Friday, March 14 – Friday, March 21

We flew with Alaska Airlines from Las Vegas to Santa Rosa airport direct on Friday, the 14th. We arrived on time, stayed at the Hotel Centro overnight. We were at Rosie’s Saturday morning and brought Rylan back with us on the same flight, but in reverse. The drive from Las Vegas to home was awesome.

We had Rylan until Friday, when we drove into Anaheim for her Disneyland birthday.

Friday, March 21

We drove into Anaheim, leaving about 9 am, with Rylan. She travelled great! We ended up with a flat right front tire, a slow leak that we found at the Terrible Herbst in Moapa, that we fixed in North Las Vegas. The tire guys were great and we only lost about an hour or so. Traffic into Los Angeles and the Anaheim area was tough. We went directly to the Splitsville restaurant (the old House of Blues in the Downtown Disney walk), were first to arrive and we all were together for our 6:00 pm reservation. We had Grandpa and Grandma, us, Rylan and Aidyn and Rosie and Tommy, Douglas and Lauren, and Yasmin and Robbie, a group of 12. Emee and Kelly are arriving Saturday evening.

Saturday, March 22

A busy day in the park with a large group of 12. We were all staying at the Embassy Suites on Harbor Blvd. It is next to the Buca de Beppo restaurant and there is an Anaheim bus stop right next to the complex.

Breakfast was included. Timing of the bus was key, but it all worked out. The times are not exactly fixed, but you can ‘see’ the bus on the Anaheim rapid transit app. Maybe somewhere a little closer next time, easier access for in-out during the day.

Dinner was at Buca with our large group. Emee and Kelly showed up for dinner and spent Sunday with us all in the park.

Sunday, March 23

Today was the big Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique event for Rylan. It was around 10 am, so we were a little more disjointed but it all worked out well. Rylan was precious!

We took Aidyn, Grandpa/Grandma took Rylan in our rooms and we left the kids to enjoy the park after hours. Everyone did their own dinner thing, we went back to Buca for a pizza takeout.

Monday, March 24

We all checked out together, pretty much. Douglas and Lauren stayed and flew home later that afternoon. The drive home was uneventful and we arrived home late afternoon.