Sunday, March 22: THis will be my most detailed day wordwise, because I didn't really keep any notes the rest of the days. So today may seem long and detaled, but the others won't be as bad. LOL
We decided to switch our beach day on Monday, because our original beach day on Sunday was going to be rainy and windy most of the day. And if its rainy and windy where is the best place to be???? Disneyland!!! And boy, did we make the right decision. Sunday was the best fluke day ever!!!
I think if you told me before, that our best day at the park would be on a weekend in between spring breaks, I would have thought you were crazy! But it was true! The rain kept everyone away in the morning. We did end up using to Magic Morning that morning and I am glad we did. We headed out of the condo door late (Laguna beach is about a half hour away from Disneyland). MM was at 7:00 am
I think the kids have realized how important my Disney words of wisdom are by now, and they never question or argue with me over getting up early anymore. LOL And I have teenagers!!!
There were not many people in line at the turnstiles that morning, and it drizzled on and off while we waited for the park to open at 7. Even DH and my other 2 kids who went with him to go and park were able to catch up with us at the gate, which surprised me.
The #1 think I loved about Sunday that I was unfortunately not going to see again until Friday. was that they let us in from the turnstiles and not from the blasted Main street rope.
That was soemthing I loved about our summer trip...the 8:00 openings with MM being at 7, and always opening from the turnstiles.
I go on about this, because for the other 3 days of our trip, it really made a huge difference. I hate when Disney does it, no matter what the reason for it is. LOL
As we were walking, and were ahead of everyone, I kept asking everyone (I actually asked them several times before the trip) if they were SURE that they did not want to go on Finding Nemo this trip, because now would be the best time to do it! They all said no, and we were ok skipping it this trip since we had gone on it just in August, so we headed on our merry way.
DH and DS6 headed for Peter Pan (they were number 3), the other kids and I headed for Matterhorn. We were the first bobsleds out, and we chose the farther side (we like the left side better).
Afterwards, we all met up and did Space Mountain. We could not get a FP for it yet because they do not have it going until regular park opening, so I would come back later for that. It was about 7:25, and suddenly DS6 decides he wants to do the Nemo subs. WHAT??
Why didnt you tell me this earlier, and we would have headed there first!! OY....
I decided to go over there and check it out while DH and the 3 older kids went on Space Mountain again. When we got to Nemo, I was thinking it would be about a half hour wait, and it didn't look too bad, but the line was not moving for about 5 minutes, so I thought, nah, this is a slow loader, let's do it another time. Right when we were going to turn around, the line moved, and they loaded into the lines for the next 2 subs. Just as the 2 that loaded before us left, the next 2 come pulling up! We got on the next subs...we probably only waited about 5 minutes, and were on the ride by 7:35 and off the ride by 7:50!
By the time we met up with the others, they had done Space Mountain 2 times and Buzz Lightyear. Good morning so far!
We headed over just as they were opening Adventureland a little late at 8:05am. I grabbed FP for it, and we joined the regular line. We waited about 10 minutes for it.
We then went on BTMRR --(5 min wait)
POC--got our own boat. What??
Haunted Mansion 2 times (since DS6 won't go on it, each of us took turns with him, while the older kids went on it each time. We tried to take him on Winnie the Pooh, but it was down at the time.)
By this time, it was raining on and off, so we grabbed a churro for whoever wanted one, went on Indy again with our fastpasses, and decided to see the new Small World ride. It was about 10:00 am, and it had a 5 minute wait, and by now it had stopped raining for the day.
At about 10:30 we entered California Adventures. We grabbed some fastpasses and immediately had lunch at Taste Pilots when it opened at 11:00 am.
At 11:45, DS16 and I did California Screamin (about a 15 minute wait) while the others went on Mulholland Madness. This ended up being DS6's favorite ride.
At about 12:15, we used our Soarin fastpasses and the standby line had about a 60 minute wait.
We also had picked up Tower of Terror fastpasses at some point, and used those at around 12:50 and walked on when it had a standby 35 minute wait.
As we exited this ride, the sun was pretty much out and the crowds were coming! We grabbed another set of FPs before we left, and decided to go all the way back to the condo. We had had a busy and great day, and it was catching up with the kids, and the crowds were starting to get thick...didn't feel like battling them.
We left at 1:30 and a parking tram was already there and loading. We were at the parking structure very quickly, and the kids crashed almost the second we hit the car. LOL
We took naps and a huge break at the condo which was mostly spent sleeping (the beach was VERY windy and chilly today, so we mostly stayed indoors). We could have called it a day, but the kids were wanting to go back, and we had alot of fastpasses in hand before we left. We arrived back in the parks at about 6:45 and were parked in the Timon parking lot.
7:00 Tower of Terror (FP)
7:30 - 8:00 Toy Story Mania (it said 45 minute wait, but it was only 30)
8:15 Screamin 2 times (I think DH, DD12 and DS6 split off and did Mulholland Madness again.)
9:00 right at park closing, we used our FP for Soarin and we got our own section, so we got to take our pick of whatever seats we wanted in C. We chose row 1 of course, and put the kids right at the side closest to the center. These seats closest to the aisle, were even better than section B because they jut out farther. Even the standby wait wasn't that long.
We did head over to Disneyland after CA closed and went on BTMRR which was about a 10 minute wait.
Splash Mountain, we walked right on and had our own log with 4 of us. When the ride was done, they asked if we wanted to stay on and go again! (That was never going to happen the rest of the time. LOL) We did not do it because DH and DS6 were waiting for us.
We used our last set of Indy fastpasses at 10:00, but it still had about a 20 minute wait. I have noticed even with fastpasses, the wait is usually always this long. Kind of like Soarin.
We called it a night after this, thank goodness tomorrow was a sleep in day and could relax the whole day. I was also very happy the next time we were going the parks, we would have a hotel conveniently across the street to take a break at. We would still have to drive from Laguna beach Tuesday morning though.
I will edit and add in pictures in a little bit, I have to upload them to photobucket first. Stay tuned.
Looking forward to hearing more.
Not quite as early in the day as I would have liked, but it didn't impact things much. 
