tksbaskets
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California Adventure!
December 28, 2009
We were able to sleep in today because DCA doesn't officially open until 10 am. We went to White Water Snacks for a very tasty breakfast and were waiting at the DCA private entrance to DCA at 9:30 am. This entrance is pretty much right across from the Grizzly River Run. We were quickly through security.
There is a rope by that ride and you line up waiting for opening. The security cast member encouraged us to go and ride Sorin' which is open at 9:30 am. We went and enjoyed it with no wait. By the time we were done it was about 10 minutes to 10 so we lined up at the rope and waited for 10 am. This is also when we found out that at 9:45 am a first group of Toy Story Midway Mania guests were walked back to the attraction If we had known that we would not have ridden Sorin'! Do not dispair DISers - tomorrow I will let you know our most excellent 'TSMM plan'!
We hotfooted it back to Paradise Pier and pretty much walked right on TSMM! I did convince the guys to stop for a quick photo!
Our cars malfunctioned and stopped 1/2 way between the attractions. We alerted the cast member at the end and were given 're-ride' tickets that we promptly used! Ride # 1 1/2. Here is our first score of the day:
Of course in every photo, my score is the lowest When you exit Toy Story you go upstairs, drop off your 3-D glasses, go downstairs, exit through a gift shop, and do a race walk to the left to get back in line! After our re-ride, we rode another time with a very small wait (about 20 minutes)
Mr. Potato Head is very entertaining! By the end of the vacation we could pretty much say his lines with him
View from the front of the line:
Since this was almost our third ride of the day I took a short break and went quickly to California Screamin' for fast passes for later and then met my impatient guys at the entrance to TSMM. The wait time was 30 minutes and we decided it was worth the wait. We rode 4 1/2 times before lunch and Grumpy got the high score each time. He was most proud! We took times and alternated who rode with whom. Great fun!
We arrived a bit early for our 1:00 pm lunch reservations at Wine Country Trattoria and asked to be seated inside. What a gem of a restaurant
!
Lunch was delish! We had soup and salad for appetizers. Grumpy had a meatball sub:
The rest of us had lasagne - YUMMMMmmm
After lunch we rode California Screamin'. Here is the one pic with my DH riding it. After the ride he decided he wasn't all better from his previous motion sickness so he begged out of spinning/twisting rides for the rest of the day.
No need to buy this one - the computer was a bit 'off' and we didn't all show in the pic.
Next off to Hollywood Pictures Backlot and rode the Tower of Terror! We also bagged fast passes for later I found my Blackberry took much better pics of the ride photos than my SLR digital.
We then enjoyed the Muppets 3-D which is one of our favorite attractions no matter which park we are at We then enjoyed drawing Pluto at Disney Animation. If you've never done this it is worth the small wait. We watched a cute film and then a Disney artist walks you through drawing a character.
Here are our attempts:
Obviously my guys aren't going to college on an art scholarship but it sure was fun! This is what it was supposed to look like
By now it was around 5:30 pm and we headed back to Paradise Pier. The boys rode Mickey's Fun Wheel (in the moving cars ) and I did a spot of shopping and then DH and I indulged in one of our favorite pass times - people watching while waiting for the guys to finish their ride.
My boys are in the Donald car.
The wait for TSMM was 45 minutes so we snagged fast passes for California Screamin' and waited to ride TSMM. Worth the wait. The guys all snagged turkey legs and we went back to our room to relax a bit. I went to WWS and got those yummy beef nachos again!
Next: Evening at DCA
December 28, 2009
We were able to sleep in today because DCA doesn't officially open until 10 am. We went to White Water Snacks for a very tasty breakfast and were waiting at the DCA private entrance to DCA at 9:30 am. This entrance is pretty much right across from the Grizzly River Run. We were quickly through security.
There is a rope by that ride and you line up waiting for opening. The security cast member encouraged us to go and ride Sorin' which is open at 9:30 am. We went and enjoyed it with no wait. By the time we were done it was about 10 minutes to 10 so we lined up at the rope and waited for 10 am. This is also when we found out that at 9:45 am a first group of Toy Story Midway Mania guests were walked back to the attraction If we had known that we would not have ridden Sorin'! Do not dispair DISers - tomorrow I will let you know our most excellent 'TSMM plan'!
We hotfooted it back to Paradise Pier and pretty much walked right on TSMM! I did convince the guys to stop for a quick photo!
Our cars malfunctioned and stopped 1/2 way between the attractions. We alerted the cast member at the end and were given 're-ride' tickets that we promptly used! Ride # 1 1/2. Here is our first score of the day:
Of course in every photo, my score is the lowest When you exit Toy Story you go upstairs, drop off your 3-D glasses, go downstairs, exit through a gift shop, and do a race walk to the left to get back in line! After our re-ride, we rode another time with a very small wait (about 20 minutes)
Mr. Potato Head is very entertaining! By the end of the vacation we could pretty much say his lines with him
View from the front of the line:
Since this was almost our third ride of the day I took a short break and went quickly to California Screamin' for fast passes for later and then met my impatient guys at the entrance to TSMM. The wait time was 30 minutes and we decided it was worth the wait. We rode 4 1/2 times before lunch and Grumpy got the high score each time. He was most proud! We took times and alternated who rode with whom. Great fun!
We arrived a bit early for our 1:00 pm lunch reservations at Wine Country Trattoria and asked to be seated inside. What a gem of a restaurant
Lunch was delish! We had soup and salad for appetizers. Grumpy had a meatball sub:
The rest of us had lasagne - YUMMMMmmm
After lunch we rode California Screamin'. Here is the one pic with my DH riding it. After the ride he decided he wasn't all better from his previous motion sickness so he begged out of spinning/twisting rides for the rest of the day.
No need to buy this one - the computer was a bit 'off' and we didn't all show in the pic.
Next off to Hollywood Pictures Backlot and rode the Tower of Terror! We also bagged fast passes for later I found my Blackberry took much better pics of the ride photos than my SLR digital.
We then enjoyed the Muppets 3-D which is one of our favorite attractions no matter which park we are at We then enjoyed drawing Pluto at Disney Animation. If you've never done this it is worth the small wait. We watched a cute film and then a Disney artist walks you through drawing a character.
Here are our attempts:
Obviously my guys aren't going to college on an art scholarship but it sure was fun! This is what it was supposed to look like
By now it was around 5:30 pm and we headed back to Paradise Pier. The boys rode Mickey's Fun Wheel (in the moving cars ) and I did a spot of shopping and then DH and I indulged in one of our favorite pass times - people watching while waiting for the guys to finish their ride.
My boys are in the Donald car.
The wait for TSMM was 45 minutes so we snagged fast passes for California Screamin' and waited to ride TSMM. Worth the wait. The guys all snagged turkey legs and we went back to our room to relax a bit. I went to WWS and got those yummy beef nachos again!
Next: Evening at DCA