Disneyland November 2019

My family loves Disneyland, and this vacation we went hardcore. We spent four days on vacation, one day in Knott's Berry Farm, two days in Disneyland, and one day in Universal Studios. I was so excited to go on this trip because it would be my first trip that I went to Disneyland during the holidays. I would say that this was one of the best Disneyland trips we have been on so far, and we have been to Disneyland four times, Disneyworld Paris once and Disneyworld Florida once. I find that every trip and vacation that we take, especially when it is Disney related, I think we get closer as a family. The following is what we did on our Disneyland vacation during November 2019.

Day 1: Knott's Berry Farm

Everything is decorated for Knott's during the holiday's. I really enjoyed looking at all of the different trees and taking photos with the props around the park. I really enjoyed the aesthetic of the "frozen" water fountain. The family really enjoyed all of the crazy roller coasters (not me, I was too scared for those.)

Day 2: Day one at Disneyland

The first day at Disneyland I mainly spent it trying to take in all of the surroundings of the Christmas decorations. It was also my first full attempt of trying to get a lot of video footage for the Christmas surprise I made for my family, which was a video of the trip. They really appreciated the video and I thought it turned out really well. First things first, we tried the gingerbread men at Disneyland and OH MY GOODNESS. They were the best cookie I've ever eaten. They were so soft and so amazing I couldn't even describe it. Just like Disney magic. I really enjoyed eating all of the Disney holiday themed foods. We rode on all the rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion which changes into Nightmare Before Christmas for the holidays! I also LOVED how the ride looked with the Nightmare Before Christmas. We experimented with more of the seasonal foods like the Sugarplum Candy Churro (yum!), Chicken Mole, and enjoyed some dole whips. We also went and got the peppermint beignet, hot chocolate beignet, and grandma even got her corn dogs for lunch. We ended the night by watching the Christmas nighttime fireworks and it was such a magical show.

Day 3: Day two at Disneyland

The second day at Disneyland was quite an adventurous one for me. More on that later. Day two we spent some of the afternoon shopping. We rode on one of our favorite rides, Indiana Jones. We of course needed to take a Starbucks break and we chilled for about 30-45 minutes in Starbucks just relaxing. Sleeping Beauty's castle is just completely TRANSFORMED with the holiday. We ended up taking loads of fun photos in front of the castle. Of course we also hit one of our favorite lands, Cars Land. We always have so much fun going on the Radiator Springs, it is also one of our favorite rides. To end the night I did a really big scary thing. . . Are you ready for this? I went on the Pixar Pal-A-Round Swing. And oh man, was that an experience. I went with my two cousins and friend. I about died laughing at Gaven's reaction to the ride.

 

 

Day 4: Universal Studios Harry Potter World

I cannot tell you how excited I was to go to Harry Potter World. I was completely pumped. Harry Potter World totally met my expectations and so much more. I was able to get (in my opinion) the COOLEST photo ever. I am still bragging about the photo... But to be honest it is so cool that I got it framed. I was able to watch a show on the triwizard tournament and I got photos with Drumstrang and Beauxbatons students. Oh man, the food at Harry Potter World was just completely what I imagined it to be. I got the bangers and mash, and it was like a whole new flavor experience. We also got the Shepherds pie and that was also just to die for. The Butterbeer and Pumpkin Juice was just a whole experience in themselves. I spent a lot of time in Ollivanders Wand Shop because there were so many wand options! I totally felt overwhelmed by the options. I ended up settling with Fleur Delacour's wand. My cousin Gaige and I ended up shopping around Filch's Emporium and Gaige wanted to buy the $800 Wizards Chess set (Note: he did not get it).


I was also insanely tired at this point because we have been going NONSTOP (as seen in the last photos). However, it was totally worth it. The funniest was with how we ended this trip, thanks to mom. She was VERY tired and well... everyone was. She went to the hotel to check our cards in or what ever. We were all waiting for her to come out with the hotel keys. She comes out laughing so hard that she can't even breathe. Everyone starts laughing and yelling "what???" She ended up saying "I saw some new family that came into the hotel to check in. I said to them it must be their first night because they look fresh as daisies." Which she thought was so funny she was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe, and everyone was laughing so hard they could barely walk or breathe, and it was a fantastic end to the trip.