It wasn't too busy at the park. We were so glad! There were hardly any lines. We only had to wait 0--walking on--to 10-ish minutes for the rides. Yay! We tried out the Jumping Jellyfish ride. Cute, but not much to it.
There are quite a few rides at CA Adventure that Caroline is too short to ride. so Brian and I did kid-swapping on those. One of us would ride w/ the big kids. Then the other would ride w/ one of the big kids right away a second time. That was interesting, choosing who got to ride one more time! Brian had them pick a number, 1 -10. Then we just rotated through their turns.
We didn't go on the Grizzly River Run, as it's a water ride, and the day was chilly. Austin ran over to the giant bear and told me he wanted a picture with it! Funny he had time for that! Lauren jumped in the scene too. Austin told me later he put his arms up so it would look like he was keeping the bear from falling on him. :)
There are these murals set up all over the area where they're building the new Little Mermaid ride and a restaurant. Maybe the Goofy Driving School too? I don't remember.
Caroline's favorite: the merry-go-round! She was lucky, and we walked on, to ride it at least 3 times in a row!
Our action figures: Drama Queen was more than willing to ham it up. Goofball Brother, was, well, goofy. You can kind of see the top of his head in the first picture, hiding behind Woody. Composed Oldest Child wasn't going to be silly in that box. Nuh uh, no way! ;) She did want to be in it though and just smiled so nicely.
Caroline's favorite: the merry-go-round! She was lucky, and we walked on, to ride it at least 3 times in a row!
Our action figures: Drama Queen was more than willing to ham it up. Goofball Brother, was, well, goofy. You can kind of see the top of his head in the first picture, hiding behind Woody. Composed Oldest Child wasn't going to be silly in that box. Nuh uh, no way! ;) She did want to be in it though and just smiled so nicely.
Caroline was worn out! The day before at Disneyland, she had no nap. We went to Subway for dinner after the park closed, about 8:30 pm we ate, and she slept through the whole meal! I was glad she took a nice nap in her stroller at CA Adventure. Brian took the big kids on Soaring over California, then I took a couple of them again with the kid swap. We could take two on that ride.
Also while Caroline slept, Brian and Austin went on the big roller coaster, CA Screamin'. Austin was a little scared, but so excited when he got off. He loved it and wanted to do it again! Julia kept saying it wasn't her thing, but Austin told her she would like it. Generally she does like fast rides, and she said maybe next time she'll try it.
So, the boys did the roller coaster and Caroline slept. The older girls went on the caterpillar train.
Brian had fast passes for CA Screamin', so the boys were quick w/ their ride! They returned just as Julia and Lauren were lined up for the lady bugs. Brian stayed w/ Caroline while Austin and I hopped in line w/ the girls.
Before leaving we watched the World of Color light and water show, and it was really good! Absolutely beautiful. The only thing, there were a lot of people for that, and it was a little hard to see some of the lower parts of the show. The 3 big kids kind of wormed (nicely, they are little and skinny!) their way into empty areas near the front, so at least they could see better. Caroline sat on Brian's shoulders most of the show. It was a very fun day, and we got to do a lot of things we didn't do our first visit.
Also while Caroline slept, Brian and Austin went on the big roller coaster, CA Screamin'. Austin was a little scared, but so excited when he got off. He loved it and wanted to do it again! Julia kept saying it wasn't her thing, but Austin told her she would like it. Generally she does like fast rides, and she said maybe next time she'll try it.
So, the boys did the roller coaster and Caroline slept. The older girls went on the caterpillar train.
Brian had fast passes for CA Screamin', so the boys were quick w/ their ride! They returned just as Julia and Lauren were lined up for the lady bugs. Brian stayed w/ Caroline while Austin and I hopped in line w/ the girls.
Woody's Midway ride was the only ride we had to wait a long time for, the entire day. That line was 45 min. Boo. But Austin reeeeally wanted to do it (it is fun), so we suffered ;) through the line. Caroline loves the rides/shows that have the 3-D glasses! It's like playing dress-up for her, and she calls them sunglasses. Actually, she doesn't love the 3-D shows; the pictures "jumping" out at her scare her. So she just plays w/ the glasses and watches the shows w/out them. She likes Woody's Round-Up though; she gets to wear "sunglasses" and shoot a gun at the game targets. :)
Before leaving we watched the World of Color light and water show, and it was really good! Absolutely beautiful. The only thing, there were a lot of people for that, and it was a little hard to see some of the lower parts of the show. The 3 big kids kind of wormed (nicely, they are little and skinny!) their way into empty areas near the front, so at least they could see better. Caroline sat on Brian's shoulders most of the show. It was a very fun day, and we got to do a lot of things we didn't do our first visit.
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