Wilsonfamily4
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2006
Day 1
This trip was just 4 ladies. We left our families and jobs and ran away from March 2-6. We spent 3 and half days in parks. I have been friends with Karen and Becky for 23 years when we met our freshman year in college. Melissa married one of our college buddies.
We started at 2:45 am when my blasted alarm went off. My husband drove me to Karen's house in the town nearby and Melissa picked us up. We drove north picked up Becky and then headed to the PDX airport. Our plane was to leave at 7:15 so we were there our 2 hours before at 5ish. My friend Becky has a handicap pass so we were able to park our car in the short term parking which is so nice on cold mornings. It was an easy time through as they had the sniffing dog come through the line so shoes stayed on, liquid didn't come out, it was so fast and painless. Those hours waiting for the plane go so fast when you are with good friends you don't see often enough.
We arrived at around 9:30 am in Long Beach and we "ordered" an uber to take us to Candy Cane Inn. (The uber was $29 for those who wonder. ) I took a picture for my friend who loves palm trees so she could see them in the California wetness. So disappointed that the weather for our days there was forcasting rain.
Candy Cane Inn had a room ready for us even at 11. So we dropped our stuff off, grabbed our rain ponchos, and caught the shuttle to !Disney! The rain sucked. No doubt about that. When you leave Oregon for California you don't want more rain. But it was Disney so we were giddy. We had bought tickets from LMTClub so we were interested to see how this went. Those tickets are much cheaper and we just walked to the turnstile, they took our picture and handed us a regular ticket. Awesome.
Our first stop was lunch at Carnation Cafe. We usually eat outside here but today it was inside for us. I have celiac so I had a gluten free burger and I will say that is one of the worst gf hamburger buns I've ever had. So disappointed in Disney. The girls ate their meals which I don't remember but they raved about the fried pickles.
After gaining some energy we headed for the ride we always ride first. (This is our 3rd time visiting together. ) We didn't care how long the line was for Peter Pan we were waiting! We took a quick selfie before walking through the castle.
From left to right
Melissa, me, Becky and Karen.
This trip was just 4 ladies. We left our families and jobs and ran away from March 2-6. We spent 3 and half days in parks. I have been friends with Karen and Becky for 23 years when we met our freshman year in college. Melissa married one of our college buddies.
We started at 2:45 am when my blasted alarm went off. My husband drove me to Karen's house in the town nearby and Melissa picked us up. We drove north picked up Becky and then headed to the PDX airport. Our plane was to leave at 7:15 so we were there our 2 hours before at 5ish. My friend Becky has a handicap pass so we were able to park our car in the short term parking which is so nice on cold mornings. It was an easy time through as they had the sniffing dog come through the line so shoes stayed on, liquid didn't come out, it was so fast and painless. Those hours waiting for the plane go so fast when you are with good friends you don't see often enough.
We arrived at around 9:30 am in Long Beach and we "ordered" an uber to take us to Candy Cane Inn. (The uber was $29 for those who wonder. ) I took a picture for my friend who loves palm trees so she could see them in the California wetness. So disappointed that the weather for our days there was forcasting rain.
Candy Cane Inn had a room ready for us even at 11. So we dropped our stuff off, grabbed our rain ponchos, and caught the shuttle to !Disney! The rain sucked. No doubt about that. When you leave Oregon for California you don't want more rain. But it was Disney so we were giddy. We had bought tickets from LMTClub so we were interested to see how this went. Those tickets are much cheaper and we just walked to the turnstile, they took our picture and handed us a regular ticket. Awesome.
Our first stop was lunch at Carnation Cafe. We usually eat outside here but today it was inside for us. I have celiac so I had a gluten free burger and I will say that is one of the worst gf hamburger buns I've ever had. So disappointed in Disney. The girls ate their meals which I don't remember but they raved about the fried pickles.
After gaining some energy we headed for the ride we always ride first. (This is our 3rd time visiting together. ) We didn't care how long the line was for Peter Pan we were waiting! We took a quick selfie before walking through the castle.
From left to right
Melissa, me, Becky and Karen.
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