Disneyland 2009: Take 1

I know what you're thinking...Disneyland again? WE LOVE IT! And by WE, I mean all of us, not just Chase. We decided to make Disneyland our vacation spot for the year because we could get "cheap" tickets through Greg's brother in Southern CA...or so we thought. We should have known this was not going to be a bargain trip when we started off our first day paying DOUBLE for our shuttle bus pass. (Greg claims technical problems at the machine...technical or operator?) Anyway, then we meet his brother at the gate and they won't let him buy the Southern CA pass for us. We didn't work it right, and by then we were just wanting to get in and play. Long story, short: we are now full-fledged annual pass holders and will be spending a few more long weekends at Disneyland to make it worth our money! It was a standing joke for the rest of the trip that we might as well pay double for everything...why change now?
We started off with Chase's favorite rides from last time: Dumbo, tea cups, it's a small world. There were absolutely NO LINES. It was awesome. It was also a Tuesday in February and a little chilly. We had gone on four rides in seriously less than an hour.
I guess a lot can change in a year, because Chase's new favorite ride is officially the race cars. You can just barely see him hanging out the side of this one. He had to ride with daddy every time (go figure) and said he was taking daddy and Pluto on a dew run in the car.
Pluto went on every ride with Chase. The poor dog was carried all over Disneyland and California Adventure. The nice part was that Pluto's blanky has handles so Chase could wear Pluto almost like a purse and not drop him all of the time. Maybe that's one favorite that will never change. I had tears in my eyes watching Chase hug Pluto on our last day. It made his whole trip, and mine too.