Russ was so tired he slept through the noise of the kids crying in the night.  Must be a first for him.  He confirmed our Super shuttle ride for tomorrow.  We had breakfast at Millies.  The Santa Ana winds are blowing this morning and it is somewhat rough and gritty out there.  Breakfast was delicious; we met Ray and Margaret in the lobby at 8.30am and set off for our early morning pass at Disneyland (along with 1500 others). We discovered that this meant that the park opens with the exception of Adventureland and Frontierland and a few of the shops (mostly cateries)

Forced to the sections we were leaving for last we ended up going to see ‘’ Honey I Shrunk The Audience in 3D.  It was well done and I spent most of the time with my legs draped over Russell’s legs after the mice got loose.  I didn’t even watch whilst the snake was checking out the audience as his next meal, but the enlarged dog sneezing on the audience was hilarious all in all a great time had by all.

Ray and Margaret went to do Star tour, which we had already done, so we went to do Indiana Jones, which they had already done.  However, Adventureland and Frontierland didn’t open until 10am and the park was open to all by this time.  Queues were backed up for ages so we decided we didn’t need to hassle ourselves.  Instead, we went to purchase stamps and post our postcards at Disneyland.  We also bought Sun Hats with their names for William and Alyshia.  Met up again with Ray and Margaret who had enjoyed Star tours and we took our time wandering in Adventureland. The queue for Indiana still stretched to far so we all decided to do “The Pirates of the Caribbean”. Great fun and heaps better than we had anticipated. This was a trip through underground caves (a couple of rapids) with pirate fights.

Next we decided to do the ride through Thunder Mountain because the haunted mansion didn’t open until 12.00 noon. We had got half way through the waiting lines after 20 minutes, when they announced an unexpected breakdown in the ride with unknown delays. Most of us chose to leave.

The park must have had Mondayitis because then the paddleboat (Mark Twain) also was not working. Taking a set in the shade we rested for a while then at 11.40 am we walked slowly to wait in line for the Haunted Mansion. We were in the second group to get into the house and we expected a walk with weird happenings.

Instead of which the room we entered was then sealed and became a lift, with Vincent Prices’ voice doing the introduction and narration. We ended up sitting in moving chairs two at a time, and they kept turning around and then leaning back. The holographics were superb especially the ghost that appears in the mirrors sitting between each couple just before the end of the ride.

We headed back to the Mad Hatters store so that Marg could get her grandchildren at hat each, and Russ and I had decided that it was also what we should get for Jacquab. Next we went to the Emporium and collected Stefanie’s Angles, Gary’s back-scratcher, Fiona’s message pad, and Alyshia’s locket. Russ hasn’t found what he wants because he can’t remember what shop it was in.

We collected some McDonalds for Lunch and then the idea was to rest. However, after speaking to Amazon.com and having them confirm the arrival of our books, I spent over an hour riding the elevators and speaking with the lobby staff. According to them they didn’t get our fax asking them to hold the books for us, so sent they sent them back to Amazon.com. United Parcel Service had them signed in for here but a tracer was needed to be put on the parcel from Amazon. Amazon are happy to wait for the parcel to get back to them, but in the mean time they will ship replacement books to us in Australia.

The plan now is to meet up with Ray and Marg at 6.30 in front of the Mad Hatters store and watch the night parade, and then have tea at Millies. Our Super Shuttle has been booked for 9.25 am in the morning.

Back from Disneyland again! Ray and Margaret slept the late afternoon away and finally arrived in front of the Mad Hatters store at 6.28 pm. We got into conversation with one of the girls who works at Disneyland and was on crowd control. She has been working at Disneyland for three years since graduated from College, and described the Disneyland executives as good people to work for.

The night parade was from the movie “Mulan” as was exquisite. The costumes were colourful and superb and the dragons, acrobats and dancers were wonderful. Russ and Ray spent the entire clicking away happily. Just before the parade began Russ had picked up his souvenir of Disneyland, so was quite happy to leave when the parade had finished.

We went straight to Millies for Tea. Russ had Steak and Shrimp (Prawns to us) and I had Mushroom and Chicken Fettuccini. We finished up with Apple pie for Russ and I was more than happy to have the Junior Goblet again. Russ tried Budweiser.

We readied everything the bags and backpacks, put all souvenirs in the new bag and fell into bed.