Disneyland Pre-Trip Preparations

So as you know, we're heading out to Disneyland in just a few days, so I thought I'd do a quick blog update about or Disneyland preparations.

Obviously, one of the biggies that I do is plan our itinerary for what rides we're going on when.  But instead of showing it to you know, I'll wait until after the trip and do a side-by-side comparison to see how closely we followed the agenda.

But I will show you our typical "things to bring" list for our Disneyland trip [click to enlarge]:

As you can see, it's pretty much like heading into battle.  Is there anything we forgot?  The kitchen sink, perhaps?

Speaking of the kitchen sink, there's a dessert called that at the Paradise Pier Hotel next to the parks.  

 Here's a picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettydaisies/2616259927/ 

Yeah, we're gonna get one for all of us to share on the day we arrive in Anaheim.

Lest you think we're gluttonous, notice that our food list doesn't contain a lot of candy and sugary treats.  We're trying to eat healthier on our trip--plenty of fresh fruit, wheat crackers, string cheese, etc.  One treat we are having on the drive, however, is homemade trail mix:

Last night, we set out bowls of various trail mix items, and let the kids bag their own custom mixes:

Elliott got a little too excited and spent most of the time eating it:

We've also been watching our many Disneyland trip home videos, and we even found Maddy's old Mickey Mouse hat, which Elliott has been wearing all the time:

Next update: Disneyland Trip 2012!!