Disneyland with Friends

Our first day at Disneyland was great! It stayed open until midnight and we packed every minute of the day with rides! We got to go with the Gardner's and the Muir's and we ended up seeing the Anderson boys and riding a couple rides with the Hendricksons. Melody had SO much fun being with friends. Erik, Melody and Ryan had a lot of fun in line together and were laughing most of the time. Melody and Erik were tall enough for everything and so they got to go on Indiana Jones for the first time. Mel was a little spooked before the ride but by the end she loved it and they all wanted to go again. We did a few new things this time, we went to Tom Sawyer's Island and the kids played for a while and we rode the train around Disneyland. We also went on Autopia for the first time. Now, this one is the one I thought was new, and I found out that it had been there for a LONG time... not sure why I had never been on it but Melody and the kids LOVED it and went on it a few times. Melody drove me around once too and thinks she is ready to drive a real car,lol. We had lunch at a place in New Orleans square that had yummy food and the kids all liked it too. That evening we went on the Haunted Mansion and I guess I have only ever been on this ride at Halloween time because Tanisha told me it was completely different than normal. The ghost dog reindeer, Xero, was Melody's favorite on that ride. Space Mountain was also re-done for Halloween. No planets, just scary monsters and creepy music. The kids weren't too sure about it...Melody says she likes it better the "normal" way. I think I do too! We rode rides until the last possible minute and then did some shopping on main street. Melody and Erik were so tired they both fell asleep and had to be carried out. I carried her as long as I could and then Jason carried Mel the rest of the way. It was a great first day of vacation!