Spring Break 2014: Disneyland!

Our first family Spring Break trip will be hard to top!  Now that Claire is in school, we really want to take advantage of these times when we can spend an extended amount of family time together.  We talked about a few options for vacations, and the kids kept saying they wanted to go back to San Diego, so we combined a few days in SD with a quick trip to Disneyland.

Planning our trip to Disneyland was SO much easier than the planning for our trip to Walt Disney World in 2012.  There are only a few hotels on the property, two parks instead of four, and it didn't require waking up at 5 am 180 days out to get a reservation for a meal with the Disney Princesses!  We stayed at the Grand Californian, which is a short walk to Downtown Disney and to both parks.  We loved it - and actually preferred it to WDW at this stage with young kids.

We flew to LAX on Tuesday, March 11.  Claire and Will were so excited to be on our way!


Will found a good seat while waiting for our rental minivan to show up.


We drove to Anaheim, got checked in, and we were at Disneyland within a few hours of landing.  Claire had her autograph book ready before we were even inside the gates.


Ready for some fun!


We got our PhotoPass and autograph book for Will, and then we were ready for our first ride.  The kids went straight for the first ride they saw - the Astro Orbiter.








The first ride of many to come!