Once it was our turn, we squeezed all three of us in one ship, and took a selfie before our blastoff. Nolan loved going up and down and around, but my prego-self had to look straight ahead, because all that spinning was a little much for me! It was fun, but we were surprised how fast it went! Nolan loved it and asked to go on again and again, but we told him Dumbo would be way more fun! So off we went!
We went back to Fantasyland and rode Dumbo since the wait was minimal in the morning, and Nolan definitely loved this ride a ton, too. The view from the top was perfect and something about Fantasyland just makes you feel giddy! We rode a few more of our favorites in Fantasyland, and headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean, which Nolan also loved, especially the parts with the doggies and the cannonballs splashing! Afterwards, we headed towards Winnie the Pooh to ride yet again since this was one of Nolan's favs. He helped himself to some of Pooh's honey pots while we waited in line for a quick three minutes, and off we went to giggle through Pooh's Adventures!
We made our way back up to Toon Town to visit with some characters we had yet to meet on our trip, and although we had just missed Goofy, we did get to play one on one with Pluto right as he came out to meet everyone! Nolan loved this and instantly ran up to him, I think asking Pluto to pick him up! Instead, they played a game of tag and chased each other around, which was the cutest thing ever! We said "Bye" to Toon Town after playing for a bit, and headed over to Disney California Adventure to finish out our day.
While in Disney California, we booked it to Paradise Garden Grill to meet Donald (one of Nolan's favorites) but the line was seriously 30+ minutes long, and Nolan was slowly becoming "over it" with the whole theme park and waiting game. We watched Donald for about five minutes and gave him lots of waves, and then headed over to ride Little Mermaid. Nolan lost his cool on this ride, being overtired, hungry and ready to leave... so we decided to just grab some quick lunch and head home. We ended up eating at Boardwalk Pizza, where we ate outside and watched the Viva Navidad Parade, which also starred Donald Duck, so Nolan was excited about that. He waved to him lots and even got to wave to Mickey and Minnie again. We made our way out of the park, and said "Bye for now!" to Disney. As soon as he hit the carseat, he was literally out for the count within minutes! He slept for 2.5 hours on the ride home, and did great again on another road trip.
We had the BEST time and couldn't have asked for a better trip. Nolan did extremely well for 3 days in the park, and even though he was a bit tired and cranky towards the end, I know he had a fabulous time and really had a lot of fun. Even though many people say taking kids so young to Disneyland is a waste because they won't remember anything, I truly believe Nolan had an absolute blast and his mind was blown by meeting all of his favorite characters, riding fun rides and seeing so many amazing new things. We captured so many great memories for him to look back on, celebrated during the holiday season and enjoyed the amazing decor, and to be able to say we did our gender reveal in Disneyland is something we could have literally only dreamed of, and it actually happened! I would do it all again in a heartbeat, and wish we could go back more times in one year... but until next time, we have some amazing memories to be thankful for and can't wait to make this a family tradition every few years!
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