California Adventure

JG and P and I headed down to California for the February long weekend. J isn't much of a Disney fan so he stayed home. We flew in Wednesday evening to LAX. So wonderful to leave -20 C behind and arrive to see palm trees 3 hours later!

We checked in to the Candy Cane Inn. It is reasonably priced, includes breakfast and is walking distance to Disneyland, though it has a dedicated shuttle bus if you want to use it!

Thursday morning we headed to Disney's California Adventure (DCA). We followed the touring plan from the "Unofficial Guide to Disneyland".  We grabbed fast passes to "Radiator Springs" in Cars land - the newest, busiest exhibit in DCA, then followed the day's plan.  I think our favourite ride was "Soarin'Over California". JG had just been talking about what it would feel like to fly and that is what you do in this ride - fly over the beautiful sights in California!

We returned to our hotel room in the late afternoon for some R & R. We decided to take a cab to the food for less grocery store .  There we grabbed some hot chicken and a veggie plate for supper. We also picked up some berries, yogurt and treat drinks to keep in our hotel room fridge!  Probably a healthier and definitely cheaper meal (even when factoring in he taxi) than going to a restaurant. 

We decided to go to Disneyland (DL) after supper to visit Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion before calling it a night!