Disney Trip 2026
I never got around to posting about
our family trip from 6 months ago,
but wanted to document it for
family history sake. 😉
Our first time back since January of 2019
{Couldn't believe it had been 7 years!}
Felt like we were visiting an old friend...
Celebrating 70 years of Disney...
All of us, minus Kyleigh's family, flew into
Long Beach on Monday night Feb 8th.
Our first time flying to Disney in 23 years!
Flew those first few years,
then drove for years.
We had time to visit downtown Disney
and grab a bite to eat...
Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes
offer burgers on gf buns...
Day 1
Disneyland
Tues Feb 9th
Tues Feb 9th
B's happy place!
Always our first ride...
Brady's first time on Indiana Jones!
First time on {Splash Mtn} since it changed to
Tiana's Bayou Adventure!
Mine and the hubs spot....💙
Look who we SAW at the Red Rose Tavern?!?!
What a surprise!!!!
Kate's first time on Space Mtn!
First time for most of us,
{except B, Hannah & Brady}
in Star Wars Land!
Kate was singled out in the storm trooper show
because of her backpack! lol
Kate has been waiting for years
to build her own light saber...
She and Brady enjoyed the
experience together!
Some favorite eats from Day 1...
The drinks seemed to be really
popular with the girls this trip!
Mint Juleb
Yuzu lemonade
Star Wars blue milk
Meiloorun juice...cranberry/pear drink
Hands down Maurice's was one of the fam's
favorite eats of the whole trip...
their breakfast sausage & egg
pretzels and their garlic pretzel
with marinara sauce and
apple boysen freeze drink!
Mickey beignets...
shrimp and crab rolls
Matterhorn macaroon and gf grilled cheese
and tomato soup from the Jolly Holliday
Cutest backdrop for the Sweetheart's Night...
{Fun fact: Aristocats is one of my favorite Disney movies}
Even though we left the park at 8:00 PM
because of the Sweetheart's Night
that we didn't want passes for,
we were in the park for 12 hours...
had lightening lane passes...rode 16 rides
and walked 25,000 steps.
It was a day!
Meanwhile back at home...
Lilly got her leg casted.
{she was playing in her cushioned
ball pit in her playroom with her cousin
and landed on her leg wrong. 😞
Bless her heart!}
*****
Day 2
California Adventure
Wed Feb 11th
Lilly had to be carried everywhere 
Some favorite family eats from the day....
Wed Feb 11th
Kate's first time on Guardians of the Galaxy
It was fun to see the changes in
California Adventure
since the last time we visited...
The carousel changing from
the sea creatures to Jessie's Critters
and the new Inside Out ride...
{I sorta miss the bug's land}
This was an entertaining watch
and rest from all the walking lol...
Philharmonic Magic Show
The Symphony swings...love them!
Lunar New Year celebration...
This ride will always be my fav in DCA!
Kyleigh's fam left that afternoon to join us!
We met up with them late that night
in Downtown Disney!
Some of the fam's fav eats of the day....
yummy gf breakfast sandwich
Pyms...
gf Quesa Birria Street Tacos
bulgogi fries...
pomegranate limeade
rootbeer float
Another super long day...
Some in the family were in the park 13 hours! lol
*****
Day 3
Disneyland
Thur Feb 12th
Kyleigh got an electric scooter
due to her pregnant state
Lilly's first time on Pirates...
a family favorite
and Pooh...
Emmsie and Brady were so good at
handling the lightening lane passes
or be in her stroller...
She was a trooper!
See the Lillybelle book on the upper right?
Walt Disney's wife's name was Lillybelle
and that is the name of the train...
We all rode the train for our Lilly Belle!
Lilly's favorite movie at the time was
Lilly's favorite movie at the time was
Mary Poppins so being able to see
Mary and Burt was pretty magical!
Maurice's again lol
Baked potato from Trubadoor's
Some of us got reservations prior to the trip
to eat at Cafe Orleans...
this pic was taken in the morning before the crowds..
wish it could stay this empty lol
If you let them know in advance they can
provide the monte cristo sandwich gluten-free.
It was SO GOOD!
Gus Gus is a favorite Disney character of mine...
Another 12 hour day...
HUGE bottleneck of people
as we were trying to leave the park
and get thru
the Downtown Disney area.
😏
*****
Day 4
Disneyland
Fri Aug 13th
We figured we got on at least 7 rides faster
due to Lilly's cast situation
a tich of the parade for me from a distance...
this was the crowd lol
On Valentines Day we flew home...
Watching the water show
(I know at least 3 x for me...
haha LOVED it)
Especially the part at the end where Pooh Bear
says.."can we go back to the beginning?"
😌
and of course Fantasmic were
definitely highlights!
Favorite family eats from the day....
turkey leg!
The hubs and I had a date here....
I had tasty shrimp and grits...
What a time we had!
14 hour day for Kyleigh's fam
and Gigi & Bonka.
The others stayed another hr and a half
soaking in every last bit!
Long Beach airport is our preferred choice.
TSA lines are so much shorter.
I believe this is the first time we've ever had
single day tickets and not hopper passes..
other than our first year in Jan of 2001.
It worked out great.
We lucked out weather wise ...low 60's
which is my favorite! The highest it got
for one day was like 70 degrees. Maybe
drizzled rain slightly twice. So overall
just lovely weather and a memorable time!
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