Disneyland Day 3

Martin, Peyton and I drug our tired, sunburned bodies out of bed on Thursday morning for our third day of fun in Disneyland. We made a quick pit stop at the World of Disney store to snatch up some hot off the truck Elsa/Anna flip and switch dolls for our friends, and were at the front gates of Disneyland ten minutes before they opened.

Peyton had an appointment for a royal makeover at the Bippity Boppity Boutique, and although was swore we weren't going to be "those parents" who wait in line for a ridiculous amount of time to see Anna and Elsa, we decided we would do it because that's what Peyton really wanted to do (and we were still feeling slightly guilty for permanently scarring her for life with the whole Space Mountain fiasco).

Martin zoomed off with every other dad in the park and headed straight for the Anna/Elsa meet-and-greet line. He's a runner, and he can go fast. But by the time he got there, it was already a two hour wait.

While he began the marathon wait, Peyton got her hair, makeup and nails done and true Princess fashion. She looked adorable and loved wearing her Elsa costume. It was about 10:30 and the temperature was quickly approaching 100 degrees, so the hot dress quickly found its way under the stroller.

I relieved Martin from line torture duty and sweat my ass off in the blazing sun for another 90 minutes while Martin took Peyton on the teacups, the Dumbo ride and a few other nearby attractions.

Finally, after I had melted into a puddle (Peyton, some people are worth melting for), it was her turn to greet Anna and Elsa.

She spent all of 60 seconds greeting to beloved sisters. For that long of a wait she should have stayed for a lunch. But she was happy and we got the next two autographs for our book.

After a quick bite to eat, we made our afternoon plan to finish out our autograph hunt. We still needed Belle, Tiana, Daisy and Donald. Martin got super secret information on Belle and Tiana's whereabouts, so we started off on our quest to find them. Belle showed up on time:

We headed over to New Orleans square where we were told Tiana would be. We waited for about 30 minutes, but no such luck.

So we instead set our sights on Donald and Daisy, who we tracked down in Toon Town.

We got more intel on Tiana and went back to New Orleans once again, but she was still a no-show. We had one blank page in the autograph book...and set our sights on tracking her down the next day.

At about 6pm we lined up for the Soundsational parade (again - Peyton loved it), and Peyton began bitching that her hair hurt. I don't know why - it looked so comfortable. She immediately tore it out and the $65 I paid for that do was officially down the drain.

We rode a few rides at night, and even convinced Peyton to try the Pinocchio ride (in the dark!). We dragged our tired, sweaty selves back to the hotel and cursed ourselves for planning a fourth day of this trip.