Disneyland Vacation Part 2

We were able to sleep in until Emily woke us up at 9am this morning, which was fantastic. It was exactly what I needed. We took our time getting ready and read scriptures this morning. We went to our lunch at Tony Roma's at 11:30am. We had a very nice lunch and then we went back to the hotel room, which had thankfully been cleaned already, and relaxed until it was time to get ready to go to the Oogie Boogie Bash. We left a little bit after 2:30pm and walked over to California Adventure. There was hardly any line at security and at the gates, but we did have to wait in a long but quick-moving line to get our wristbands and treat bags. We decided to get a locker for the night and put our jackets in there.  The kids wanted to head straight for the Incredicoaster because the wait was only 10 minutes, so that’s what we did. I think it was longer than 10 minutes by the time we got there but it still went really fast. I had fun riding in the front for once.

Daniel was dying to have a Cookie Num-num so we got some of those. After we had our treat, the boys all wanted to ride Grizzly River Run so they’d have time to dry off. They all came off the ride pretty wet, especially Michael. Our plan had been to go to Hollywoodland and go to Turtle Talking and Animation Academy, but Turtle Talk was closed and we couldn’t even go in the building because they were getting it ready for the Halloween party. Then we thought we would try Mickey’s PhilharMagic, which we were pretty excited to see, but it was already closed. Nathaniel will be so excited that they have it there now! I asked the guy about it and he said that it’s very similar to the one at Walt Disney World. We also tried Monsters Inc. but that ride was super long. We were starting to get a little frustrated so I suggested we go to Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree. On the way we stopped off at Pacific Wharf to use the restrooms and we were able to see where the trick-or-treat trails will be. Mater’s JamBOOree was a more intense ride than I thought it would be!  

After we got off the ride, we went to the trick-or-treat trail in Cars Land and then to the Oogie Boogie trick-or-treat trail in Hollywoodland. 

We got a lot of candy and also healthy stuff like apples and carrots and grapes. We stopped off at the locker to put our candy in it and get our sweaters and jackets and then we went to Soarin’. We just walked right in and got right onto a ride. After Soarin’, Michael, Emily, Andrew, and Daniel all went to the Guardians of the Galaxy Monsters After Dark ride. Emily was pretty excited to ride it with the Halloween theme tonight.  While they were on the ride, a little girl next to Michael had a necklace with neon lights on it.  When the ride dropped down, the necklace flew off of the little girl’s head and onto Michael.  I asked him what he did, and he said he just wore it until the end of the ride and gave it back to her, lol!  

While they rode Guardians of the Galaxy, Jonathan and I headed over to Pixar Pier to go on Toy Story Mania. Before we went on the ride, we got some pictures with Mrs. Incredible. She pointed out that we were matching and she touched my hair and noticed that all I was missing was a mask.

Once we were done on Toy Story, Michael called us and we went over to the Pacific Wharf to meet them for dinner. The boys didn’t want to have dinner at any of the Pacific Wharf restaurants, so I got a salad for myself and we went over to Flo’s and picked up the mobile order I had made. We wanted to watch the Frightfully Fun parade, but we couldn’t resist going to Radiator Springs Racers when the wait was so short. Even Michael was in favor of doing that   We literally walked all the way to the front of the line. We didn’t have to stop until it was time to get into the car. 

Here we are walking back through Cars Land.

Next, we headed over to watch the World of Color Villainous show. 

Andrew regretted not getting his jacket so he went to the locker to get it and met us over there. We left the show a couple minutes early and went to the Redwood Creek Trail to see the Villains Grove. The kids complained that the line was way too long, but it kept moving pretty quickly and they all seemed to enjoy it. 

Next, we all went to ride the Incredicoaster and Toy Story Mania. 

The kids wanted me to ride Guardians of the Galaxy with them and Jonathan wanted to ride the Incredicoaster again so we split up. Michael took him on Incredicoaster and then on Toy Story Mania again, which makes three times on each ride for him tonight. 

Jonny was pretty happy because he beat Michael’s score by 200 and he had the highest score of the hour with 119,400. I endured Guardians of the Galaxy reluctantly. My stomach was already not feeling so great, but I’m glad I got to go with them. 

When we were waiting in line, we saw some very little girls and the little boy next to us was talking nonstop and had a huge Sorcerer Mickey hat on. Daniel was very concerned that he was going to lose his hat. His parents must’ve taken it off of him because he wasn’t wearing it in the picture and they had it as they left. I felt so bad for the little girl who was crying so hard after the ride. She must’ve been terrified. Michael called us as soon as we got out because they were done so they went to the locker. Daniel and I stopped at a store to get him an Oogie Boogie Bash shirt and everybody met us there. Then we walked to the hotel. The only thing I didn’t like about the party was that I could never find a Photopass photographer to take a picture of our whole family together.  The only ones I saw were with the characters and the lines were way too long. 

It’s midnight and everybody’s just going to bed. The Halloween party was so much fun!!