It's what I kept thinking about the last day as we were trying to get home. We'd learned some lessons on this trip, but weren't too happy about the ones we learned Saturday. First of all, never underestimate LA traffic. We tried to go to Hollywood since we had several hours before we had to be at the airport. But we ended up being stuck in traffic most of the time and ended up with only time to eat lunch in Mahattan Beatch at Cozymel's, which serves "coastal mex". There's not very many around so I guess we got an out-of-the-ordinary experience. It was good and had a different flavor than tex-mex. Then we drove by the ocean on our way to airport.
Just before our flight they announced that it was too full and they were looking for volunteers to take $ and a voucher to take a later flight. After discussing it for a bit we decided it wouldn't be a bad idea if Chris wanted to do it. We had options about how to get back to OKC once we got to Dallas. So he volunteered. It wasn't until we were getting ready to take off that they then told him it was just a voucher. (At this point I refer back to the book.) It was pretty big, but still we felt misled. Then we found out Chris wouldn't fly in until the next morning. Thankfully my cousin took Elle and I in again for the night. The next morning Chris got his early flight to Kansas City, but when he got there his plane to Dallas had been used for another flight. Apparently there was a hail storm Saturday night and two planes were damaged. A lot of people were stranded and Chris wasn't going to get to Dallas until that evening. So he convinced them to send him to Oklahoma City, which they actually agreed to do because I guess it helped Southwest out. Elle and I drove back to OKC by ourselves, but as the day went on his arrival time kept getting pushed back. He finally arrived at 9 pm. So much for Father's Day!
other lessons learned:
*Disneyland is much more manageable than Disney World for little ones. You only have two parks instead of 6. It's also right in the middle of the city so we didn't have to stay at the resorts and was within walking distance (money saver!), found a grocery store to get food so we didn't have to eat all meals in the park (money saver!), and there were several restaurants or fast food places right there if we did want something else.
*The only bad thing about it being right in the middle of the city is there were more locals than at Disney World so there were a lot of unsupervised kids and teens around and it didn't seem as exotic.
*We packed breakfast foods, snacks, and to-go peanut butter and jelly packets in one of the suitcases so we didn't have to spend so much on food in the park.
*California Adventure was almost deserted in the morning when it first opens. Chris and Casey got on most of the big rides right away. However, it did get busy in the afternoon and there's not as many ways to travel around the park so you have to walk more.
*Elle can fit her head through the bars at the Dumbo ride, she just can't get it back through. Very scary moment!
*I'm the worst stalker ever! You know the guy who was on American Idol a few seasons ago who was blind? I recognized Scott MacIntyre as he got on the Dumbo ride ahead of us. Look at the shots I got and you'll see why I will never be a part of the paparrazi! It was him! I promise!
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