Meeting Mickey Mouse

This morning we woke Evan at 9am...he didn't get to sleep till 11pm, but thats another story. He is sleeping so much, I think its the timezone confusion and of course all the mental and physical stimulation.

We had a 1015 booking for Minnie & Friends character breakfast in Disneyland Park. I had been told that it was the best character breakfast as there is the most interaction and also the food is great...Hah!!! People who think this are seriously deluded.

Although our booking was for 1015 we weren't seated till almost 11am and only after I complained. They said they had been calling us for 20min... I don't think so we were standing right there in front of the desk the whole time... Grrrrr

Anyway Evan really doesn't like waiting for the characters to come to you. Unfortunately that is how its done. You wait at your table till the characters come around. Mmmmm that sort of doesn't work when the come close and then leave. Not a happy 2 yo. Anyway Mummy complained to the character supervisor and eventually Tigger, Minnie Mouse and Eyeore came to visit us. Tigger was really cute and had Evan bouncing around chasing him.

The food was absolutely disgusting. The bacon was basically just gristle, the sausages - pure fat, the waffles were smothered in whipped cream and the french toast was limp and greasy. I couldn't believe how people were tucking in with such gusto. Evan ate almost nothing and we had coffee.

After that little misadventure we went to Mickeys Toontown to meet the man himself at his house. You walk through Mickey's house and right at the end you are escorted into a room to meet Mickey and have photos with him. Evan loved it. He was so excited when he saw Mickey in person. He gave him the biggest hug. It funny as he has been quite weary of the other characters, but not Mickey.

As we were leaving Evan goes " I met Mickey" and then proceeded to tell anyone that was within earshot the same thing.... very cute.

We also went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Evan was a bit shocked by all the noise and commotion. You sit in your 2 seater rocket ship and go through the galaxy armed with your own infrared blaster. The challenge is to hit as many aliens as you can to get a good score. Mummy & Evan didn't do that well, but at least Daddy did. We loved that ride as its new one that wasn't here when we were last at Disneyland in 2003. As we were leaving we walked through the Buzz shop and I got Evan a Buzz astroblaster, he then proceeded to annoy almost everyone in the park by zapping them and yelling "gotcha"...LOL

Had another ride on the teacups, easily his favourite ride after Its a Small World. There was no queue so it was an easy walkon, same with the Buzz ride. Let me say that waiting in line with a toddler can be challenging... so it was nice to give that part of it a miss.

Then it was time to go back to the hotel (or "home" as Evan calls it") for a well earned rest. Mummy and Evan had a good sleep, whilst DH did the washing. Its been so hot, that we have been going through several changes of clothes each day and I was running out. Still always an excuse to buy more. Unfortunately most of the stores only have winter clothes in stock. I tried desperately to buy Evan another pair of shorts yesterday, only to have to pay $34USD for a pair of quicksilver cargos....they are cheaper in Australia.

Tonight DH took Evan back to Disneyland whilst mummy went and did more shopping. I had a great time at Old Navy and got some great bargains. Evan and DH did the Disneyland train and Its a Small World (again). Evan was back in bed by 8pm, so hopefully we will get an earlier start tomorrow.

Unfortunately still having problems uploading pics to Blogger. I think its the internet connection and the firewall they are using as I have the same problem at work. Will try and create an album on photobucket to see if that works. Will then post a link if I succeed.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow....

Ok the image above has been imbedded, so thats why its so big. Too hard to do the rest that way, so here is a photobucket link, just click to see the Disneyland slide show so far. There are lots more pics on the "real"camera and video too. But don't have the energy for that tonight.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v663/sydangel68/Disneyland/?action=view&slideshow=true