After yesterday's long adventure at Disneyland, we slept in and we needed it! All of this park hopping has got us pretty tired and worn out. After getting dressed and having a quick breakfast, we headed out of the motel, arriving at California Adventure by about 10:00 am.We took it fairly easy, though our first task was to get a Fast Pass for California Screamin' the park's enormous roller coaster. We walked around Hollywood area, visiting the Monsters, Inc. and some of the other rides.
The lagoon was all torn up for construction of a new exhibit, so there was no water in it. Some of the major rides, such as the ferris wheel, were also being updated and were thus unavailable. At last it was time to go on our roller coaster ride and California Screamin' did not disappoint. It was totally awesome! I went on it three times, one of them sitting next to a Roman Catholic priest! Be not afraid!
Our son's favorite ride in this park, however, was the Toy Story shooting gallery - target practice with a laser gun while moving on a ride. I have to say that for all of the rides of this kind that we have been on at Legoland and Disneyland, this was the best of the bunch. We also visited the Bug's Life area, where we saw a 4-D movie, complete with water spray, stinkbug stink and "bugs" crawling under our seats! Yuck! Cute, but a little bit scary for the little guy.
The other ride that we really like in this park is California Soarin'. This is a simulated plane flight over various areas in California. We got Fast Passes for 7:45 pm, then we headed out of the park for an early dinner and a rest at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney, walking all the way. After a good meal (at least this one was on my diet!), we hopped on the monorail which took us into Disneyland's Tomorrowland. We still had a couple of hours to kill, so we grabbed a ride on the submarines before taking the train to the Disneyland entrance and walking back across the mall to California Adventure. Our little one loved California Soarin' and, although he had some trepidation (is this a roller coaster???!!!??? No!), afterwards he decided that this was easy, just like riding an airplane and he could do it again.
Being pretty pooped out, we headed out of the park after California Soarin', deciding to get an ice cream cone at Downtown Disney and catch the tram back to the parking lot. We did a little minor window shopping, got the cones and listened to world class violinist Drew Tretick playing there. Wow!
Back to the motel and it didn't take long for us to be sound asleep! Lots of walking today, even if not up hills.
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