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The scene is the Pedroza Cottage it is about 6AM and a big BOOM BOOM BOOM! noise is heard, the items in the house quickly rattle and then go back to their normal still positions…)
Denise: Did you hear that?
John: Guess God says it is time to get up.
Denise: I think we just had a earthquake.
John: Does this mean I still have to go work OT (Overtime at work)?
Denise: Yes, go.
(It is now 4 hours of OT, an oil change, and a hour waiting to register our car at the AAA later…)
John: So, we just survived a 3.7 earthquake what should we do now?
Denise: I want to go to the OC Fair.
John: Uh, ok.
(John, Denise, and AJ get in their “”new to them car”” and start parking along the 91 freeway, about an hour and a half passes)
John: Umm, we have to be back by 8PM, I don’t think we are going to make it.
Denise: We are going to make it.
John: But we will only be able to go to the fair for two hours.
Denise: Ok, I guess we will just have to go to Disneyland.
John: (smiling) Ok.

And so went our day, we only rode on one attraction (Haunted Mansion) and saw the parade, but it was all good. The parade right now is called “”Celebrate””:
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It isn’t the traditional “”sit-down on the curb”” parade you are probably used to. It consists of about 6 floats and they stop at three locations along the parade route and do a little routine.
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We watched the parade in front of the Penny Arcade:

We only spent about an hour or so at Disneyland, not much time but it was fun. We didn’t want to over excite ourselves too much, after all we are minor earthquake survivors don’t you know!?!”