Wendy and Karen had to leave at noon to catch their flight, so we headed over to DCA to catch a few more rides before they left. We all got in line for Soarin’ Over California, but Saffy wasn’t so sure she wanted to go on it. She was fine until they pulled her out of line to check her height and then she flipped out. She was NOT going to let that guy measure her. So I took her out and we found something a little less intimidating for her to ride on.
Disney stock photo of Soarin’ Over California
We met up again over at the Paradise Pier section to go on the new Toy Story ride, Midway Mania.
Mr. Potato Head was really cool, he asked Saffron who her favorite Toy Story character was. She told him it was Buzz; he was only slightly indignant that it wasn’t him.
The ride was great fun! You get 3-D glasses and you ride through a colorful Toy Story setup with big screens where you shoot darts at balloons, ring toss at the little green aliens all in 3-D. It was really entertaining; we all loved it.
Saffy went on King Tritan’s Carousel and then we all went on Heimlich’s Chew Chew train over in Bugs Land. Of course we couldn’t miss the Mission Tortilla factory tour (they have free samples you know – very tasty.) Then we took a tour of the sour dough bread bakery, they only gave us a little stingy sample, but I went over to the store at the end and bought a fresh loaf and we all shared it. It was only 5$ which is a quite a bargain for Disneyland, and it was oh so good.
It was as very warm day so Karen and Wendy decided they didn’t mind getting wet, so Miles and I went over to Grizzly River Rapids with them. We put all of our cell phones and cameras in a zip lock bag and we got strapped in. It’s like your basic raft ride, just on steroids. It is themed really well, and it has some really steep drops. We got completely soaked! But it felt nice since it was such a warm sunny day. We said goodbye to Wendy and Karen and then checked out the Blue Sky Cellar which had models and sketches of the upcoming extreme makeover of California Adventure. The Cars Land addition and the Little Mermaid ride look really amazing.
We headed back to the hotel and I had a nice nap. Ian and Saffron shared a Disneyland lollipop stick. We were happy that we still had a day and a half left before we had to go home.
2 comments:
The new Toy Story ride was definitely one of our favorites and one of the few we thought was worth standing in line for.
I still like the Rattlesnake Rapids at Lagoon. I think they're comparable to the DCA ride even if the other Lagoon rides are not in the same class. The new rides like Toy Story and Finding Nemo look like they would be fun.
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