Saturday, August 7, 2004
I had to wake up 4 o'clock in the morning because I'm going to Disneyland with my cousin. Our flight was at 7 o'clock in the morning and I had trouble waking up. So then I had to go to my cousins house to picked them up and go to the airport. This was the first time that I ever rode the airplane. It was kind of scary at first but then it was all right all the way to JFK Airport. When we got there, we took a shuttle bus to the Desert Palm Hotel where we were staying at. We got to the hotel around 9 o'clock in the morning. So we waited in the hotel until it was 11 o'clock because that was when the Tour Bus was going to pick us up at the hotel. The Tour Bus was going to take us to Universal Studio. Our bus driver is so funny and he's multi-lingual. It was an hour bus ride to Universal Studio. On the way there I saw the X Games and the Hollywood Sign. When went go there, we had to look for a place to eat at because I was hungry. After that, we watched Spiderman Rocks show. After that, we went to the Studio Tour. It was so cool to see how they made the set and special effects of the movies. After that, we went the Special Effects Stages and see how the special effects for Universal's biggest movies were made. When it was almost 9 o'clock, we had only one more show to see before the bus leaves Universal Studio. The last show we watched was Terminator 2: 3D and that show was tight. After that, we went to the Universal Gift Shop to buy a souvenir and then we went on the bus to go back to the hotel. There were a few things that I wanted to see in the park like going the Jurassic Park The Ride, watch Shrek 4D and the #1 Rated Show called WaterWorld. Well, at least I got to see how Universal Studio looks like.

 

That day, we went to Disneyland and California Adventure. We bought a 1 day hopper pass so we could go to both parks. First, we went to Disneyland because my little cousin wanted to. We went to Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Critter Country, and Frontierland. I had so much fun there. I rode Indiana Jones, Mark Twain Riverboat, Haunted Mansion, Disneyland Railroad, Tarzan Treehouse. When I was on Main Street, I wondered what had happened to Castle because it wasn't there. I've never seen the whole Disneyland because we were jumping parks from Disneyland to California Adventure and also my cousin Jerome kept on complaining that he was tired of walking. He pisses me off when we had to stop or when he doesn't listen to his parents. I wanted to explore the park on my own but the only thing is that I don't have money for food. LOL! So I stayed with my uncle, aunt and cousin. Later on, we jumped parks to California Adventure to see how it looks. We rode The Hollywood Tower, California Screamin', Grizzly River, and then we watched a bugs life in 3D. I forgot to ride Soarin' Over California because I thought it was at another park. It was around 7 o'clock and then we went back to Disneyland to go to the Disneyland store to buy a souvenir. When it was 8 o'clock, we watched Disneyland Parade of the Stars which was some of the Disney characters. After that parade, we went to California Adventure to watch Disney's Electrical Parade. It looks so cool and lit up the street with the bright lights. After the Electrical parade, we went back to Disneyland to eat and watch "Disney's Imagine...A Fantasy in the Sky" which was a fireworks show. The fireworks show goes along with the music which was so cool. I also saw Tinkerbell flying in the air above with the fireworks. After we ate and watch the fireworks show, my cousin Jerome had a stomach ache. So my cousin Jerome and uncle went back to the hotel while my aunt and I went to Frontierland to watch FANTASMIC! the best show in Disneyland. I was so cool how they project a video on the water fountain. I was about Mickey Mouse dream and all the evil Disney characters wanted to take over Mickey's dream. This was a show that I will never forget. After that, we went back to the hotel. Even though I've never seen the whole park, I will always "Remember The Magic."

 

When I woke up, I walk around the hotel just to see how it looks. Later on, my cousin Jerome and I was supposed to go swimming but then I didn't want to go because it was cold outside and the pool was cold. So only my cousin Jerome went swimming. After that, we walk along the Disneyland streets because the taxi cab doesn't pick us up until 2 o'clock. When we were walk down the Disneyland Streets, we ate a Quizzno's Sub for lunch. Then we went back to the hotel to wait for the taxi cab. When we got into the cab, we watch the movie Shrek on the way to the JFK Airport. When we got into the airport, we checked it and wait for the plane to arrive at the gate. As we were waiting, I walked around the airport to make time fly by faster. I've walked end to end of the airport terminal. So when the plane arrived, we had to sit all the way back of the plane because that's where we were seated. It was so noisy where we were sitting because we were right next to the engine. It took us about an hour to reach the San Jose Airport. My Uncle Felix picked us up at the airport with his new SUV. His car was off the hook when your inside it. Well, anyway I had a blast at Disneyland, California Adventure and Universal Studio. Maybe next time I'll go back to Disneyland to see the whole park or go to Disneyworld for a whole week.