Disneyland Adventure - Day 2

Day 2 was our introduction to Cars Land. We stayed at the Disney hotel Paradise Pier and from our window we got a view into California Adventure. Once we were able to pry the boys out of bed, it was straight to the window to check out the sites!

Aunt Emily did a great job to make the matching shirts! The kids loved them - and they were all pretty cute. There is a fine art to getting tickets on the new Radiator Springs Racers ride, and our family was ready. As soon as we got in the gates, tickets were handed off and one person was in charge of running to the fast pass line.

Cars Land is truly amazing - the re-creation of Radiator Springs was perfect. First stop - Mater's Tractors. Probably Dillon's favorite ride.

Probably the coolest thing about Radiator Springs is that you just never know what car you are going to see. For the most part, either Lighting McQueen or Mater are out ready for the perfect photo opportunity.

Again, impossible to get Dillon's eyes off of his idols!

A great family photo.

A silly family photo.

We then tried out Luigi's Tires - but no one was impressed with this ride, so once was enough for us!

Who doesn't want to stay at the Cozy Cone?

While the big kids tried out the Up Side Down Roller Coaster, the little guys loved the calmer rides.

On the way to lunch, we ran into Pluto. Dillon is Pluto's number one fan. Dillon carries his "woof woof" every where we go.

After lunch we ran right into Minnie. She was in her Flight Attendant attire right outside the Soaring Over California ride.

We then headed back to the hotel for a rest as we had plans to shut down the park that evening! We were hopeful that Dillon would sleep, but instead he just rested quietly with his movie. We decided we would just take what we could get! We met back up with everyone, and all the big kids went on the rafting ride, so Dillon, Nonnie and I went exploring and ran into Doug the Dog from the movie Up. SQUIRREL!

Then Dillon decided to nap - just in time for the Pixar Parade. Somehow the kid slept through the whole thing!

Headed over to Bugs Life after the parade - perfect rides for the little guys!

Can you tell that Dillon just woke up?

A humble attempt at showing brotherly love!

After dinner everyone was still going strong - so we continued to hit our favorite rides. The swings were the best because all you could hear was everyone giggling on this ride. Except poor Dillon - not tall enough - NEXT YEAR!

Dillon could ride Toy Story Mania - and he loved it. I think everyone loved it as we were all pretty competitive about our scores!

We closed out the night back in Radiator Springs - line was too long to ride the Racers again. But we had fun dancing with DJ and just being silly!