California Adventure

On October 13, we went to Disney's California Adventure.  The lines at any Disney park are always really long and it is best to fast pass many rides.  When we first got in, it was already crowded.  Even though we were there before the door opened.  My dad went to stand in the fast pass line for Cars:Radiator Springs Racers.

Radiator Springs Racers

We went on Radiator Springs Racers first.  There was a line, but it wasn't too long.  Inside, it has different scenes from the cars movie.  The cars actually had eyes that moved and looked very realistic.  After, you go outside and you race another car.  They go really fast and actually race.  That ride is so popular that the normal line is always over an hour.

After, we went on Soarin'.  Another one of my favorite rides.   We always wait to get in the middle on the top.  It always gives you the best experience.  You sit in seats and get buckled in.  Then you are ready for takeoff.  The rides lifts you up and forward.  There is a screen in front of you that surrounds you.  They play the video and you are soaring over California.  It takes you different places across the state and ends with Disneyland at night with fireworks.  It is such a cool ride.     

 The Disney parades are always so fun to watch.  At California Adventure, they had a Pixar parade.  A lot of the characters from Pixar movies were in the parade.  Toy Story, the Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Bug's life, and so many more participated in the parade.  There were dancers, people on stilts, and amazing floats that sprayed water and had flames.  The parades happen at certain times during the day.  The Pixar parade was in the afternoon.

The Pixar parade had lots of amazing floats and special effects.

The California Screamin' in a very popular ride.  I went on it six times with my brother.  The Screamin' is located on Paradise Pier.  That is where all my favorite rides are.  You go around a bend after you pull out of the station.  It then keeps you waiting for a few seconds.  It is very suspenseful.  Then you shoot off.  That is the scariest part of the whole ride.  You go so fast and shoot up the first hill.  The ride goes so fast the whole way and has really fun drops and twists.  It only has one loop right in the middle of the ride.  It isn't a very big loop though.      

I really liked Toy Story Mania on Paradise Pier.  It is a 3D ride that you shoot at targets.  It uses Toy Story characters to present the targets.  I got the highest score in my family.  The line for this is also very long and you can't fastpass it.  When my dad first stood in line for it, it broke right when he got to the front.  They let us cut in line later in the afternoon when it was working again.  

At the very end of the day, they had the world of color show.  We stayed to watch it a little bit, but we decided to leave part way through so we could catch the shuttle back to the hotel.  The part that we watched was really cool.  They showed Walt Disney and how he originally made disney characters.  It was all projected on water and they used cool lights and bursts of water.