The most magical place of all...

What do the subjects of these two pictures have in common?

They're both going to be in Disneyland during the first week of March!
That's right, gentle readers, I'm finally going to Disneyland. I've never been to any Disney theme park, and it seems to be one of those things that you can't really understand until you've been, so Daniel and I decided that it's probably about time that I experience it.

Our best friends, Jessica and Brennan, have annual passes to Disneyland and were planning on going (again) in March and invited us to tag along. They were already planning on spending the gas money and paying for a hotel, so they invited us to come along and join in the fun.

We weren't sure if we were going to be able to swing it--money's been really tight the past few months--but we decided we would carefully save our pennies (aka Daniel's bi-weekly plasma donation money) to try and be able to go. We also used our connections in the hotel biz (Daniel's brother-in-law works for Marriott) to get a cheap-cheap hotel room pretty close to the park, as our contribution to the travel expenses. But we still weren't sure if it was going to be financially possible.

Well, good news everyone. We just filed our taxes and our tax return turned out to be awesome. Not only will we be able to finish paying off our credit card, our student loans, and pay a huge chunk on our car loan, we'll have enough left over to go to Disneyland for sure! Basically we're pretty stoked. Our goal of having zero debt in three years is looking a lot more feasible than before. Who would have thought having a baby and me not working would pay off so much?

So for those who have been to Disneyland, what do I need to see and do while I'm there? We'll only have three days, so I want to plan ahead so I can hit as much as possible in that short amount of time.