Up very late this morning, there is a world of jet lag coming next week :( California Adventure is mostly bits of other parks we've seen before, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, plus the Pier which is mostly unique to this park. Had a ball! We hadn't been on Monsters Inc before, kids loved it and wanted to get straight back on. They loved the Bugs Life land - they both dig bumper cars and spinning cups for some reason. Heading around to the pier you can see th...

We pulled up to Disneyland Hotel and I was a little worried. It looks like an office block. It clearly gets better, Gab is bursting with excitement next to me. I walk through the front door to the lobby, I'm thinking the guys at Novotel took points in office looking hotels from this designer. Then I notice the hidden mickeys, everywhere. Instead of Le corbisuer imitations, there are half-tea cups as lounges lining the foyer. Then Gideon (the cat from Pinocchio) c...

It's been nearly three weeks since we've been on a bus tour - I think we've got a habit. Today we headed off on a LA tour. We started off at the Bowl, currently under a refurb. This is a new one since I was here as a kid. The upgrade hasn't made it anymore interesting :) Next it's onto Hollywood Blvd - The walk of Stars - Mickey, Walt Disney and Bugs were the highlights. The Chinese Theatre with all the tiny foot prints and onto the Kodak Theatre where they do...

We wake up on the last day of the Cruise, struggle to get ready in time and down to breakfast in Animator's Palate by 8am. The bigger struggle though was actually leaving the ship, so sad to think this trip is over. On to the dock we wait an hour for our transfer, no hurry though our flight out of Orlando isn't until 7:20 tonight :( At Orlando you can check your luggage right on the kerbside, straight out of the cab, real impressive. But you can't check your bag...

We left it until this morning to tell the kids where we were going today. They were as mentally prepared as they could be for the impending Adults Cruise when we told them we were really going on a Disney Cruise! On the way out to port I had Mickey call them up and tell them he was really looking forward to seeing them on board. As we got to the coast the ship came into view their smiles got wider and wider, as we rounded the boat and Emerson saw Dumbo painting...