Disneyland

I love Disneyland, but I hate standing in line for attractions. I’ve made it my mission over the past decade to find all sorts of secret methods and tricks to avoid the Disneyland crowds. On a standard Disneyland day, my family easily fits in 20-30 rides and still has time to get the kids an …

Last year, I ranked my favorite Disneyland attractions for toddlers and preschoolers (or more accurately, Virginia ranked her favorites!).  But Disneyland is more than one park these days, as California Adventure has now finally come into its own with the addition of Cars Land and other recent updates.  My family had the chance to check …

Little V has been to Disneyland three times in her four short years, and considers herself quite the Disneyland connoisseur by now.  Below, she offers her analysis on her favorite rides within Disneyland park, and explains why these are the best rides for other toddlers & preschoolers too.  (Mom offers her thoughts as well).  Don’t …

As I wrote about last week, my family recently took a trip to Disneyland with a fairly large group of adults and young children.  Since my daughter is a big fan of “Lightening A’Queen” (as she calls him), we were excited to explore the new Cars Land attractions in the California Adventure Park.  The only …

It was inevitable that my continuous blog posting would be interrupted by my day job, so my apologies for the last few weeks of radio silence.  Hope it won’t happen again any time soon! The good news is that I ended my rough work period with a long weekend trip to Disneyland last weekend!  This …

If you grew up going to Disney World like I did, you might be surprised to know that the hotel situation in Disneyland is very different.  Disneyland was built first, and Walt Disney only purchased a relatively small amount of land for the park.  As it became clear that Disneyland would be a hit destination, …

Many parents who travel with small children find that their vacation isn’t much of a vacation when they are chasing small children and having to adjust all their plans around naptime and early bedtimes.  One solution is to bring extended family with you on your travels (we invite grandmas whenever we can), but that isn’t …

My husband and I have been big Disney fans for a long time, so we definitely looked forward to taking our little one down to Anaheim as soon as possible. What we did not look forward to was standing in Disneyland lines for hours and finding ourselves with a cranky toddler. Luckily, there are ways you …