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Hope you get to visit your sister in Japan and experience Disneyland Tokyo!
My sister and I are on the phone right now, checking out the Tokyo Disney site! It looks like so much fun!! And she is making me so jealous, because she just got done saying that she will be there THIS SUMMER!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
After our lunch at Blue Bayou, we headed out and were able to cut past a HUGE line for Indiana Jones. I FP!!! In that queue, there is a portion where they split guests into two lines, but you are standing almost literally shoulder to shoulder with the people in the other line. By now, Lisa had figured out exactly what those YOMD FP’s were, and we both wanted one! :rightnow: We happened to be standing right next to some people that had the beautiful blue passes hanging from their necks, so after some loud stage whispering between Lisa and myself, she struck up a conversation and asked where they had gotten them. The lady told my sister that they had just been walking along one of the less busy paths by Cindy’s castle, and CM’s were just standing there handing them out to everyone who walked by! It killed me the whole weekend, because all of these people were walking around being granted Dreams, and they had no idea what they were! Whereas I, being the avid Passporter that I am, knew exactly what they were and was green with jealousy because I wanted one!! Oh well. We still had a wonderful weekend together, even without YOMD!
Morgan hated Indiana Jones, and she had a death grip on Kaitlyn’s arm the entire ride. And they had the front seat! We figured we had better take her on something a little more tame. It was a funny weekend. Normally, Morgan is the daredevil, and Madison is the ‘fraidy cat. This time, however, Madison was loving all of the big ticket attractions, and Morgan…not so much. So, off to the Jungle Cruise we went. On the way, there was a man who had lost his daughter, also named Madison. He was standing there, holding one child, and yelling for his Madison. You could just hear the terror in his voice. The crowd just parted around him like a sea. Lisa (she is the Vice Principal of a middle school in California) jumped into action and got the little girl’s description. She just took off and started looking for her. It wasn’t 5 minutes later when the daddy found his little girl. All of the moms in the area got very teary-eyed, watching the dad hugging his daughter. Morgan, who had been holding my hand the entire time, looked up at me and said “Mamie, our Madison is with Mommy, right? I don’t want to lose our Madison!” Oh my gosh, I just had tears running down my face, imagining how scared he must have been!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
So, crisis thankfully averted, we got into the Jungle Cruise line. It looked fairly long, but I think we probably waited 10 minutes. This is so corny, but still so fun! The girls had a great time! And my favorite line in this attraction…”the back of water!”
Madison, Kaitlyn and Morgan enjoying the Jungle Cruise (our boat was Kissimee Kate )
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
The girls wanted to go check out ToonTown, so we headed that way next.
On the way, we saw Mary Poppins giving a performance in front of the castle. We stopped to watch for a little bit. Morgan loves Mary Poppins! The last time we were at DL, she had a magical moment in Fantasyland with her, where Mary taught Morgan how to dance!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
We thought we would try to get on IASW, but the line was 60 minutes!! Sheesh, forget that! We wandered into TownTown, with the intention of seeing the Mouse Houses. They were both closed! I couldn’t believe it. This was the first trip in forever that I haven’t seen Mickey or Minnie once during the entire time!! We spent a good amount of time in the 5 and Dime shop. It is Kaitlyn’s favorite store in all of DL (even more so than DTD!) We purchased a few souvenirs, and then Madison and I went to stand in line for Barnstormer. The wait was 40 minutes, though, and Lisa and Kaitlyn decided that they didn’t want to wait. We needed to leave the park by 3pm for me to get to the Ontario airport to catch my flight back to Phoenix. That meant we had time for one more line. And we spent it waiting for my first ever Dole Whip!
Lisa (right) and I (left) with our first Dole Whips
Okay, I thought it was disgusting. Now, don’t get mad and throw anything at me. I liked the pineapple juice, but with the pineapple flavored ice-cream…I just thought it was too much. I would have liked it much better if I could have gotten vanilla ice cream with the pineapple juice. I could have sworn that I read about Passporters getting different flavors of ice cream. But when I asked, the CM told us that that was not an option. Kaity loved it, though, and it's a good thing. She got to eat it! Well, I am glad I got to try it, and I can now say with conviction that the next time we have a poll, I am voting for the Mickey bar!!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Amy
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We wandered up Main Street. We stopped in at the Silhouette Studios, the place where they make silhouettes. It was really neat. I told Kaity to take her hair down, but the lady told her that the silhouette would come out better if she left her hair up. Kaitlyn sat in a chair with her profile to the CM, and she cut out Kaity’s image. She was done in no time flat! It really is an old-timey, neat souvenir that was really inexpensive. It only cost $16, including the frame. The coolest part was that you also get a second silhouette, and I put this one in Kaitlyn’s baby book. They can even make these silhouettes with your child and a character, like Mickey, but we did not choose to do that. When Lisa realized that the CM running the register was from Japan, she immediately struck up a conversation and asked her to teach them some Japanese! Educators, always the perpetual student!
