Friday, September 21, 2012

Day 3: Tuesday, September 11th - First day at Disneyland/California Adventure

Disneyland/California Adventure was next on our list of things to do.  We considered scalping our tickets after reading the “Disneyland Causes Cancer” sign, but decided to be brave. J  We had a ton of fun our first day in the park, getting early fast passes for the World of Color show and Radiator Springs Racers, then hitting Toy Story Mania, California Screamin', the Silly Symphony Swings multiple times, and getting really wet on Grizzly Rapids (next time wear synthetics, not cotton!). 













After spending most of the morning in California Adventure, we headed over to Disneyland, and went straight for Splash Mountain.  Abby tried it and hated it, but we convinced her (aka bribed her) to go on it with us a few more times so we could try to get a good family photo coming down the big hill.



After that we went to the Matterhorn, Star Tours, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Pirates of the Caribbean (while I ran back to the hotel to pick up a few things), and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.  We ate lunch in Critter Country, and also stopped at Winnie the Pooh.  Heading back to California Adventure, we hit Grizzly Rapids a couple more times (the three older kids and I), Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, Tower of Terror (which Abby HATED… and Malinda wasn’t so happy with either), Radiator Springs Racers, Mater's Tow Trucks, Goofy's Sky School, Soarin' Over California, and then got all set to watch the World of Color.  We were glad that we asked around a bit about where to watch World of Color.  We sat on the bridge.  We had a great view and didn’t get hit by the mist.  It was perfect!  It turned out to be a pretty cool show, much better than our Fantasmic experience from three years ago.





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