Day 2 in DL (Monday) --
Well I woke up dark and early, lol. I had the best sleep in that bed by myself, lol. DH said I was out as soon as I hit the pillow. I got up, brushed my teeth and hair, dressed and waited until it was time for the lounge to open. DH was up too. We went down and you could tell there was one other East-Coaster there because we saw her both mornings just as awake as we were, lol. I had cereal and coffee, he had a whole bunch of stuff. We took some Sprite, Uncrustables and Chips back to the room for later. We finished up there and went back to the room to get ready.
We got ready, and I asked DH if he wanted Mousekeeping or not. We decided that we didn't need it since we had 2 bathrooms and plenty of towels. I called and asked if they could just bring us a little more Shampoo, Conditioner and Shower Gel--also asked if they had any toothbrushes--somehow I only packed one
I know I had 2 in there, but somehow I must have taken one out for something and didn't put it back, lol. A few minutes later, they brought me a huge bag of bath goodies!! Much more than we needed... but very much appreciated!! Since we were on points at GCV, we didn't have Mousekeeping until day 4 and this stuff came in handy!
Here's a daytime view from our room!
So we finished getting ready and decided to go to California Adventure. The quickest way is to go across the street to GCH and use their entrance from the hotel.
They were letting hotel guests get in at 9:15 instead of the normal 10am opening. We were still early, so we hung out in the gift shop for a bit. Ummmm did you know that Magicale is NOT discontinued in
Disneyland... only Disney World!! That stuff was as common as Rosa Regale over there!! I don't care who says "It's the same" It is not!! Magicale is delicious. Back to our scheduled programming.
So we go to get into California Adventure and the CM said, why don't you have a picture? Umm what picture? We had no idea what she was talking about--we got in fine last night. She asked where we got our AP and we said in Florida. She said it must be a Florida thing and asked for our IDs... we showed, she hit a button and we went in. Weird.
Apparently the only 2 things that are open from 9:15-10:00 are Soarin and Ariel's. We stood at Soarin for 15 minutes and they finally said it was down. So we made our way to Ariel's, rode it twice in a row, then stood for a while at rope drop.
Once it was all open, we ran with the bulls to Toy Story, then to California Screamin, Mickey's Fun Wheel, Jumpin Jellyfish, Goofy's Sky School, then stopped at Corn Dog Castle for lunch--I think it was like 10:45am--we were starving. I love that with a Premier Passport we got 15% all food in the parks including Counter Service, and 10% at Downtown Disney. We got a great look at Carsland from the Mickey's Fun Wheel--we went on the sissy part that doesn't swing. From there, we made it over to the Hollywood Backlot and we could see where ElecTRONica would be. We hit Mike and Sulley's ride, watched Muppets 3D, Tower of Terror, and saw where the Aladdin show is--I had tickets for Reserved Seating, but left them in the room so we would go on Tuesday. We had basically knocked out California Adventure and it was barely noon. On our way back, we went through Bugs Land--but it was all very kiddie, so we skipped--but very cute! We circled back to Soarin, rode that and decided to go through Downtown Disney for a bit.
Here are pictures from the day!
(World of Color Viewing Area from Above)
We looked through the shops for a bit. We always do this. We look early in the trip, then mid-end of the trip we had a spree. I just like to take it all in and see if there's anything else out there!
We decided since it was so early, we should go into DL. We get to the DL gate, they ask for our IDs since we don't have a picture. What is this picture thing? We assume it's a CA/FL difference. So we get into DL for the first time in Daylight. It was great! I can't tell you the last time I toured with a map!
Since it was mid-day, and there were still some crowds from the Marathon, we thought we'd just walk around and do a little. I was cold. I underestimated how chilly it would be. We started out on Buzz which is weird because you can pick the guns up--they're not stationary. It was different for sure. Lines were kind of meh... We were getting tired. We started to shop a bit and just look around. We finally were getting a feel for the place and were making a plan for the next morning which was a Magic Morning where we got in 1 hour early. We decided that we were hungry. I think it was a little after 3, but what can you do, lol--we were still set on EST. We were right by Cafe Orleans so we stopped in and they seated us outside. It was cold, but oh well. I got the French Onion Soup and the Pommes Frites, DH got the Monte Cristo and we split a Bananas Foster Crepe. It was pretty good, but I think DH was overwhelmed by the "friedness" of the Monte Cristo. The fries were as good as everyone says! We were really tired. I was still a little hungry as DH heavily sampled my soup and fries. I didn't say anything since it was no big deal--I figured I'd snack on something else later. As we were wrapping up the check, a lovely lady dining solo asked if I was on the Disboards. She recognized us from my avatar and was there for the marathon. How fun to meet an unexpected Dis'er!
So we left Cafe Orleans. We walked around, but realized we were in the wrong direction, so we rode the railroad to Main Street and decided to trek back to the hotel. It was a little after 5pm
When we got back to Paradise Pier, the lounge had the appetizers, etc out. DH got a couple beers, I had a few bites of stuff, we took some stuff for the room, and we rented 2 movies from the lounge. Oliver and Company and D2: The Mighty Ducks
What a combo.
So we got back up to the room, settled in, got comfy in the living room and watched Oliver and Company. After that was over, we went back down to the lounge for the dessert offering--chocolate covered strawberries!!!! Yummy!!
We went back up, watched D2, and upon the ending of that was perfect timing to see World of Color from the room again!! I just loved our view!!
I was kind of sad because the next day we were leaving this hotel, and our view. The morning of Day 3 was going to be busy:
*Breakfast in the lounge
*Get Ready
*Pack
*Check into GCV
*Be at the DL gate by 8:45am
I packed up the big suitcase and only left out things we needed. We were in bed early again.
Day 3 coming up next! Pictures to come hopefully tonight!
***I have more pix on my phone I need to put on here!!
I bet you were up the next morning at the crack of dawn, definitely what happened to us too! lol 
LUVLUVLUV your wedding, pics, and the honeymoon so far!!! I am so ready to read more! So glad to be back into my DIS addiction and see all my old friends again! 
I have missed you, darlin! 
Amazing.
More on that in a minute!
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