Wednesday morning at the Disneyland Resort was earmarked for Disney’s California Adventure. It was another early entry … 7 am.
California Adventure isn’t my favorite part of Disneyland. I don’t enjoy the feel of the park as much and it seems like there just isn’t as much to do there, as far as rides go – and what there is to do is broken down. They do have great shows though!
We started our morning visiting Cars Land. It wasn’t open yet the last time we went to Disneyland, so it was new to all of us. It was really well done and we did feel like we were walking through the cartoon!
Bobby, however, was not impressed with Mater’s Tractor Ride …
Rusty and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Isn’t this little tractor just cute – yes, but Bobby wouldn’t stand by it for all the goldfish in my bag!
(It was BYU shirt day for our family – in case you hadn’t noticed)
Even though Bobby looks disturbed in this picture, he actually really liked seeing McQueen up close. Lots of pointing and “key key key” sounds.
The perfect age for Disneyland right there …
The lines were out of control (like 100 minute waits out of control) and the Fast Pass system a bit sketchy for Radiator Spring Racers but we did manage to get on once during our week there.
The boys loved this ride and we really wanted to do it again, but it just wasn’t destined to happen.
Our car won the race, by the way, which only made it that much more fun!
On our must do list was a visit to see Olaf the snowman from the movie Frozen.
Bobby didn’t mind waiting in line when the end result was a character – goofy kid!
I quite enjoyed that character visit as well since the photographer went on and on about how “go-oood” I looked for having all 5 of these kids! It wasn’t even one of my better skinny days, but I will totally take that compliment!
We went to the “Frozen” sing-a-long show and the boys thoroughly enjoyed that. The actors retold the story from the movie and sang the songs.
There were fiery blasts and it ended with snow falling from the ceiling!!
We played in the Bug’s Life area and rode Soarin’ Over California. On that one, Rusty was very concerned. He didn’t like the idea of the ride and when we seat belted ourselves in, he seemed very nervous. Once the ride started though, he loved it! Well, almost loved it. There is a part where you soar over the ocean for a ways and he nudged me and asked, “How much longer until we are back over land?!”
Just before lunch time, Grandmama took Bobby back to the hotel and Kevin and I took the boys on the Grizzly River Rapids.
I kept trying to tell them that they wouldn’t get wet, but they didn’t seem to believe me. It didn’t help that people getting off the ride were pretty well drenched. Ricky and Billy kept reading the warning signs to Rusty and Tommy – that didn’t help either, especially the one that said, “You WILL get wet, You MIGHT get drenched.” There were other warnings about not riding with heart conditions or while pregnant and one that said, “Watch out for Sharp Turns!”
After we got off the ride (only somewhat wet – not drenched), Tommy said, “Momma, there weren’t any pointy turns!” I guess he was worried about a “sharp” turn being kind of pointy!
We all had some downtime after lunch and then Kevin went with the boys and Grandmama to see the “Aladdin” show back in California Adventure. I stayed at the hotel and napped with Bobby since I saw the show while Kevin stayed with nappers 3 years ago.
The boys sang the songs and quoted the Genie for hours afterwards!
After the play, Kevin and I took Ricky and Billy on the big roller coaster called California Screamin’. It was the biggest roller coaster either of them has been on and it has drops and an upside down part. I sat with Billy thinking he’d be fine. He’s quite brave and a daredevil at home, so I didn’t think this would bother him. I was wrong.
After we went down the first drop, I was sure Billy was going to upchuck … mid-ride … and it would get all over ME! I don’t do upchuck well. I then feared that I would upchuck as well. So, while I tried my best to scream and enjoy the ride (which was really awesome!), I couldn’t fully enjoy it because I kept side-glancing at Billy waiting for the slightly green face to produce something nasty! Ricky just kind of ducked his head and held on tight. I guess we need to toughen these boys up by riding more roller coasters!
We think Billy might get a bit motion sick. His bravery and daredevil status remain in tack.
Dinner that night was at the hotel restaurant, “Goofy’s Kitchen.”
It was our first character dinner and lots of fun – again thanks to Bobby loving characters!
Chip and Dale were the most friendly with the boys. The boys remember which one has a red nose and which one has the black nose. I can never keep it straight!
Pluto played the most with Bobby.
It is a buffet style restaurant and the boys loved being able to pick and choose and go back for more! We were seated in a side room with another family with several kids. I’m not sure if it was the BYU shirts or number of children, but that dad asked if we were from Utah. Yep. And he was from Idaho.
After dinner, because we hadn’t walked nearly enough that day, we took a stroll around the hotel grounds. It is really beautiful there! The boys gather flower petals that had fallen from the trees and found several “Disney cats” – wild cats that live at the hotel.
Then it was time for bed. The boys were all tired and ready for some sleep! Mom stayed with them so Kevin and I could slip off on a date to see “World of Color.” It was all about the history of Walt Disney since the parks were celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland.
It was really well done and we had a good spot to stand and see everything. I didn’t think it was quite as kid-friendly of a show as the previous “World of Color” was, so I was very glad the boys had stayed back and gone to sleep.
And sleep they did. This is how we found them when we got back …
Grandmama had done her job well!!!
Bobby didn’t sleep well on this trip. He figured out how to crawl out of the play pen and wanted to sleep ON either Kevin or I all night. I’m not sure if the scary rides got to him or all the new people or what. But every night was spent like this …
Good thing he is cute!
Wednesday Rides and Attractions: Mater’s Tractors, Ladybugs, Bumper Cars, Flik’s Flight Balloons, Radiator Springs Racers, Soarin’ Over California, Frozen Sing-a-Long, Olaf, Grizzly River Rapids, Aladdin, California Screamin’, Goofy’s Kitchen, World of Color