DISNEYLAND!!!! (Part 4)
In which I will describe our fun day at California Adventure, and wrap this saga up!
Based on how much fun we had on Friday at Disnelyland, we all slept really well that night! But that didn’t stop us all from waking up bright and early the next morning to head back for day #2 of fun in the Magic Kingdom! So once again Mommy and Daddy pleaded with me to eat something, and then we piled into the car and drove back to Disneyland again. Mommy and Daddy got there early so Daddy could get a real cup of coffee, and we waited contentedly by this very pretty fountain for the rest of the grownups to arrive. I ate some fruit and ran around - good stuff! When everyone else got there, we started off our morning back in Disneyland (California Adventure didn’t open until a little later). The first thing we did was go get in line so we could ride on a ride about Peter Pan! I like Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. They can fly, and in the movie there is a dog who is funny and gets pixie dust sprinkled on her backside, so her bottom floats up in the air! While we were waiting in line, I could see the queen peeking at me from her castle window over and over - that was awesome all over again! Then we climbled on this boats - but these boats weren’t in the water! They flew! We flew through the room where the kids and the doggie were, and then we were flying all over above these pretty lights and funny people! I like to pretend to fly, so this was great stuff! But my favorite part was the doggie at the beginning, and I kept asking my mom and dad if we could go see her again. We didn’t get to, but that’s ok.
Then we headed over to Tomorrowland, and I had a real treat in store - we got to go on a ride all about Buzz Lightyear!!!!!! It was soooo cool! When you walked through the line to get on the ride, you passed by Buzz, who talking to the silly space cats from the Toy Story movie, and drawing plans on a giant etch-a-sketch. Then we climbed into these spaceship cars, and they had laser beams that you could use to aim at the aliens! I just wanted to look at stuff (I’m not really into lasers too much, although I do love playing with flashlights), but my mom went to town and hit a lot of aliens with hers! She seemed quite proud! When it was over, you get off the spaceship and you go into these really neat store with a giant picture of Buzz Lightyear on the wall, and there were these really really really cool Buzz Lightyear stuffed dolls on a shelf in the corner. I had a lot of fun playing with one and making it fly - did I mention I really like Buzz Lightyear? Well, I guess Pammy must really like Buzz as much as I do, because a little bit later, she came over to me with a big smile on her face and told me that I got to take Buzz with me to keep for my very own! Oh my gosh I was soooo psyched! I hugged him tight and said ‘oh bank you Pammy!’ (the th-sound is still kinda tricky for me), and that was it for me - I was smitten and set for the day!
At that point, it was time for us to head out of Disneyland and across the way to another part of Disneyland called California Adventure. This place was super cool too! When we first got in, the grownups all headed over to a ride called “Soarin’ over California”, which I was just a little too short for, so Mommy stayed with me and let me run around with Buzz while she sat and kept me company. Before you knew, the grownups were back and then it was my mom’s turn to go ride so Daddy stayed with me this time and we played some more. When they were done, everyone came back and then we walked over to this really neat place with lots of water and floating tires that peope ride in and get really wet! Mommy couldn’t go, and I was too little, and Pammy didn’t want to get wet, so the three of us stayed behind and watched when Cappy, Daddy, Katil and Tully came around in their tire boats. It was nice over there - lots of shade and a really cool giant wooden bear wearing a life vest and holding a paddle! We waved and took pictures (well, Mommy did - I was playing with Pammy and Buzz) when everyone came around, and I guess poor Daddy and Tully got very very very wet! But they all had fun and the lines were short so they went one more time and got even MORE wet! Good thing it was a warm day!
After that, we headed over to this place that is supposed to look like old-fashioned Hollywood, and got to go inside this really cool theatre that was all about MUPPETS!! Muppets are like the people you see on Sesame Street, only a little different. But they were really funny, and while we were waiting to go in I was in a great mood so I jumped around and sang and had a merry old time looking at stuff. Then we all went and sat down in these soft chairs, and we all had to put on these silly purple sunglasses. I couldn’t figure out why we were wearing them, until the lights went down and the movie came on - it was a special kind of movie called “3-D”, and it makes it look like the muppets in the movie are standing right above you - so neat! There were muppets up in the balconies above us, too. It was really funny and Daddy said it’s his favorite part of California Adventure! A good show!
When the movie was over, we all went to lunch. We ate in a really awesome place that looked just like the Big Fish Place we went to in Monterey back in March! We sat right by the water and Cappy was silly and played with a Buzz Lightyear straw that he had bought with his drink. (Buzz - he’s a popular guy!) When we were done with lunch, we all went and posed for pictures in this big net that made it look like we were part of a catch of fish - it didn’t make sense to me, but the grownups thought it was hilarious!
At this point we wandered over to a place that looked like it was made just for kids like me! It was called “Bug’s Land”! It was just like the movie “Bug’s Life”, which is one of my favorite movies! You go under this big archway made from a giant cereal box, and it suddenly looks like you are the same size as bugs! There were giant garden hoses and juice boxes and benches made of popsicle sticks! There was a choo choo train I got to ride on with Pammy, and you rode around past giant food like candy corns and animal cookies, and Heimlich the Caterpillar would talk to you! And there were these funny cars that you could climb into and bump into the people around you (I rode with Daddy - the sign said Mommy couldn’t go). It was under this enormous beach ball roof, and Katil and Tully and Cappy all rode in cars too! It was supposed to be a bumpy and fast ride, but I guess it wasn’t that fast because when we got off Katil and Tully kept laughing and going at each other in slow motion, saying “Looooook ouuuuuttttt!”. They’re so silly! We also got to go underground into the ant hill, just like Flick and all the other ants! When we got inside, they gave us more special glasses to wear, and then we saw some silly bugs in a movie and it looked like you could touch them! How neat is that?
