After a good night's sleep, we were back at Disneyland for day 2 at "The Happiest Place on Earth!" We bucked the trend of rushing to the wildest rides and instead headed back to Tomorrowland to visit Autopia again. We were the first people on the track!
Henry and Gene had to wait in the car for a few minutes afterwards because the ride was empty and there was no place to "park."
We rode the Finding Nemo Submarine and Star Tours (not a good choice for those who get motion sick!) before deciding we'd had enough of the future and headed back into the past to ride Pirates of the Caribbean (again) and the Mark Twain Riverboat.
The boys enjoyed a mid-morning churros snack while walking to Fantasyland. We tried to ride "It's a Small World" but the ride broke down while we were waiting in line and we missed it!
After lunch at Carnation Cafe on Main Street, we saw a marching band on our way out of Disney.
After our afternoon rest and pool time, we headed back to Disneyland to catch Mickey's Soundsational Parade at 4:30. We got lucky when a lady who was saving a bench for the 8:50 pm parade offered us seats for the earlier parade.
The parade was fantastic!
After watching the parade, we took advantage of our Park Hopper passes to hop over to Disney California Adventure. Gene and I had both been to Disneyland as kids, but DCA was a whole new adventure for all of us! We ate dinner at Flo's V8 Cafe, which overlooks Radiator Springs Racers. We all agreed that it was the best meal we ate at Disney.
After dinner, we rode Mater's Junkyard Jamboree before catching the last half of the Pixar Play Parade.
We visited Bugs Land, where all the rides were gentle and there were no lines. Our favorite was Flik's Flyers, which is a whimsical hot air balloon ride made out of discarded food containers. We rode in the Homespun Applesauce box!
We ventured back to Cars Land to get treats at the Cozy Cone Motel, where everything is served in cones. The boys and I opted for ice cream cones but Gene had pretzels and dip.
We wandered along Pacific Wharf, which is modeled after Monterey's Cannery Row!
Henry is pointing out "Monterey" on the sardine boxes.
By this point, Henry was fading, but we took in one last ride (Monsters Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue) before heading back to Cars Land at sunset.
We saw Mater
and did some window shopping (these tire hats did not come home with us!)
and were in downtown Radiator Springs when the neon lights came on.
It was a magical ending to our second day at Disney!
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