We were lucky enough to have a Disneyland Tour Desk in our hotel so we spent an hour or so talking to the lovely lady there, getting all the goss on the best way to tackle everything there is to see and do in the 5 days that we had for both Disneyland and California Adventure Land. So we were up early every morning to be there upon opening, and staying until closing on 4 of the 5 nights (one of those nights was at midnight) and we did actually managed to do and see everything. Sometimes we were even lucky enough to do a ride a second and third time if the line was very short. Can't say the food was the best inside at some of the outlets, but we did find 1 or 2 good ones and gave most a go anyway. Each day was allocated 2 sections and then we also needed to fit in the shows and character appearances.
The Main Street contained most of the shops, and the characters. Emily collected as many of their autographs as she could (32) but Dylan wasn't fussed about it at all. We waited 75 mins to get into the Disney Princess Royal Walk in Fantasyland, only to find 3 of them, not all 7 (much to Lyndons dismay). Fantasyland was good with the kids favourites being the Mad Hatters Tea Cups, The Matterhorn Bobsled, Pixie Hollow and King Arthurs Carrousel. Toontown is for the littler ones but was fun anyway and had Minnie, Mickey, Goofeys, Donalds, and Chip & Dales house. Tommorrow land had Dylans favourites, Buzz Lightyear, Space Mountain, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and the Jedi Training Academy, where he was chosen from the crowd to participate in getting rid of the 'baddies", (he even made his own light sabre and we lugged it all the way home).
Frontierland had Emilys' favourite Big Thunder Mountain Railroad rollercoaster (although when it broke down with us on it up a steep hill, she wasn't so impressed). Off to Critter Country to see Winnie the Poohs Adventure but unfortunately for us Splash Mountain and Davy Crockets Canoes were closed. Adventure Land had Tarzans Treehouse , the Jungle Cruise, Indianan Jones (which we did 3 times, Jodies favourite) then off to New Orleans Square for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean (also done 3 times as it was Lyndons favourite). Also high amongst the favourites was Breakfast with Minnie and Friends, we had a huge buffet breakfast full of yummy treats and about 10 of the characters came along for a photo op and more autographs.
We got a sneak preview of Pirates of the Caribbean III on Stranger Tides, with a live show to introduce it which was great. As Disneyland was hosting the world premier of the movie, some of the rides in this area were closed for the preparations. Our most favourite of all was "It 's a small world" with a riverboat ride through a series of storybook animations (even though that song stuck in our heads for days) and in the night time it turned into a huge movie screen showing pictures taken throughout the day by the Disneyland photographers. Last but not least were the fireworks - a fantastic display set to music for 30 minutes, a great way to end the day.
At the enterance to Disneyland and then at the exit
Us with Walt Disney and then the enterance to Toontown
Us with Green Army man & Woody, then Pooh at Breakfast
The kids fav shop - lollipops then off to Mickey
Cpt Hook at Breakfast and chasing The Mad Hatter
Em with her fav princess Belle, then with her Mouse ears
The must do waterfall shot and Fantasyland castle
Inside the small world and Emily outside of the small world 
Dylans Jedi bad guy and then him with his light sabre, off to save the world
King Arthurs Carrousel in Fantasyland then onto the teacups for a ride
A view up the main street and Emily with Pooh Bears honey pots
Jack Sparrow's actual body double and then the closed sign for the rides
Space mountain ride and the Buzz lightyear ride
By the end of the week we had Disneyland and California Adventure Land well and truely done and dusted although the kids kept saying "well, when we come back next year....." to which we quickly replied " the next time you come here will be with your own children!!!"
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