Courtyard By Marriott Anaheim

... a late lunch & few naps & then back to Disneyland from 7.30 to 11.30 pm for a special "Trick or Treat" party.

Disneyland an night looks fantastic with all the neon lights and flashing signs. We did all sorts of rides that we hadn't yet tried and collected a zillion lollies that were being handed out all over the place. Most of them ...

... to go jogging. J-Lo is also about to start a new movie and we saw them doing up the street for that. There was also a lot of talk about some program that the yanks love called Chuck, don't think we've heard of that. Oh, they love Simon Baker over here. After Warner Bro's we headed up to the Griffiths Observatory and we could actually see it this time, it wasn't surrounded by fog. Josh loved it here. We were able to go inside. They've just finished ...

... He has decided that when he finally goes "postal" it will be to it's a small world after all....... The rides were pretty fun, we were expecting a few more though. We saw some of the characters, Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Goofy & Pluto, Donald Duck & many more. It was a pretty long day but it's great cause we are staying right across the road from the park so we can come & go as we please ...

... out for dinner and a place called Denny's, this place was a pleasant surprise and the food was not to bad as well as reasonably priced. Home then and into bed. Surely this shopping must end soon! Day 196 Anaheim With the outlet shopping done it was time to head into town to Rodeo drive and the farmers markets. Well at least that was the plan. As we all know about the best laid plans! We headed to Wal mart for a few little things to fill in some gaps in the bags! Then as we came ...

... and we went on a few rides that all of us could go on, and i went on a ride on my own then on others with mum and nan, so we had a good day there. We stayed until 8pm but we didn't watch the parade because we wanted something to look forward to the next day when we went again. We went on the train that went around the park to save you from walking everywhere, so that was even detailed because as you go through each 'land' in Disneyland ...

... stalls selling nothing but bbq'd meat by the kilo and dozens of other people trying to sell something to accompany it. It looked great and tempted as I was, I found a small café just outside and ate something a little less intimidating! Staying in the hostel were a few random people.. a family that had been sent by their church in Seattle to build a church in the villages, not that Oaxaca needed any more.. there was a church on almost every other corner ...

... to the gate when Michelle noticed her ticket was no longer in her pocket! Having a mild heart attack we quickly re-checked all of our stuff and then split up to search the area. Thankfully when Michelle went up to the ticket counter to explain the situation to the ticket agent she immediately handed her the lost ticket. Whew! We boarded the plane to discover that we were surrounded by toddlers; one right next to us, and two ...

... all the shows and went on all the rides. It was a long long time ago but I think the Florida Universal is bigger so it was fairly easy to get around everything in one day. There was no Back to the Future, Jaws or ET rides here, but that's possibly just because things have moved on... The 3-D shows are always fun so I saw Terminator which also had some live acting and Shrek complete with wobbly seats. We were allowed to have 2 goes on The ...

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We spent two weeks hiding out in Los Angeles. We never stayed in a hotel for more than a night and bounced around all over LA. We stayed in Hawthorne, Lawndale, East LA, West LA, we bounced around all over the City of Angels and there are many stories to tell about this two weeks in hiding, yet I have not the time nor the space for such things...