MarbleBob
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2003
Day 12 - Tuesday, June 23 - California Adventure - Part 5
After the Pixar parade, we headed back to the Candy Cane Inn to relax for a couple hours. I spent most of the time with Pickle in the pool, and the others rested in our rooms. Steph took a power nap, and then Buddy and Princess watched TV and goofed off online. As much as I would have preferred to get a nap too, it was quite nice swimming with Pickle. Terrific temperatures and and some shade from the trees. And soaking in the hot tub while she made friends with the other kids was nice too!
So around 5:30 or so, we regrouped and decided to head back to California Adventure. Grandpa decided that he was a bit worn out, so he stayed back in the room while the rest of us made our way back to the park. Took the shuttle again, and it sure was convenient!
As we entered the park, we realized that Oswald was out, so we had to stop for photos. Princess loves him and couldn't resist.
Cool!
The game plan for the evening was to eat, ride a few rides over by the boardwalk area, get in line early for World of Color, and then see Radiator Springs at night before heading home. It was now about 6pm and we were all pretty hungry, so we headed over to the Paradise Garden Grill area. Pickle and Buddy wanted corn dogs for dinner, so we pit stopped at Corn Dog Castle on the way over.
(Oh, and Buddy brought his "Glow with the Show" ears from our 2013 trip. Nice thinking Buddy!)
The rest of us ordered from Paradise Garden Grill.
This is pretty much my favorite counter service restaurant in all of Disneyland. So good!!!!!
Stephanie and I got the Mediterranean skewers. She got the steak and I got the lemon oregano chicken. (Or vice versa, I can't remember because we ultimately split them so we could each have half and half.) And then one of us got the tzatziki sauce and the other got the chimichurri sauce.
I can't even begin to explain how incredible these meals are. (It's just about lunch time and I'm seriously jonesing for a chicken skewer right now.) Soooo good!
Princess went with the beef gyro platter. She enjoyed hers too!
Oh, and it's a goofy photo, but here's one of the corn dogs. Hahaha!
If you've never had a Disneyland corn dog, then you should, because these things are super yummy!
While we were eating, they had a bluegrass band playing. They were actually pretty darn good!
'sup dude
After we ate, we decided to head over to Mickey's Fun Wheel. Buddy is somewhat afraid of heights and didn't want to ride with us, so Stephanie took him to ride California Screamin' again. Strange that he's not the least bit afraid of a roller coaster. I guess it's the fact that you are up in the air for so long that the ferris wheel bugs him. Whatever...
Peace out Buddy!
So yeah, Nanny, Princess, Pickle and I did Mickey's Fun Wheel. I wasn't exactly excited to ride in a swinging car, but Princess and Pickle insisted. I'm glad we did it, because it was a bit more exciting than riding in one of the stationary cars. We really got swinging fast at one point and it was pretty intense!
Hang on!
After the fun wheel, we decided to head over to the Silly Symphony swings. This is one of my favorites!!!!
Yahoo!
After the swings, we rode the Golden Zephyr. For some reason, I didn't get any photos, but this was a lot of fun too!
After we got off, it was around 8pm and dusk was arriving. People were starting to line up for World of Color, so we figured that we might as well join them.
While we were waiting, Pickle had to get her cotton candy. What's a trip to Disneyland without it?!?!?
Love the Diamond Anniversary branding on the bag.
It was interesting to see them put a screen up over Mickey on the fun wheel. I remember reading that they projected onto it for the new WoC, but I had forgot...
And a few minutes later, they projected Mickey back onto it until the show started.
So yeah, we were able to get a pretty darn good spot directly in front of a rail. This meant that the kids didn't have to worry about tall people in their way. And they welcomed a few other kids from behind us to come up to the rail too.
It was fun to see Buddy's ears synchronize with everyone else in the audience as we waited for the show to start.
And a little while later, it started...
So what did we think? It was pretty awesome. I had seen the regular version three times before, and I would have passed this time around if it wasn't for the special edition. (It sure takes a lot of time to get in line early, wait in line, and then grab a viewing spot, and then wait some more.) I'm glad we didn't skip it, because it was indeed pretty cool. Didn't really find Neil Patrick Harris to be as annoying as some had found him to be. (Not annoying because of his personality, but how he sort of pop's in and out of the show and kind of disrupts the flow.) And the Star Wars sequence was AWESOME too!!!
After World of Color, we headed over to Radiator Springs to see all the neon and enjoy the ambiance.
We ended up with quite a few photos, and glad to report that Pickle was happy to participate this time around!
We didn't get any Cozy Cone snacks this time around, but that area is just plain awesome!
Same with Flo's!
Great timing! Lightning McQueen came out just as we were walking by!
Ka-Chow!
What's that booming sound behind us?!?!
Hey, look it's the Disneyland Fireworks!!!!
And finishing the evening with a couple photos of one of the coolest night time spots in all of Disneyland.
So cool!
At that point, it was about 10pm, and we decided to head back to the room, as we planned to be up in time for the rope drop at Disneyland tomorrow morning.
