Xuan and didi woke up early on the first morning! And needless to say, when we were awake, mummy and papa had to be awake too. We went for breakfast in the hotel lobby before making our way to take the Disneyland shuttle bus that runs from the Park to hotel in short interval (3 minutes) throughout the day.
We were a bit early and Disneyland was not open yet. But there were already a lot of people outside the gate, queuing under the morning sun! Thinking that the weather may be a bit cooling, we were armed with a jacket each. But it was so sunny and the sun ray was so glaring. So all the jackets were left in the stroller within the next 2 hrs.
Xuan was excited as we matched into Disneyland. Xuan has her own annual pass and she asked to hold her own pass at the entrance for verification. We guessed she felt like a big girl! Hahahaa..As didi is less than 2 years old, it is free entry. (Hoorray!!)
Unlike the last trip when Xuan was still young and was not too aware of what was happening, Xuan knows all the Disney characters and enjoys all the rides this time round. And of course, when it comes to shopping, Xuan has her says and knows what she wants too! Almost everything is nice and everything is needed! Hahaha..
Xuan has always not been very open to mascots. Although the fear has subsided over the months after our visit to Universal Studio, Xuan still didn’t quite like certain mascots. Xuan’s favourite mascots in Disneyland are Minnie Mouse and of course all the princesses like Snow White, Cinderalla and Alice in the Wonderland. Xuan’s most fearful mascot is chipmunks. Xuan hid in papa’s shoulders and simply refused to look up no matter how the Disney crew and us tried to distract and coax her. :p Xuan said, “I only like the man mascot. I don’t like the animal mascots. The man mascot in costume is nice. I like Alice in the Wonderland. We don’t take pictures with the animals mascots anymore ok.” Hahaha..
Xuan also took numerous rides like the merry go round, the spinning saucer, flying jumbo elephants, the train ride round disney, boat ride around the Snow City, …. We took all them more than once. Didi backed out the last minute before the merry go round started and demanded to come down from the horse (perhaps he got impatient with the wait). To avoid delaying the whole group of people, mummy quickly held didi tight before making her way up the high horse while papa stood beside us, and be our photographer. Hehehe..
Xuan liked the spinning saucer too! We still remember that Xuan went twice when we were at Universal Studio. This ride is definitely not for those who has motion sickness. Papa went twice with Xuan. Xuan enjoyed the spinning effect and ran down from the saucer happily when it stopped. No after spinning effect at all. Hahaha.. Didi did not go for this ride as he is too young for it. When Kai didi saw us in the saucer from outside the ring, he cried and cried, demanding to join in the ride! Opps..
Beside taking rides, another highlight of visiting Disneyland is taking pictures with Disney mascots. How can this be missed in Disneyland?! However, patience is really needed. Queue and queue. We were lucky at times when we caught view of the mascot early while the queue was manageable short. Otherwise, we would have to wait cos some of the visitors took one individual picture after picture before taking one final group picture! So you can imagine a group of 4 people taking 4 individual shots before 1 group shot!!!! This can be a challenge for us with our young active didi who can’t stand at a spot to wait for long. So for long queue, papa and Xuan will do the job of queuing at times while mummy accompanied didi to venture nearby while keeping watch of the queue and return back when it was our turn. This is so unlike Spore Universal Studio where the crew specifically allows 1 or at most 2 shots per group and so, the queue can move faster and more people could get a chance to catch a shot. I guess, this is Spore where everything and everyone is so used to being fast and efficient.
