2 Days of Disney

Sara's sister and her two sons have been in town for a while. This past Monday and Tuesday trips to "Walt Disneyland" were made. Here are some pictures and videos to prove it:
Day 1

On Monday my whole family, except for Bodie, along with Eva and her sons went. We arrived in the afternoon. Ken and Anna's family showed up later on in the day. Geronimo was sporting the stylish eye wear for the occasion.
First on the list for Aidan was Indiana Jones. He and I went on that while the rest of the group enjoyed an air-conditioned helping of The Tiki Room. It was pretty hot, so the kids tried to find shade wherever possible. Aidan had a V.I.P. pass that helped us get on most of the rides pretty quickly. This was not the case with Pirates of the Caribbean. I think it took longer to wait in the V.I.P. line than the regular line.
Sara and Cooper waiting for Pirates.
Here's proof that Eva came too.
Jedi Training
Geronimo's #1 thing to do is Jedi Training. Aidan likes to do it too. Luckily for us, they both got picked to be trained.



Aidan got picked first.


Geronimo got picked second.
Geronimo was pretty vicious with Darth Vader this time. I was quite proud.

After Jedi Training I took Skyler and Aidan and we went off on our own. We went on Buzz Lightyear and Star Tours before heading over to California Adventure. While there, we enjoyed our free tortillas from the Mission Tortilla Factory. Then we experienced California Screamin' 3 times, Soarin' Over California, Mulholland Madness, Monsters Inc., and Orange Stinger. It was the first time any of us had been on Orange Stinger and it was pretty much what you would expect, riding on a swing in a circle. There are rumors that Disney will be changing the theme of the ride in the near future. It couldn't really get any more basic. Aidan was not a fan of Mulholland Madness, as it made his butt hurt. Showing him this hidden Mickey wasn't much consolation. We were able to ride a ton of rides in a very short amount of time. That is usually how it is at California Adventure. Even though it is just across from Disneyland, I still think there are a ton of people who don't know about it. I like it that way because it is far less crowded than Disneyland. To emphasize that point, Disneyland was so crowded that while we went on all of those rides, the other group went on Storybook Land, The Teacups, and maybe one other ride. Here's the Teacups experience:

Random picture from day one. I like the lady in the background doing the "Thinker" pose. That is straight out of Modeling 101.
Day 2

On Tuesday the younger bunch of our group stayed home. That just left me, Skyler, and Aidan. My mom joined us as well. We started off at California Adventure, because we wanted to try out the new ride, Toy Story Mania!, which opened to the general public for the first time that day. We made Aidan take the obligatory stand by your initial picture.
We went on a lot of the rides for a second time that day. We went on California Screamin' multiple times again. We also went on Golden Zephyr.
Toy Story Mania!
We passed by this ride on Monday, while the media was being allowed to ride it. When I had heard about this ride, it was described as a combination of Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, and the Muppet Vision 3D show. The line to get on was at least a 2 hour wait. Lucky for us, we had the V.I.P. pass. The ride was actually having problems when we went by the first time. When we came back it had just started running again, and we only had to wait about 5 minutes. For those who had to wait in the other line Mr. Potato Head kept them company.

It is a 3D experience, so we all had to wear these cool glasses.It is pretty much a shooting ride, where you accumulate points based on the targets you hit. While you are shooting the 3D effects make it seem like things are shooting back at you. You also get shot with air and sprayed with water.
Here is a video of the ride in Florida:


Here is the review of the ride from the four of us. Skyler didn't like it, because she doesn't like 3D. My mom and Aidan both liked it. I wasn't a huge fan of it. We did go on it again later, but I would never wait in a 2 hour line for it. I didn't like the guns. The second time we went on it, the string from my gun wasn't going back in to reload. I can only imagine what it will be like in two months. All things considered, I guess it wasn't too bad. While the ride was broken, we tried to go on King Triton's Carousel. After everyone got strapped in they announced that it wasn't working either. How hard is it to make something spin slowly in a circle?
Aidan got one look of somebody eating these giant turkey legs, and it was all he could talk about until we got him one. To his credit, he ate just about all of it. Bravo!

They wanted to go on Orange Stinger again.


Skyler loves to go on Jumpin Jellyfish. Luckily for me, she had somebody else to ride with her this time. I can't stand this ride.
After the jellyfish it was time for the parade to start. Aidan was super stoked to see it on Monday, so I figured he would be excited to see it again. I think the awesomeness wore off the second time around.

We also rode Soarin' Over California again before heading over to Walt Disneyland. We went over to Indiana Jones first. After that we rode on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad(a.k.a. Jiminy Cricket).
We then rode on Space Mountain and finished the night off with Buzz Lightyear. By the time we got back to the car it was around 11 p.m. A good, tiring time was had by all.

Random picture from day 2: Check out what this dude is packing in his right hand.Here are some of our photos from the rides.