Our last stop… DISNEYLAND! Oh I love Disneyland. In fact, if you ask Will he will attest 
to the fact that as we were walking from our hotel to the gate for the first time I was jumping out of my skin with excitement just like a 5 year old, I could hardly contain it! I was listing all the rides I wanted to go on, how I wanted to chase all the characters to get a pic with them, how I was going to eat a Mickey-head shaped pretzel etc etc! As soon as we entered the park I let the Magic of Disney overwhelm me J Unfortunately for Will he had a little too much
“Magic” overwhelm him on the Space Mountain ride and was quite ill afterwards {sigh!} oh no!! It is one of my favourite rides and Will proclaimed he would “NEVER” go on that ride again. {Insert travel diary excerpt for this day: Dear Diary, my Husband is a pussy…”} We did get some classic pics on the rides though, for example Will’s scared face on Space Mountain while I have my arms up in defiance of this fast-
paced, indoor, dark rollercoaster, his death grip on the front of our “log” on Splash Mountain while squeezing his eyes tight shut and letting out a huge “aaaahhhh” while I give it 2 thumbs up! LOL! It made for some hilarious belly laughs when we got off the ride and saw the pics! I tried to get Will to go on every ride with me at least once, but after seeing his face on the Teacups (who knew a grown guy could get sick on the Teacups??!!) I gave in and started going on the rides on my own {sad face}. But as soon as we got on the 
water rides Will gained some bravery and ended up enjoying himself so it wasn’t a total disaster. Which was good considering we had another 4 days at Disneyland! He loved the log ride in the end (good job for facing his fears I’d say!) and we both LOVED the Grizzly River Rapids, a “donut-shaped” raft rapid ride, at California Adventure Park, which is the second park Disney owns right across the way from Disneyland. We were at DL Mon, Tues, Weds, Fri, Sat and my tip is go on Tues/Weds cos they were by far the quietest days for us- in fact on Wednesday we only waited about 10 mins for the rides which is awesome! Mon/Fri was 
full of school groups, I counted over 20 separate groups (they always have team T-shirts so they’re easy to spot) on Friday, and they crowd on the big rides all together so the ride looks empty then all of a sudden there is 30 people in front of you, then their friends come along and cut in line as well {argh!} so go Wednesday!
On Thurs we went on a bus tour around LA. It was so cool to see places we recognise from TV & movies, like the Hollywood Sign, LA Ink, those amazing freeway exit “spaghetti”
systems, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, and the Walk of Fame at Hollywood. Will had fun picking out his idols like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan {giggles} I chose Charlize Theron and took a pic standing on Celine Dion (not a fan)! We ate lunch at the LA Farmer’s Market and were surrounded by people talking about the movie they are in and one guy was pitching a movie idea to another guy at the table next to ours! How Hollywood is that?!
One thing we didn’t like about LA was Venice Beach. It was really really windy on this day and
so the normal cool street vendors weren’t there and so we got to see the bones of Venice Beach without all the frills. I have never seen so many homeless people in my whole life, and they are all really young. We must have seen about 50 homeless teenagers as soon as we got off the bus. The shops are all either shut and totally covered in graffiti or are selling medical marijuana and trying to solicit you off the sidewalk. It was so gross! We stayed near to the bus cos we didn’t want to get mugged! It really felt like that. It was like getting off the bus on the Redfern side of Surry Hills. Will is considering getting an STI by 
touching this payphone, gross!
Thankfully, it was back to Disneyland for another 2 days to calm our sensibilities! We had gotten Mickey Ears earlier in the week and so wore them all around the parks during our visit! They have these new style ones where you can choose the base, the ears and the patch separately and they put them all together for you! I got a “Just Married” patch with Cinderella and Prince Charming on it and got “Mrs Lam” embroidered on the back which was awesomely
cool! Will got a black hat with silver ears and “Willy” on the back ;) It was cool cos the DL workers are trained to interact with you so whenever we got on a ride they’d always say “Congratulations!”, we felt special!!
We had such an awesome “Adventure Honeymoon!”, thanks for sharing it with me!