We wound out of “Bug’s Land”, and Mommy let me have some juice and I played with Buzz for a little while. I sat on Daddy’s shoulders and then Buzz sat on min. Then came the other big ‘hit’ of the day for me - we got to go on a ride about “Monsters Inc.”!!!! (Another one of my favorite movies ever!). It was so neat - you rode around in a car in the dark, and you got to drive through Monstropolis and the Monsters Inc factory and all the doors flew over our heads and we saw Boo and Mike and Sully and it was super great! (I think the grownups were just as excited as I was!).
When we finished the ride, Daddy asked if anyone wanted to try out the “Tower of Terror” with him. Apparently it involves riding in an elevator and then falling very fast! I love elevators, but I was too small, and Mommy, Pammy, Tully and Katil all said “Um, NO thanks!”, so it was up to Daddy to be brave and go with Cappy. While we waited for them to have fun on their ride, the rest of us sat down and I played with Buzz and Mater for a while…until guess who came around the corner? Jo Jo the clown, from “Jo Jo’s Circus” on Disney Channel! I know her and couldn’t believe she was here in person! So I walked on up with Mommy and gave her a hug and she played with my Buzz doll and made him fly and then blew me a kiss! Isn’t that cool? She’s just as nice in real life as she is on tv! Then Daddy and Cappy came back, and they said the elevator was ok but not amazing. Guess I didn’t miss anything!
Everyone was really hot, so we all decided to go see a show called “Aladdin” inside this big theater. We had to wait in line outside for a while, but it was in the shade so that was nice. We even got to sit on the ground! When we got inside, there were these really soft and comfy seats, and it was nice and kind of dark and a very pleasant temperature…so I sat on Daddy’s lap, and fell fast asleep! I stayed asleep for the entire show, which apparently surprised all the grownups because I guess the music was very loud. They all had a good time, and it was a long show, so I had a good nap. Win-win, I say! Supposedly I missed some people riding on a flying carpet, but I have a hard time believing that - I think the grownups are pulling my leg! (note from Decker’s mommy - it’s true! We saw Aladdin and Jasmin fly!).
After that, it was time to go see a parade again, this one with Pixar characters! Mommy and Daddy thought I would really like this one, because it had Woody and Jessie and Mr Potato Head and Buzz Lightyear and lots of music and colorful floats. But - I decided I was still tired and the music was too loud, so it was hard for me to enjoy it that much. Props to Tully though, for doing her best to dance and sing along and entertain me and try to cheer me up! Finally I just needed a good little time out somewhere quieter, and I was right as rain again.
For dinner, we went over to a place called “Paradise Pier”, which reminded me a lot of the place that Mommy and Daddy and I had gone to a couple of nights before! There were fun rides and booths where you could play games and lots of fun music by some kids called the “Beach Boys”. After a yummy meal of fruit for me and pizza for the grownups, Daddy and Katil and Tully and Cappy went for a ride while Mommy and Pammy and I hung out and rested. And guess what? While we waited - this really nice big girl (I’d say probably 6 years old! Wow - really old!) came up to me and asked if I would llike her Doc Hudson toy car! Would I! Wowwwwweee! So nice of her - did I mention I love “Cars”? I guess the ride broke down because all the grownups came back early and I got to show off my car to them. Then we all went over and I got to ride on ANOTHER merry-go-round! This one had fish and sea otters and stuff on it, and I got to ride with Mommy, with Katil and Tully and Pammy all riding near us. I really like merry-go-rounds - it’s so fun to go up and down over and over! Mommy sure looked funny trying to get on and off the seahorse we rode on, though! Her tummy sure gets in the way!
We stopped and took lots of sunset photos over by the water, in front of this great big smiling sun that’s part of the ferris wheel at the pier. Grownups sure do like to take lots of photos! Then we went back to the entrance of the park to watch part of one last parade, and this was one my Daddy seemed extra excited about. And I could see why! It was called the “Main Street Electrical Light Parade”, and it’s got all these great floats and costumes covered in LIGHTBULBS that actually LIGHT UP! Daddy seemed to get really jazzed, especially when the music started up. (He says he had the record when he was little - but Daddy? What’s a record?) We saw Peter Pan and Cindeckeralla and Tinker Bell and some snails and caterpillars who made funny noises and came over to say hi to us - I was entranced! Then it was time to leave California Adventure and head back over to Disneyland for a little while longer to see some more neat stuff - boy, today was a day chock full of parades and shows!
So, back over to Disneyland, and this time we were going to watch the fireworks and hopefully they wouldn’t stop halfway through! (Although I ended up sleeping through both anyway!) The grownups raved and said it was lots of fun and very well done. Then we went back over to the place with the pirate ride, and we sat on the ground for a loooong time while we waited for one last show called “Fantasmic” (Mommy and Pammy really really like this one). I tried so hard to stay awake, because it sounded super cool. But…Pammy’s lap was oh-so-inviting, and then I think I ended up on Cappy’s lap for a while, and well - frankly - I slept through Fantasmic too. But the grownups had a great time! Mommy said that Mickey Mouse even waved at me - that was so nice of him! What a guy!
Everyone was very tired (not just me!) at this point, so we packed our gear and headed out to the shopping area in between Disneyland and California Adventure. Mommy and Katil and Tully and Pammy went and shopped for a bit, while Daddy and I hung out by the fountain and rested. Then everyone got ice cream (except for me - too cold!), and then we all got to ride on the choo choo with the hole in the ceiling in it again, and then we drove home! Wow, what a day!