{"id":2483,"date":"2010-03-23T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T06:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2022-01-28T21:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T04:57:09","slug":"a-very-disney-30th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/23\/a-very-disney-30th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"a very disney (30th) birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rob and I were supposed to go to Disneyland for breakfast over the weekend but decided to sleep in instead. Hee. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>I still have pics to share, though, because I realized that I never posted any from my 30th birthday trip.<\/p>\n<p>I love Disneyland in October. The resort celebrates &#8220;Halloweentime&#8221; all month so the park is decorated in various shades of fall colors.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday01.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>From the entrance gates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday02.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>to Town Square&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday03.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday04.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>to Main Street&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday05.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>to the partner&#8217;s statue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday06.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>to the flowers planted in the hub&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday07.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>and even to the balloons being sold throughout the park.<\/p>\n<p>Love it. It looks so festive!<\/p>\n<p>There were only a few (very important!) things I wanted to accomplish in the park&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday08.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday09.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday09.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. Take advantage of the photopass system and get some fun &#8220;magic&#8221; shots taken of Rob and me. Like these with Tinkerbell and Stitch! Hehe.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday10.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. Meet Mickey! He can be found on Main Street at various points in the day but I wanted to be sure I would get a picture with him so I dragged Rob over to Towntown to visit Mickey at his very own house. \ud83d\ude42 And he&#8217;s wearing his Sorceror Mickey outfit. MY FAVORITE. I totally need a red velvet robe so I can be Sorceror Mickey for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday12.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday13.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>3. Eat at Cafe Orleans. I love sitting outside on the patio and people-watching. I had a cup of gumbo, pommes frites (OMG. THESE ARE SO GOOD), and beignets with raspberry and vanilla sauce for dessert. YUM.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday14.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>4. Ride Space Mountain. My favorite ride in the park. Notice how Rob totally covered my face in our ride picture?! THANKS A LOT.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And that&#8217;s it! Those were my must-dos. It doesn&#8217;t take much for me to enjoy Disneyland.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday15.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My friend Robyn met up with us for more rides and then my friend Carmen joined us later that night for dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following night Rob took me to <a href=\"http:\/\/disneyland.disney.go.com\/disneyland\/en_US\/hotels\/dining\/detail?name=NapaRoseDiningPage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Rose<\/a> at Disney&#8217;s Grand Californian Hotel for dinner.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday16.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday17.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I know, it sounds weird. Fine dining on Disneyland property?! But it&#8217;s true! I had an AMAZING meal. Rob and I shared the tempura lobster and spicy asian beef salad as our appetizer and I had the yummiest beef short ribs over risotto and butternut squash sauce for my entree. Nom nom nom.<\/p>\n<p>My food pictures didn&#8217;t turn out so great but I have to share this one of our dessert&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/disneybday18.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_disneybday18.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a S&#8217;mores popover with toasted marshmallows, peanut butter ice cream, and chocolate sauce. HEAVEN.<\/p>\n<p>It was a perfect Disney birthday. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob and I were supposed to go to Disneyland for breakfast over the weekend but decided to sleep in instead. Hee. \ud83d\ude00 I still have pics to share, though, because I realized that I never posted any from my 30th &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/23\/a-very-disney-30th-birthday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[42,79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9300,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/9300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}