd be more fun watching your kids at Disney than it was actually being a kid at Disney. But there's the secret...this place is for doting moms and dads. It's where we come alive with our nostalgia of childhood-ripened by the 360 degrees of Teacup and Haunted Mansion rides and the sweet smell of churros. We had fun to say the least. To see the faces of your own kids enamored by the "magic", it's really priceless.
Jason might have gotten motion sickness after trying to whip these things around so fast.
She is in awe. After all, it's the REAL Cinderella.
I felt guilty for a few minutes about spoiling her here. And then, I saw her expression. She really thinks she is becomming Cinderella.
Dancing to the band while the grown ups had coffee, she got beads from the band for her moves.
June was just as happy and excited as Magnolia. It gets to everyone.
I think we just realized Ariel is atop a huge float and we both lost our shit. (She screamed, I gasped and then cried real tears)
OK, I need to stop now. Just take your kids there if you want to surprise yourself.