Disney California Adventure

The morning we went to California Adventure was much like the previous morning, except people were moving a little slower after getting worn out the day before. We arrived before opening time, but they let people in up to a certain point and then we had to wait. Well, it was the beginning of the day and our group was already tired of standing right at the get go. It wasn't so bad if we were actually walking somewhere. When you have to stand and wait, that's when it really bothers me. I also gave Jenna some of our moleskins for her feet because she really needed them. I'm so glad we bought extras.

Waiting for opening time.

Incredible Dad and Mom 

Our first official ride of the day was Soarin' Around the World. Poor Jenna had a very embarrassing moment when racing to get in line. She was trying to get past some people in line to join our group and she thought their daughter was her daughter, so she was trying to get her to move until we finally got her to realize that wasn't her child. Oops! 😆 While waiting in this line we decided to play the dice game, Bank, and had to use two phones. One for the game and one for "rolling" the dice. It sure helped pass the time we had to wait.

Alice rode on the front row with her cousins and aunt and uncle since it was all of their first time riding, but here's the rest of us together.

We pretty much got to ride all of the rides we really wanted to at California Adventure but sometimes did a little more walking (across the park) than we wanted. At least it's not as big as Disneyland.

The iconic Mickey Mouse head on the Ferris wheel.

Standing in front of the tower of the Guardians of the Galaxy ride.

While everyone else went on the wet ride, Charlotte and I waited for them.

Riding the Ferris wheel. We got one that moves while you go around. We tried not to move it on purpose though, like the boys did with theirs.

Walking through Radiator Springs.

Alice, Garrett, Lexi, Wesley

Ricky, (some lady), Curtis, and Jack

Charlotte, me, Jenna, Julie

We're all in the front row and some on the 2nd row back. This one goes straight up and down, like the Frog Hopper, but on a much bigger scale.

The Cars ride. Yes, it was fun, but really not worth the 1.5 hour wait.

In the evening most of us went back to the hotel to rest. Curtis and Jack stayed to ride Guardians of the Galaxy again. A few of the kids went back with me after resting (and swimming) to go watch the water light show at California Adventure. We got the same spot we got last time because neither time that we went did we know you needed to reserve a spot early in the day for the better seating/standing area on the pier. I tried to walk the girls around to see better and someone who worked there told me about it when we tried to get into that area. Oh well, it was still fun to watch. We just wish we would have had a better view. Any animations we saw were backwards to us.

Walking out at the end of the day around closing time. The girls found some souvenirs from the Guardians ride. Little Groot. Another fun day in the books!