California Adventure

We spent our first day at California Adventure and none of us have ever been there before.  We had been told by friends the first thing we should do was get fast passes for Cars Land's Racers.  Learning how to get and use fast passes was an experience, but it worked.  I got in line with everyone's passes and everyone else went to check out other stuff.  Friends of ours were at Disney the same time so they were hanging out with us the first day.  After getting fast passes we went to Bugs Land, a great introduction to rides for the kids.

 

Kade, the girls, and I waiting in to ride Flik's Flyers.

 

 We waited in line for 30  minutes for the Chew Chew train and I wish we could have that 30 minutes back.  Really, it's only worth it if you have a tiny kid that can't ride anything else.

 

 

I know a few of my friends are planning trips to Disneyland right now and if you make it to California Adventure, please skip It's Tough to be a Bug if your kids are younger than 8 years old.  Chloe cried the entire time and Etta ended up in my lap.  It's like a 4D show but it was pretty freaky for them.  Of course Eric and I thought it was entertaining but not age appropriate for our girls.  The girls still talk about that being the scariest part of the trip (granted we skipped Tower of Terror and Haunted Mansion).

 

After scaring the girls to death, we took them to anther part of the park where they are carousels, swings, and Ferris wheels.  They were much happier.

 This carousel was cool since they were all sea animals covered in jewels.

 The swinging/gliding carts on the Ferris wheels, why bother with the non swinging?

 

 

I waited in line for about 25 minutes to get the fast passes for Racers and then we had to wait another 10 minutes in line during our fast pass time but it was better than the 90 minutes that the normal wait was.  Etta, Kade, and I rode up front while the dad's and Chloe rode in the back. 

 

 

 We got great seats for the Pixar Parade.  Unfortunately we didn't get many pictures in focus.

Our third and last day was split between the two parks and went and saw the Adventure Challenge which is a great place for kids to run around.  There was hardly anyone there which made it all the better.  Right after we entered the trail we found the dog from UP.

There was rock climbing, zip lines, slides, and lots of rope ways.  The girls had lots of fun here.

We went to Cars Land again and checked out Mater's Towing or something along those lines and was lots of fun, way more fun the Luigi's Flying Tires.

 Outside the Cozy Cone waiting to see Lightening.

We rode Racers again after waiting only 15 minutes in line for fast passes.  Then our friends were leaving the Parks without using their fast passes so we got to ride again.  We had so much fun, plus there are two tracks so we got to see both of them!
My favorite ride in California Adventure: Racers.  Chloe's: Goofy Sky School.  Etta's: Soarin' California.  Eric's: Goofy's Sky School.