Dec 28 California Adventure

We spent today at California Adventure, a newer section of the park distinct from the Magic Kingdom. It has an American 50's theme which is very authentic. We had a  nice breakfast at a cafe, and later a famous Corn Dog! There's an awesome roller coaster (which we all declined). We rode the ferris wheel (although not the swinging car) and a variety of kiddie rides. A favorite was the Radiator Springs Speedway. It starts harmlessly enough with a ride through stories from "Cars", then  - boom - out on the race track for a harrowing, high speed run to the finish line! The scenery in this section is incredible, too. Somehow Disney has exactly duplicated the look of the Utah red rock canyons.

We enjoyed periodic parades and music performances. Of course, the place was mobbed! But the weather was perfect, even warmer than yesterday.

Janet has the Disney app on her phone so she can keep track of wait times and also jump on "Fast Passes", which are great time savers. For example, we used a Fast Pass for the cars race and waited about 20 minutes. Other people were standing in line for up to three hours Yikes!

A stop at the Bourdain (?) bakery on the way out with a Mickey loaf and Olivia's slurpee. Back to the hotel for naps!

We returned to the park on the 4:00 bus and worked our way over to Wine Country Trittoria for dinner. It was an excellent Italian dinner, which was very expensive but it included premier viewing space for the water/light show that we'd see at 9:00. That show was awesome!

Our final event of the evening was to see "Soaring", a breathtaking flight over the world's wonders.

So, we "did" Disneyland in 3 1/2 days. The kids were real troopers. Olivia has endless energy and it may be that Jack wasn't feeling quite up to snuff.

Conclusion: Disneyland is a Magical place! (especially at Christmas time - the whole place is holiday themed - how do they do that?)

Tomorrow we go to the beach.