Disneyland!

The Dragon Hostel is very clean, and fairly comfortable, but we’re missing the space we had in Beijing. The room is pretty small, and the beds a little harder. Not bad for the few nights that we'll be here. The location is great though. Shopping is close by and the subway is a two minute walk. We also only have Internet access in the lounge area, so we'll likely not be doing as many webcam chats!

This morning we went to Disney! The metro was easy to get around in and Disney even has its own line. That line has Mickey shaped windows and handles, and stars on the ceiling.

The girls were so excited and had a really magical day. We started in Fantasyland where they enjoyed Winnie the Pooh, It’s a Small World, and Mickey’s Philharmagic, a 3-D movie that even had us smelling pies, feeling a gust of wind, and getting wet by a spray of water!

From there we made it to Tomorrowland. The girls went on Space Mountain. Yasmin of course loved it and wanted seconds, but Roya had had enough with going once. They also shot space robots with Buzz Lightyear, and drove cars around a track.

Adventureland was fun too, but by this time the 30 degree weather and humidity was getting to us. We made it through Tarzan’s treehouse and took a jungle river cruise. We tried a haunted jungle, but it was a bit too scary.

By late afternoon we were thinking it was time to go, but we decided to catch just one more show. Some of the rides and the shows were air conditioned so it gave us extra incentive to stay. We ended up staying for that show and one more and then watching the Glow in the Park Parade which was going on especially for Halloween.

We got home late, the kids were really tired, but everyone was happy. Walt Disney really does do it up right!

CM