Saturday, July 7, 2012

Day 6

We were up early to try and squeeze in as much Disney as possible.   Today is the day we would ride the new ride in Cars Land at California Adventure.  Well, we were wrong.  We were there before the gates opened and there had to be hundreds of people in line for Fast-Passes.  In fact, they were all gone for the day by 10:30 a.m.   The actually line for the ride was already at 2 hours.  So all we could do was walk by it and watch others enjoy the new ride. 


We did see Mater was we walked through Cars Land.

Now on to do the few other things we wanted to do.
One of Carson's new favorite shows is Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  This is now part of Disney Junior so we had to watch that show.  It also included other friends from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Hanny Manny, and the Little Einsteins.

Then we rode a few of our favorite rides just one more time.
Haylee noticed a new ride that she wanted to try.

Phineas and Ferb passing by...


One more time to DisneyLand...

One place we had to go was to see Rapunzel from Tangled.  The line was very long.  So the boys head out for Carson to ride something.  He wanted to ride the Jungle Cruise. 



While Haylee and I waited in line for Rapunzel, I was just people watching and then noticed someone I recognized.  It was Meri and her daughter from Sister Wives.  I thought it was neat for them to be away together and then they were all there. All 4 wives, Kody (the husband), and most of the kids. Of course I wanted to take pictures but I refrained except for a few.  I know, I know...  I shouldn't be watching that show. 
Christine and one of the girls
Kody walking with the baby.
I had time to take these pictures because once we got to the front of the line, the princess needed a break....REALLY.. finally about 70 minutes later...

We meet up with the boys to try and finish up.  We didn't feel that we got very much accomplished because the parks were so busy.  Someone over heard me telling David how busy it seemed compared to the previous two days and she said that locals can't use there passes on the weekends.  I found that interesting but it was packed...
We couldn't leave before going to the Enchanted Tiki Room and the kids were begging to go to Tarzan's Treehouse.


After this, we decided it was time to head out, but on the way we couldn't pass up one last autograph.


Carson didn't really believe we were really leaving.  Once we realized we were out of the gates, he started crying that he didn't want to leave.  He really got made when we tried to take a picture of him crying.

Once we got everyone loaded, it was off to Las Vegas.




Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Day 5

Even though we were up late the night before, we are up early to enter the park when it opens.
Once inside Disneyland, we saw several princesses.  Carson refused to get any girl autographs. 


You don't see Ariel out and about very often.


Next, we saw Pluto, Chip/Dale, Alice, and the Mad Hatter.




Then we were off to Fantasyland.  Once there, we noticed that not too many people were there.  We rode every ride in that section in about an hour and a half.  For those unfamiliar with this area, that is nothing short of a miracle.

Carson wasn't sure about Snow White's Scary Adventure.

Pinocchio

Carson did not want to ride Dumbo.  We convinced him that he could make Dumbo fly low.  As soon as he was able to take control, Carson made Dumbo go as low was it would.

Haylee, on the other hand, wanted Dumbo to fly as high as it would go. 

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Storybook Land


 Tea Cups

Casey Jr's Circus Train

 David's normal pose as we ride it's a small world

So excited to see the newest Princess.  Carson let her sign his book.
A few games based on the movie.




Next we headed to Critter Country.



 I love the 'hugging' pictures.
 We also rode splash mountain but didn't take pictures.  Thank goodness because we were soaked.


On to Tomorrowland.....
 Glad Haylee is tall enough to go on rides when we don't want to....

 On the sub...

Fun in Toontown....




Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin


Parade Time...








We had another great day.  Off to dinner in Downtown Disney.