Here is where my only complaint of the weekend is...Disney's Grand California Hotel is absolutely by far THE WORST hotel I have ever stayed at :-( We requested an early check in but after calling all throughout our park visit our room STILL wasn't available at 3PM. I was angry then because normal check in was 3PM. They finally got us into a room at 3:30PM but when we entered we found two full beds instead of the one king we requested. We didn't care at this point, the girls needed naps and quick. As we were setting up their pack n plays in the living room area we heard every voice outside the room...because...the front door had a 2 inch gap off the floor! We moved the pack n plays into the bedroom because it could be closed off and we were relegated to the couch bed. While the girls napped we unpacked and soon realized their "welcome package" was not present. We were told when making the reservation that since it was the girls' "first visit" they would have a welcome package. I went to the front desk and they handed me two button/pins that said "First Visit"--they sharpied 2012 on one but forgot to do the other :-( When I came for my 21st birthday they wrote my name and the year and made a big deal out of the whole event. For my twins' first birthday and first visit: nada. I was really bummed and disappointed about the whole hotel experience, especially because it's not cheap to stay there. I don't even want to admit what we paid to stay there just the night but let's say it isn't worth it for the service, room quality, or even the food. Big big bummer!
After naps though we were all refreshed and ready to go to the park again! My mom and sister met us in the lobby and we headed back into the park. We started with It's a Small World which the girls absolutely LOVED--they clapped, pointed, and babbled the entire time! We gave the Storybook Land Canal Boats a go and the girls entertained our entire boat :-) They had everyone laughing and smiling and even our tour guide kept focusing on them instead of giving her tour :-) A teenage boy who sat next to me and Lu quickly became Lu's crush. She kept trying to grab him and get his attention--she'll be trouble that one. Sadly our day had to come to an end after the boats because the girls were incredibly exhausted. We put the girls down and then got ourselves some room service and much needed alcohol :-)
In the morning we took advantage of early entrance to the park as hotel guests. We used that hour to the fullest doing as many rides in Fantasy Land and Tomorrow Land as possible. As terrible as the hotel was, getting into the park an hour early made all the difference--we walked onto every single ride. My assessment of Day 2 at Disneyland: Pinocchio is a terrible ride for children (lol), Alice in Wonderland is a great ride for children, and I never want to go on the Astro Blasters again (the girls just wanted to stay in the line to watch the animated Buzz talk haha).
Overall it was an amazing trip (minus the hotel) and as always, I'm so proud of how well-behaved my girls are. I can't tell you how many people commented on how well they were holding up and how they couldn't believe they were only 1 year old. We rewarded our little angels with some fun Disney toys and got their "pin collection" started. Alex and I got annual passes (the girls are free until 3) and hope to take the girls as often as we can!
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| Morning before leaving for Disneyland! |
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| Fueling up before riding some rides |
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| Having a picnic dinner in our hotel room |
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