Disneyland One Day Do It All Trip – Friday 8/3/2018
PART FOUR
We now had three Fast Passes that needed to get used in an hour and a half, so we were booking it all around DCA. First stop: Soarin’ Around the World. I regret that I never went on this when it was Soarin’ Around California. It is literally the same thing as WDW now and while I love it, I want something different. Still fun though.
Oh yeah, and Brad left his sunglasses on the area underneath his seat so we had to scramble back in through the exit so he could go get them! Glad they were still there!!
Ride: Soarin’ Around The World
Bay Approval: 5/5 (loves when it goes to Paris!)
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Since we had that free Fast Pass from Cars breaking down, we decided to do Grizzly River Run. I am full of regret for choosing this. This ride is super fun but I wasn’t wearing the best clothes to get wet in. I was literally wet the entire rest of the night. And my Minnie Keds got soaked, which caused them to shrink up a bit and gave me a gnarly blister on one of my toes.
Ride: Grizzly River Run
Bay Approval: 5/5
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We snagged a Fast Pass for the Incredicoaster and headed over there to give that one another go. Seriously, love it so much! And afterwards, Bay got to meet Mr. Incredible!
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Then we took another little booze and snack break. We got Bay a Mickey Bar, I got a Mickey Ice Cream Sandwich and some bubbles, and Brad got a Bottle Logic Blonde Ale. We hung out under the Sonoma Terrace and relaxed while making our next plans.
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I asked Bay if there was anything else she wanted to ride at DCA, and she said the Jumping Jellyfish, so we did those, but we didn’t stop from messing with her saying that this is just like GotG and that she has to go on that next if she makes us do this…… Sigh, kids man.
Ride: Jumping Jellyfish
Bay Approval: 5/5 (this is nothing like GotG, it goes way slower!)
I am just now realizing we never actually walked around the whole Pier at DCA. We never even walked by Toy Story Mania. Ha. Ooops.
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So, we said goodbye to DCA and went back to Disneyland for the remainder of the night. We grabbed a FP for Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and rode that really quick.
Ride: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
Bay: 5/5 pew pew pew
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Then someone said to ride the Astro Orbitor at night so you can see all the lights. Well, while Brad and Bay waited in line for that, I ran over and got her Jedi pictures. I came back and got in line. Bay rode with me and Brad rode alone. Hands down the worst ride ever with a 6 year old who couldn’t get the rocket back up in the air and I thought I was gonna fall out for half the ride. The view was awesome while we were up there though. This was a first time ride for me.
Ride: Astro Orbitor
Bay Approval: 4/5
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The line for Star Tours was about 25 minutes, so we went on that. The queue felt long, but I was just tired and hungry. OMG speaking of hungry, we haven’t eaten dinner. What’s open at 9pm?!?! I had full intentions of finally trying the Grey Stuff at the Red Rose Tavern, but they were closed. Every. Freaking. Place. was closed except the Galactic Grill and I swear that I eat there every time we go to Disneyland because I guess we spend a lot of time in that area?! I don’t know but I didn’t want to eat there. We decided to eat in Downtown Disney and power through. Star Tours was Star Tours. Check.
Ride: Star Tours
Bay Approval: 5/5
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I did end up getting a Fast Pass for Space Mountain but realized that it was for 11:15pm and nope, no thanks. So we cancelled it and jumped in the 25 minute standby line. We rode that one last time. Bay always loves riding that “alone” as in no one is sitting next to her. Fine by me, see you later kiddo.
Ride: Space Mountain
Bay Approval: still 5/5
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Bay really wanted to ride Alice again but something about waiting for the Fire Marshall’s approval had Alice and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride down. Hard pass, thanks. We hopped on the Tea Cups for one more cuppa before bed.
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Then checked out the insanely long line at Peter Pan and decided that we missed our chance and won’t be riding that today.
So we did Pinocchio’s Daring Journey and Snow White’s Scary Adventures, both of which we have never done. Both were okay. Nothing special.
We decided to call it a night because we had to be up super early to make it to Universal Studios the next morning at opening. We hit up the Uva Bar for dinner. I finally tried my first (and last) Frose. It was meh. Bay fell asleep on the table. I ate Steak Frites and most of her Mac n Cheese.
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We ended up getting an Uber to our hotel because my feet were HURTING. But all in all, it was a successful Disneyland/DCA day.
Total Time in Parks: 13.5 hours
Total Rides Done: 21
Ride Repeats: 3