Disneyland Day 2

Woohoo! Day 2 in Disneyland! Zach's birthday week continues!

We slept in a bit this morning & then hit all the best rides before lunch. We sang "Zipppity Doo Da" on Splash Mountain and screamed our way through space on Space Mountain, lived "a pirate's life for me" on Pirates of the Caribbean & lots more!

Then we took an awesome Holiday Tour through Disneyland where we were shown all the cool Christmas decorations throughout the park & learned all kinds of fun holiday facts. We also were able to skip the lines at the Haunted Mansion & It's a Small World. The Haunted Mansion was by FAR the most impressive ride yet! It's been COMPLETELY transformed into The Nightmare Before Christmas! There are no words! To conclude our tour, we had reserved seating for the Holiday Fantasy Parade, full of beloved Christmas & Disney classics.

Last, but not least, my best birthday surprise for Zach- I arranged to have his best friend Chris & wife Stacy meet us for dinner. We haven't seen them in MONTHS, and they drove 2 hours from Santa Barbara to surprise Zach! We had so much fun hanging out with them & their little girl Amaris, in Downtown Disney.

After they took off, we finished off our night with a ride on the Hollywood Tower of Terror. SCARY! But thrilling. :-)

*And YES, those are REAL reindeer in the pictures!!! There were 8 actual reindeers there in Frontierland as part of "Santa's Reindeer Roundup." Only at Disneyland.