Socal Day 2: Disneyland

This was the big day. Neither of us had been to Disneyland in quite some time, at least since CA Adventures opened up. We knew it was going to be a long day to try to make both theme parks. Since we went on a weekday, I wasn't expecting insane amounts of people. Once the park opened we made a mad rush for Indiana Jones, one of the more popular rides. We waited about 10 minutes. Within the first hour, we rode Indiana Jones, the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, and the Jungle Tree House. Talk about fast. By noon, we rode every Disney ride that we wanted outside of a few classics which were hitting the one hour wait, such as Space Mountain. We ended up fast passing this for later in the evening. We spent the rest of the afternoon at CA Adventures. Since most of the rides were roller coaster types, we decided not to ride a lot of them. We did however ride Soaring over CA, which was an exciting simulated ride over CA. We could smell the oranges as we went over orange groves, pine as we went over forests, and even mist as we went over the ocean. We also tried to watch the Aladdin musical, which everyone recommended seeing, but upon arriving at the theatre, we discovered that it was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Bummer. We also wanted to try the new Toy Story ride, but with over an hour wait, we decided to pass. In the late afternoon we caught the CA Adventures Parade, and then jumped over to Disneyland to catch the Disney Parade. We rode our final 2 rides, Space Mountain and Peter Pan, before watching Fantasmic, and then the fireworks. We ended our night at 10 pm.