California Adventure

For all kids, no trip to California is complete without at least one trip to a Disney Park. So all the boys were thrilled when we arrived at Disney's California Adventure Park.

While we have visited Disneyland a few times before, this was our first to this theme park. The boys were not disappointed. There were rides galore and hours of fun in store.

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!!!

The all time favorite ride was the "California Screamer". A wild ride on roller coaster that curves to the left, to the right, and then upside down. I decided to join the boys on this one and was doing fine until the first downhill plunge. As my stomach met my nose... I wondered what I had been thinking to have dared this one? I spent the rest of the ride with both eyes clenched shut!

On "Grizzly Bear Run", a water rafting ride they warned us that we "might" get wet. We got totally soaked and it took hours before we all dried off. It was probably not a good idea to make that our first attraction.

Grandma & Ehman trying to decide where to go next.

The "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" was fun for the boys... but I think they all found it a little nauseating. Joshua was more annoyed with all the screaming girls than anything else.

David & Edan enjoyed the "Maliboomer", a ride that skyrockets you 200 feet into the air in 2 seconds. When the ride was over, Edan bopped off happy as a clam. David looked like he was about to throw up.

"Soarin' Over California" was Carolynn and my favorite ride. It was just awesome to go on a virtual tour of the entire state of California. Using a 80 foot screen, we were whisked away to San Francisco, Yosemite, Bear Mountain, Malibu, etc. Thanks to this ride, I got one last look at the ocean (even if it was just a virtual view). We even flew over Camarillo, so we all looked for Grandma's house.

Edan & Joshua

David

Our longest wait was for the "Toy Story Mania" ride, where we got to do some virtual target shooting at 3D targets. Despite sounding kind of lame, we all loved it! What we didn't love was the lady ahead of us, who for some odd reason picked up about 20 pairs of 3D glasses. It was then that we witnessed 20 of her friends/family get in line ahead of us. Grrrr.

By 7:00 pm, we headed out of the park looking for a sit down restaurant. Surprizingly, the boys felt they'd seen enough and we all had tired feet.

Edan looked bright and cheerful all day.

Ehman & David. Ready to board the tram & head back to the car.

While Carolynn & I much prefer Disneyland, the boys all said that they liked California Adventure better. Go figure. The general consensus of the group is when we next visit California, we'd like to go to Six Flags. Especially since the boys seem to like the roller coaster best.

Today was a great day and a great end to our own "California Adventure". It was so fun to finally be able to visit this park.