May 19th, Part 2
It was almost time to meet our driver so we grabbed our bags from bell services. Just so you know, this process is loooooong, so plan accordingly
I asked where our driver would meet us and the CM pointed us in the direction of this bench, where all the buses and shuttles pick up.
Oh look, it all fit
We waited a few minutes and then our driver showed up and drove us back to LAX. Good-bye Disneyland, we will miss you....
I spotted the Hollywood sign and tried to point it out to Kira but it was hazy and she didn't know where to look so she never saw it. She didn't seem that interested in it anyway.
About an hour later, we had arrived. Traffic was good on the way there but near the airport, it was a little crazy.
He dropped us off at Terminal 6 and we checked in with Air Canada. The lady checking us in was laughing at my packing job.
Just in case I was off, we had a few spare pounds in Kira's bag
Once we got our boarding passes and luggage dropped off, we went through security, very quick with TSA Pre-check
I knew we would be eating at the airport as soon as I found out that they have Wolfgang Puck food here.
They had a whole area here with two places to eat and a bar, all under the WP umbrella. Rob and I love WP food!
I got us a pizza to share but Kira wasn't sure if she wanted any so she asked if she could try ours to make sure it wasn't weird.
I ordered our pizza and then waited about 10 minutes for it to be cooked. In the meantime, I mentioned to Rob that they had butternut squash soup over at the other place and he got very excited
Happy Rob
The pizza, as usual, was delicious and even Kira liked it so I went and ordered a cheese pizza just for her.
Once we filled our tummies, we walked down to our gate and waited until our plane boarded.
We sat in the exact same seats that we sat in on the way down. Do you remember me saying that Rob didn't have his own screen? Well, guess what? We found it HAHAHA! It was actually in the arm rest and was a doozy to get in and out again but we found it.
It was too much in the way so he didn't use it but good to know it was there.
And off we gooooo!
I love flying out of LAX because you always go over the beach and ocean but the window was all scratched up and my iphone kept focusing on that so I got a terrible photo.
A relatively short three hours later, we were making our descent into Calgary.
Grabbed our bags, I love it when they all make it. With Air Canada, you just never know.
Easy breezy through customs with Nexus as you don't even have to fill out the customs form anymore.
Always good to be home!
My awesome brother had already dropped off Boo at home so she was there waiting for us.
I managed to unpack all of our bags but laundry would have to wait for the next day, we had the series finale of Game of Thrones to watch!
It had aired on HBO during our flight and we didn't want FB to spoil the ending for us so we stayed up to watch it.
We had an amazing trip, all three of us cannot wait to get back to Disneyland again!!
If you've never been, I highly suggest you go. Don't listen to what others say, especially the ones that say WDW is better because you know what? They are both amazing resorts and how lucky are we to have two very distinct and awesome places to visit.
And also, don't listen to the people who say 1 or 2 days is enough for Disneyland because it's really not. Sure, you don't need five full days but getting to do your faves over and over again is so much fun and it gives you more time to relax and enjoy and appreciate the parks!
Thanks so much for reading this trip report and following along on our journey to the Happiest Place on Earth!
I especially appreciate all of your comments
Stay tuned here for the vacation videos, I will post them here when I have finished each part.
And for those of you who are interested...my sign came about a week after we got home and we got our two prints framed and we hung it all over our bed. We have had nothing on our bedroom walls for five years now, I never knew exactly what I wanted in there so I guess it was just kismet and they were just waiting for us to take this trip.
We have three blank wall spaces left in our room so we've decided to choose 1 print on our next WDW vacation and 1 print on our next
DCL cruise and put them up so we have a special piece of art from all of our favourite Disney destinations. Maybe one day, we will even have something from Aulani.
A very special thanks to my two brothers, without them, this trip wouldn't have been possible
This one is so perfect in so many ways! Lilo & Stitch will always be very special to us as we were proud doggie parents to brother and sister golden retrievers whom we named Lilo & Stitch, so now L & S will always be with us in our room, we spent our honeymoon at Disneyland, it was Rob's first Disney park and the best and most memorable part...Lilo is handing Stitch a Dole Whip float! HAHAHA! Perfect!
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