Cali Adventure Fun

Heading out to Cali Adventure to see what photo ops they had for Halloween.

We started off with a photo with Daisy the Witch.

Honestly, this photo spot is not really the best. The wall is just so bland. I think they should do something to spruce it up a bit since it's a popular character photo spot all throughout the year.

Anyhow, after the cute photos, we wanted to check out of they had the Oogie Boogie AP Pass spot opened up in the back area over by the Paradise Garden Grill spot. But we were wrong! The AP Photo Opp with Oogie Boogie is actually in Disneyland over at the Star Wars Launch Bay. Whoopsie! Oh well, since we were around the area, we went to check out the updated Toy Story ride, Inside Out - Emotional Whirlwind.

They basically revamped the Flik's Flyers ride that they took out since A Bug's Land was closed out into this ride and they did a good job with it! I personally love the look of it because of all the colors and because Inside Out was a pretty good movie.

Zoë also loved the character statues outside and posed with this one, Disgust.

And here she is about to board her emotional whirlwind balloon carriage!

And after the ride, Zoë had fun touching all the memory balls that lined the walls. The colors and the lights at night are what really draw you to the ride.

The ride itself was nice and smooth, but it was soooo smooth that we all felt dizzy. Hahaha. Yah, not riding that one again. *barf*

After the ride, we walked around the Paradise Garden area since they had all the Coco Halloween deco up. We did see a line at one of the character photo spots too and found out that it was gonna be Miguel so we got in line. Boy were we disappointed though! It wasn't Miguel as a character really. He was puppet attached to a dude so our photo with Miguel included the extra dude. Hahaha. Yah, it was a little weird talking to the puppet and ignoring the dude that controlled him. The photo wasn't too bad though.

We also got a cute Halloween photo with the spider car in front of Flo's Cafe.

And to end the day, Zoë picked Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters to ride. Mommy had to sit this one out though, but I walked through with them and snapped this cute photo of Zoë and Daddy.

After we left California Adventure, we decided to skip the tram since the lines looked like madness. Instead we opted to walk since they had a new walkway that went from the old Downtown Disney parking lot that was behind Rain Forest Cafe all the way to the Pixar structure.

Since walked through Downtown Disney to get there, we got to see all the cute different pumpkin decorations they put up in all the planters.



Super cute! Buuuut, the walk was kinda a bad idea. Zoë ended up falling asleep, so we couldn't keep her in the stroller since all we had was the umbrella one. So Jeric had to carry her from half way through Downtown Disney all the way to the car. Plus my feet were super tired from walking around California Adventure already and with being pregnant and all, it started to hurt pretty badly and I even had to take a few breaks here and there.

Well, we made it to our car all in one piece! Hahaha. Totally not doing that again though.

A Whole Day of Disneyland Fun

J got the day off today for Zoë's Dr. visit, so we totally decided to take her to Disneyland for the entire day after.

First up, some character photo fun! And a cute photo op with some of the Valentine's Day deco.

Dada wanted some coffee from Starbucks. So, while we waited, we watched the Dapper Dans sing away on Main Street and snacked on some Hello Pandas. Hmmm, the box is like as big as Zoë! Pwahahaha!

Our first stop was the Starcade over in Tomorrowland for some AP Days fun! Yup, it's button collecting time again! And this series is way cute. They're honoring the return of the Main Street Electric Parade.

While on the way to Tomorrowland we had a quick run in with the Fairy Godmother!

Finally, at Starcade, we got our first button for the new AP Days set and I'm totally loving it. It's the turtle from the Electric Parade.

The photo ops were pretty cool too. They had a nice set area with the Robin Hood characters. First up were the good guys. Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. Zoë kept calling Robin Hood a bunny. Hahahaha. She even said it so loud when we got up to take photos. The photographer and the cast members couldn't help but laugh and throw a few jabs at Robin Hood and him being a bunny. Silly Zoë! She even said, "Bai Bunnee," when we were done taking photos.

They also had a cute area with signage for Main Street's Electric Parade.

Now it was time to enjoy the rest of Disneyland. We wanted to have Zoë finally ride Pirates, so I went to add a return time to our passes, but what a total bummer. Turns out it's closed for refurbishment until mid March. Well, time for the next best thing, more fun pictures!

First stop, the castle! We have a ton of castle pictures, but I've been wanting a cute photo of us holding Zoë's hands. Bummer though, the photographer wasn't getting with it. First off, he made us stand bunched together. I wanted us spread out, like how we walk with her. And then there's the angle. He took the shot from below. Worst. Angle. Ever! Don't these photogs know that the best angle is from above not below? It's really hard to have someone understand your vision. Plus, they didn't really take requests on how we wanted our pictures. Judging by the second picture, Zoë doesn't look to happy about it either.

Making our way to Fantasy Faire!

Right when we got there, we immediately saw Aladdin outside. He's one we hardly see, so that was a total MUST!

Now it was time to wait in the super long line to meet Ariel, Snow White and one of their friends. While in line, Jenn, Mark and Wren said they were heading on over. They were over at California Adventure earlier, but were pretty much done now. We totally had them jump in line with us for the princess photos too.

Here's us with Arial and Snow White.

That line took way forever and by the time we were done, we were starving. We ended up heading over to the French Market to buy some food. I got myself the Corn Chowder Bowl and shared with J. We got the Mac & Cheese for Zozo and surprisingly, she ate almost all of it! Plus her banana and some of our food. I love when she eats well!

We then headed over to take the babies to the baby center for bathroom time and diaper changing. Once our baby girls were all fresh and clean, we headed back to the AP area so Mark and Jenn can get their buttons. Plus, it was time for the Villains of Robin Hood!

And finally, our first ride! Buzz Lightyear. Poor Wrenny has been dying to ride this since we all met up. The line was fairly long. But the girls had fun together throughout the line.

As for the ride, this time, it was me against the Zoesters.

The last ride we waited for was Roger Rabbit. The line was freaking 40 minutes long. But it was one the babies haven't ridden yet. And still, the poor babies will leave the park without riding it. They were both already showing many signs of being sleepy and as we walked our way through the line they both totally knocked out! Ugh. Funny us though. We thought we could ride with them asleep, but when we got to the front the lady was like, "They need to be awake in order to ride." Mark tried waking up Wren, but she was not happy about it. The lady then said we can just ride switch. So the boys stayed with the girls while me and Jenn rode first, then when we were done, we carried our babies while the boys rode.

Was a fun ride too! I had forgotten what the ride was like. Too bad our girls didn't get to ride it though.

Til next time Disneyland!