Disneyland Vs Walt Disney World

We love both Disneyland and Walt Disney World...We don't like either better than the other; in fact we like the differences....A true Disney Lover loves Disney no matter what! That said, I realize there are many of you out there who love and adore Disney and who have been to Disney World, but have never had the opportunity to go to Disneyland.  If you are a Disney Nut like I am; then I believe you should save up for a trip to the Land and to California Adventure and Here is why....

The Below Photos have all been taken by me or with our family camera.

To start with one of my favorite things that is different at Disneyland and worth seeing is when Dumbo Soars over all of the Fireworks spectators :)! Yes Tinkerbell does as well like at Walt Disney world, but Dumbo flying is just too cool :). Its so cool I am not even adding it to the list! :)

1.   Disneyland is Walts first park that he created and dreamed up. Its where he walked, slept and ate, imagined up new ideas and planned new attractions...Basically I get chill bumps walking through Disneyland because you can literally feel Walts presences, his ideas and his wishes for the magic to live on......

2.  Indiana Jones Ride (WOW)

3.  Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Mr. Toads wild Ride.  I categorize these as one because they are in fantasy land

4. Toon Town is still there and it is amazing....

5. The Roger Rabbit ride and area in toon town

6. The very fact you can walk around in Sleeping Beauties Castle without a reservation is cool by itself

7. Pixie Hollow....Yes there is a Pixie Hollow and its the best most magical place to meet the Fairies

8. Big Thunder Ranch...Our Family loves to eat here every time we visit.

9. The Small World Ride....Its beautiful to view on the outside and the inside has Disney Dolls from the movies that are in their countries.  During the Holiday's the ride is transformed into a Christmas wonder..

10.  Haunted Mansion...This Ride is also beautiful to view from the outside and during the holidays it too transforms into the nightmare before Christmas.

11. The Characters that you cant always see at WDW show up more often at DL...Roger Rabbit is one :)!

12. The way they make your experience more personal...Truly there is no comparison with the feeling you get at DL

13.  The Train around the park....Sigh...SO AWESOME

14. Fantasy Faire

15. Birthday's are unreal at Disneyland

16. The Disneyland Honorary Citizen Button

California Adventure

17. Paradise Pier and Mickey's Ferris Wheel...AWESOME!

18. The Aladdin Show...The best Disney Show I have ever seen...And the Guy who plays the Genie is unreal awesome!

19.  World Of Color  The best show Disney has ever created...Hands down a must see.

20.  The Character Dance parties that happen daily

21.  The 20's theme and the fact the all the characters walking around are all dressed in this attire

22. Soarin...Yes, I know its in WDW, but Soarin is so much better when you are in the actual state they filmed it in!

23.  Bugs Land and the fun rides there to do with little ones....You can also meet Flick...Love Flick

24.  Monsters Inc Ride...LOVE IT! :)

25. Last but Not least OMG CARSLAND...PEOPLE! This alone is the single most important reason as a Disney Nerd to visit Disneyland Resorts!

Rose Petal Tea Party at The Disney's Grand Floridian Resort Hotel

Our youngest daughter turned 10 on September 20th 2013. To celebrate we took her to a special tea party at the Grand.  What a beautiful and fun experience.  I must say it was quite expensive, but the sweet memories we made are well worth the cost to us.  Our oldest son Hayden didn't like the experience as much as the rest of us and wasn't quite in the mood to celebrate Gracie's birthday. Rose Petal gave him pirates ears, which I must say suit our dear son extremely well.

Here are the photos from this lovely time and some funny ones as well.

Places We Have Dined At Disney

We love to eat at Disney.  Our goal is to eat at as many restaurants in Walt Disney World and in Disneyland as possible if not all of them. 

Below is the list of restaurants we have enjoyed.  Beside all sit down restaurants I have placed a number for how many times we have dined there.  Quick serve places I didn't place a number because we have dined numerous times at those places :-). Feel free to email me for my thoughts on a place we have dined.  Note: Some restaurants are no longer in service.

