Disneyland- Day Two

We went to California Adventure bright and early on Thursday morning. We got to the gates an hour before the park opened. It opened at 10am on Wed and Thursday, 9am on Friday and on Saturday it opened at 8am, but on Saturday we didn't get there an hour early, just when it opened. 

They would let us in at 9:30 then we'd be roped off until the park officially opened at 10am. You can see the employees from Cars Land was helping keep us behind the rope. (I chatted with a girl next to me who was also LDS and from Utah and had kids the same ages and had the same stroller as us. It was funny. I saw her a couple times later that day around the park.) Our goal was ride Radiator Springs Racer which is the most popular ride there. Kyle was in the fast pass line for the same ride so the plan was for him to get the fast passes for all of us and then catch up to us in line at the actual ride. Amazingly, it worked out great and after he got the fast passes he caught up to us as we were walking with the mass amount of people to the ride. We were able to ride the ride and then went back later a couple hours later to ride it again. Score! This was my favorite land and favorite ride. Preston thought it was pretty cool, he wouldn't say much unless we asked him and then he'd smile and say it was fun. 

Hair blowing in the wind as we cruise in our car in Radiator Springs. So fun! I loved that they had the bridge and waterfall like the movie. 

Preston loves Phineas and Ferb so we watched their dance party and Kate went out and danced with them. Preston was fine watching from the sidelines.

Potato Head makes me laugh. The Toy Story Midway Mania ride was like an arcade game, shooting targets. Kyle blew all of us out of the water with his score.

Preston wouldn't go up and meet any of the princesses, but he was super excited for Woody. He gave him a high five and was so happy to see him. Kate got an autograph book...for free b/c Kyle went to go buy one when we were in line to meet the princesses and the cashier said just take it and come back to pay for it because she knew I was in line almost up to the princesses. Well, Kyle went back to pay for it and she wouldn't let him! She said it's a gift from Mickey. So nice. Kate was on a mission to get as many autographs from characters as she could. 

More pictures from Cars Land. 

Getting ready to race the yellow car at the end of the ride. Such a cool ride!

Eating lunch at Flo's V8 Cafe

Each Cone sold something different like ice cream cones, popcorn, churros, etc.

In Bugs Land the ladybug ride was one of Preston's favorite.

Kyle thought this sign was funny. They are good about the details!

Eating yummy ice cream treats

We watched the Aladdin play which was really good. The genie was making jokes about current issues so it was pretty funny. 

Kate loved riding California Screamin'. She is a dare devil. She'd go with me then turn around and go again with Kyle. Preston was too short to ride it. I was scared on it and screamed most of the ride. haha! Included in our Costco package were vouchers to buy these pictures (a 5x7 and digital download). We got to pick 4 different pictures. We got two pictures from Radiator Springs Racers, one from California Screamin' and one from Space Mountain. 

While waiting for Kyle and Kate to ride California Screamin' I took Preston on this merry go round. He threw a fit and wasn't happy to ride it. 

But you can see he quickly cheered up once the ride started! Silly boy!

We rode the Mickey Ferris Wheel and we chose to ride in a swinging gondola. Big mistake! It was scary and Kate started crying (only ride she cried on). What's funny is Preston wanted to ride it again the next day, but we vetoed that idea.

We also rode Goofy's roller coaster and Kyle hated it! He was in the front seat and felt like he was going to flip over the side on all the turns. I was laughing and screaming the whole time because it was kind of scary. Kate liked it. Go figure.

Around 4pm the kids were done with rides and wanted to go back to the hotel. They were melting down because they were exhausted from going non stop for the last two days. I convinced them to stay to watch the Pixar parade around 5:15pm and then we left the park. We went to McDonald's to eat dinner then to the hotel.  

Preston was watching the Cars movie and put this crown on from Ariel's Grotto. It looked so cute. Kate went swimming before bed and had fun playing with another girl in the pool. We were all asleep by 8:30pm. I was super tired too. This vacation is exhausting! Lots of walking and lots to do.