Grownup Disney Fun

 My friends - twin sisters - Christina and Tiffany turned 40 on Friday, and a few of us celebrated with them on a group trip to Disneyland.

We left Friday morning after dropping the kids off at school - yes, it was a kids-free trip! Here we are, excited and ready for our big day out.

 We went on a very rainy day, and I was thrilled that our drive down went smoothly. (I had been expecting hours upon hours!)

Christina and Tiffany hooked us all up with ponchos, and those, combined with rainboots, kept us dry and happy.

We started out with getting fast passes to Space Mountain, and these were the only fast passes we got all day - the rain kept the crowds down and the lines were short. Hooray!

We went on Space Mountain, Star Tours and Astro Blasters before lunchtime. After lunch, we hit up Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones and Splash Mountain.

 We also got lots of nice snacks - coffees, beignets, churros, hot dogs (not all of us had all of it!). Thankfully, after about 3, it hardly rained.











For dinner, we took the Monorail to Trader Sams, by the Disneyland Hotel. Though the service was slow, the food, drinks and atmosphere were great.

We returned to the park and went on It's a Small World, and then found a spot to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade.

The famous parade was a staple at Disneyland from 1972 to 1996, and Friday marked its return. It was great to be there for its re-opening night. It will be back in Anaheim for five months.

We had a great day and night together, and it was lovely spending time with these special friends.

(My only wish is that we also could have simultaneously been with Dean, celebrating his 40th, too!)