We were up early again but once again Melissa and crew were first in line. Their hotel is closer to the park then ours however it still takes a bit of effort to be the front of the line. By the time we got there they had already entered the park and were waiting by the ropes in California Adventure Land. This worked out very well for us as our goal was to get on the Radiator Springs Racers ride. It was the last of the big rides and one of only a few rides remaining in California Adventure Land for us to say we had ridden every ride at least once.
The only other ride that we had to focus on getting in line for was Toy Story. I don't consider this one of the big rides but it seems to be a fan favourite. It's similar to Buzz Light Year where you are shooting things to score points however it's much more fun as it's more like an interactive video game. You are presented a screen in pairs and you shoot things like plates and ducks as if you are on the mid way. The line up was manageable since it was so early and we got on with no problems. I had the high score for our car at 158,000. Nowhere near the high score for the ride that week of over 350,000.
We finished most of the outstanding rides and then headed over to Disneyland for the rest of the morning. We decided to take the train but we got distracted by a character for pictures and missed it by about 15 seconds. This means that technically it would have been faster to walk to New Orleans square but we were tired so we decided to wait the 10 minutes for the next train. I actually think they need to run this thing more often now that Galaxy's edge is in. The park is getting to be quite the walk from one end to the other.
Today was our last chance to get something in that Carter had been waiting patiently for. He wanted to build a droid however he wanted to make sure he did it with his cousin Kristen and this was the first chance we had to do that. It was initially going to be just the two of them but Ryan decided at the last minute that he wanted to. $99 per kid later and they were in the droid factory picking their parts. It's not a terrible price if it was Canadian but in US it's a bit steep even though the end result has a motor and a remote. At least this time the batteries are included.
We did our usual pool time in the afternoon and then headed back to California adventure for our last outstanding rides which included the Nemo submarines and another ride on Soarin over California. The submarine is actually quite ridiculous. You stand in line for a long time to get on a submarine and then you look out a tiny portal. I think you could get the same effect by climbing into a garbage can with an iPad and a video of the ride on YouTube.
We had seen the fireworks from various locations every night however tonight we managed to be right in the middle. There are fireworks coming from Toon Town as well as Fantasyland and we got to see them from in between. I think they are much better in the summer. This year there were various themes including Frozen and the Lion King. During frozen they had bubbles falling from the street lights to simulate snow. I was finished by about 10:30 but the kids and Kerry managed to stick around right til midnight. They made Space Mountain their last ride. Another fun trip.
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