Going to Disneyland!!!!

Kristina, Timmy, and I made it to Disneyland Friday and Saturday after Christmas. It was a graduation present for both of them from my mom. We left about 6:30 Friday morning and had a pretty uneventful drive up there. I'm sure it helped that traffic was light as people were on vacation. We got there and it took me another 45 minutes to get my Deluxe Passport and then go to the Annual Passport Center and upgrade it to a Premium Passport. I have to take a picture of that!

We had fun over the next couple of days going on Haunted Mansion Holiday, Space Mountain, Astro Blasters, Autopia, Indiana Jones, California Screamin', Tower of Terror, Soarin' Over California, and Toy Story Midway Mania. It was a blast, but my feet got so tired. I got a room at a Courtyard Marriott for only $20, thanks to my brother's employee discount!

Check more photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/byukirty/sets/72157611911520642/

A return trip to Disneyland?

Since 2003, I've gone to Disneyland every two years. I think it was 2003 when I went with my friends Analane and Kelley there. I might break that pattern this year. My niece wants to go with me to Disneyland while they have the Christmas decorations up, and I'm thinking that sounds like a good idea. I might go in January as well since that's the month of my birth and Disney has a special promotion next year for birthdays. That would be only a year and a half since my last trip, and then only one to three months after that. That'd be so cool. With my brother having a discount he can give to his family, I can get a hotel room for pretty cheap. This is making me think I might have to get a season pass. Hmmmmm........

Graduations!

I went home last week to attend my niece and nephews graduations. My nephew Timothy graduated from Golden West High School on Tuesday night, followed by Kristina's graduation Thursday night at Tulare Union (yay, my alma mater), and a graduation party Friday night. I got to stay in my parents new 5th Wheel, which is really cool. I get to go in it for real (not in my parents yard) this weekend when I go visit my parents and nephews at Pismo Beach for Father's Day!

What a weekend

I started off my weekend by deciding to go see Indiana Jones and the Kindom of the Crystal Skull. I had planned on watching it, but figured I'd go sometime this week as I was tired Friday night and most of my friends that I'd see it with were gone for the weekend. But I really wanted to see it, so decided to go by myself. It was fun! I really enjoyed the movie. It's no Raiders, but it was a lot of fun and I plan on seeing it again.

My niece came into town Saturday with her Color Guard troupe from Tulare Union. They came for a couple of days at Marine World (Discovery Kindgom). I went earlier in the day to Marine World to get my season pass. I parked in the Carl's Jr parking lot and luckily went into the store first before walking over to Marine World. I saw them towing the car next to me when I got back and got my lunch. Anyway, Kris called and said they were on their way, so I met them at the Best Western, and off we went. I hung out with Kris and her friends Tiffni, Alyssa, and Heather. We went on several rides and had fun. We met for dinner with others and I had chili cheese fries. It was a fun night.

Sunday morning I was to drop off Kris and pay for her ticket for that day. I had originally planned on getting a free ticket with my season pass but didn't get it in time, so I had to pay for her ticket. But then I forgot my coupon book, so had to pay $50 for her ticket. I then decided that I might as well get a season pass for her for only $20 more. Unfortunately, once you're in the park, it's $40 more, so it was an expensive day. I normally try not to spend money on Sundays, but my niece was in town and I wanted to spend time with her. I did get to ride on Tony Hawk's Big Spin before I went to church. It was a lot of fun!

After church, I picked up Kristina and we went to Sacramento to see the US Tour version of Phantom of the Opera. I'll have to talk more about that later, but we both really enjoyed it. We got to meet several of the actors afterwards, including those who played the Phantom, Christine, and Raoul.

Monday morning we headed off to San Francisco with the group. I wish they had followed me, as I would have led them into the Pier 39 parking garage where we could have got validations for going to Bubba Gumps for lunch, but instead we went first to the Fisherman's Wharf parking lot and then to Pier 45. We ended up paying $16. Oh well, next time I'll have to be more with it and tell people where the best place to go would be. It was an expensive weekend, but a lot of fun! I love seeing Kristina, and I don't know how many opportunities like this I'll have in the future, with she coming with a group to visit.