So, Wednesday my dad suggested going to Disneyland for Thanksgiving.  He hands me his credit card, says “If we don’t do this trip now, I don’t ever see it happening again after you get married”.  So, now $839.06, later, he and I are heading to California in a week.  We’re driving down Monday morning, and seeing family Tuesday, then spending Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the park before driving back Saturday.  I’ve been to Disneyland the day after Thanksgiving in the past, and I highly recommend it, because no one is there, and I mean no one.  Why you may ask? Because everyone is out shopping! You can get on to rides such as the Matterhorn without wait, and ride it again without getting off if no one is in line!

As for Thanksgiving itself, it’s never been a big holiday for my family.  Its only had significance because that is when we break out the Christmas decorations.  For Thanksgiving dinner though, we are still going to eat someplace nice.  My first thought: Disneyland’s Blue Bayou aka, the restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean.  I ate there the last time I was at Disneyland, and remember their gumbo being very, very good. Well, I just got off the phone with Disney Dining Services, and 1. I couldn’t get a reservation until 9:15 in the evening and 2. the operator said he would never recommend eating there. But he did suggest Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen located in Downtown Disney, where I was able to get a 6:15 reservation.  He even recommended a waitress for me! He was very, very nice.

I think this will be my twelfth trip to Disneyland, if not my fourteenth.  I’ve lost count. Isn’t that sad?