Today is the Disney/Pixar employee holiday party in Disneyland. The park closes at 6pm for the general public. Then the park will be available for Disney/Pixar employees only.
It’s raining today but it doesn’t stop us from having a good time in Disneyland! Just glad the rain is not heavy and the wind is not strong. We’ve experienced rainy weather before and our worst rainy weather experience has always been at Disney World!
During the day, we didn’t bring the stroller. Nelson carried Nathan or Nathan walked (or ran everywhere) by himself while we were in the park and I carried a backpack with Nathan’s stuff in it. It was actually much easier walking in the park without the stroller because we didn’t have to find a place to park the stroller or we just didn’t have to hassle with it. It was faster for us to get on one ride and onto the next ride without having to move the stroller from one place to another.
Since it’s raining today, there’s a lot less people in the park. We got to ride most of the rides before noon. Good thing most of the rides in Disneyland are indoors like Pirates of Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan, etc.
Surprisingly, the longest line I saw was the line for It’s a Small World! I guess since the duration of the ride is kinda long, most people wanted to get out of the rain. Good thing there was hardly a line when we got on it.
Finally, Nathan is tall enough to ride Matterhorn! Height requirement is 35″.
However, the height requirement will change to 42″ sometime next year because the ride will no longer be a two person in one seat. The seating will be changed to one person per seat. So when Disneyland changes the seating for Matterhorn, Nathan will not be able to ride Matterhorn until he reaches 42″! 🙁
I like the baby care center more in Disneyland than in CA Adventure Park. The changing bed at the baby care center in Disneyland is bigger than the one in CA Adventure Park. The baby care center is just bigger overall in Disneyland.
We used the microwave at the baby care center in Disneyland to warm up Nathan’s lunch.
Front area of baby care center
At the baby care center, you can even buy diapers, baby food, baby formula, etc, They have all diaper sizes and it cost $1 each. I didn’t buy any from there since we brought some from home. But some woman bought one for her toddler and she paid $1 for it.
For lunch, we ate at Cafe Orleans. While eating, Nathan was dozing off.
When we go back to Disneyland Park at 6pm, we will bring Nathan’s stroller this time so that he can sleep in it later. The holiday party is until 12:30am. We usually stay out that late in Disneyland anyway.
Before heading back to the park, I covered the stroller with clear plastic bags so it doesn’t get too wet. Nelson told me that the BOB stroller comes with a water-proof cover but it is expensive. I figured why spend money on an expensive cover if I can create my own cover! 🙂 Even Nathan’s diaper bag is covered very well. The diaper bag is hanging at the back part of the stroller.
