Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Life is just a Fantasy!


Today we got some bummer news. This trip we had planned to take our niece with us. However, she is having some medical issues and won't be able to travel to Disneyland. We are all pretty bummed about it. Not sure when we are going to be able to make the trip up to her, but we will do our best.

On to the run down of Fantasyland and Toontown.

Fantasyland has some really cool rides. After exiting the castle, there is the Peter Pan Flight on the right. This is probably the most popular of all the Fantasyland dark rides.


This is also my favorite dark ride.I love flying over London as seen above!

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is next door. Another fun dark ride.

Across the way is Pinocchio's Daring Journey and Snow White's Scary Adventure. These are pretty fun as well. They're not Peter Pan though. 

Between the dark rides you will find the King Arthur Carousel. I actually had to check to see if I had ridden it before. We don't ride it every year, but it's a very nice carousel.

Behind the carousel is the Dumbo Ride. Now, I mentioned how Astro Orbiter is the same ride as Dumbo. I stand by that statement. Dumbo is way more fun, because seriously? Riding in Dumbo? Awesome!


Casey Jr. Train Ride is to the left of Dumbo. It's a fun little train ride, but really at this stage of the game, we may not ride it. We'll have to see how bad the lines are for everything else.

One of the coolest rides is to the right of Dumbo, and that is Storybook Land Canal Ride. You float around in a boat and listen to the stories of the Disney movies and look out over the scenery of those lands. The picture below doesn't do it justice. Plus, you have to see it at night to believe it!


It's really worth riding this.

Across from Storybook Land Canals, is Malia's least favorite ride. The Mad Tea Party. It's fun, even though it is a bit dizzying!


To the left of you will find the Matterhorn Bobsleds. I guess it's party of Fantasyland, but it's kind of in that gray area between Tomorrow and Fantasylands. It's not very Fantasy-like or Tomorrow-like, but it's the fastest ride in Fantasyland, so I'll take it!


The last ride is Small World. Sigh...Small World. Not a favorite, but it's one of those rides you have to do at least once, or you don't get the full Disneyland experience. The song will stay with you, so it's best to do it early so you can get other things in your head!

Outside of Fantasyland is Toontown. It's a pretty small area, with only 2 rides, but the other big attraction is this guy:



Mickey and most of the other Fab 5 (Goofy, Donald, Minnie, and Pluto) can be found hanging out here. So, head here if you are looking for autographs!

The rides we hit are Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin:


It's a really fun ride

and Gadget's Go Coaster:


Honestly, I think the boys have outgrown this one now! It's a bit snug!

We will hit the rides in these two lands at least once. Maybe a couple of them twice, but most of these are not priorities anymore.

Tomorrow, I'll move to the other side of the park, to my most favorite parts!

The weight? Feh. 228.2 lbs. Seriously? Gotta keep things in perspective. I've gone down about 25 pounds in two months. That's still really good. Just got so happy with the rapid loss, that I am getting used to the change.

Food Diary for Tuesday the 2nd of April:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
                2 pieces of Canadian Bacon
                
AM Snack: 1 hard boiled egg
                 
Lunch:   Shrimp Taco Salad
             Big Ol' Salad

PM Snack: 15 Macadamias
                  1 hard boiled egg
                  3 oz of Lamb
                  3 mini Almond Joy bars (cheater!)

Dinner:  Cincinnati Chili
             2 Squares of Lindt 90% Cacao

Water: About 70 oz

Sleep: about 6 hours of sleep

Exercise: Walking
               Abs Diet Monday Original Circuit

See ya tomorrow!

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