Disneyland Vacation Day 4

Day number 2 in the park and what should we do first?

The plan was to go to California Adventures all day, but it opened an hour later than Disneyland, so we first hit Space Mountain and the Buzz Lightyear ride before heading over to California Adventures. 

Only Amy in our group had even been to California Adventures so it was all new to almost everyone.  Here was a photo op I couldn't pass up.

There is a pretty great redwood forest area where "campers" could hike,

zip line,

do a ropes course,

and play on the rocks.  The kids loved running around and feeling so big.

We maximized our fast pass time and the men and women split up most of the morning taking turns watching the children.  While it was great to get in most of the rides, I didn't like not being together as a family.  By afternoon we were all back together again.

A Bugs Life has a land with a handful of attractions for the children.

There is an awesome ferris wheel that we rode on and could see over the whole park.

All the action tuckered Landon right out.  He kept crying about everything in the early afternoon and we knew he was tired.  Luckily he was able to take the edge off while we waited in a huge line for the Toy Story attraction.

I woke him up just before the ride and he was a bit grumpy at first and didn't want to put on the glasses.  When the ride started he snapped out of it and was happy again.

Another neat part of the day was my way cool cousin Adrianne came by to see us.  It was so nice of her to visit for a few hours and watch Alyssa while our family could ride some rides together.  AD is so friendly and went out of her way to meet all of Jill's family.

We all had a terrific time in California Adventures however everyone felt that it did lack the magic of Disneyland.  With some major renovations going on right now, adding a Cars area and a theater for the Little Mermaid it is something we will come back too, but day 3 will probably all be spent in Disneyland again. 

We finished the night watching the World of Color light and water show.  It's a quite the production and it was worth the wait, seeing the fountains with the music.  It even had fire with heat I could feel being hundreds of feet away!  

Alyssa did such a great job today taking naps in her carrier and being held by so many people.  Having a  happy baby is such an important ingredient in a successful family trip to the park.