Disneyland evening – day three

Karen and Wendy left earlier in the day, but we were all glad that we still had a day and a half left; we still had too much stuff to do.  We went on Pirates of the Caribbean and walked around New Orleans Square.   

    

I had originally planned on taking more photos, but early on in our trip I decided I had to take it easy with the camera because I was afraid I was missing it all.  It’s really nice to have photos to look back and remember your vacation, but you don’t want to miss it because you’re glued behind a lens.

So not all of the photos matched exactly what we did.  We went over to the Matterhorn just before dusk and caught a ride.  Then I snapped a few shots of Fantasyland at dark.  Disneyland is so stunning at night.

King Arthurs Carousel

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Sleeping Beauty’s Castle

We went to Space Mountain, while Melinda and Saffron rode Buzz LIghtyear yet again.  Then we all went on Star Tours together.  We all enjoyed Star Tours, even Saffron.  At the exit they had a Star Wars gift shop, and had a kiosk where they insert your face into a Star Wars scene. The photographer was really nice (and a good salesman) and it looked like fun so we said, “Why not?”  Saffy wouldn’t let him take her picture, but it’s just as well, because the 4 person pictures looked more generic than the one we got.  We actually didn’t plan on getting the picture, but it was so cute with our three oldest kids all grown up and fighting for the Rebel Alliance that we couldn’t resist.

They had a build–it-yourself lightsaber station that the kids ere entranced with.  Ian decided to buy one with the money he had saved.  But it was almost closing time and we still couldn’t figure part of it out, so we got one of the workers to enlighten us in the finer points of light saber construction.  When we walked out of the shop Tomorrowland was deserted.  It’s so much fun to wander around Disneyland at dark when the crowds have all dispersed.  We walked down Main Street USA and stopped off at the Penny Arcade to get a few more pressed pennies.  Only one more day.