Christmas Time at Disneyland

My boyfriend and I recently went to Disneyland for a couple days. Disneyland in the winter is the best ever. The castle is covered in snow, there are huge Christmas trees, all the characters are in holiday themed outfits. It’s just super cute and festive and wonderful.

The first evening we were there, there was an Annual Passholder event for Limited Time Magic, a screening of The Santa Clause. They held it at the Opera House on Main Street, which is where the Abraham Lincoln thing normally is. It was a really great idea for a special event, and probably super easy to pull off, while still being festive and awesome for the passholder attendees!

We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel, the beautiful hotel that’s connected to California Adventure. It is, in fact, quite grand. The lobby is huge, with lots of cushy chairs and a huuuge Christmas tree. Because we stayed there, we got early entry into the park! The line to get in from the hotel was actually quite long, but we still got in early, and immediately headed to Cars Land. The line was already long, but the single rider line was so non-existent that we literally walked right on - and we got to sit together! We got right back in line after we got off, and walked right on again!! We rode the most popular ride in the park twice in like ten minutes, it was amazing.

One of my favorite rides at Disneyland is Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. In it, you are on a moving track going through different rooms where you have to shoot at various targets. Not a lot of people know this, but the shape of the targets determine the amount of points. Circles are the most common ones, but they’re only worth 100 points. I only go for the diamonds and triangles, which are worth 5,000 and 10,000 points. At one point, the ride stopped (probably to let on a handicapped person), and I was right in front of a triangle target. I aimed my gun for it and didn’t stop pulling the trigger until we moved again. I accumulated a TON of points. At the end, I ALMOST broke 1 million points, which is by far the most I’ve ever gotten!!