Day 8 – Part 3 – Disney Parks – Over to DL Before Evening Activities
It was time to cross over to Disneyland. As we entered, I noticed some photopass photographers by the grass area with the building behind so our kids grudgingly stopped for pictures. We got some cute magic shots with tinkerbell and balloons and a bunch of silly ones too.
We headed to New Orleans area where we used our FastPass for
Indiana Jones. This one is worth riding daily as it's tons of fun. Our son wanted to ride
Splash again as it’s his favorite so when done Indiana Jones he headed towards the ride. Since it was just him, he could skip the long lines and ride the single rider queue. I took my daughter to
Winnie the Pooh as it’s near by. As we were about to board the honey pot, we saw my son and husband. Apparently Splash was down. My son wasn’t a happy camper but they followed us on Winnie.
Afterwards, I kept checking to see if Splash was up but it seemed like it would be down for awhile as the big drop was bone dry. Not sure how long it had been down. We decided to walk to It’s a Small World since we hadn’t been on that one yet at Disneyland. On the way, we passed Rivers of America. It’s so peaceful.
At some point, I got a FastPass for Star Tours as we thought he’d head over to Adventureland a bit later.
I checked again and Splash was still down. Didn't seem hopeful.
As we were walking to Small World, we noticed they had parts of the street sectioned off. Then we saw the Soundsational Parade go by and understood why areas were roped off. Oh yeah…that’s what we haven’t seen yet. At WDW we saw the Halloween parade and DD and I also caught the daytime one. They were both impressive. At Disneyland, the parade was daily but the timing never worked (and this time I forgot about it). There was a Pixar Parade at DCA but they recently stopped it. Anyways…I think we were standing near the end of the parade route so we missed it. Oh well.
We continued to
It’s a Small World. What a beautiful ride from the front.
The ride was walk on with no wait (familiar pattern). The boats were much smaller than WDW; however, the ride itself seemed so much longer than WDW’s version. I quite like this ride and think it’s wonderful how they’ve included cultures from across the world singing the same song. But yeah…that tune does get annoying after a bit (and darn, it’s in my head now again that I’m writing about it ).
Next we headed to
Star Tours. My son loved this ride and I had been curious what it was so I decided to give it a try. We got in fairly quickly and were assigned our section. This time DH decided to skip it and walked through. The ride is apparently different every time. The beginning is cute with 3CPO ending up being pilot by accident (or is it R2D2…I always get them mixed up). Then you are off flying and of course things are chasing you and you’re bumping into things. It’s fun, but can get how it’s not easy on someone with a sensitive stomach. I was ok, but don't think I could run back on again.
We had WOC Dessert party that night but we wanted to hit one more ride before heading back to DCA. Final check...Splash was still down...but
Autopia was nearby. We all loved the Speedway ride at WDW and this one seemed similar. The line took about 15 minutes. With Speedway, you can’t mess up the driving or crash the car, but I wasn’t very good at it. Thus, I was happy when my son said he’s ride with me so he would drive (phew) and then DH would drive with DD. The ride is fun and almost peaceful driving around the bends.
Ok…time to head to the dessert party. Our kids were super excited for their “dinner”.[/QUOT