On Thursday we went to California Adventure. Both days we went to the Disney parks we got there after 8 (when they opened) and didn't have to wait in any lines to enter. We were a little more late on this day, and I was worried it would mean we'd miss the short lines and the beginning of the day, but we didn't. We'd hoped to do Radiator Springs first, but all the early access people were there really early because when I checked wait time before 8, I think, it was already at least an hour. So we saw that Toy Story Mania was 5 minutes so we went there first. We rode it several times with basically no wait time. It was great!
Everyone but me rode the Ferris Wheel. I think that's the first time that's happened. Usually Kenzie or Coleman stay with me. Last time Coleman rode it, but he screamed in terror the whole time. He liked it this time though and didn't scream at all :)
Next we rode the water rafting ride. We got fairly wet. Some more than others. I brought flip flops for this ride so I wouldn't have wet socks and shoes all day. I was really glad I did!
Doug got the wettest! It was so fun to ride though. Everyone was screaming and hoping we'd be the lucky one that didn't get splashed by the big splashes.
We've taken a picture on this bench a few times so we had to again.
Resting before lunch
Everyone but me rode Tower of Terror (or, I guess, Guardians of the Galaxy). Coleman hadn't been planning on it, but since he liked Splash Mountain and the Ferris Wheel, he thought he'd try it, and he loved it!
Cars Land! My favorite place in California Adventure!
The dancing cars
Doug and Jordan
Kenzie and I rode Little Mermaid together like old times.
Everyone but Jackson wanted to ride the Cars ride again in the single rider line (we think Jackson just wanted to talk to his girlfriend, Leilani :)) The line was pretty long, but much, much shorter than the normal line. I think we waited 20-30 minutes (long for single rider, at least what single rider was when we've come previous years) but the normal line was 1.5-2 hours long. When we were getting assigned our cars, the guy sent Doug, Coleman, and I to three different cars (Kenzie and Jordan were already in their spots) but the other people in the cars we were going to be in decided to change how they were arranged (they were a big group). The 2 sitting by Doug ended up taking mine and Coleman's spots so the guy sent us to ride with Doug. We were so excited to all ride together!
We rode Toy Story a few more times as our last rides.
We got some hot chocolate and milk shakes on our way out! Milk shakes are Coleman's favorite treat is a vanilla milk shake. He was really disappointed that they didn't have any in Disneyland but was happy California Adventure had them. They actually had milk shakes all over and he'd had one for his mid afternoon snack too:)
This was our hotel. We had a bunk bed and two queen beds. The kids changed beds every night because they all wanted to sleep on the bunk bed. Jordan didn't fit on the bottom bunk though:)
Coleman climbed in bed to watch whatever Kenzie was watching on tv and wait for his turn to shower, but he was so tired he just fell asleep. We'd been walking at least 10 miles a day so we were getting lots of exercise!
The biggest downside of the day was that the Incredicoaster was closed. We kept checking to see if it would open, but it never did. Coleman and Kenzie were especially disappointed!
Favorite Rides:
Coleman: Radiator Springs
Kenzie: Tower of Terror
Jordan: Toy Story
Jackson: Toy Story
Doug: Tower of Terror
Me: Radiator Springs
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