Fantasyland Friday!

Per the request of some followers of Pics from the Pixie, this Friday's post will feature Fantasyland Friday!  So please, do remain seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside and enjoy your ride! :)


We start today at the front of Fantasyland and the gateway to the rest of the land, Sleeping Beauty Castle! This particular photo I took this past November which is why it's decked out in it's Christmastime snow!  I love taking pictures of the castle from the side rather than straight on!  To me it changes the shot -just- enough to make it special! :)







Next was a picture I took next to Snow White's Wishing Well next to the castle.  I was there at that beautiful time of day where the sun is perfectly situated to light up the flags that are on the castle.  The light breeze that day added to my picture since it twisted the flag around nicely!







Our next stop on our tour of Fantasyland is back in Storybookland!  At the beginning of the Storybookland Canal Boats ride, you get "swallowed" by the mighty Monstro!  Just try not to bump into his teeth!







Also in Storybookland is the Casey Jr. Circus Train!  One of the views that is my favorite from this little train is where you have both the miniature Alps and the Matterhorn all in one look!  I think the big and little Matterhorns together are so cute!  I managed to get a picture of this the last time I was at Disneyland and you can see it here!  The day I took this picture it was extremely cloudy and rainy the whole day, hence the cloudy sky in the shot.







We move next to King Arthur's Carrousel in the middle of Fantasyland!  This lovely Carrousel has been at Disneyland since opening day and is a must-ride stop for me each time I go to Disneyland.  I took this picture of the pretty gold crown that sits atop the carrousel on a nice sunny day in the park and I hope you enjoy it!







Another fun Fantasyland ride is Snow White's Scary Adventures!  Ever since I was little I've had the attraction poster for this ride framed and hung up in my room.  The front of the ride to me is very striking and I love to take pictures of it!  The first picture is an interesting angle at the front of the building.  The second picture from this ride is of a gargoyle in the queue that I've always wanted to take a picture of and finally did!  Enjoy!












Our final stop on this Fantasyland Friday is back at it's a small world!  The picture I have today is one I purposely took because my Mom took this exact same picture back in about 1983 (or so).  I have the picture at home and loved how it looked, so I decided to take a "newer" version of the same picture!  It's neat to have the two side by side and they both look quite the same!







I hope you've enjoyed today's Fantasyland tour and I wish everyone a pleasant Spring weekend!  Please make sure you have all your belongings before you exit and step carefully out to your right! :)

Good Morning, Mickey & Main Street

There's always that picture that you snap first thing in the morning each day you go to Disneyland.  This following photo is just that!  Arriving in the park on an extremely slow Saturday (due to a 90% chance of rain) the first picture I took of the day was an interesting angle up at the Mickey Mouse floral and the Main Street Train Station!







It was literally so slow that day at Disneyland I was able to get a rare picture in front of the train station with only me and my friend Erin in it!  In all the years I've been going to Disneyland I've NEVER been able to get a picture of myself like this!  And for further proof that we live in a small, small world, the person who took this photo of me is a friend from a car fan club that we ran into at Disneyland!  Myself and my friend who took the photo both live out of state and somehow were at Disneyland the exact same weekend and ran into each other that morning right inside the entrance gates!








Next is another picture of me and my friend Erin, this time with the Disneyland Christmas Tree!  It was super empty around the tree (unlike the zoo it is normally), so we stopped and had our picture taken on the way into the park!







Finally a simple shot of the Emporium on Main Street USA!  I will be posting more pictures from that incredibly slow day later! :)  This picture is another of the "first" photos of that day!  I always find it fun to look back at the first photos I took each day because it brings back the memories of the whole day in the park if I start from the beginning!  Next time you're looking at your Disneyland vacation photos, be sure to start with the first!  You never know what happy memories it might bring right back!

A Cloudy Day by the Castle

Although everyone loves a bright and sunny day at the Happiest Place on Earth, it can be a nice change to get a cloudy day there!  Especially if it's supposed to pour rain all day and the park is super slow and empty!  Today's pictures are from a very cloudy day at the park and if I remember correctly it started raining right after I took these pictures (as you can see from the sky).


My first picture is of the Archimedes statue and Sleeping Beauty Castle!  If any of you don't know who Archimedes is, he's Merlin's owl in the Sword in the Stone.  I love this little statue of him outside the Castle!  If you look closely at him, from the right he has a curious look on his face.  From the left he has a disapproving look on his face!  He really does have these different looks on his face, be sure to check it out the next time you go!  This picture is of his curious side.







Next is a photo of me with my favorite princess, Princess Aurora!  Both her and Snow White came out from the castle at the same time and I almost fell over with shock!  I got pictures with both of them but my favorite is with Aurora!







Lastly we have a photo of Sleeping Beauty Castle on this cloudy day in Disneyland.  You can tell it's just about to rain by how dark and cloudy the sky is in the picture. (it was taken at 3 in the afternoon!)  Hope you enjoyed today's pictures and the little look at a cloudy day in Disneyland!