We started our honeymoon with a stop in Salt Lake City to go through the temple there. It was a beautiful experience. From there we headed to Las Vegas for our open house there and then we hit the road for our honeymoon!
Benn and I bought Southern California City Passes which got us into San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld, Universal Studios, Disneyland and California Adventure. We were able to spend 1 day at each, but 3 days at Disneyland/California Adventure. Seeing that disneyland is Benn's happy place, you can see why Disneyland got such precedence. We had a blast and I think we both would agree that Disneyland was our favorite. We snacked on TONS of churros and tried to take a lot of pictures. We also bought bread, jam, peanut butter, and some other snacks so that we could save money by not eating very much in the parks since food prices are outrageous! (by pricey we mean, Benn ordered this meal that turned out to be fried breaded bread marinated in cajun grease = 17 bucks). All the parks were good with it except for seaworld. They made us throw away our sandwiches when we tried to get in, so when they told us to throw them away, Benn acted like he got both of them out of the backpack but throw only one away... we split the second :)
Universal Studios was very enjoyable. Besides the plenty of people to make fun of at our beckon call, waiting in line wasn't all that bad ( what can we say, they had "mist"ers). The jurrasic park ride soaked us to the bone and Benn got the goose pimples as we listened to the music as we waited in line. The only down side was the replacement of E.T. with a Mummy ride and Back to the Future with The Simpsons(which made Benn and I both little "queasy"nauts).
When we were at Disneyland, we were riding the Indiana Jones ride while it broke down. So we got to sit in our car for about 20 minutes with all the lights on. Finally somebody came and got our group and we walked out of the ride. It was really cool to see what the ride looks like with lights on. It was interesting to see shelves of paint cans and cleaning supplies just tucked away into the corner. Seeing that its almost pitch black on the ride who-da thunk? Totally different and not scary at all! Megan's favorite discovery of this experience is the scary snake about half way through. It turns out that the snakes head isn't connected in any way to the rest of the snakes body... "oh darkness, you tricky devil..." We saw things that we never noticed before, but when we rode it again I was able to notice them. Just proof that when you aren't looking for it, you don't even seen it!
California Adventure got a huge revamp as they added, and are continuing to add on to the park. THere was a new Little Mermaid ride(which Benn was really impressed with, it made him feel like a little princess under the sea), and A Bug's Life now has its own little mini theme zone. As we were walking around we cam upon a section of the park that was barricaded with an announcement for Radiator Springs (Disney's CARS) so we took a picture and sent it to Jessica to show the boys.
We also watched some shows at Disneyland and I'm not kidding when I say that I got a little choked up. We watched fantasmic, which gave Benn goosebumps. I'm starting to believe that he's more of a kid than I am. (maybe thats why he acts the way he does). Haha! I just remembered being a kid and loving those classic disney movies. The messages of the shows were to never give up on your dreams and they played some of my favorite disney songs.(except for the seemingly endless reaccuring motif of dysfunctional families... think about it, in every movie there is always only ONE parent). Besides all that our time there really was great and even those crazy/weird people there, gum every where, HORRIBLE wait times for rides, I was reminded how much I love Disneyland. Benn and I were even planning when the best time would be to take our imaginary kids there. :) We had a great time and it was wonderful!
