Disney's California Adventure

We got up early in Anaheim and headed to Disney’s Grand Californian where we would be staying for our Disneyland trip. We checked in and were able to get early entry into California Adventure. We were able to ride Soarin before the park even opened. Once we left Soarin we stumbled onto Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto. After seeing the characters we headed over to Flik Fun’s Fair where we had the whole section to ourselves and one other family. Next up Playhouse Disney Live, Animation Academy, and Tower of Terror. We headed back to our hotel and checked out our room and rested for a bit. We went back to CA Adventure and had lunch with the Princesses (Ariel, Cinderella, Aurora, and Snow White) at Ariel’s Grotto. After lunch we hit more rides and then the Pixar Parade. The interesting spin on this parade was that each float squirted water at you so you never knew when you were going to get blasted. Here is our $7 Balloon that was pelted with water.
On our way back to our hotel we stopped in at the Redwood Forest playground area where Max took on the tire swing.



Then off to the rapids. After getting soaked we headed back to our hotel to change before coming back to catch the Electrical Parade from our reserved seats (thanks AAA).