Disneyland Vacation Part 3

I didn’t get to bed until about 1am last night, so I set my alarm clock for 8 am this morning and that’s when I woke up. It took us a little while to get going. It’s definitely difficult to share one bathroom and one bathroom counter but we’re making it work. We got into California Adventure at 10am. I bought the Maxpass right away and got us Fastpasses for Incredicoaster right away. We all gave a thumbs-up for the picture for Nathaniel, since that's what he does in his pictures on his mission.

Of course, Daniel had to get another Cookie Num Num so we got some to share. Next, we went to the Pixar Pal-Around Ferris wheel. Part of the line in the sun, but it wasn’t too bad and we had fun seeing the view from the top. All six of us were able to fit in the same gondola, and we did the non-swinging kind. 

Next, we went to the Silly Symphony Swings. Jonathan asked for that yesterday but the waits were so short for the big rides we didn’t want to do the little ones. While we waited in line for the swings, I did a mobile order at Smokejumpers Grill for lunch. After the ride, we headed right over there to get our food. Jonathan wanted to ride Grizzly River Run, so they used a Fastpass to do that and Emily and I walked over to Ghirardelli. We couldn’t resist stopping for pictures by the waterfall on the way. There was actually a Photopass photographer there, which was nice. 

At Ghirardelli, Emily got a root beer float and I got the Cookie Bits Sundae. 

When the boys were done with their ride, we met up at the Little Mermaid ride. We were worried we wouldn’t have enough time because we still had to use our Fastpasses for Toy Story Mania and get all the way across to Disneyland for our Oga’s Cantina reservation. We ended up getting through the Ariel ride pretty quickly and then went over to Toy Story Mania. Then we booked it across the park. We got out of California Adventure in about 10 minutes and we got to Oga’s Cantina by about 2:20pm or so and checked in for our reservation. There was a long line of people who had reservations, but thankfully we didn’t have to wait too long and we got a table to sit down at. A lot of the people just had to stand up at the tables by the bar. Each of the boys and Michael ordered the Blue Bantha drink, which is the blue milk. I told him we didn’t need that many because I knew they’d only want to couple sips, so we spent a fortune on a bunch of drinks that the boys didn’t like. I got a drink call Jabba Juice, but that’s only because Michael asked me to. It was pretty good. It had some little blueberry pearls in it that were cool. Emily got the Hyperdrive punch. The Blue Bantha drinks came with a cookie attached to the top, and the boys didn’t even want to eat that. It was a fun experience though and I’m so glad we did it. 

The Cantina was super cool and I had great detail and it really did look like you were sitting in a Star Wars movie. 

The time limit was 45 minutes but I think we only stayed for about 30 and then we went over to Big Thunder Mountain to use our Fastpasses. Then we took a break to put on some sunscreen and Emily got her picture in front of the Flynn Rider sign. 

Next, we headed over to Haunted Mansion to use our Fastpasses. On the way, a magician in front of the Golden Horseshoe stopped us and showed us some really awesome card tricks. The kids were amazed! I got it on video. 

Then we went on the Haunted Mansion ride. The standby waits for Haunted Mansion have been crazy. Michael prefers the classic version of Haunted Mansion and not this one with the Nightmare Before Christmas theme. 

Next, we went to Pirates. The wait was really short. Daniel was annoyed with me because I insisted on sitting in the middle between him and Andrew, so they got just a little bit wet. After that we went to the Jungle Cruise which was “punny” as always. Then we headed over to the Shooting Gallery until it was time to go to dinner. We enjoyed our meal at the River Belle Terrace. We got in pretty quickly and they seated us inside. Emily said it looked like it was something from out of My Fair Lady. 

When we were done eating, we took the Disneyland Railroad from New Orleans Square to Tomorrowland and headed to Space Mountain to use our Fastpasses. 

Next, we headed over to Buzz to use our Fastpasses, but there wasn’t even any wait in the standby line. After Buzz, we headed over to Fantasyland. First, we rode Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which was Daniel’s request. Next, we went on the Teacups and then on Alice in Wonderland. 

After that, we had decided we should go back to the hotel. We took the Monorail to Downtown Disney because Andrew had wanted to ride it. We walked through Downtown Disney and stopped at Sprinkles Bakery and everyone picked out a treat and we took it back to the hotel room. Michael really wanted to have milk, so he found a little convenience store next to the Park Vue Inn as we were walking by and bought some. It’s good to know that they have that there. We came back to the room and read scriptures and had prayer and ate our treats and then sent the kids to bed. It’s about 9:20pm and Jonny’s already almost asleep.