This is a little late but I've been really busy with school! 
Let me start off by saying we had a trip planned for August or September for a while, until over the summer my office got shut down and I lost my job. I haven't been able to find one since, so our trip was a definite no-no. We had $135 in gift cards for Disney, and I put a $20-$40 here and there whenever I had extra money, so we did have about $280 saved for a trip. I put it in a bag labeled "DISNEYLAND" and didn't know that DF even knew about the bag. Well apparently he found it and he decided to use it without me knowing.
It was 1am on August 27th, 2012 and I was in dream land. Probably dreaming about being at Disneyland with my future hubby like I always do. Or maybe even having a nightmare.
Whatever it was, I was interrupted suddenly by a tapping on my shouler and whisper in my ear. "Wake up sleepy girl!" Groggy, I asked him what was wrong, was he sick? He said, "C'mon babe, we are going to Disneyland!" My heart jumped. WHATTTTTTT!!!!???? And just like that, I got up, got ready, and we were out the door by 1:49am. We left our dog at home and he had arrangements for my dad to come get her in the morning.
So the details of the trip were that we were going for one day, and he originally had plans to buy two park hoppers, but since all of the gift cards were $15 each he had to wait until we got to the gates to buy the tickets. On the way there he explained that to me and I said since we have just one day why don't we just worry about one park, and not two, and we can kinda just relax and do everything that we want to at DLR instead of rushing trying to do both parks. He liked that idea too and it meant he had more money for food and gas. He booked a hotel at Days Inn Buena Park, because we wouldn't be going to the hotel until after the park closed that night. It was cheap and not horribly crappy and it worked for the 8 hours that we slept.
We listened to Disney music on the way there and talked about what we would ride first, second, third, fourth, and so on.
I was surprised at how long it stayed dark during the drive over. It seemed like we were getting there quicker too. We got to our usual gas station (right before the CA border) at around 3 or 4 am. I don't remember, but we went in and got energy drinks and I got a rice crispy treat and he got a Snickers. 
At the first sign of day light, I took this pic.
We got to the DLR parking garage around 7:30am, perfect!! There weren't very many cars where they sent us to park. We didn't have to walk too far, we were parked at Daisy 9G. We got to the trams, the first ride of the day! 
We went all the way to the back and the cast member chatted with us about where we were from, and he was surprised when we said we had woken up at 1am to drive there, and were gonna sleep in CA one night and drive all the way back. He was very nice and friendly, always a nice way to start a wonderful day at Disney!
We got to the ticket booths and handed over the $135 worth of $15 gift cards. She laughed when I said "grandma got us those" and had to do separate transactions. She seemed to have no problem with it. We got a receipt for each one, and I took this picture at some point because it was funny.
We gave her the tickets and reciepts to recycle and paid the rest of the money for our two tickets, which was $45. I took a few pictures of the esplanade (sp?) and the new gates at DCA. I am excited to see that entrance when it is complete!
Then we made our way to the gates. Here we goooo!
****Stay Tuned****
Let me start off by saying we had a trip planned for August or September for a while, until over the summer my office got shut down and I lost my job. I haven't been able to find one since, so our trip was a definite no-no. We had $135 in gift cards for Disney, and I put a $20-$40 here and there whenever I had extra money, so we did have about $280 saved for a trip. I put it in a bag labeled "DISNEYLAND" and didn't know that DF even knew about the bag. Well apparently he found it and he decided to use it without me knowing.
It was 1am on August 27th, 2012 and I was in dream land. Probably dreaming about being at Disneyland with my future hubby like I always do. Or maybe even having a nightmare.
Whatever it was, I was interrupted suddenly by a tapping on my shouler and whisper in my ear. "Wake up sleepy girl!" Groggy, I asked him what was wrong, was he sick? He said, "C'mon babe, we are going to Disneyland!" My heart jumped. WHATTTTTTT!!!!???? And just like that, I got up, got ready, and we were out the door by 1:49am. We left our dog at home and he had arrangements for my dad to come get her in the morning.
So the details of the trip were that we were going for one day, and he originally had plans to buy two park hoppers, but since all of the gift cards were $15 each he had to wait until we got to the gates to buy the tickets. On the way there he explained that to me and I said since we have just one day why don't we just worry about one park, and not two, and we can kinda just relax and do everything that we want to at DLR instead of rushing trying to do both parks. He liked that idea too and it meant he had more money for food and gas. He booked a hotel at Days Inn Buena Park, because we wouldn't be going to the hotel until after the park closed that night. It was cheap and not horribly crappy and it worked for the 8 hours that we slept.
We listened to Disney music on the way there and talked about what we would ride first, second, third, fourth, and so on.
I was surprised at how long it stayed dark during the drive over. It seemed like we were getting there quicker too. We got to our usual gas station (right before the CA border) at around 3 or 4 am. I don't remember, but we went in and got energy drinks and I got a rice crispy treat and he got a Snickers. At the first sign of day light, I took this pic.
We got to the DLR parking garage around 7:30am, perfect!! There weren't very many cars where they sent us to park. We didn't have to walk too far, we were parked at Daisy 9G.
We got to the trams, the first ride of the day! We went all the way to the back and the cast member chatted with us about where we were from, and he was surprised when we said we had woken up at 1am to drive there, and were gonna sleep in CA one night and drive all the way back. He was very nice and friendly, always a nice way to start a wonderful day at Disney!We got to the ticket booths and handed over the $135 worth of $15 gift cards. She laughed when I said "grandma got us those" and had to do separate transactions. She seemed to have no problem with it. We got a receipt for each one, and I took this picture at some point because it was funny.
We gave her the tickets and reciepts to recycle and paid the rest of the money for our two tickets, which was $45. I took a few pictures of the esplanade (sp?) and the new gates at DCA. I am excited to see that entrance when it is complete!
Then we made our way to the gates. Here we goooo!
****Stay Tuned****
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After riding BTMRR that night we saw Fantasmic! going on and I told him I HAVE to go see it. We found a perfect spot to join in and watched it from where the Princess's are singing til the end. I absolutely love this show and hope they never get rid of it! We used the rest of our FP's after that and decided to call it a night, it was probably 11:15 anyway. I took one more pic of the castle and we made our way out. It was so sad I wanted to cry! One day is definitely not enough time, haha.
The next day we woke up around 8am and headed back home. This trip was a much needed one and I enjoyed every minute of it!!
You are so lucky to have found a guy that understands how much Disney means to you and to do something as great as this! I hope I can be just as lucky someday 
