Glorious Vacation Day 5: Disneyland (last time)

Our last day at Disneyland was all about hitting those favorite rides one last time, snapping any photos we'd missed and noshing on the last snacks on my carefully curated list. I had ordered Rey costumes for everyone but sized down since the girls are on the smaller side. Turns out they really didn't fit so the bigger ones went to Gita and Sydney. It worked out though because Liesel and Ireland were a little too old for that and they just wanted to be super comfortable.

Liesel and Ireland actually got a lot of compliments on their Adidas skirts- go figure!

Of course Brigitta made herself hot chocolate for breakfast and of course she dribbled it right on the front of that brand-new cream coat! 

 With Magic Morning we were able to snap some photos in front of the castle without a press of people- super rare!

Just in case it broke down again, we got Space Mountain under our belts. Much to Brent's chagrin, I insisted on doing Peter Pan since it was a Magic Morning ride and the line would never be shorter. There was still quite a line, but it was shorter. 

We did the Matterhorn and then It's a Small World

We hadn't done the Storybook Canals yet and then Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway

We headed over to Galaxy's Edge for some blue milk. Turns out they also had blue milk with Nerds which was so good! Someone noticed Sydney and Gita dressed as Rey and mentioned she was just around the corner if they wanted to meet her. We casually headed over not realizing she had been there a while and her time was almost up. 

The way Sydney ran up to her just melted my heart. 

We made Gita hang back because we heard someone saying it was time for her to go but she noticed her and asked if they were sisters. She let Gita join them and then gave them a little Jedi lesson. Here they are taking a deep breath to connect with the force... 

... and saying "You can leave now."

Rey was just so delightful with her British accent and her invitation for us to take a "scan" ie picture of the three of them. Knowing she was ready to leave and stuck around for these two was really special.

While we were there we took some photos around the Millenium Falcon.

I was really having a hard time walking- my pinky toe was completely raw after several blisters so I borrowed one of the girls slides to try and get through the day. Not the best for photos!

Brent used a death grip on BJ...

So Ireland used a death grip on Brent...

Which Brent didn't like so he used one on her...

Which Gita didn't like so she used a death grip on Brent...

Which Sydney didn't like so she used a death grip on Gita...

It's probably best our Lightning Lane window came up for Rise or I think we all would have just killed each other!

Obviously we had to do Smuggler's Run again!

Sydney was having the time of her life!

Our next Lightning Lane was Big Thunder and everyone was getting hungry. I did a mobile order which Brent ran back to grab while we found some seating tucked away from all the madness. We tried the Thanks-mas sandwich and roast beef sandwich. Brent also picked up elote from a trolly. Then there were the lovely desserts! 

The raspberry rose macaron:

The Mickey ornament macaron:

The chocolate cake with Christmas tree icing- so cute!

We had a great time snacking, chatting and watching the Columbia sail by now and again.

When our time slot for Big Thunder arrived we were ready to go!

Then we did Star Tours. While I headed back to the hotel with Liesel and Ireland to enjoy that lovely hot tub again, Brent wisely took our Magic Bands. He took the little girls on Autopia several times to hone their driving skills.  

They managed to do Rise again.

Somehow they managed to squeeze in Finding Nemo and some ice cream snacks.

We met up with them at the Red Rose Tavern where we tried the size of a barge potato bites, chicken cordon bleu sandwich, holiday grey stuff and the holiday punch. It was all really good but the grey stuff and the punch were excellent!

For the last time, we took advantage of Jeanne PLUS and did Indiana Jones. This was the night of Ireland's 1:1 and we did Rise and Smuggler's Run.  

I'd heard the popcorn at Kat Saka's Kettle was delicious but unfortunately they were closed. We decided to go to Pooh Corner for some chocolate- the pumpkin churro toffee, a Tigger tail and a chocolate Rice Krispy treat. 

Since the fireworks were again cancelled, we met back up with Liesel, Gita & Sydney. They were doing some crowd controlled and only allowing people to walk in to Frontierland. The girls did a little shopping where Ireland bought her Disney hoodie. Big Thunder had been closed and when I looked at the Disneyland app I saw it had just opened up so there was no wait so everyone but me ran to fit that in one more time. By this time Sydney was done and I was done so we went back to the hotel. 

Everyone else finished out the night with a frenzy of rides: Space Mountain, Astro Orbiter, Star Tours (twice), Matterhorn, Space Mountain again (twice) and Astroblasters. Heading out of the park for the very last time, they snapped a few photos.