Day 4- California Adventure

California Adventure opens an hour after Disneyland opens... so we didn't have to get up as early. We got ready, had breakfast and then headed over to the park. The kids were happy because we got to park inside the parking garage today, even if it wasn't the top floor where they wanted to park! It was a lot cooler this day, and we brought the jackets along for all the kids.

The day before we had gotten one stroller for the two little girls to take turns in, well we decided after a few hours that day, that the next day we would get two! They just want to be carried, and our backs didn't want to carry them around all day long like we had the day before!

First we went over to Soarin over California. The line wasn't too bad so Rich, his parents and Ashley went and rode it, instead of getting the fast pass they had planned on getting. Alex and I don't particularly like the ride so we were content to stay out with the little girls and we didn't even swap afterward to ride it.







Then we headed around to go on the raft ride- Grizzly River rapids. It was closed with some problems though, so we continued on to the roller coaster ride "Screaming over California" It is the coaster that has the mickey mouse head in the middle with the loop... it's a fun coaster. Alyssa and Angela surprised me and went off with Rich's mom without any complaining so I was able to ride the ride with Rich and his dad and Alex and Ashley.

After that we walked along the boardwalk area and rode some rides and got some lunch... the kids played in a fun little play area after lunch:









Then we went and rode some more of the rides along the boardwalk area. Alyssa tried the small rollercoaster, and found out she didn't like it too much. :( Then we split up and Rich's parents took Angela with them to go see a show, and Rich, Alex, Ashley, Alyssa and I went and rode on the raft ride. It was a lot of fun, but you get really really wet!! Alyssa surprised us by wanting to go on it, but she did pretty good. She got a little scared, but at the end told us she liked it. :)

After that we went to Playhouse Disney Live! and then split up again and Rich's parents took Alex with them to an animation thing, while Rich and I took the girls to see the Muppet 3D show (Alex does not like 3D shows at all). As we came out we caught the end of the pixar parade... we then ended our night over in the bug area... and rode all the little kiddie "bug" rides...





The park was closing then (it closes 2 hours before Disneyland), so we left and tried to figure out where to eat for dinner. We had thought it would be neat to go to the Rainforest Cafe, but when we called they wouldn't take reservations, and the wait would be 45min to an hour... everyone was hungry and we didn't want to wait that long. Rich's mom had seen an advertisement for an International Buffet close to the Hotel, so we decided to go there. We've been to other Buffet's that were asian in nature and usually there is plenty there as well for picky eaters (the kids and I) so we thought this place would be similar. This Buffet was much more international in flavor than the other buffet's we've been to. Lots of unique dishes and seafood and other stuff. The kids ate french fries and mashed potato's and gravy and strawberries and cantelope and jello and icecream. That pretty much was all that they would even try that was on the buffet. I was happy with the few things that I'm comfortable with. Fried rice, and orange chicken and a few other things... it definitly was a unique restaurant though... :)

Then it was back to the hotel for some sleep.