Thanksgiving @ Disneyland

This year for Thanksgiving, Kelsey and I decided to stay down south because we will probably be up north for most of December and it only made sense with gas and money.. With that being said, Kelsey's close friends; The Emery's; invited us to spend Thanksgiving day and the next day with them at Disneyland. We hadn't had anything planned, so it worked out perfectly, especially since Kesley and I get into the parks for free with our premium passes!

So on Thursday, we spent the day in Disneyland going on all the rides and once 5pm hit, we made our way to The Hilton for Thanksgiving dinner that we had reservations for. There, we ate an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet, which included everything that you would normally have for Thanksgiving. After dessert, Linnea and Mike were tired, so I offered that Kelsey and I take the kids(Alec & Kenna) back to the park since it wasn't too late and they wanted to go back on some more rides. That seemed to work out perfectly, because Kelsey and I wanted to stay a little longer as well. Sidebar - both nights in Anaheim were freezing! Once we dropped the kids off at their hotel with their mom, Kelsey and I headed back to her home in Toluca Lake.

Friday, the next day, you would expect Disneyland to be almost empty because of Black Friday.. right? Wrong. It was the most packed we had seen it in a long time. On top of the hordes of people pushing you out of the way to get ahead, the rides decided to break down every so often, delaying the lines even more! That was extremely annoying as well.. We spent most of our day in the California Adventure Park. For dinner, we decided to eat somewhere in Downtown Disney and ultimately chose to eat at The House of Blues.. which was extremely good.. Linnea decided to order Kelsey a "Blow Job" shot for her belated 21st birthday. That was interesting! After dinner, we migrated over to the Disneyland Park and watched the firework show.

Pictures from Disneyland

To conclude the night, Kelsey and I parted ways with our friends and went to look around the Disneyland shops, architecture, and history of the park. We love the rides and everything, however, we both really love and appreciate the origin of the park and it's creators. I'ts extremely fascinating and I highly recommended it if you have not yet been inside of that area of the park. It's directly to the right when entering the Disneyland Park. To say the least, we had an extremely good Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I don't normally speak for Kelsey, but I'm sure she would agree that she enjoyed herself and we are both extremely thankful for everything Linnea and Mike did for us these past few days!

Happy Holidays everyone!