Disneyland 2025

Tuesday morning on the 17th of June, I woke up at 5am so I would have time to shower and get dressed before the breakfast bar opened at 6:30. I woke everyone else up around 5:30. We wanted to get over to Disneyland as quickly as possible. Our hotel was close enough (about a 10 min walk) that we could walk to the Toy Story Parking Lot where they did a security check and then we loaded on buses to be dropped off at the Disneyland gates. Since we already did a security check, we did not have to do it again when we arrived there. This was the first time Ricky's family had ever been to Disney, except Jenna, who came when she was a kid. It was fun to do this with them!

Waiting to get through the ticket line.

Our plan was to get on Rise of the Resistance (Star Wars) first, but the line was ridiculously long because they were already having issues with the ride. So, we went to the other Star Wars ride instead, Smugglers' Run.

Immediately after Smuggler's Run, we rode Thunder Mountain Railroad, which is a rollercoaster. That one is always fun.

Alice and I rode Thunder Mountain together.

We bought the Lightning Lane Pass, which used to be called the Max Pass. It helped us get on some of the rides quicker. We could reserve a time to get on a ride and then we'd have 1 hour to get on the ride after it passed that time. Unfortunately, we could only reserve one ride at a time. For the fun of it, I decided to keep track of which rides we rode throughout the day: Smuggler's Run, Thunder Mountain, Adventure Land Treehouse (Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse), Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Rise of the Resistance (finally!), Lunch break at Hungry Bear, Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Space Mountain, the Railroad train that goes around the whole park, Mickey's house, Chip and Dale's Gadget Coaster, Alice in Wonderland, and the Monorail. Even though the park closed at midnight, we ended up leaving the park around either 7:30 or 8:30pm because we were so tired and we knew we had another full day ahead of us the next day. Here are some more pictures from the day. Most of my pictures I posted to Facebook, so I won't post as many here.

Pirates of the Caribbean

We saw some friends from church while in line for the Haunted Mansion. Catalina Diaz and her granddaughter, Amiyah. We knew they would be there, but we didn't plan a meet up. It was so cool that we saw each other by coincidence.

Rise of the Resistance

Lunch at Hungry Bear

In line for the Indiana Jones ride.

Jack was so tired, that he lay down to take a nap while some of us went into Mickey's house. Others rested in the same area with him.

Inside Mickey's house.

They got to meet Mickey Mouse! I don't think we met him 5 years ago when we came.

Garrett and Alice riding Chip and Dale's coaster.

We had to ride this ride for Alice for obvious reasons.

Cousins

Finishing the Alice in Wonderland ride.

Riding the Monorail, the last ride of the day.

The kids loved this big wet ball that you can spin around.

Walking down Main Street heading to the exit.

On our way out.

It was such a fun day! However, I did learn that I needed to wear some mole skins on different parts of my feet to help keep from getting blisters, so we did buy some of those. They saved my feet throughout the week! When we got back to the hotel, some people went swimming, and we warmed up some microwaveable meals that we had bought the day before. They came in handy for not having to go get food somewhere at the end of the day when we're exhausted. Then we relaxed by watching TV. It was a great start to our trip!