Disneyland w/30 Singing Teenage Girls *Updated 5/25* About This Page:

[larissamorn]

This is the pre-trip trip report.

I hereby commit to actually writing the post-trip trip report. Really. Pay no mind to all the flash and thunder I made about the Platinum Adventure which I never wrote about after returning home...

So here's the basics:

Who: Myself, at least one other chaperone (I know because she's going to be my roommate and her name is Helen), the choir director and his wife, his son who is the accompaniest (i know that's spelled wrong!), and about thirty high schoolers including my own soon to be sixteen year old daughter, Victoria, heretofore referred to as DTD (dear teenage daughter, not downtown disney, though she does like downtown disney - the california edition, not so much the florida edition except for the boat rentals and Cirque de Soliel, but I digress...).

When: February 2-4, 2007.

How: Charter bus departing Orangevale at FOUR O'CLOCK AM. 8)

Where: Staying at the Clarion Hotel Anaheim Resort on Convention Way (we've never stayed here so we're not sure what to expect).

What I'm excited about: I don't know what to be more excited about: going to Disneyland, watching/listening to my daughter's awesome choir perform on the stage at the old Carnation Plaza Gardens, ditto at the Backlot Stage at CA, or the fact that she invited me to be a chaperone for the trip. I am such a lucky mom.

What I'm nervous about: Well first of all keeping tabs on between seven and fifteen teeage girls. At Disneyland. Wheee! Second about the long bus ride there and back. I do find myself experiencing the effects of getting older, ie. sore hips after long periods of sitting down. Also converting our park hopper passes to annual passports; I don't know if they still let you do this, and I don't know if we'll be able to get away from the pack long enough to go through the process. I'm formulating a Plan B.

What I'm looking forward to: Getting the shoulder tap indicating that we've won some incredible Year of A Gazillion Goodies treat. Also the new merchandise and getting souveniers for my coworkers. I'm also looking forward to hearing all the details of the trip - the times of the performances, the times of the clinics taught by the Disney Entertainment people (DTD is muy excited about that one - going backstage and getting coached by Disney Entertaiment people?! You can hear her shreiking it in your ear if you close you eyes and listen closely...). And finally I am looking forward to...

Coming home.

Even though our trip to WDW was probably the best vacation we've ever taken the Magic Kindgom was seriously disappointing to girls who were both raised on Disneyland. V came to me the other day and said that she thought maybe we hadn't evaluated the MK on it's own merits. She's right. We compared it to DL every moment we were there and it didn't compare favorably. So, and I know this must sound harsh, I'm still feeling a little bit like someone who has eaten creamy smooth chocolate ice cream all her life, who was given a bowl of 72% cocoa chocolate chips, and can't wait to get the taste out of her mouth. Now both bowls were still chocolate, mind you. That's what makes the analogy less harsh. Actually, I don't even like chocolate. You know what I do like? Those cupcakes at the Roaring Fork. Mmmmm. They don't have those at Disneyland.

So that's it for now. Oh, and one last funny thing... The choir director had asked V if she wanted to room with me and she said sure. Something happend and the plans changed so now she's rooming with one of her choir-mates and I'm rooming with the other chaperone (hmmm....). Anyhow, my first thought after hearing this was, "Shoot! Now we're gonna have to pack separate toiletries!" I still think that's funny.

Okay, more on Monday when we have the chaperone meeting and I have some more deets.

MUH!

I'm so glad to be back!

--L