We had a shutdown for a week for the July 4th weekend. Nikila has been asking for going to Disney Land for some time. We were not sure how Pranav is going to handle such a long journey. So we did not confirm this trip till the last minute.
We booked our hotel in front of the Disney (Ramada Maingate). This is is nice hotel and very convenient, just walk to Disney.
We started on 4th of July and the onwards journey was very easy with no traffic.
On 5th of July we took LA tour from a company. This tour takes you across nice places in LA. This is not very good and would not recommend this. One place that was very good though was Rodeo Drive (Costly shopping). On 6th we went to Disney Land and spent the whole day here. The crowd was moderate (I would still call it heavy). On 7th we went to California Adventure. This is the first time for us here and we enjoyed a lot. There was minor earth quake in the evening and all the rides were shutdown. These were re-opened after an hour or two. Pranav was eligible for many rides and he enjoyed. Nikila did not enjoy anything that was in the dark rooms. On 7th we went to Legoland. This is mostly very very small rides and strictly for little Kids. Surprisingly Pranav is not allowed in any of the rides. Nikila had fun but waiting in the lines for such small rides is not very good and especially after visiting Disney land.
On 8th of July we started back home early in the morning. But wanted to take another tour: Star Homes. This is a 2hour tour from Kodak theater that takes you around many stars homes. This is another boring one and I won't recommend this one too. We went to Madamme Tussads after this as it was include in the Stars Homes tour. This is OK and a bit of time pass, not very great. We started late in the evening back home.On the last day Pranav showed us what he could have done the entire trip: Cry a lot. He had some discomfort and does not want to sit in the car and cried a lot, I mean a lot. We were worried if we can make it home that night or halt some where and start the next day. But after a while, he settled into sleep and we drove back.
The weather was not July like. It was cloudy the whole time and was very good, as hot weather would have tired us out.
This is the first time for Nikila to be away from home (other than India trip) for so many days. The last day she started saying she wants to go home and does not want to see anything else. The lines in Disney bored her and she said Disney is boring. May be the long journey and long lines took her patience out. Watching Disney castle on TV, she thought its some where around. The next day after we came back, we were to go to a party and she asked me if its near by or drive a long way.
