The One with Disneyland @ Christmastime 2012

It's been Christmas time at Disneyland since the middle of November and we were finally able to go last night! The last time we were both at Disneyland at night together was over three years ago. We're definitely morning Disneyland-goers - you get more bang for your buck as far as lines and crowds go. Meaning, we only went on one ride this trip at night but when we go in the morning we go on at least a dozen. But I wanted to see Disneyland at night with all the pretty Christmas lights so nighttime it was! We've definitely become spoiled Disneylanders - if a line is longer than 10 minutes we don't go on it... Oh how I'm going to miss these days when we can be picky about line waits!
Chris was excited that we got to park on the top level so he could zoom all the way down the neverending ramp upon exiting. It's the small things in life that make him happy :)

Waiting for the tram. I can just see the anticipation in her eyes.

Let's go let's go let's go! Faster faster faster!

Hooray for Christmas decorations!

We arrived at the tail end of a Christmas parade and saw Santa!

Our first planned destination was Pirates of the Carribbean since Fox is really into pirates these days and singing, "Yo ho yo ho, summee." (Yo ho ya ho a pirate's life for me). But first we had to take time to stop and see the ducks.



New Orleans Square looks so pretty and festive!

By this point it was already 5:30 and we were famished so we got some dinner at the River Belle Terrace - we'd never eaten there before. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

At last it was dark outside and everything was lit up to the nines!

All of the lines were super long though so we decided to leave... There was some big concert going on at the entrance and we were led like lemmings through the park to the exit.

Disneyland is so magical! Oh how I'm going to miss going on a whim when we move!