Thank you everyone for your kind words. It's been a whirlwind since we've been back, and I think I'm just about back to myself
I guess there's no better time than now to get this party started
The journey begins Saturday morning. We procrastinated and didn't pack. I set my alarm early to pack and get ready--but hit snooze for a few... hours
We got up, packed, and were on the road to PA about 3:30. We got there, ate at home, had to go out for a last minute trip to walmart, came back and went to bed. We didn't sleep well at all in the double bed, we were up every few minutes.
Sunday morning, we got up, got ready, and my stepmom took us to the airport. I haven't flown out of Pittsburgh in a longggggg time and was not sure what to expect, so we were there early. Wayyyyyy early. We got breakfast and waited, and waited, and finally got on. He was enjoying his new Beats by Dre and I desperately wanted a little more sleep. The plane was small and we were crammed like sausages. I was thankful to get off the plane. We had a layover in Minneapolis and our flights were on opposite sides of the airport. We pretty much ran to the nearest food stop, and kept running and they were already almost done with boarding, so we got on. This plane was crammed, and it was not so comfy. I was able to sleep a bit on this flight which was good. I got up, did my makeup, and we were there. We were both so glad to be off the plane. That was my longest plane ride ever. We were both pretty cranky from being stuck in a long car ride, being crammed all night in a small bed, then all day on full flights.
So we land at the Orange County airport, proceed to baggage claim, make our way out to the shuttle bay... and then you can see.... beautiful California! Well at least, beautiful skies and beautiful trees, lol.
We waited about 20-30 minutes to get on the Super Shuttle. We were the last stop of 4.
Disneyland doesn't have Magical Express. You can get a shuttle, cab, rental car....etc. The Super Shuttle with a coupon was $11 per person each way--so $44 in full. Because we were cranky, I kind of wish I just took a cab. I think we just wanted to be there. (Now, departing to the airport on the last day was fine, and I would use Super Shuttle again)
We arrived at Paradise Pier. We stood in a rather long line at the front desk, only to be told to go to the 3rd floor to check in with concierge. So we go up... it's a locked off door and you can't get in. I go back down stairs, wait to talk to someone again, they tell me to knock on the door
What? So we knock. No one comes. We knock more. Nothing. I see a wall phone down the hallway, so I go to it and call the front desk. Explain that I've been waiting, and we just want to check in. She sends someone to open the door. So we get into the lounge which was like a busy restaurant at dinner. It was the day of the marathon and it was packed in there.
They get me a Sprite, DH a Corona and we sit down to check in. She says to me... We are completely booked in King Beds for your view, but we upgraded you to a suite. She said we could take a non view King and get money back, or the suite, but the suite had Queen beds--but was on a high floor with a great park view. I asked "how sweet is the suite".... she said "pretty sweet"... then we all started laughing because it was like a scene from the Hangover
We took the suite. We got all our info, our Just Married buttons, our promo fastpasses, and we went up to the room to drop our luggage. We discussed on the elevator that we would be sleeping separate. We had been crammed together for about 24 hours and this was a blessing, lol. We got up to our room on the 10th floor. It was a Paradise Suite with a living/dining room (sectional couch and dinner table), a microwave, and 2 bathrooms--really nice. I took some pix that night.
We then went down to the lounge. I have those pix on my phone and not in photobucket yet. It was picked over, but I wasn't interested in what they had that night. The MAJOR plus was they had wrapped uncrustables and bags of chips. I love the blue bags of Disney kettle chips. The fact that I could have as many as I wanted excited me, lol. DH loves uncrustables so we took a tray of uncrustables, chips and sprite back to the room for "later".
Upon returning to the room, we were soooooooooo tired. Completely exhausted, and it was only 7pm PST. I kinda just wanted to go to bed. Neither one of us were totally full from the lounge. I figured we should venture out and watch fireworks at DL, so we made our way through Downtown Disney and into Disneyland. We get in the gates, start walking down Main Street taking it all in... and an announcement comes on: Due to winds, Fireworks will be canceled tonight
I was mad. The only nights they had them in our stay was Sunday and Friday. So we figured we'd walk around.
We didn't know what we wanted to eat. I didn't really want something huge and sit down, but I wanted something yummy. We went to the Plaza. This was a perfect choice for the evening. He got the fried chicken, I got the pot roast and we sat outside.
It was pretty good, actually excellent for counter service. We were having trouble navigating the unfamiliar park in the dark. We were tired... so we just trekked back to the room. We wanted to relax.
When we got back to the room... there was a knock at our door. It was a delivery!
I think every resort should do something like this. How fun!
We got settled in our jammies, and just about that time, we were able to turn the TV to the World of Color channel and watch it from our room! I was far too fascinated with it that night to take any pictures. I wanted to see it everyday!!! Don't worry--I took plenty in the days to come
After it was over... we got into our beds and I was out cold within seconds. It was only about 9:30, lol.
And that's the end of Day 1
Safe travels my friend!
xx
