Mother's Day 2012

hubby really wanted to see his mom (after all she is 86) for Mother's Day, but I did not relish driving that far and being away from my own kids and grandkids all day...Tim had a great idea for us (Tim, Sam, Zoe and me) to be dropped off at Disney and picked up on his way back home...
great idea and it worked out perfectly...
we got to Disney at about 8 when it first opened and it was a very nice day, not a lot of people (tho we knew it would get crazy as the day progressed...) the weather was overcast...
we headed to Tomorrowland to start with so Tim could get his fast pass for Star Tours and then we all went on Buzz Lightyear...they all had a blast on that ride and we walked right on...Tim's score was at an all time high...I cannot hit those targets for the life of me and my score proved it...(was 500)
decided to hit Fantasyland next as that area is usually packed as the day goes on...once again, we walked onto each ride that we wanted to with no lines...we got on Peter Pan, Snow White, Mr. Toad,
Pinnocchio...oh yeah we also got right on the tea cups and Alice...
next up?  Toon Town...Minnie was in her house and Zoe got to see her...Tim Sam & Zoe went on the roller coaster (Gadget's Go Coaster...) Tim just informed me that this coaster replicates exactly to the one in Tokyo...then to Roger Rabbit (which in all of this time I have never been on...)
decided to then take the long road to New Orlean's and we went on Pirate's while Tim got his requiste Mint Julep (he cannot go to D without one...)
all of the above was done before 10:30 and it was time for the fast pass for Star Tours so he and Zoe went there while Sam and I decided to go get our early lunch (we always eat at the corn Dog Wagon on Main ST...) and they did not disappoint...only one person in line ahead of us...

for Mother's Day, Tim bought me the Ariel doll in Precious Moments...very cute...now I have 3 of the dolls...
Tim decided that he was going to go to the movies in Downtown Disney and see Avengers once again, clearly one of his all time favorite movies...
Sam, Zoe and I went to California Adventures and went to the new Ariel's ride which Zoe had not been on...once again, we walked right on and Zoe was enthralled with the ride...it is cute everytime you see it...Tim said there were some subtle changes to Ariel's hair (which seemed to plasticy)...
Zoe loves the Golden Zephyr so she and Sam went on that (not my kind of ride...)
I hadn't walked the boardwalk in a long time, so we did that and it was nice, not real crowded or anything...altho toy Story was packed so, we gave up on that...
went to the Muppet's show and to Bug's Land (I love the Bug show no matter how many times I see it)...
forgot that we saw the Phineas and Ferb parade while we were there and Zoe was in heaven...
we walked around California Adventure for a little while before we decided to call it a day and go to
Downtown Disney (I had never walked the whole part before) and it was nice we took it leisurely and had a pretzel, let Zoe play at the Lego store for a long time and then met up with Tim at the movies...
took the monorail back into the park and got off in Tomorrowland and again, took it easy and walked slowly and took in more sights than we usually do...
thought we would get dessert and sit and wait for hubby to come get us so Sam and I went to the Candy Store and got some candy and Tim went and got a brownie funnel cake...

all in all we had a terrific day, one of the best days we have ever had there...would love to do it just like this all over again...