We began the day with a fly over California on the big screen followed by a refreshing water ride where we all walked away wet. Continuing counter clockwise around the park we rode the roller coasters and the Mickey’s Fun wheel. A Ferris wheel where the capsule swings in a giant oval as the wheel turns making a novel change to just a giant circular ride. Been the big kids we are we ventured into the youngsters area for a gentle caterpillar ride past giant fruit and vegetables. More thrilling was the elevator ride in the Tower of Terror where you are trust up and dropped down various times. We caught up with Kermit the Frog and friends in a 4D movie. After seeing all the attractions and riding the rides including the Monsters Inc ride we left the park for a late lunch.
Disneyland was our next venture were we made the most of the Fast Passes by booking our rides for a later return. After a quick glimpse at the Main Street we hit the fast pace Indiana Jones roller coaster ride then returned to Disney Adventure to see the parade.
The parade included numerous characters and floats which was well worth returning to the park to see.
Back at Disneyland we skipped the lines to get to Splash Mountain were we again got a refreshing cool down. After a few more rides including the Mad Tea Party (spinning tea cups) and photos taken of the park, characters and rides we stopped to see the main Parade.
With all the Mickey Toontown characters from the good old days out dancing was a good way to end the night at the park but still had time to do the Sleeping Beauty Walk Castle walk through and a good look at the Disney Castle at nigh reflecting in the moat around it.
Thursday’s special of the City Pass gave us access to the park and hour before the main opening so after breakfast we returned to Disneyland minus some of the crowds. We headed to Tomorrow Land and had fun on the ride/arcade game shooting targets where Sarah scored the highest. From another 3D movie of Honey I Shrunk the Audience to driving carts at Autopia we did all the available. We went and saw the latest inventions by HP, Microsoft etc including Honda’s ASIMO robot. This human like robot can talk, walk, run, dance surf the net, kick a soccer ball and climb and descend stairs. It’s just amazing how far things have come, makes C3PO from the Star Wars (Another ride we did) seem highly plausible.
We descended the Matterhorn by ‘bobsled’ (Roller coaster), entered the singing world of “It’s a Small World” and then into Mickey’s Toontown.
We played another ride/arcade game at Roger Rabbits Car Toon Spin then ventured further into Toontown to meet Mickey Mouse and explore his house. We snuck into Minnie House via the back door while she guarded the main door (A long line to have a photo taken with her). Donald Ducks Boat, Goofy’s Playhouse etc made up a great little town within the Disneyland Park.
Venturing to Fantasy land we did all the rides which dated back to the parks opening so a little less sophisticated but included great characters from the well known cartoons/books etc from Peter Pan, Pinocchio to Snow White.
After meeting up to where we had got up to on Wednesday we did the attractions we had skipped. This included the Pirates Island, a humorous boat ride through the jungle and the Winnie the Pooh ride.
Leaving the park we walked up to Downtown Disney and in and out of various shops then returned to Mimi’s restaurant for tea.
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