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| Surf's Up Breakfast with Mikey and Friends at Disneyland |
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| Mickey Mouse waffle at the Surf's Up Breakfast |
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| With Daisy and Stitch |
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| Dancing with Mickey and Friends |
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| Hugs, kisses and high-fives |
After having such a great time during the princess character dinner at Ariel's Grotto, we decided to book the Surf's Up Breakfast with Mickey and Friends at the Paradise Pier Hotel. The girls had a great time during the breakfast. They met Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Daisy and Stitch. They got to eat Mickey Mouse shaped waffles, and dance and play with the characters after meeting them. I have to say that I am so surprised at how well both girls did. If we had done this the first day they probably would have run and hid, but allowing them a couple days to adjust to the whole Disney experience made all the difference. Both girls were super social. Elise gave big hugs and asked all the characters to sign both her and Alina's autograph books. Alina actually went up to many of the characters herself to hug them and start dancing. It was great to watch. As pricey as these character dining packages are, they are worth the money. The kids felt far more at ease when the characters came to them, as opposed to waiting in line at the park and walking up to them. Plus it was nice to not feel so rushed with photos.
After our breakfast, we spent the rest of the day at California Adventure Park. Elise loved the rides and being over 40 inches tall, she was able to ride many of the "big kid" rides, hooray. Get this, her favorite rides were Radiator Springs Racers, Soarin' over California and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! She got a few high fives from adults after riding the Tower of Terror as she was laughing the entire time while everyone else was screaming. She is a one brave little girl. On our first day at Disney she was scared to death of the Peter Pan ride because it was too dark, fast forward a few days later and she was begging me to ride Tower of Terror again and again! I am so happy that she got over her fears so quickly. It's funny because she even got to the point where she was upset if she didn't meet the height limit to ride a roller coaster; she's a future thrillseeker for sure!
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| Exploring A Bugs Land at California Adventure |
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| Walt Disney's Storytellers Statue |
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| Riding the Hemlich Chew Chew Train in Bugs Land |
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| Us girls posing by the Hyperion Theater in Hollywood Land |
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| Hollywood Land - Monsters Inc. ride and Tower of Terror |
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| Five & Dime performance car on Buena Vista Street |
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| Grizzly Peak area and Grizzly River Run Ride |
