VACATION Archives - Ordinary Grandma

Thanksgiving in Disneyland? How about Thanksgiving dinner with the characters? WELL, that is exactly what we did this year. This magical vacation had been in the planning for 3 years as a whole group of family members were going to be descending on Disneyland. We saved, planned, saved, planned, saved and planned some more. My granddaughters even made a list of what they wanted to see and do. We anticipated this trip, couldn’t wait for the months/years to pass by. FINALLY, the time came for us to pack our bags and head to the airport. Some of us arrived many days before the others as we had other things that we had added to our trip. I will cover that in another blog. Eleven of us in all descended on Disneyland.

Our first day at Disneyland it rained, rained and rained some more. It did’t hamper us at all. Disneyland is so fun and magical a little rain can’t stop us. We are a Disneyland family. We rode ride after ride, waiting in lines, eating our pineapple spears and dill pickles, still delighting in our magical vacation.

On Thanksgiving day, we had reservations to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the characters at Paradise Pier in the PCH Grill, where we feasted on a fun buffet and had Minnie Mouse, Stitch, Micky Mouse, Pluto visit our table and sign autograph books. The grandchildren were in heaven. Their faces were lit up as they waited patiently for the next character to join our table. Even the 18th month old wanted a “hug” from all the characters and was shouting it out with such love. We adults smiled from ear to ear watching the kids have so much fun. This wasn’t your traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The buffet had pork roast,turkey,salmon,potatoes, pumpkin ravioli, just to name a few, hotdogs for the kids, corn on the cob, and I’m not even sure what all the deserts were as I was too busy enjoying the fun my grandchildren were having.

We have eaten at PCH Grill in the past, and it has never let us down. The atmosphere is so friendly. The waiters and waitresses are so friendly and willing to get you whatever you need. A huge shoutout to them as they are always working really, really hard.

Our last day in Disneyland was loaded with trying to fit everything in that we wanted to do. HOWEVER, in the later part of the afternoon, the rain decided to come again. This time we bought Disneyland ponchos for everyone to wear, so we could keep going. Which we did for a little while until we were too cold and wet.

We are a Disneyland family, and visit it quite often, some of us more than others, but some of us try to get there at least once a year. Disneyland you have been so good to us and will visit you again.

IF IT ISN’T YOURS, DON’T TAKE IT! If you didn’t buy it or if it wasn’t given to you as a gift, DON’T TAKE IT! IT ISN’T YOURS!

Life really should be that easy. What has become of our society today, that individuals have to take something that isn’t theirs, something they didn’t purchase or wasn’t given to them as a gift? What would make someone take a baby stroller? YES, A BABY TWO SEATER STROLLER! I’m totally appalled.

First day of vacation, minding our business, eating dinner in Downtown Disney we parked the stroller in the “stroller parking” where many others had parked their strollers, and when we came out of the restaurant, the stroller was gone. Yes, someone had the audacity to steal a baby’s stroller. A BABY’S TWO SEATER STROLLER! What were they thinking or not thinking? Were they thinking of only themselves because obviously they weren’t thinking of the baby that the stroller belonged to or how the mother was going to get the baby back to their destination. What a horrible act to commit. But why are there no video camera’s in Downtown Disney? They are not expensive, and would hopefully capture the stroller thief or thieves. The Disney policeman basically said, “Well that does happen here unfortunately”. They must have had a child with them, so it wouldn’t look funny that they were pushing around an empty two seater stroller. What kind of example is that for a child. A couple of days later, we were in Universal Studios, and ran into another family that had their stroller stolen from Disneyland also. I’m just appalled that people would steal baby strollers. Really?

Downtown Disney needs to take a page from Universal Studios. Everywhere we parked the new stroller (that had to be purchased to get two little boys through a vacation) in Universal Studios was always under video surveillance.

Hopefully the saying “what goes around, comes around” or “bad karma will get those that took the stroller”.

People please if you didn’t buy it, or it wasn’t given to you, IT ISN’T YOURS! DON’T TAKE IT!