Disneyland Day 3
We didn’t have early entry for Disney today so we didn’t have to be there until 8:30AM. We got sleep and extra hour. Shuttle bus was packed and we left others (not our group) behind – always be early for the shuttle. We did an hour of Disneyland going on a few rides in Fantasyland and headed over the California Adventure (CA) for their 10AM opening.
I hadn’t researched CA like I had DL and were just winging it. I was happy at times I didn’t know what was there and at times wish I knew more about it so I could have planned our time better. We were pretty exhausted from 2 days of DL and the heat was killing us so we just took it easy and rested more.
I loved this park. We went on Monsters Inc twice with no lineups and then onto Hollywood Terror Hotel. Dave and Haley stayed behind. I thought the kids would freak on this one but they loved it. I guess they are getting used to these huge rides. We then participated in an animation class drawing Donald Duck and then did “Talk with Crush” the turtle from Finding Nemo. This was awesome. The turtle is an animated sea turtle on a big screen and is interactive with the audience. The guy doing it in the background is very witty and it really looks like Crush is doing the talking. We all really enjoyed this one.
We waited to watch High School Cheer show to be front and center but the kids didn’t participate like we thought they might. The heat was a bit much I think. We did Soaring over California and that was way better than any of us expected. It’s a big Imax type movie where you sit high in the theatre in ski lift type chairs. Brilliant ride. Had some lunch – sandwiches since we are tired of pizza and burgers and fries. Did the Grizzly river raft ride. 25 minute wait – no fastpass today for this one. Our longest wait of the trip. All 8 of us in one raft – we got soaked and had a blast.
Did Mulholland madness a few times – no waits and then headed over to the swings for the kids and then got some fastpasses for California Screamin’ Roller coaster. We saw the movie “It’s tough to be a bug” and all the adults really enjoyed it. The kids not so much but nothing like the “I shrunk the Audience movie” reaction. This Bugs Life movie was better and scarier I thought. The kids played in Bugs Land while I took Carter and Bridget individually on California Screamin’. I had fastpasses so I beat the lines – only 10 minutes for me and 1 kid as opposed to 40 minutes. I took carter and I was really worried about how he would handle it but he loved it !! – It was “sweet” and “wicked”. It’s probably up there as one of the best coasters I have ever been on. I loved it. I loved the speed of it and the rush and the fear it gave me.
We headed to downtown Disney again at 6PM after CA closed. The moms shopped some more and Carter got something from the Lego store. Caught the bus and had dinner at the hotel where kids eat free. Another spectacular day and sad to see our 3 days at Disney over. We could have used an extra day. 4 days would be better.
Tomorrow its LA. We’re renting a couple of cars and off to LA and San Diego. Hope to see Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Sunset Blvd.
We didn’t have early entry for Disney today so we didn’t have to be there until 8:30AM. We got sleep and extra hour. Shuttle bus was packed and we left others (not our group) behind – always be early for the shuttle. We did an hour of Disneyland going on a few rides in Fantasyland and headed over the California Adventure (CA) for their 10AM opening.
I hadn’t researched CA like I had DL and were just winging it. I was happy at times I didn’t know what was there and at times wish I knew more about it so I could have planned our time better. We were pretty exhausted from 2 days of DL and the heat was killing us so we just took it easy and rested more.
I loved this park. We went on Monsters Inc twice with no lineups and then onto Hollywood Terror Hotel. Dave and Haley stayed behind. I thought the kids would freak on this one but they loved it. I guess they are getting used to these huge rides. We then participated in an animation class drawing Donald Duck and then did “Talk with Crush” the turtle from Finding Nemo. This was awesome. The turtle is an animated sea turtle on a big screen and is interactive with the audience. The guy doing it in the background is very witty and it really looks like Crush is doing the talking. We all really enjoyed this one.
We waited to watch High School Cheer show to be front and center but the kids didn’t participate like we thought they might. The heat was a bit much I think. We did Soaring over California and that was way better than any of us expected. It’s a big Imax type movie where you sit high in the theatre in ski lift type chairs. Brilliant ride. Had some lunch – sandwiches since we are tired of pizza and burgers and fries. Did the Grizzly river raft ride. 25 minute wait – no fastpass today for this one. Our longest wait of the trip. All 8 of us in one raft – we got soaked and had a blast.
Did Mulholland madness a few times – no waits and then headed over to the swings for the kids and then got some fastpasses for California Screamin’ Roller coaster. We saw the movie “It’s tough to be a bug” and all the adults really enjoyed it. The kids not so much but nothing like the “I shrunk the Audience movie” reaction. This Bugs Life movie was better and scarier I thought. The kids played in Bugs Land while I took Carter and Bridget individually on California Screamin’. I had fastpasses so I beat the lines – only 10 minutes for me and 1 kid as opposed to 40 minutes. I took carter and I was really worried about how he would handle it but he loved it !! – It was “sweet” and “wicked”. It’s probably up there as one of the best coasters I have ever been on. I loved it. I loved the speed of it and the rush and the fear it gave me.
We headed to downtown Disney again at 6PM after CA closed. The moms shopped some more and Carter got something from the Lego store. Caught the bus and had dinner at the hotel where kids eat free. Another spectacular day and sad to see our 3 days at Disney over. We could have used an extra day. 4 days would be better.
Tomorrow its LA. We’re renting a couple of cars and off to LA and San Diego. Hope to see Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Sunset Blvd.
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