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A Pre-Holiday Weekend at Disneyland in 2017

·Anaheim, California·#family trip#christmas#disneyland#california-adventure#theme-park
A woman and two girls stand in front of a Disneyland train and station building.

We took the kids for a weekend at Disneyland in early November of 2017. The first thing you see is always the train station on Main Street, which is where we started. The park was already fully transitioned into the holiday season, with massive Christmas trees and decorations everywhere you looked.

The kids immediately got into the spirit with Santa hats and Minnie ears. It felt a little early for Christmas, but when you're there, you just go with it. We all got a photo with Mickey, who was also ready for the holidays in a festive sweater and hat.

As the sun started to go down, we were over at California Adventure. The lights on the Ferris wheel and the roller coaster against the pink and blue sky were probably my favorite view of the trip. We managed to get one good photo of the whole family together in front of the main tree, all decked out in our various Disney and holiday-themed shirts.

The whole weekend was a blur of rides and walking, but seeing the kids so happy, like my daughter smiling in front of the castle, makes the chaos worth it.

Three people smile in front of a Disney train station and a red train.An adult woman and two children stand in front of a red train and a clock tower building.A woman and two children stand in front of the Disneyland Railroad and station building.Two children, one in Minnie Mouse ears and one in a Mickey Santa hat, stand before a large Christmas tree.A brightly lit Mickey Mouse Ferris wheel and a roller coaster are visible against a pink and blue sky over water.An adult and two children in festive attire stand with Christmas-themed Mickey Mouse outside decorated buildings.A family of four stands smiling in front of a large, decorated Christmas tree, all wearing Disney-themed holiday clothing.A smiling child wearing Minnie Mouse ears and shirt, with a blurred castle in the background.

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