So, to recap- we left Yosemite, with a slide that was wonky, having fixed (we hope) the header issue.
On the way out of Yosemite, the road was nuts! Ben Hur Rd. all rough road (you know the kind- they patch it, but don't every repave the whole thing, and then when the cold weather hits and creates more issues, they patch again!) sharp curves, narrow pavement and hills! We saw a coyote running across the hills, panting, but that was it for wildlife. I have to admit, I closed my eyes and braced myself, because the road was so freaky. If we had not fixed the pantry issue, all the contents in it would have flown all over! It was interesting to note that there are loads of almond orchards on the way into Yosemite, and almond and pistachio orchards on the way out. That was cool. I took photos, will upload when possible.
Disney was fun- if hot- for all of us. Joe and I enjoyed watching Kira and Koen get such a kick out of things like driving themselves in the Autopia attraction. That was Kira’s favorite. I rode on some rides that made me have to close my eyes- because the heights got to me- but I chose not to go on ones that would make me motion sick! Kira and I did some rides that they guys would have thought were too tame- but we liked them. The Little Mermaid attraction was really cute. We all got to do Pirates of the Caribbean- it was pretty entertaining and a bit wet! One of my personal favorites was the movie in A Bug’s Land. They really appealed to adults as well as kids in that one. I truly enjoyed it!
On a side note- when they designed California Adventure, they used a different color of paving stones and it was cooler than the actual Disney park. It wasn’t as crowded, either- though the Soaring over California attraction had a 50 minute wait time, and the Grrrr- Rafting attraction also had quite a wait- but nothing like Splash Mountain. The time we checked it in the afternoon, it had a 120 minute wait time. (I think someone hopes that people will wait if it doesn't say 2 HOURS wait time! It worked, too; there was always a line!) Joe and Kira did Splash Mountain first thing in the morning on Tuesday, so they had a 10 minute wait. Koen decided it was too cold, so he missed out, because by the time he was warm enough, the line was crazy long.
We got into Disney at around 9:45 on Monday- and the crowds were in force. We had to wait in line for every attraction. The lines for the Nemo attraction, the Autopia, Space Mountain, and the Dumbo attractions were all long. It took all day for us to do just those 4 rides. We had the ability to get in an hour early on Tuesday, and we made every effort to do it. We didn't make it by 7:00- but we were in by 7:20 or so. (One of the images that I will keep is the crowds SURGING toward the attractions. It was NUTS! I did take a photo of it, but don't know that it will show how truly strange that was. )
On Tuesday, we were able to do 5 rides by 9:00! The lines that early were short- in fact, nearly non-existant. We did the Pirates of the Caribbean after 9:00 , because it didn't open before that, but the others we went on were such short lines. It was HOT, even though the temp was not that high- 87- but all that black asphalt was holding heat. Tueday afternoon, Joe had to go meet the guy about the slide, so the kids and I took the "raft" over to the pirate island. It was still hot, but cooler, because there was not nearly as much blackness.
The California Adventure was pretty cool, as I stated already, and Koen said that he would miss Disney as we walked back to the trailer at the end of the day on Wednesday. We had dinner at Shakey's (not even a driveway away from the end of our driveway- and good food!) and then breakfast at Carrow's, before heading for Arizona.
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