Dumbo or Die! – Day 1

Getting up super early , getting dressed and walking to Disneyland was a breeze! Standing in line with a two-year old, not so much.

Luckily, that was the only bit of the above we saw that morning.

Then it was off to the a quick succession of rides! Twelve within the first few hours, folks. The 3rd M was a TROOPER! Of course, we really didn’t stand in any lines.

The first ride, Pinocchio’s Daring Adventure, was surprisingly scary, but the 3rd M afterward said, “No, I’m not scared. I’m happy!” So off to Dumbo….as you can see, he wasn’t so sure about that one.

But he started to warm up and gave half a smile for the next shot.

Since the Disneyland Railroad was closed for the making of the new Starwars Land, we road Casey the Circus Train a few times. This was by far, the 2nd M’s favorite ride. In fact, two days later, when asked what his favorite ride was, he’ll still say “The Choo Choo Train.”

On the second ride, I put him in the cage marked “Wild Animals.”

Some how I extracted him from the Choo Choo Train. (To this day, I can’t figure out how I pulled it off. I think he was still in shock from being zoomed in and off so many rides.) I figured it was a good time to ride “It’s a Small World.” And I was right. It was a happy, non-scary, bright and cheery ride, which he really liked. I would say it was his second favorite as he was singing the song later that day.

In retrospect, there are a lot of dark, kind of scary, noisy, fast paced rides in Fantasy land and I must say my little dude handled them all with Aplomb. Even the roller coaster in Toon Town!

2nd M asking 1st M after the mini Toon Town roller coaster, “Are you scared?”

3rd M, “No.”

2nd M, “Do you want to do it again?”

3rd M, “No.”

So we hung out in Toon town for a bit more.