Ms. Perry's Peaches: I Rocked my Disney Side... what'd you do this weekend?

Rock Your Disney Side 24 hour event

As a first time annual pass holder when I heard Disneyland was going to be open for 24 hours I convinced my mom and sister that we needed to go! To prepare for our trip I researched all I could about the two previous 24 hour events which included tips and what to bring. I also found blog posts about what attractions and food was available to make it through this glorious night/day! I pinned away all the information and made it through my four day work week. Then the day came, we decided to megabus it down to Burbank and then rent a car and head to Anaheim. I LOVE Megabus, it's easy, cheap and you get six hours of sleep! Our bus driver booked it from Oakland down to Burbank seeing that we arrived about 30 minutes early (both on our way there and back). We hit the ground running and loved every minute of the day.

Improvements: Although this was Disneyland's third time hosting a 24 hour event I do have some suggestions for Disney
- If they are going to have a 24hour event all rides should be available until atleast 5:30: we ran out of rides to keep us awake the rest of the night. This limiting of rides basically overcrowded the rides that were available and we ended up, at one point, on the Mark Twain boat just to pass the time away.
- Radiators Springs Racers cast members need to be more informative: Before leaving the park for a little nap in the afternoon we passed the fastpass for Spring Racers and doubled back to get a fast pass, we missed the opportunity by two people. So when we asked when the ride would close, the cast member didn't know so when we ran for the ride after watching World of Color we were told they were not accepting any new riders (BOOOOO!!). I wish the cast member who we talked to before we left was more informed so he could tell us the correct information.
-California Adventure should have their rides hours of operation printed on their daily schedule that you pick up when you enter.
OVERALL: Everyone was just fantastic! The organization and cast members were all great!

Tips:

- Bring a portable charger. Mine had a pretty good battery but there were 2 times where my phone was close to shutting down.

- Bring gel inserts for shoes. I got two very bad blisters.

- Five hour energy. This saved me in the middle of the night, only needed half.

- Layer up(if needed) The weather was a little funky for May but my layers kept me warm.

- Take LOTS of pictures. I'm in love with many of the ones I took.

- Hit up the day portion hard on Friday and prepare for crowds of people at night into early morning. The daytime is the calm before the storm and we got a lot of rides in during this time.

- Get fast pass for World of Color at 3 a.m. Simply amazing!

- Bring people who will keep the energy high until that 6 a.m. closing. My mom was awesome, my sister and her boyfriend hung tough too.

- Check out the bands at the Mad T Party they were amazing, DJ not so much)

- Prepare your patience meter I did pretty good!

-Track your steps and EAT! We ended up walking 22 miles in totality which made eating burgers, dole whip and other sweet treats well worth it!

- Dress up! Everyone had such fun costumes. If I had more time I'd get a really cool Tiana costume but my last minute pirate was good!

- Have fun with the cast members! their high fives and convos kept my spirits high!

- And ofcourse... HAVE FUN!

Now for some pictures!