happy v - day you hopeless romantics!

disneyland hotel

Visiting Disneyland for the first time was such a thrill. These are some photos of the hotel that plays the score of The Jungle Book and The Lion King (some of my favourites) in the lobby, has a little firework show above your bed, and a pool that we surprisingly had to ourselves! They pay attention to every detail and it brought back so many fond memories of watching all those Disney movies and shorts, a million times, as a kid... and maybe several times as a teen and adult, too. - Mina 

the el capitan theatre

The El Capitan Theatre came up as something to check out in LA when we were planning our trip. We can count on one hand how many times we've gone to a theatre in the last 5 years. Seeing a movie is something you can do anywhere, so it seemed a little silly, BUT we were heading to Disneyland the next day and the old theatre is just stunning. Since we knew it would be a long day at Disney, we decided not to be so precious about our time. Watching Frozen would be a relaxing evening. 

The movie was adorable! Frozen's music was so catchy (this interview with the composers is really interesting if you like to know how things come together).

The El Capitan shows old Disney movies as well, like Mary Poppins. If you have children, I think it would be such a great afternoon to take them out to see some of the classic films.