Friday, March 19, 2010

happiest place on earth

“Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either.”

"I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel they're in another world."

“Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.” -Walt Disney

After three days spent at the happiest place on Earth, I'm home and back to reality. I wish I wasn't. Disneyland was a well-needed break. Gwen and I went on all the rides we wanted- Space Mountain, Finding Nemo, Indiana Jones, California Screamin, Soarin over California, Tower of Terror and the list goes on and on. We always sat front row and went on California Screamin' a total of eight times over the three days, half the time using fast passes. We met wonderful people along the way- multiple families that we saw the whole trip long because they were on the same bus back to our hotels. We also ran into our high school physics teacher and one of my best friends from high school. We watched the fireworks and two parades. Sunblock was applied multiple times. Ice cream, chocolate-covered frozen bananas and over-priced food were consumed. Clothes were soaked on the grizzly rapids, or whatever they were called. Arms were sore after trying to go fast on the tea cups. It was an excellent trip. And like all good things, it went by too fast. {P.S. In the third picture, I thought the moon looked like the Cheshire Cat's smile.}

18 comments :

  1. awww i'm so jealous of your trip to disney and i'm glad you had an amazing time :) loving that last "cheshire moon" shot!

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  2. That sounds amazing! And offcourse also i'm a little jealous of your trip!

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  3. YAY! i'm so glad you had such a wonderful time, sweetie! it's the best place ever. i LOVE that last photo! :)

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  4. you can never have too much over-priced food :)

    i'm so happy you had such a lovely time; disney really is the place to go when you'd like to leave the real world altogether <3

    angelica
    x

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  5. I love cherry blossom trees. When they start flowering I know it's really summer. Gorgeous photos.

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  6. the pictures you took are gorgeous krissie and i'm glad you had a great time. ;)

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  7. That sounds like an amazing trip, I'm happy to hear you had such a good time.

    I was wondering about that picture, but now that you explained... it totally does.

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  8. You have such a great time! Indeed! Beautiful photos! I have never been in Disneyland because my parents do not want to go there:(
    I found Disney myself and I love Walt Disney for his spirit.

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  9. Hi darling! What a wonderful experience! I once spend some time in the Disneyland Paris, and it's indeed like being in some other reality - just amazing* The teacups are my favorites :)
    The last photo is adorable and you're right, it looks like the cat!

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  10. there's a little blog award and tagging waiting for you on my blog :)

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  11. Gorgeous pictures :) Your Disneyland trip sounds absolutely fantastic! It definitely sounds like you had an amazingly fun time. I went to Disneyworld when I was really little, but I remember none of it, so I really want to go again!

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  12. Love the Chesire Cat moon - so simple, yet so beautiful too.
    I'm going to Disneyland Paris this December with my mum..we went Christmas 2008 and had such an amazing time. Cares float away and I drown myself in a sea of magic.
    I
    can't
    wait!
    Love your blog (: <3

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  13. Wow, that sounds so amazing, I've always wanted to go. Those quotes are so lovely too, especially the first one.

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  14. Your trip sounds absolutely amazing and those photos are beautiful! :)

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  15. Sounds great!
    And I totally love that third photo!

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  16. This is one blog deserving of a giant HUZZAH! :) Glad you enjoyed it, lady!

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  17. I've never been to Disneyland, only Disney World. It has a Tower of Terror?? I'm only a two hours drive from it now...I think I need to go.

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