Friday, July 19, 2013

Disney Day!

"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do." - Walt Disney

Yesterday, we left bright and early for California Adventure.  As we should be leaving right now for Disneyland, I will have to keep this short, but I promise a more detailed trip report later on the Disboards.

Many of the rides in California Adventure are duplicated in Walt Disney World.  We have been to Disney World many times, so our priority was to get on the rides that are different.  Our biggest priority there was the entire land that Florida is missing - Cars Land.  We hurried in and got a fastpass for the headliner, Radiator Springs Racers.


What can we say?  The theming was amazing, and once we rode Radiator Springs Racers, we had to go back for a second fastpass.  It is definitely my favorite Disney ride in any park, which is a problem, since it is so far away.  Disney, add Cars Land to Florida, please!!

Then we rode on pretty much everything else in the park.  Other than the Silly Symphony Swings (which Kai and Scott thought were too close to the Zephyr, which they had just rode), Mickey's Fun Wheel (which had a long wait and no one really wanted to ride anyway), and the kiddy rides in the Bug's Life section, we rode it all.  Other than Radiator Springs Racers, which was everyone's favorite, Scott and Kai's favorite was California Screaming, and Nick and I loved Tow Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. (Okay, that's back in Cars Land, but that's life!)  The two new to us dark rides, Monsters Inc. and Little Mermaid were cute.  The Aladdin show was funny and really great, especially the special effects, although it would have been nice if the stunt Aladdin and Jasmine looked more like the stage versions.  The park's theming was interesting, but a bit disjointed.  We loved the Animation Academy building - it's much better than Disney World's version.  Plus, we got to draw Steamboat Willie and Phineas and Ferb! Gotta go, Disneyland is calling.

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