Disneyland Christmas Day 3

Although we woke up at 6:00am and planned to get right over to the park it was still 8:30am by the time we arrived.  The sun was already feeling pretty warm and I knew Awsumb would be miserable in long sleeves.  I hadn't planned on it being oveer 80 in December!  So I stopped In Disney Clothiers on Main Street and found a cute baseball Mickey baseball t-shirt for Awsumb. This store always had great finds and a different selection that The Emporium.

We ran through Space Mountain a couple times with only 5 minute waits. Then over to Buzz Lightyear, Matterhorn and finally to see Small World Christmas.  We had hoped Monday would be slow, but it was still super crowded, evidenced by the lines in Fantasyland. So we chose Peter Pan and Snow White before heading over to Pirates!  Kenneth decided to make quick reservations at Cafe Orleans this day because they have some of the same menu items as Blue Bayou. This is the second time I have been there and once again the service was terrible. Kenneth never even received his soup and was served the wrong entree.  There was no attempt to make things right and well, next time we will just go back to our usual Blue Bayou tradition.

Awsumb wanted to see Pooh and Friends, so we headed over there while Kenneth picked up some Fast Passes.  We made it through just before they closed off the line to see Pooh and Tigger.  Back over to Thunder Mountain Railroad x2 and over to play at the shooting gallery.

The crowds were pretty thick as we headed over to Indiana Jones & The Jungle Cruise.  The line to get a dole whip was nuts and I was about ready to start thinking about making our way too the airport. The cool treat refreshed us and Kenneth talked us into one last trip through Space Mountain so we could use Fast Passes we had picked up that morning. By the time we got back to the hub we caught the end of the Christmas Fantasy Parade. Kenneth put Awsumb on his shoulders and we followed the last parade float down mainstreet!  What a fun way to say goodbye to Disneyland and all our fun last minute Christmas visit!

Although it was only 5:30 the park was closing at 6pm for a special evening event.  Half the exit gates were closed as they set up for the next event... So it was a major bottle neck to get out of the park.  5 minutes after we left the park the magic was over and the craziness of the lasty 72 hours caught up with me. I  was super tired and well, DONE!  A limo service responded to our taxi request and our driver took us to the airport in record time just before the main evening traffic.  And I won't even get into the nightmare we had with our returning flight... that's another story, but by midnight we were finally

sleeping snuggly

 in our beds with

dreams of Dole Whips

and Mickey Bars 

dancing in our heads!