Conveniently, there's an annual CDA dental convention right next to Disneyland. The cost for our whole family to drive down, stay and play was little more than myself flying down, renting a car and getting a hotel for the weekend. So that was my excuse :)
The girls did well on the road down...I think the final total of "Are we there yet(s)? was about 28. Yes, we counted. There are VERY few perks to a chronic illness like cystic fibrosis, but there is a BIG one when it comes to the happiest place on earth. Faith is allowed to have a pass that gets her and up to 5 guests either to the front of the line, up through to fast pass or even up the exit in many cases, on EVERY ride. A major bonus at Disneyland. All we have to do is renew it quickly each time we go. It's free and no further questions are asked for the rest of the trip as to why we have it. The greatest thing is that we don't have to wait in long lines when it's hot or be fearful of the people and the germs standing next to us in line. Because the girls are so young, we love that we're able to get through the park and rides much faster than we would without that pass. So THANK YOU DISNEY!
Despite my warnings to Morgan about ruining the whole trip for Brooke if we didn't start off super slow, our first ride was Soarin' Over California. Faith squeeled with the excitement that we were flying and Brooke's whole body shook with fear as she cried the whole time while trying to get out of her seat and into my lap...and that was the beginning.
Intermittently throughout the weekend I went to the convention to take a few continuing education courses and pick up some samples. Morgan would take the girls swimming and once even braved D-Land alone for a few hours with them! Brooke never really did like the whole concept and for all 3 days we went. She didn't want to talk to or take pictures with most of the characters, would run away when we tried to take her picture, didn't want her face painted and kept wanting to go home. At every ride she'd ask if it was dark or flying or had stars and then say she was scared. The chosen few rides that made her happy list were Small World, Buzz Lightyear, the carousel and Toy Story (one of our favs as well). It sounds so awful, but it's not like we didn't try to help her enjoy the place. Faith liked most every ride, but wasn't too happy with Tower of Terror this year. The new Turtle Talk with Crush was a brief yet cute new show we all liked, too.
On the road home, Brooke refused to take her Dramamine so she wouldn't get car sick...so she got car sick...twice. Overall we had a good trip, but won't be crazy to go back too soon unless we have another excuse.
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