There and Back

           I finally got away to the Happiest Place on Earth and Anthony and I had an amazing time.  We left friday at 9 am and arrived at 4:45 thanks to Los Angeles traffic.  After dropping our stuff in the hotel room, we took the 10 minute walk to Downtown Disney and wondered around stores after buying tickets for the park and making reservations at Rainforest Cafe.  It was so much fun eating what we wanted and having fun alchy drinks to boot.  Also we were seated right below this gorilla that kept judging us for laughing too much while eating :-)  We went to bed not too late and got up at 8 am Saturday to make sure we got maximum park time.  We did discover by trying to make a reservation at the blue bayou that Pirates of the Caribbean is closed until Thanksgiving, so that was kinda sad.  We still had a great time and went on Space Mountain 3 times, Star Tours 4 times (we got the death star twice), and Indiana Jones 2 times.  Great food every night and wondering around the park together was so much fun, and coincidentally it was the first time Anthony and I have gone on a vacation together without a group.  It was sweet and romantic, a great way to celebrate 2 years together.
             Also, I introduced Anthony to Dole whip!  Its one of my favorite things about the park and if you haven't seen the stand by the Tiki Room, you should definitely check it out.  So needless to say, he loved it as much as I do and we had for breakfast both days we were in the park.  We bought the last Hooter doll in the Star Tours store.  If you are unfamiliar with Hooter, he is a character from Captain EO that our friends lovingly decided is like Anthony.
           OMG I almost forgot the best thing about Disney on the particular days we were there, it was Anaheim gay days.  People dressed in red shirts in support of the gay community and the park was flooded with people who believe in equality.  I don't think I've ever seen so many happy couples of all gender combinations.  It was remarkable and so wonderful to see people showing support for equality and having a great time doing it.  I guess it is a tradition to all hop on the steamboat at Disney at the same time and we got this video of the first trip on the steamboat (there were so many people that they had to make 3 trips for everyone to get on the boat).  It was wonderful and made the trip so much more fun because alot of people had personalized their red shirts with such fun lines as: "He's gay"(with an arrow pointing to one side), his friend wore a shirt that said "don't let him fool you, he's gay too", it was alot of fun being around so many people who were out and proud, or strongly in support of the gay community.  It was encouraging to see that kind of support.
          Oh and because it was October the park and several rides were Halloween themed.  Haunted Mansion was of course Nightmare Before Christmas themed, Space Mountain was Ghost Galaxy, and the entrance had these way cool characters on top of the entrance and throughout the park.   They lit up at night and it was so cool.  Overall Disneyland at the holidays it way fun and Anthony is amazing for coming with me and making me feel like a princess at Disneyland.