It was a cold night, but with proper jackets on we were warm enough. The queues of the day had dramatically reduced in the evening. I asked Alexander "Where to?.." and the immediate answer was "Big Thunder Railway!!" - his favourite roller coaster in the park (Although I think it ties with the Buzz Lightyear ride as the best ride of all).
The first time waiting in the queue was about 35 minutes (the longest of the night, whereas in the daytime it is more like 60-90 minutes). All the way, we chatted about all of the stuff on display. Alexander had a million questions about everything "What's a firearm? What's an assay? What would this thing do?". It was great fun relaxing and spending a bit of time together.
On the first ride, we sat up the front. At night, the ride was lit up and it was interesting to see a different focus on things. Half way through the ride, Alexander starts singing the "I'm just a singin' goat" and "Be prepared", from the animated movie "Hoodwinked", where the characters race in mine cars through a tunnel like this. He had a great time.
On the second ride, he was busy being 'tour guide' to a small boy who sat behind us and was a little frightened. "This is the biggest hill", "The photo is taken up here", "Don't worry, those rocks don't really fall". All very kind and comforting, but I think the little fella only spoke French!
On the third ride, I hear a "woo hoo" and I look over, Alexander has his hands in the air! He must have seen some bigger kids doing it. He was having a great time!
For a break, we returned to the haunted house again. Then returned for our 4th and last ride on Big Thunder. With almost no queue, we asked to sit at the back, and Alexander thought this was the best place of all to ride the roller coaster. I had a great time sharing Alexander's excitement and fun, and by the end I knew every inch of Big Thunder Mountain!
By the end of our stay in Disneyland, Alexander had ridden Big Thunder Mountain 9 times.
We walked back to the hotel, and met up with Nicole and Cameron in the foyer. They had not made it up to the room (and we had left them over two hours earlier!)
It was a really fun night.
Nicole and Cameron had a great night in the hotel. It was quiz night for the kids. Cameron was keen to participate. They had to listen to snippets of the songs and then name the movie. A slight disadvantage for us, the songs were in French. The second competition were pictures on an overhead projector, and they were shown only a small part of the picture at a time. Cameron managed to get 2nd place in both competitions!
Thanks to Chantal, Sonia and Michelle for the Disney books and dvd's ! It was really helpful. Cameron was thrilled.
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