My iPhone 4 Buying Experience

I officially got my iPhone 4 at 7:57 AM this morning (that is the time on my receipt). I also got Brad's (his came at 8:02). I left work at 5:30 AM and got in a (long) line at the Apple store at First Colony Mall at 5:57 AM. After standing in the drizzling rain for 30 minutes, they split our line into 2: one for reservations and one for not. Luckily the reservation line was much shorter. I got to move up to the covered area. I estimate about 30 people were ahead of me in the reservation line. Just before 7, the entire Apple store crew came running past the line, cheering and inciting cheers from the line too. A bit after 7 we finally started moving. Once I made it through the mall entrance, Chick Fil A was there handing out free breakfast. I had a chicken biscuit and tater tots and an ice cold bottle of water. It was very nice. They were taking about 10-20 people from the reservation line for every 1 in stand by, so those people were pretty upset. Many of them had been there since Wednesday afternoon. When I got close to the front, an employee verified mine & Brad's reservations and before long I had our new phones!

I went home, dropped the phones with Brad for setup, and went to sleep (although it took me a while to actually fall asleep).

I heard from Bobby (we were communicating via text while waiting in line- he was at the Woodlands Apple store). He had to wait 5 hours for his & Annelle's phones! So I should consider my experience a big success!

Now I just need to get a case. I don't like my iPhone being 'naked'.

Last Disney Meal

Today was our last day. We showed up at the Disneyland gates for rope drop. Today was a "magic morning" early day for resort guests. We rode Space Mountain (we were in the front row of the first rocket!), then we rode the Matterhorn, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and Buzz Lightyear. Brad's gun worked this time so I had no chance of winning. We did all of that in 50 minutes from park opening. Finally we tried to ride Indiana Jones but it broke down right as we were about to get on! I was at the gate -- so close!

By that time it was 8:30 and time for our last Disney meal - breakfast at Carnation Cafe. We both had the Cinnamon Roll French Toast (pictured). It was very yummy.

Right now we are on our way to the LAX airport via the Disneyland Express bus. It was a great trip and we definitely want to come back soon!

Dinner at Napa Rose

We had a very nice dinner at Napa Rose tonight. I had the halibut and Brad had the salmon. We also shared a truffle mac and cheese. For dessert I had strawberry sorbet and he had chocolate chunk ice cream. They decorated our plates!

Ice Cream Time

Enjoying ice cream on Main Street USA!

Disneyland Day 3

Today we went to DCA in the morning. We were at the "rope drop" and went straight to Toy Story Mania. A picture of our scores is attached - Brad was blue.

Next we did the Silly Symphoni Swings which was better than I expected. Then it was on to Mullholland Madness (kiddie coaster) and California Screamin. It was pretty hot today, so we were prepared to ride Grizzly River Run and get wet. Well, we got soaked. Even when we got back to the room at 3, my clothes were still damp. We also caught the Aladdin show, which was really good, and did the Disney Animation attraction here.

After eating lunch at the Taste Pilots Grill (burgers), we road Soarin again and had my favorite seats - top row, middle. We went back to the room next and went swimming.

For dinner, we ate at Blue Bayou. We both had the gumbo, which was good. I had crab cakes and Brad had the filet mignon. (pictures of each included)

Tonight was our Fantasmic premium seating/dessert party. The seatswere great and it was nice not to have to scout out a spot an hour plus in advance. But, the dessert was no where near as good as theWishes dessert party, and the price was pretty high. But you're paying for the seats more than the dessert part.

After Fantasmic, we watched the fireworks from our seats. Then we did a few things in Fantasyland. (Dumbo!! Carousel!!)

As I type this, Brad has already fallen asleep. Oh yea, and they are doing a World of Color show (must be a private viewing because I asked about soft openings for the public and was told it will not happen). We can hear it from our balcony but the trees block the view. If we were on the 4th or 5th floor we would probably have had a perfect view.

I am pooped so that's all for today!

Breakfast at White Water Snacks

We had breakfast at the hotel's counter service restaurant today. I had the Mickey Waffles and Brad had the breakfast burrito. We both thought it was yummy!

Right now we are waiting at the California Adventure entrance at our hotel. It opens in 30 minutes and there are already 30 people in front of us.

Disneyland Day 2 - Part Two

We decided to check out some of the attractions at Disney's California Adventure this evening. We rode the Monsters Inc. dark ride, saw Muppet Vision 3D, and did Tower of Terror. Then we tried to use our Soarin FP, but thd ride broke down and closed right as we were about to get on. They gave us a special fast pass that was good for any one ride in the park (today only), but it excluded Toy Story Mania.

After that we went to dinner at Storytellers Cafe and they had both a buffet and a regular menu to pick from. We were starving, and the buffet looked good so we chose that. It turned out being good, but not the best Disney buffet by far.

After dinner we explored the Paradise Pier section. We rode Mickeys Fun Wheel, which has a very slow moving line but it was pretty fun - we chose to ride in a swinging gondola, and it moved pretty fast. Next we did the big coaster, California Screamin, and that was really good and it was only a 10 minute wait! The Toy Story line was still really long so we headed back to Soarin to try again. We used our special fast pass and got to ride.

Next we decided to head back over to Disneyland to catch the fireworks. We had some time to kill so we rode the Matterhorn again and then found a spot to watch the fireworks. Disneyland sets up the designated walkways and viewing areas much better than WDW. We waited for about 20 minutes, and watched the show. It was good- Tinkerbell's part is much more elaborate and Dumbo comes out too! We had to learn our lesson though, because our viewing spot was severely hindered by a big tree which blocked most of the big fireworks. So we have 2 more nights to do that better. After the fireworks it was a real crowd mess, so we decided to just find a snack and take it easy.

That's all for now! Sorry for the lack of picture this time. It's hard to remember to take a few with my iPhone since I'm always using the Canon. Tomorrow we are doing California Adventure at opening, and I'll get a few pictures to upload.

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