Day Three – Friday, May 18, 2012
And so we come to day 3 of the trip, Disneyland California! Now the morning started and we were all pretty grumpy. It was a little chilly and cloudy, it looked like rain. Not to mention all the stuff we'd done the day before had worn us out. It didn't feel like it at the time, but we pushed ourselves WAY too hard that first day. Which was silly, because we had an extra day to do anything we needed to do. You know how when you exercise really hard and you're supposed to wait a day for your body to heal? We didn't do that, lol.
Even so, I was excited! Last time we got to come here, California Adventure had only just opened, and was pretty small! Of course it still feels pretty small, but there was new stuff, so I was happy XD They're in the middle of a ton of construction right now though, between the new Buena Vista street which will be the entrance, and the Cars Land thing. Oh well, we just have rotten timing, lol.
Sorin' was the first ride we went on, which was fitting. We loved this ride SO SO much the first time we went on it, so we had to do it first! They have one in Florida now, but I swear, the one in Cali is better ^^ I did bend my nail backwards through, which hurt like hell -.- Really far back too, I now have a lovely dark red line under my nail o.O Too much info? I'll shut up now :P But anyways, the ride was beautiful as ever. I may have gotten a teensy bit choked up, lol.
Next up was the Tower of Terror! Of course it was Friday, so the whole park was busier...and the line was already long. We didn't go on it quite yet, but we got Fastpasses.
After that we wandered around the Hollywood Backlot area. Saw the thingie they're building for the new MadTParty...I wish i could have gone! Then we went through the stores along the road, full of animation and art and such... It made me hate myself, lol. I felt like such a horrible artist after looking through there -.- This second picture, the Once Upon a Time one, was on the wall going into a giant place that has the Turtle Talk with Crush, the Art of Animation show...but we didn't get to see any of them, which made me sad!
The video below them...they have a round table that spins, with Toy Story Characters all around it. Each with a slight adjustment in their pose. So when the whole thing spun and they flashed lights on the thing at just the right rate, it looked like they were moving! Sorry, it's sideways, you'll have to turn your head to watch :P WHile we were down int hat area we also rode the Monster's Inc ride, which didn't really strike me as being particularly special...and the Muppet Vision 3D show! That was a good one, I haven't seen that thing in yeeeeears!
Right, so we had time to spare so we started making our way over to Paradise Pier. We didn't have time for much thanks to our Fastpasses for ToT.
But we took advantage and rode the new Ariel's Undersea adventure ride! I was a little more critical of thisone...the Fantasyland rides are allowed to be "bad" you know? They're older rides, so you don't have any great expectations. They still make me really happy. This one is brand new, so my standards were pretty high :P And for the most part, they were met! I was reeeally impressed with their new robotic characters, the "skin" stuff they use is much more flexible now, so it looks like skin! I was interested to see that they did in fact treat Ariel's hair as another limb during the ride XD
Then we went over to the roller coaster to get Fastpasses for that...and afterwards turned right around and went all the way back over to Tower of Terror, lol.
I love this ride so muuuuch!! The ambiance, the story, the creativity...it's so beautifully creepy XD And the ride is different from the one in Disney World, so I had no idea what to expect when, no more than anyone else, lol. As you can see...my family is interesting. Brian and I are just super excited, and my parents didn't seem to realize that they were about to drop!
After that we went BACK across the whole park (sheesh, no wonder we hurt so badly o.O) to the roller coaster. My mom passes, having a headache, so it was just me, Brian and my dad. But it was fun. The ride was a lot more tame than I remember it being, but the last time I rode it was also 10 years ago :P
I have no idea what Brian is doing here, but I cracked up when I saw it XD
AFter the roller Coaster, it had warmed up and it was all nice and sunny. Brian and I skipped across half the park to get fast passes for the Grizzly River Run, one of those 8-seater rapids rides :D Then we walked back to the opposite end of the park and met the parents at the restaurant for lunch. I had this incredible pasta...I don't even know what it was, but it was GOOD.
So by then, we'd seen most of the park! There wasn't really anything else we wanted to do except Goofy's Sky School (essentially Mouse Trap), but that was closed. So we went back to the room for a while. We relaxed and napped...I tried to get online and get through messages, but at some point I laid down and passed out for a half hour, lol. After that we changed into jeans since it would be cold, grabbed books since we had to sit around for a while, and went back to Disneyland. We were going to watch Fantasmic! We had time, so we did a bit of shopping...
We grabbed ourselves some seats down by the water, with a pretty good view for the show. It was only...7ish at the time? And the show wasn't until 9 or something, rofl. While Mommy and Daddy read and saved our seats, Brian and I went to ride Haunted Mansion again. The line was longer this time around, so we didn't go straight inside. I was alright with that though, because there's stuff in the line that is so picture worthy XD And I have cool pics of the Haunted Mansions in Disney World and Disneyland Paris, so I needed one of this one!!
What can I say? I like this ride! Interesting fact (I know, again >.>), the location of Haunted Mansion is different in every park. In Cali it's in new Orleans Square, in DW it's in Liberty Square, in DL Paris it's in Frontier Land and in Tokyo Disneyland it's in Fantasyland! The outside of the ride is different for each of them so they match with the location of the ride ^^
And then came Fantasmic. It was...beautiful. Incredibly amazing, I can't... I choked up. I was near tears multiple times, it was awful. Well, wonderful, just pathetic, lol.
Unfortunatly, the camera was broken. I pulled it out to get a picture and the screen was cracked and all screwed up. You can't see a thing on it anymore! So I only got one pic of the show...Yay Peter Pan! And a couple of test pictures to see if it still worked? I figured I'd share since they're silly, lol.
Needless to say, I was really glad I took so many pictures the day before and all today. Because everything I took from here on out was guesswork, lol.
After that came the fireworks. We were off to the side, but we didn't mind. We managed to get a peek of Tinkerbell and Dumbo flying across the park through the trees, so we were good ^^ After it was over we hopped on the train, figuring we could get to the gate faster. It kind of was...though we did get stuck. The train in front of us had issues and we had to sit for 10 minutes waiting, but that wasn't so bad. We still made it to bus and home at a decent time ^^
~Whisper
So by then, we'd seen most of the park! There wasn't really anything else we wanted to do except Goofy's Sky School (essentially Mouse Trap), but that was closed. So we went back to the room for a while. We relaxed and napped...I tried to get online and get through messages, but at some point I laid down and passed out for a half hour, lol. After that we changed into jeans since it would be cold, grabbed books since we had to sit around for a while, and went back to Disneyland. We were going to watch Fantasmic! We had time, so we did a bit of shopping...
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| This shirt hit me so hard XD And yeah, I came back and bought it on our last day :D |
And then came Fantasmic. It was...beautiful. Incredibly amazing, I can't... I choked up. I was near tears multiple times, it was awful. Well, wonderful, just pathetic, lol.
Unfortunatly, the camera was broken. I pulled it out to get a picture and the screen was cracked and all screwed up. You can't see a thing on it anymore! So I only got one pic of the show...Yay Peter Pan! And a couple of test pictures to see if it still worked? I figured I'd share since they're silly, lol.
Needless to say, I was really glad I took so many pictures the day before and all today. Because everything I took from here on out was guesswork, lol.
After that came the fireworks. We were off to the side, but we didn't mind. We managed to get a peek of Tinkerbell and Dumbo flying across the park through the trees, so we were good ^^ After it was over we hopped on the train, figuring we could get to the gate faster. It kind of was...though we did get stuck. The train in front of us had issues and we had to sit for 10 minutes waiting, but that wasn't so bad. We still made it to bus and home at a decent time ^^
~Whisper
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