August 11th
Warning--there are a ton of pictures!! I couldn't narrow them down very much.
California Adventure today!
We woke everyone up bright and early--6:30 AM. That is so early for us, but we did it. We were eating breakfast by 8 and then by the time we got to the park, it was 9:30.
Once again, we walked from our hotel, to the parking lot that had a shuttle to take us to the park. This is Caleb and Noah talking together on the shuttle. They are both 4, but Caleb's about 5 months older than Noah.
When we got there, we headed straight over to Cars Land. I was so excited for Noah to experience Cars Land because he LOVES the movie "Cars" and he always has a Lightning McQueen car with him. Garrett and Josh got Fast passes for the Cars ride--'Radiator Springs Racers'-- as soon as we got there. They were for later in the day, but Garrett said we should ride it twice, so we got in line for it right when we got there. Josh and Tanya waited to ride it with their fast passes, so they took off and did other things first.
Cars land was so awesome!! I love how they made the town of Radiator Springs--I wanted to stay there all day!! Noah saw Lightning McQueen and was so excited!!
The line was long and it was extememly hot, but I must say that the ride was worth it!!
Garrett and Paige and Noah were in this car (above) (I was in the car behind them with Bella, Maggie and Lydia)
Garrett and Noah
We saw all the characters on the ride. It was so cute--and then so fun to race the cars. I was so sad, but Noah did not the like ride at all. I guess I should say that he didn't like the racing part of the ride. He said it was too fast for him.
This is what the racing part of it looks like.
Getting our picture with Lizzie
Going to Luigi's for new tires...
Air blows out of air vents and floats your tires. Then everyone on your tire has to lean in the direction they want to move.
Then we walked around Radiator Springs looking at all the shops and stuff.
Lightning McQueen was back for pictures, so we waited in line for pictures.
I love this one!! He was so happy! I might have to frame this one and hang it in his room.
We got our pictures taken by one of the professional photographers walking around.
Then we went over to Mater's Junkyard Jamboree.
While we were waiting in line, they had all sorts of stuff hung up from the short movie, "Mater's Tall tales". Noah watches this a lot, so it was fun to see the stuff on the wall from that.
Noah and I didn't really care for this ride. It pretty much spins you around a lot--the tractors are supposed to be "dancing" I guess.
That was pretty much all the rides in Radiator Springs, so we met up with Josh and Tanya again and went on the Little Mermaid Ride. We must've had lunch sometime during the day, but I can't recall where or what we ate.
Cool ship from the Little Mermaid ride.
I think at this point, we all went to the California Screamin' Ride and took turns riding and watching the little kids. Garrett, Maggie and I went first (our picture is above); then Maggie and Garrett went; then Josh and Tanya.
Maggie and Garrett
Then we let the kids ride King Triton's carousel
I loved these bill boards they had down by Paradise Pier.
Around this time, our fast passes were ready for the Cars racers ride, so we got in line. Noah was freaking out because he didn't want to ride it again. Somehow I convinced him to do it one more time and that I would be right next to him holding his hand. (He hated it still, by the way.)
Tanya, Caleb, Paige, Lydia, Hannah and Maggie. I loved how we got to race against each other.
Then we got to see Red.
Uncle Josh being goofy!
Next up was Toy Story Mania. We did this one in Disney World and really enjoyed it!
Hannah and Paige
me and Bella
Garrett and Noah
Lydia and Maggie
these boys again
these 2 like to take selfies together
We split up from Josh and Tanya again, although I can't remember why. Garrett was pretty hot and tired, so he went and found a place to sit in the shade. I took the kids to ride on the "Jumpin' Jellyfish Ride". It was kind of like the Parachutes ride at Six Flags over Texas. It was a nice, relaxing ride--very short though.
Lydia and Paige
Maggie and Bella. I love the view from the top.
We split up again and some of us went to get in line for the Grizzly River Run--like the Roarin' Rapids at Six Flags--and I stayed with Bella and Noah to watch the Pixar Parade.
The Grizzly River Run ended up being closed for some reason anyways.
I loved how he waved to them all!!
We saw this plane on the way to meeting up with everyone and had to snap a picture.
We met up with everyone to watch the Aladdin Show. It was pretty neat.
I don't know if you can tell, but Aladdin and Jasmine are flying on the magic carpet in the middle of the picture.
I think after the show Josh and Tanya went back to the hotel. We headed back to Cars Land to get pictures with Mater. They have scheduled times when they come out. We couldn't leave without getting pictures with Mater.
Then we went to the Bug's Life area for more kid rides. Paige and Hopper.
It was really cool how they made everything huge to make you feel like you are the size of a bug.
Here we are riding on "Heimlich's Chew Chew Train"
This is "Tuck and Roll's Drive 'em Buggies" Pretty much bumper cars.
Garrett going after Lydia.
This one is "Flik's Flyers". Kind of like riding in 'hot air balloons'.
This is Mickey's Fun Wheel. We didn't ride it, just took a picture on the way out of the park. We tried to stay and watch their big show, "World of Color". But of course, we didn't go early to find a seat, so we were standing behind crowds of people. No one could see, so we were trying to hold Bella and Noah, but that gets really tiring after awhile. So, we gave up and left.
Noah fell asleep on my shoulder and I carried him out of the park and almost the whole walk back to the hotel. Garrett carried him for a few minutes, but he freaked out and wanted me. My back was killing me by the time I got home!! It was a long, but really fun day!!
