Disneyland Day Two - Happy Birthday Gabby!

Gabby's Birthday Dinner at Ariel's Grotto.

Snow White was Sam's favorite princess. He acted very shy with all of them. I think she was the only one he interacted with.

The family at the Birthday Celebration.

Gabby meeting Tinkerbell.

Sam enjoying his first ride at Disneyland - Alice in Wonderland. (It's one of Gabby's favorites and only at Disneyland, not Disney World.)

Day Two at Disneyland was big fun. It was Gabby's 6th birthday so she got to lead the way that day. We rode her favorites first: Alice, Teacups, Dumbo. Then we went to Pixie Hollow where we met Fawn and Tinkerbell. Sam fell asleep while they were waiting on us to finish Pixie Hollow (the longest line we waited in) so we ate lunch and then switched off riding Space Mountain with Gabby while he slept on the booth seat in Pizza Port. Space Mountain at DL is SO MUCH BETTER than at WDW! In case anyone was wondering. We rode a couple more things and walked through the castle to see the Sleeping Beauty display (also only at DL - it was an original attraction that was closed down for years. They reopened it in Dec.) Then it was time for the Birthday Celebration at the Plaza Inn. It was very warm and sunny but also very windy so we were sitting outside but they wouldn't let us open the umbrellas for shade due to the wind. So everyone got a little hot and cranky. It doesn't help that it takes place at 2:30 in the afternoon. But they perked up a little when they brought us cakes to decorate and when Minnie and Mickey showed up. It was a fun way to celebrate, even if we were hot and tired.

We had time for a few more rides and then had to hit our dinner reservations at Ariel's Grotto. Being off-season, California Adventure closed early so we had to eat dinner early if we were going to eat there. We saw Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White and Aurora. Gabby loved the attention and got a little birthday cake in a treasure box. We were so stuffed from the good supper and awesome desserts they serve there to eat it but she had fun with it anyway. We walked on to a couple of rides right before CA closed and then headed back to the Magic Kingdom for Fantasmic!, which is one of my favorite shows. They say it is better than the one at Hollywood Studios, which I have never seen. It is on the Rivers of America at DL and they use the riverboat and pirate ship and river rafts for the show. It's very neat. After that, it was time to head out and rest up for another day. Sam fell asleep in his stroller on the walk back to the hotel.