Sept 2012 - Disneyland California (Part 2)

So, this morning we were heading to California Adventure but before that we needed some breakfast.

We headed into Downtown Disney and decided to eat at La Brea Bakery. I think we both had a breakfast platter but I can't really remember.

We were finished just after 9 and so headed across to the park for early entry.

There were queues of people waiting which was a little confusing but we eventually realised that it was people who weren't staying in a Disney hotel who were waiting for park opening at 10!

We headed straight to Carsland where the line for Radiator Springs Racers was already 40 mins but we got in line becasue we figured the line would just get longer....and the temperature would increase making the wait even more uncomfortable.

Luckily the wait time was accurate and the ride didn't break down! And we got on the ride just before 10 :)

The ride was quite similar to Test Track at WDW which was expected but the race element was quite fun...even if our car lost.

We decided to skip the two other rides as they didn't seem that appealing to us. I went to see what the line was like for fast passes for later....I walked all the way back to the Carthay Circle restaurant (which is far!) and the line was still going!

I decided that I would give the line a miss....as by the time I got there the fast passes would probably have run out anyway!

So, we went across to California Screamin' which had about a 10 minute wait....

On the way we bumped into Donald Duck...in his sailor outfit. No piccy at the moment cos we used Disney's photopass and my cd hasn't arrived yet.

This was a great ride....not too bumpy :)

We then had a wander around the park and picked up a fast pass for Soarin' on our way to the Tower of Terror. The wait here was 13 minutes.....spooky :)

We unfortunately got a group of young girls on our ride....who screamed the whole time (even when it wasn't remotely scary)!

Still, it was a good ride - but the Florida version is my favourite :)

Not my best ride photo :(

Next up we headed back across to Soarin' - lots of travelling back and forth across the park!

I really like this ride - but prefer the theming on the Florida line. Rob however does not see the appeal of it though and has started calling it Borin' or Snorin'

I picked up another fast pass once we got off the ride and then went to get a World of Color fast pass in case we decided to watch it from the park.

We did consider riding the Grizzly River Rapids but decided that we didn't want to get that wet....so instead we got refreshed by the waterfall:

We then went back to the Paradise Pier area via Ghiradelli's for lunch and rode some of the classics:

• Mickey's Fun Wheel

View from the Fun Wheel

• Silly Symphony Swings
• Golden Zephyr

• Goofy's Sky School

We stopped and had a drink next to Goofy's before heading back to Soarin' again :)

I think after Soarin' we went and took another look around Cars Land. The details here are very impressive!

While we were here I met Mater....!

Again no piccy...but I'll update once I have them :)

We also saw another Cars star:

We decided to pick up a Soarin' fast pass on our way out of the park. We also met Flight Attendant Minnie so I got a few pictures with her - again they'll be here soon :)

We had a little rest in the room and got pizza at Naples before going back to the park to take a look around at night :)

 

We took another ride on Soarin' and decided to skip World of Color (watched it from the balcony).

Tomorrow was our last Disney day...and there is a lot to write so I'll add that later :)