:) C
to the fact that as we were walking from our hotel to the gate for the first time I was jumping out of my skin with excitement just like a 5 year old, I could hardly contain it! I was listing all the rides I wanted to go on, how I wanted to chase all the characters to get a pic with them, how I was going to eat a Mickey-head shaped pretzel etc etc! As soon as we entered the park I let the Magic of Disney overwhelm me J Unfortunately for Will he had a little too much
“Magic” overwhelm him on the Space Mountain ride and was quite ill afterwards {sigh!} oh no!! It is one of my favourite rides and Will proclaimed he would “NEVER” go on that ride again. {Insert travel diary excerpt for this day: Dear Diary, my Husband is a pussy…”} We did get some classic pics on the rides though, for example Will’s scared face on Space Mountain while I have my arms up in defiance of this fast-
paced, indoor, dark rollercoaster, his death grip on the front of our “log” on Splash Mountain while squeezing his eyes tight shut and letting out a huge “aaaahhhh” while I give it 2 thumbs up! LOL! It made for some hilarious belly laughs when we got off the ride and saw the pics! I tried to get Will to go on every ride with me at least once, but after seeing his face on the Teacups (who knew a grown guy could get sick on the Teacups??!!) I gave in and started going on the rides on my own {sad face}. But as soon as we got on the 
water rides Will gained some bravery and ended up enjoying himself so it wasn’t a total disaster. Which was good considering we had another 4 days at Disneyland! He loved the log ride in the end (good job for facing his fears I’d say!) and we both LOVED the Grizzly River Rapids, a “donut-shaped” raft rapid ride, at California Adventure Park, which is the second park Disney owns right across the way from Disneyland. We were at DL Mon, Tues, Weds, Fri, Sat and my tip is go on Tues/Weds cos they were by far the quietest days for us- in fact on Wednesday we only waited about 10 mins for the rides which is awesome! Mon/Fri was 
full of school groups, I counted over 20 separate groups (they always have team T-shirts so they’re easy to spot) on Friday, and they crowd on the big rides all together so the ride looks empty then all of a sudden there is 30 people in front of you, then their friends come along and cut in line as well {argh!} so go Wednesday!On Thurs we went on a bus tour around LA. It was so cool to see places we recognise from TV & movies, like the Hollywood Sign, LA Ink, those amazing freeway exit “spaghetti”
systems, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, and the Walk of Fame at Hollywood. Will had fun picking out his idols like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan {giggles} I chose Charlize Theron and took a pic standing on Celine Dion (not a fan)! We ate lunch at the LA Farmer’s Market and were surrounded by people talking about the movie they are in and one guy was pitching a movie idea to another guy at the table next to ours! How Hollywood is that?!One thing we didn’t like about LA was Venice Beach. It was really really windy on this day and
so the normal cool street vendors weren’t there and so we got to see the bones of Venice Beach without all the frills. I have never seen so many homeless people in my whole life, and they are all really young. We must have seen about 50 homeless teenagers as soon as we got off the bus. The shops are all either shut and totally covered in graffiti or are selling medical marijuana and trying to solicit you off the sidewalk. It was so gross! We stayed near to the bus cos we didn’t want to get mugged! It really felt like that. It was like getting off the bus on the Redfern side of Surry Hills. Will is considering getting an STI by 
touching this payphone, gross!Thankfully, it was back to Disneyland for another 2 days to calm our sensibilities! We had gotten Mickey Ears earlier in the week and so wore them all around the parks during our visit! They have these new style ones where you can choose the base, the ears and the patch separately and they put them all together for you! I got a “Just Married” patch with Cinderella and Prince Charming on it and got “Mrs Lam” embroidered on the back which was awesomely
cool! Will got a black hat with silver ears and “Willy” on the back ;) It was cool cos the DL workers are trained to interact with you so whenever we got on a ride they’d always say “Congratulations!”, we felt special!!We had such an awesome “Adventure Honeymoon!”, thanks for sharing it with me!
:) C
3 comments:
Poor Will - at least you know which parent will be happy to mind the pram/bags while the other goes on all the rides with your kids!!!
I don't like the thrill rides and Daryl is like Will and gets sick.
I have loved your Honeymoon Log and so glad your shared it with us, Will is in for many more exciting adventures with you Charlotte! love aj
Poor Will. Did you not tell him he was marrying a tom boy in heels?? Plus he'd never been there before so didnt know what to expect. You on the other hand had been there a spoilt brat amount of times!! LOL!! Just Kidding!! I would've loved it!! {insert twinge of "I wish it was me" here!}
What an awesome honeymoon! Thank you for sharing it all in such an animated way. Look forward to seeing more photos.
Congratulations again Mr & Mrs Lam!
{Hand in the air} Urgh... I have been sick on the teacup ride at a grown up. It is NOT cool.
I had seen one of the pics of you both on the ride but not the other. It's SO funny that you are like "YEAH!" and Will is like "PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!" in both! ROFL
Oh.... can't you go to a few more cities? I've loved your honeymoon!
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