Day 7 | August 19th

We wanted to make the most of our Magic Morning pass today so we set the alarm for 6am and I was up making coffee soon after it went off. We were all up and ready by 6.40am and made it to the park by opening time.....7am.

It was certainly cooler at this time of the morning but we were all still a little tired after such a late night.

We headed straight for Cars Land and the Racer ride along with everyone else entering the park early. The queue was still about 45 minutes but we really wanted to do the ride and it was cool and not a 2 hour queue. The ride was fantastic.....so worth the wait.....we were all glad we got up early to do it.

After that we headed to the other ride we wanted to do, which was the Grizzly River Run. It was also fun but there was a bit of screaming as we went through the white water rapids and got soaked. By this time the sun was well up and it didn't take long at all to dry out.

The final ride for the morning was The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror that Scott really wanted to do. Of course Ashleigh was not interested so Scott had to do this one by himself....he loved it.

Then on our way back to the main entrance Ashleigh had her photo with Minnie Mouse, the Ice Man from The Incredibles, the Monster from Monsters Inc and Pluto and Goofy.....a great character run!

Ashleigh and I then did some shopping at the Disney store in the park for Ashleigh. Then Scott headed back to the hotel while Ashleigh and I also did some shopping in the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney. Ashleigh got some pencils for her class mates, a present for Mackenzie, a Minnie soft toy and a t-shirt for herself. I got myself a Minnie t-shirt.

Ashleigh had been wanting to visit the Build a Bear store for a few days so we also went there and I let her build her own bear. She absolutely loved it....see chose a coral coloured rabbit, a heart beat for inside it, then a couple of outfits and accessories for her build a bear, which she named Fizzy Lizzy from the Famous Five books.

We then had an ice-cream for Ashleigh and pretzel for me before heading back to the hotel for a rest. Scott was not happy when we got back because we had been so long and he didn't know where we were......won't do that again!

We watched television, slept and rested for about three hours and Ashleigh got out and played with all her new purchases. At about 5pm we went down to the pool for a swim, I got in today with Ashleigh, a drink and snack. We finally made it out to dinner just before 7pm.

After dinner it was a quick walk back to the hotel via the ABC Mart for water and then another quick walk to Disneyland once again for the fireworks show at 9.30pm.

The show was amazing and we had a great spot where Ashleigh could see it all and I could take some good photos. The lights on the castle were amazing and Tinker Bell flew across the sky which was totally surprising. It was well worth going to see from in the park rather than the hotel balcony or the street. Totally amazing!

As soon as the show was finished we headed back to the hotel as we had all had a very long day getting up at 6am and our feet were very sore from all the walking we have been doing. Ashleigh rang Nanny to say hi before bedtime at 11pm....yes, another late night!


Ashleigh has been so funny when we go shopping asking me all the time is it ok to get this Mummy, it's not too expensive? I have let her get a few things that she can keep to remember this trip like the Minnie soft toy, a bag and t-shirt but without going over the top with too much or things that won't last.