Kaitlyn having her silhouette made on Main Street
Right at the main hub, we saw Cruella DeVille. She was fabulous!! Her faces were hysterical! Every single time she would pose for a picture with a guest, she would make the worst, most contorted faces that she could manage. There was a little Spanish girl in front of our kids in line, and she was teeny. She just did not know what to make of Cruella, and with the language barrier, I don’t think the dad understood all of what was going on. She was mean and spiteful and funny and cool, all at the same time! That little girl was just precious, and I am sure their pictures came out great! Our girls were a little older, and they still weren’t quite sure why all of the adults were cracking up! Of course, my 14 yo was too cool to pose with any of the characters this trip. I am disappointed about this, because I have no character pictures of her this time!
Madison, Morgan and Cruella
Morgan, Madison and Cruella
I cut off Cruella’s head…I am so mad!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Amy
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We made our way out of Disneyland, to the hotel shuttle, and back to Lisa’s van. We were in the car for not five minutes when I took my favorite pictures of the entire trip!! Ready?? …
Madison
Morgan, Madison (in the back) and Kaitlyn (Kaity tried to be such a cool teenager the whole trip, but it's hard to be when your face is smooshed against the seatbelt! ) (Kaity is REALLY mad at me for posting this picture! )
I have pictures like from every single trip, and it never gets any less funny to me!!! We just run these kids until they pass out from exhaustion!
We said goodbye to Lisa and the girls at Ontario airport. They called us even before we boarded the plane to let us know that they were just getting home, safe and sound. It was an uneventful flight back to Phoenix.
Our plane back to Phoenix
Thank you for sticking around for my first ever trip report! I appreciate all of your encouragement. It has been so fun to document everything for my Passporter friends!
The weather was a little more overcast today, but still very nice. The best thing today was my new favorite – Space Mountain! The worst thing today was the man losing his Madison , and not getting to see either Mickey or Minnie Mouse this whole trip! Today we tried Blue Bayou and Dole Whips for the first time! And the result was glad we got to experience them The most magical moment today was all of us just having SO MUCH FUN on Space Mountain…we were all pumped afterward!
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Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Amy
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Amy, your trip report is wonderful (I've only just come across it as I always forget to look down here!).
You have definitely whet my appetite for Disneyland. Can you believe that when we were in LA I didn't bother going? I've kicked myself for years since.
Thanks so much for sharing. An excellent first report .
Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us - I've loved reading every word of it and I can't believe it's your first report! I hope there'll be many more to come in the future!
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My sister and I are on the phone right now, checking out the Tokyo Disney site! It looks like so much fun!! And she is making me so jealous, because she just got done saying that she will be there THIS SUMMER! 
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FP!!! 
In that queue, there is a portion where they split guests into two lines, but you are standing almost literally shoulder to shoulder with the people in the other line. By now, Lisa had figured out exactly what those YOMD FP’s were, and we both wanted one! :rightnow: 
It killed me the whole weekend, because all of these people were walking around being granted Dreams, and they had no idea what they were! 
Whereas I, being the avid Passporter that I am, knew exactly what they were and was green with jealousy 
Oh well. We still had a wonderful weekend together, even without YOMD! 
Oh my gosh, I just had tears running down my face, imagining how scared he must have been!
And my favorite line in this attraction…”the back of water!” 
We wandered into TownTown, with the intention of seeing the Mouse Houses. They were both closed! 
Now, don’t get mad and throw anything at me. 
I liked the pineapple juice, but with the pineapple flavored ice-cream…I just thought it was too much. I would have liked it much better if I could have gotten vanilla ice cream with the pineapple juice. I could have sworn that I read about Passporters getting different flavors of ice cream. But when I asked, the CM told us that that was not an option. Kaity loved it, though, and it's a good thing. She got to eat it! 
when your face is smooshed against the seatbelt! 
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