EPCOT 

La Hacienda De San Angel  2

San angel inn 4

Nine dragons 4

Tuttu Italia  ristorante 1
Via Napoli
Teppan Edo

Las Halles bakery

Garden Grille 3

Karamelle kuche

Akershus royal dining 3

Coral Reef 1

Sunshine seasons

RESORT DINING

Wave 2

Chef Mickeys 5

Ohana 3

Kona Cafe 1

Captain Hooks
Spirit of Aloha Luau 1

1900 park fare 2

Citricos 1

Victoria and Alberts 1

Rose petal garden tea 1

Hoop de do revue 2

MAGIC KINGDOM

Crystal Palace 5

Cinderella's royal table In the castle 2

Gaston's tavern

Be our Guest 2

Tomorrow land Terrace

Lunching  pad

Comic Rays starlight cafe

Tony's 1

Columbia Harbour house

Pecos bill tall tale inn cafe

Pinocchio village haus

Sleepy Hollow

Tortuga tavern

Aloha isle

The friars nook

Liberty Tree Tavern

ANIMAL KINGDOM AND RESORT

Boma 1

Sanaa 1

Flame tree BBQ

Yak and yeti 1

Tusker House 1

Pizzafari

Restaurantosaurs

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

High Octane

Hollywood and vine 2

Mama melrose 2

50's prime time diner 2

Abc commissary

Backlot express

Sunset lounge market

Studio catering company

Fair fax market
The Brown Derby
Sci Fi Diner

DOWNTOWN DISNEY WDW

T. rex

Wolfe gang puck express

Wolfe gang puck grand

Earl of Sandwich

El Campero

Capt Jacks

DISNELAND And CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE and  DownTownDisney in CAli

New Orleans cafe 

The plaza inn

Big thunder ranch BBQ 3

Ranco del zolcado

Wine country at Trattoria 3

Flos cafe 

Ariel's grotto

Hungry bear

Taste pilots grille

Pacific wharf cafe 2

Cozy cone 2

Clarabelles ice cream

Daisy diner

Boardwalk pizza pasta

Paradise grille

Rita's Baja blenders

Lucky Fortune cookery

Cocina cucamonga Mexican grille

Rides for babies and children under 5

I have come to the conclusion that many people don't realize that almost every ride and attraction at a Disney park is geared toward the ENTIRE family.. Most families who have never been assume that their babies and elderly or pregnant women can't ride a lot of rides.  There is a list of the height requirements for rides and attractions in every park on Disney's website, but I decided to put them all on  here to make it easier to view.

Here is the list of rides in each park in Walt Disney World and at Disneyland Resorts that are appropriate for pregnant women and young children.

Here are some photos of me pregnant at Disneyland and Walt Disney World

DISNEYLAND SEPT 2012 (3 months pregnant)

WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORTS (CHEF MICKEY'S) OCT 2012 (Four Months Pregnant)

WALT DISNEY WORLD (Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party) Dec 2012 (6 months pregnant)

WALT DISNEY WORLD (EPCOT) January 2013 (7 months pregnant)

Baby Gannon June 2013 riding Buzz Lightyear for the first Time :) he was 9 weeks old

Gannon (9 weeks) on Small World for the first time

WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORTS

MAGIC KINGDOM

ANY HEIGHT

• Astro Orbiter
• Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
• Casey Jr. Splash n Soak Station
• Country Bear Jamboree
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• Enchanted Tales with Belle
• Haunted Mansion
• "it's a small world"
• Jungle Cruise
• Liberty Square Riverboat
• Mad Tea Party
• Main Street Vehicals
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Mickey's Philharmagic
• Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor
• Peter Pan's Flight
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
• Under the Sea Journey of the Little Mermaid
• Walt Disney World Railroad
• Carousel of progress
• Enchanted Tiki Room
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin

Rides and Attractions for young Children 32 inches or taller (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 2 years old)

•  The Barnstormer
• Tomorrowland Speedway

Rides and Attractions for young children 40 inches or taller (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 3 years old)

