Kerry and the kids didn't get back to the hotel room until just before 1:00a but that didn't adjust our start time for the next day. Ordinarily Disneyland and California Adventure Park have varying start times where you can sometimes get in to the park early if you have a five day pass or they open at different times from each other. Right now every day is a 7:30a ticket counter open and an 8:00a park open. We were excited for today which is March 17th and St.Patrick's day. We've never been in the park on a holiday date and were looking forward to see what was different. It ended up being fairly low key with lots of green food.
Our first ride of the day was Space Mountain. I think it's my favourite roller coaster ride that I'm willing to do. Perhaps tied with Big Thunder. Both of them are fast but not too many drops. I find my head gets left behind on the drops and it takes a while to recover. We also did Buzz Lightyear as well as the Astro Orbiter. Most Disney rides are sized for adults but this one was not designed for two adults in one rocket. We should have clued in when they asked if we wanted our own rocket. With two people each of you is crushed together for the whole ride. I recommend going solo.
Our next ride was Autopia which are some gas powered go karts on a track. I really feel they should go battery operated just for the smell but I imagine it's easier to keep cars gassed up during the day than swapping batteries. Maybe they could charge from the road. This was another ride where we realized how big Carter has gotten since we last went on vacation. The last time, I had to do most of the steering and he could just reach the pedal. At least now he can reach the pedal though based on the steering I'm a little worried about driver training in two and a half years.
So apparently Carter wasn't the only one to not heed the "Hang on to your hats and glasses" rule though in my defense, I put them in my pocket on the Indian Jones ride to keep them safe but they still managed to fall out on the ride. I had my reading glasses in one pocket and my sunglasses in the other and unfortunately the sunglasses were the ones to fall out. The reading glasses are dollar store and the sunglasses were not. It was at this time that I learned about the lost hat from yesterday. Apparently it was going to be a family secret but once I lost my glasses the truth came out.
We took another detour to Galaxy's Edge to see if R2 was around but no luck. It was at this point that I was reminded about my Fuzzy Tonton experience from a few years ago. When Galaxy's Edge first opened we went to the Cantina and had strange drinks. One was a drink with a foam that was intended to burn your lips. It did this but I left the foam mostly until last and had it all at once. It made my whole chest go numb and I walked back to the hotel room on my own. In hindsight I probably should have had an escort. Will have to go back there and try something less dangerous.
We took another trip to the Pooh Bear ride and this time the characters were out. Previously my favourite part of character shots were the lead up. The kids would walk up to the characters and I would get plenty of shots as they got to hug and interact before the formal shot. Things are a bit different right now and the Characters are often just in the background. No touching. Probably working out well for the dry cleaning bills for the costumes but not quite the same experience. We got pictures with Pooh Bear and Eeyore.
We went back to the hotel so the family could recover from their late night before heading back to California Adventure park again. First we stopped by the Avengers Campus where Carter and I had a giant chicken sandwich. It was mostly chicken and not much sandwich. The tater tots were a nice touch. We also stopped by the Pacific Wharf where Kerry and Callie had soup in a bowl. I still don't quite understand how you can have a wharf and not have Fish and Chips as an option. They have fish tacos but not Fish and Chips.
We're at the point in our trip where we're trying to mark off each ride to make sure we've gone on each one at least once. Goofy's Sky School is like the Mouse Trap ride at the PNE in Vancouver. It's a roller coaster but tries to scare you by seeming to be on the verge of falling off the tracks at all times. The scare tactic works. I refer to this ride as a 'close your eyes' ride. Its got ups and downs and sharp turns. This is as extreme as I'm willing to go. There is also a full roller coaster at the park that I've done once but never again. It goes up side down and is one of Kerry and Carter's favourites.
I finished the day with a ride on Monster's Inc with Mike and Sully. I still refer to it as the Drew Carey ride because they just repurposed the taxis from the tour of Hollywood ride and added a bunch of doors. Speaking of doors, if you are not a wheel's person I don't think I can be friends with you. Even after seeing all the doors on this ride, which aren't really doors because they don't open, there are clearly more wheels on earth than doors. Every door on the ride had wheels where they we hanging plus there were plenty of wheels on all the roller coasters with no doors. Clearly the answer is wheels.
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