What a great first day in the parks!!!
After the Pixar parade, we headed back to the Candy Cane Inn to relax for a couple hours. I spent most of the time with Pickle in the pool, and the others rested in our rooms. Steph took a power nap, and then Buddy and Princess watched TV and goofed off online. As much as I would have preferred to get a nap too, it was quite nice swimming with Pickle. Terrific temperatures and and some shade from the trees. And soaking in the hot tub while she made friends with the other kids was nice too!
So around 5:30 or so, we regrouped and decided to head back to California Adventure. Grandpa decided that he was a bit worn out, so he stayed back in the room while the rest of us made our way back to the park. Took the shuttle again, and it sure was convenient!
As we entered the park, we realized that Oswald was out, so we had to stop for photos. Princess loves him and couldn't resist.
Cool!
The game plan for the evening was to eat, ride a few rides over by the boardwalk area, get in line early for World of Color, and then see Radiator Springs at night before heading home. It was now about 6pm and we were all pretty hungry, so we headed over to the Paradise Garden Grill area. Pickle and Buddy wanted corn dogs for dinner, so we pit stopped at Corn Dog Castle on the way over.
(Oh, and Buddy brought his "Glow with the Show" ears from our 2013 trip. Nice thinking Buddy!)
The rest of us ordered from Paradise Garden Grill.
This is pretty much my favorite counter service restaurant in all of Disneyland. So good!!!!!
Stephanie and I got the Mediterranean skewers. She got the steak and I got the lemon oregano chicken. (Or vice versa, I can't remember because we ultimately split them so we could each have half and half.) And then one of us got the tzatziki sauce and the other got the chimichurri sauce.
I can't even begin to explain how incredible these meals are. (It's just about lunch time and I'm seriously jonesing for a chicken skewer right now.) Soooo good!
Princess went with the beef gyro platter. She enjoyed hers too!
Oh, and it's a goofy photo, but here's one of the corn dogs. Hahaha!
If you've never had a Disneyland corn dog, then you should, because these things are super yummy!
While we were eating, they had a bluegrass band playing. They were actually pretty darn good!
'sup dude
After we ate, we decided to head over to Mickey's Fun Wheel. Buddy is somewhat afraid of heights and didn't want to ride with us, so Stephanie took him to ride California Screamin' again. Strange that he's not the least bit afraid of a roller coaster. I guess it's the fact that you are up in the air for so long that the ferris wheel bugs him. Whatever...
Peace out Buddy!
So yeah, Nanny, Princess, Pickle and I did Mickey's Fun Wheel. I wasn't exactly excited to ride in a swinging car, but Princess and Pickle insisted. I'm glad we did it, because it was a bit more exciting than riding in one of the stationary cars. We really got swinging fast at one point and it was pretty intense!
Hang on!
After the fun wheel, we decided to head over to the Silly Symphony swings. This is one of my favorites!!!!
Yahoo!
After the swings, we rode the Golden Zephyr. For some reason, I didn't get any photos, but this was a lot of fun too!
After we got off, it was around 8pm and dusk was arriving. People were starting to line up for World of Color, so we figured that we might as well join them.
While we were waiting, Pickle had to get her cotton candy. What's a trip to Disneyland without it?!?!?
Love the Diamond Anniversary branding on the bag.
It was interesting to see them put a screen up over Mickey on the fun wheel. I remember reading that they projected onto it for the new WoC, but I had forgot...
And a few minutes later, they projected Mickey back onto it until the show started.
So yeah, we were able to get a pretty darn good spot directly in front of a rail. This meant that the kids didn't have to worry about tall people in their way. And they welcomed a few other kids from behind us to come up to the rail too.
It was fun to see Buddy's ears synchronize with everyone else in the audience as we waited for the show to start.
And a little while later, it started...
So what did we think? It was pretty awesome. I had seen the regular version three times before, and I would have passed this time around if it wasn't for the special edition. (It sure takes a lot of time to get in line early, wait in line, and then grab a viewing spot, and then wait some more.) I'm glad we didn't skip it, because it was indeed pretty cool. Didn't really find Neil Patrick Harris to be as annoying as some had found him to be. (Not annoying because of his personality, but how he sort of pop's in and out of the show and kind of disrupts the flow.) And the Star Wars sequence was AWESOME too!!!
After World of Color, we headed over to Radiator Springs to see all the neon and enjoy the ambiance.
We ended up with quite a few photos, and glad to report that Pickle was happy to participate this time around!
We didn't get any Cozy Cone snacks this time around, but that area is just plain awesome!
Same with Flo's!
Great timing! Lightning McQueen came out just as we were walking by!
Ka-Chow!
What's that booming sound behind us?!?!
Hey, look it's the Disneyland Fireworks!!!!
And finishing the evening with a couple photos of one of the coolest night time spots in all of Disneyland.
So cool!
At that point, it was about 10pm, and we decided to head back to the room, as we planned to be up in time for the rope drop at Disneyland tomorrow morning.
What a great first day in the parks!!!