• Big Thunder Mountain
• Splash Mountain
• Stitch's Great Escape

Animal Kingdom

Any Height

• Jungle Trek
• Kilimanjaro Safaris (ride)
• It's Tough to be a Bug (show)
• Tricera Top Spin (ride)
• Wildlife Express Train (ride)
• Wilderness Explorers
• Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
• The Oasis Exhibits
• Habitat Habit
• Fossil Fun Games
• Discovery Island Trails
• Conservation Station
• The Boneyard
• Affection Section

Rides and Attractions for younger children 38 and 40 inches (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 3 years old) 

• Dinosaur (40 inches)
• Kali River Rapids (38 inches)

EPCOT

Any Height (rides and shows)

• Turtle Talk with Crush
• Spaceship Earth (Ride)
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends (Ride)
• Maelstrom (Ride)
• Living with the Land (Ride)
• Journey Into Imagination With Figment (Ride)
• Gran Fiesta Tour (Starring the Three Caballeros  (Ride)
• Advance Training Lab
• Captain EO
• The American Adventure
• Ellen's Energy Adventure
• The Circle of Life
• SeaBase (Aquarium)
• Innoventions East and West
• Impressions de France
• ImageWorks - The "What If" Labs

Rides and Attractions for young children 40 inches (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 3 years old)

• Test Track
• Soarin

HOLLYWOOD STUDIO'S

Any Height (rides and shows)

• The Great Movie Ride
• Muppet Vision 3D
• Toy Story Mania
• Studio Backlot Tour

Rides and Attractions for young children 40 inches (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 3 years old)

• Star Tours
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA

Any Height

• -Pinocchio's daring journey
• -Mr. Toads wild ride
• -Snow Whites Scary Adventure
• -The Enchanted Tiki Room
• -The Jungle Cruise
• -Alice in Wonderland
• -The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• -Pirates of the Caribbean 
• -Dumbo the flying elephant 
• -Astro Orbitor
• -King Arthur's Carousel
• -The Disneyland Railroad
• -Buzz Lightyear
• -Casey Jr circus train
• -Chip and Dale Treehouse
• -Mickey and Minnie's house
• - Roger Rabbit ride
• -Davy Crocketts explorer canoes
• -Great moments with mr Lincoln
• -Finding Nemo's submarine voyage 
• -Donald's Boat
• -Goofys playhouse
• -Haunted Mansion
• -It's a Small World
• -Mad Tea Party
• -Main StreetVehicles
• -Mark Twains riverboat
• -Peter Pans flight
• -Sailing Ship Columbia
• -Storybook land Canal boats
• -Sleeping Beauty's Castle Walkthrough

Rides and Attractions 40inches:  (Hayden has been riding these rides since he was 3 years old)

Space mountain 

Splash Mountain

Big Thunder Mountain

Star Tours

Autopia

Gadgets Go Coaster

Rides and Attractions 42 inches: (Hayden was 4 when he rode these rides)

Matterhorn Bobsleds

DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

Any Height 

-Ariel's Under the Sea Adventure

-Mickeys fun Wheel

-The Golden Zephyr

-Red Car Trolley Buena Vista Street

-Toy Story Mania

-Muppet Vision 3D

-Monsters Inc.  Mike and Sully to the rescue

-King Triton's Carousel 

-It's tough to be a bug

-Heimlichs chew chew train

-Flick's Flyers

-Francis' Lady Bug Boogie

-The Bakery Tour

Rides in Disney's California Adventure 32, 36, 40: (Hayden was between 2 and 3 years old when he rode these)

-Jumping jellyfish

-Luigi's Flying Tires

-Radiator Springs Racers

-Maters Junkyard Jamboree

-Silly Symphony Swings

-Soarin' over California

-Tuck and Rolls drive em buggies

- Twilight Zone's Tower of Terror

Rides in Disney's California Adventure that are 42inches. Hayden rode these at 4 years old

-42 inches Grizzly River Run

-42inches Goofy's sky school

Happy 58th Birthday Disneyland