Day Seven (Tuesday, May 13th)

Fourth day at Disneyland. We bought a 5-day hopper pass, so we decided to spend some time at California Adventure this time.

Bridget met Mrs. Incredible! We actually got in line twice to see her. As soon as it was her turn Bridget asked “Where’s your dad? [Mr. Incredible]” – the character, who didn’t actually speak, told Bridget that he was at home exercising. She just used hand gestures. Bridget’s response, “Oh. He will come out when he’s all done?” – Mrs. Incredible just nodded. lol.

Then there was this ride. A Ferris Wheel… on steroids? The enclosed baskets swung back and forth on those blue-gray bars as the wheel turned. Jenna and I skipped out on that one. But Dave took Bridget – you can see them in there if you look close. He said she had fun.

Playing in the water section of the “Bug’s Life” exhibit. Simple fun… Bridget LOVED it. Good thing it was a warm day.

They had this new parade at California Adventure called the Pixar Play Parade. It was very cool! It had all kinds of Pixar characters, some costumed, others animatronics. Some of them had squirt guns they shot into the crowd… and there were bubbles everywhere. The parade was probably one of the highlight of the day.

Bridget and Jenna waiting for the parade to start.

The Slinky dog from Toy Story.

Mater. Both Mater and Lightening McQueen were actual cars that drove the parade route. Lightening even revved his engine a few times.

After the parade we headed back for to Disneyland to finish out the evening. This picture is a tradition in Dave’s family. They went to Disneyland quite a bit as kids, and have photos from various years where they are hitch hiking with the ghosts from the Haunted Mansion.

We finished out the evening with one last ride on the Matterhorn before the park closed. It was starting to get late, and Bridget fell asleep like this on Dave’s shoulders while we were in line. I tried to gently take her down and get out of line as we were approaching the front of the line, but she woke up and wanted to ride.

On the way out of the park we got some Kettle Corn… the smell had been taunting me since day one at Disneyland, so we finally gave in. We got a large bag and we all shared it on the tram and in the car on the way back to the hotel.

P.S. the kettle corn is cheaper at Disneyland ($7) that it is at Hogle Zoo ($8) – go figure, Disney has something ‘cheaper’ – lol! Too bad they’ll probably figure that out and raise the prices before the next time we are there. Ha!