California Vacation: Day 5 - California Adventure

On Monday we went to California Adventure and met my parents there. They were awesome and got there before us; one of them waited in the Fast Pass line for the new Guardians of the Galaxy Ride and the other waited in the actual ride line. Once we got there, Dave, Jett and I got in the line and my parents took Cruise and Miles to Cars Land. The three of us waited in the line for about 50 minutes until we finally got on. And I will have to say, it was totally worth it! Such a good ride and even more intense than the previous Tower of Terror ride. 

We got to the end of line right before we were to get on the actual ride, when Jett says to me, "Mom, I gotta go poop!" I looked at him and in my most serious voice said, "And you're going to wait." There was no way I was going to wait in that line again. Plus, I knew I had a change of clothes for him. LOL! Nah, he was fine. It was just the nervous poops.

My parents took Cruise and Jett on a couple rides in Cars Land while they waited for us. They went on the new Luigi's ride.

And then on Mater's tractor ride.

After meeting up, we grabbed some lunch.

And then Dave, Cruise, Jett and I went on the Cars ride (I had grabbed some Fast Pass tickets on our way into the park), and my parents took Miles to A Bug's Land. 

We got to see Mater and Red.

Here are Miles and Papa at Bug's Land.

Dave, Cruise, Jett and Dad waited in line for Grizzly Rapids and got a stroller pass so I could go on it later with the boys.

While they were on that, Mom and I took Miles on the Little Mermaid ride. He loved the bubble maker my parents got him. He stood in line, blowing bubbles and letting other kids pop them. 

Then I took Miles on the Zeppelin and we saw the army men from Toy Story playing their drums. 

We met up with everyone else in Hollywood Land. My dad took Jett on the Guardians of the Galaxy ride (Fast Pass) while the rest of us went to the cartooning class and learned how to draw Eeyore. 

Dave took Miles on Monsters, Inc. while the rest of us waited for Dad and Jett to get off the ride. Then I went on the Monsters, Inc. ride with Miles.

We then headed over to Toy Story Midway Mania and waited in the long line. Luckily it was in the shade so it was bearable.

I got to go on Grizzly Rapids with the older two and get nice and wet.

And then met up with everyone after that. While we waited for them to get off a ride, Cruise and Jett did an impromptu contemporary dance. 

Next up was Screamin' California, which ended up being Cruise and Jett's favorite ride. It took some convincing to get Cruise to go, but once he did, he wanted to go over and over and over again. I think they ended up going about 4 times. 

Miles and Jett went on the carousel.

For dinner, we left the park to Downtown Disney and ate at a restaurant where we got some amazing food. I had some delicious salmon and Dave got short ribs. They were amazing.

 After dinner, we went to the Ghiradelli shop and got dessert. Dave and the boys tried to get on Guardians of the Galaxy again, but the wait was over 2 hours, so that didn't happen. Finally we all headed over to Flying Over the World ride to cash in our Fast Passes. Unfortunately, Miles was just a couple inches too short, so he stayed outside with my parents. The ride was really relaxing and fun and a good way to end the day!

The boys loved having Grandma & Papa there to play with us. And it was really nice having a few extra hands. They definitely spoiled us, and the kids got some fun toys. It was a very busy day but a lot of fun too!

And that was day 5!