{Disneyland: Day 2}

Day 2 of Disneyland was just as amazing. We made sure to get there early to meet the characters!

 We did a couple kid rides in the morning until we met up with Scott's parents. We met at Mickey's Magical Map show, so fun for the kids to watch all the disney characters come to life.

 Then we went to Tomorrowland where Cole was dying to meet Ironman, Thor, Captain America and other super heroes.  Cole and Ella did this interactive ride where he turned into Ironman, so cool for them.

 Then we waited in line for Thor.... the biggest attraction there, and such a long line.

 But it was an incredible experience. They put us into this chamber where we read the history of Thor and his people, and then we were taken down in an elevator, a small group at a time. And they open the doors and all this smoke and then the lights turn on and Thor is standing there at the top of his throne.  He gives his little speech and asks someone from the audience to come help him lift his hammer. I was surprised when Cole didn't go and Ella went.

One thing I am so happy I bought in advance were these individual battery-operated fans that kept the kids cool during the lines. Especially while Brock slept, I made sure his fan was hitting him in the face. Oh, and a sit-n-stand stroller, worked great to fit all 3 kids in there, if I really needed to (at night when they were all tired).

 Cole tried with all his might to pull the sword out of the stone... but no luck!

 Oh, and we were constantly eating.... we snacked and snacked all day. I bought tons of individualized snack packs from Costco before the trip and every morning I packed their individual mickey mouse backpacks full of their own snacks and water bottles for the day, including cotton candy. We bought plenty of food there too, my favorite probably these huge turkey legs you can get for $10, enough to feed 2 adults for one meal. So tender and juicy. Everyone told us we HAD to get the corn-dogs... they were ok, just like the ones at the fair.

 We did a ton of kiddy rides this day, including the train ride, Peter Pan, Mr. Toad's wild ride, The boat ride... all of the ones in Fantasy Land.  We also took the ferry over to Mark Twain's island and let the kids explore some.

 Every night we watched Fantasmic, the water show over the water. The 2nd night I wanted to ride Splash Mountain, while Scott's parents were with the kids during the night show. It was late and I didn't want to be cold and wet walking home, so I'm the shiny one in the poncho. So much fun, not as scary as I remember it as a kid. With a TON of convincing we got his parents to go right after us. They loved it, and stayed longer than us that night, due to their energy of conquering Splash Mountain.