Monday, September 24, 2012

Disney's California Adventure



Today is the day for our regular Disney fix. We’re headed to California Adventure, the newest of the Disney theme parks. The crowds seemed huge most of the day until about 3 PM, even though it’s a Monday in September. Most of the rides are similar to those in Disney World: Soaring, Toy Mania, Muppet Vision, It’s Tough to be a Bug. That didn’t stop up from enjoying our favorites, we did Toy Mania twice, plus the others. There were a lot of unique kid rides, especially in bug land. We were thrilled by California Screaming, their one roller coaster and were disappointed in Luigi’s Flying Tires – a bumper car ride on air that was fairly slow moving and hard to operate. The hits of the day were the live musical, Aladdin, where the Genie was particularly funny with lines out of the latest news and World of Color at the end of the day. This was a fantastic show on the waterfront using lots of effects on water: colored lighting, lasers, and projecting various of the Disney animations on walls of water. Of course, the sound system projected great music and effects too. Mary was a trooper throughout. We knew this was going to be a rough, long day for her, after her toe surgery. But she survived a lot of standing and walking.

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