California Vacation 2014, part 4

April 1st We got to Disneyland and in-line by 9 a.m. so that we could be some of the first ones on Peter Pan ride, but the line was double to triple what it normally is during the middle of the day!  Decided to go to Tomorrowland and ride Star Tours again, instead, where there was only about a 10 minute wait.

Christian bought a light saber & pirate Mickey ears hat and Faith bought a Minnie ears headband. We then saw Captain EO, there was no wait for it, go figure ;) 

We finally gave in and waited over 40 minutes to ride Peter Pan.

Next, we rode Pinocchio and then Big Thunder Mountain Railroad again.

We walked across the street to McDonald's for lunch, and boy was it hot! The weather had been mild and perfect up until these two days, and now it had reached an unseasonable 97°!

Walked back to California adventure and went on Monsters, Inc. Christian saw a family where each person had a churro and said, "All those people have WHOLE churros! Where do they live? In a cave with no house payment?!?" (Because we made the kids split a churro a few days before and said it was too expensive for them to each have their own. Haha!)

Went on California Screamin and Tony got us fast passes for Soaring Over California while the kids and I hung out in air-conditioned shops so we wouldn't melt, and I checked us in for our return flight.

We had to get in one more ride on splash Mountain!

We had to have one more taste of dole whip, this time just in cups not instead of floats, and then watched the parade at California adventure,

Next, we slowly floated around on this Cars Wheel ride. The kids' vehicle moved much better than ours because they floated on air blowing up from the ground, and Tony and I weighed ours down too much!

We then went to The Winery restaurant for our 6:20 PM reservation. We were super upset when we didn't get our appetizers for 30 minutes, and then didn't get our dinner for 45 more!

We were super disappointed in Tony's pasta and the serving size of his chicken entre, my green beans (which were uncooked), the tiny size and lack of flavor of Faith's salmon. Christian enjoyed his spaghetti and my fillet mignon with herbed butter was excellent. The desserts were really good, too.

We went to the pier for our reserved spot for World of Color which came with our dinner. Faith met some fun teenagers to chat with and they and buddy played the online "Simon" type game where the winner of each round got to control  the ferris wheel lights. 

The show was amazing! Lots of cool water, fire and laser action. Tons of fun clips from movies such as The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more.

After the show we walked into downtown Disney to the ginormous  Disney store and the kids each picked pillow pets as final souvenirs. Faith got Lady from Lady and the Tramp and Christian got a Pluto pillow pet.

On the 2nd We got ready, packed up and checked out of the Del Sol Motel. Christian came out with the phrase "poop my pants and call me pudding" in the car. (?) Grabbed some breakfast from McDonald's.

Drove to Huntington Beach and spent nearly 2 hours playing in the surf. Tony wore his Wrangler jeans and long sleeve shirt so he wouldn't get anymore sunburnt. 

The kids played with this cute baby in a wetsuit who had two serious surfer parents.

Tony bought a California flag beach towel and we sprayed off at the outdoor shower again.

The kids and I got changed in the car and then we got stuck in a traffic jam due to road construction. Finally got to the Long Beach airport and got through security in just a couple of minutes because it was so dead. I even got TSA pre-check!

Faith begged for chocolates when she saw the see's display there. Tony found an egg shaped box which was half off but and bought it for us to share.

We enjoyed our snacks again on the return flight!

We even got to sit together again, this time on row 6 (C, D, E, F) and didn't even have another traveler between us. 

Tony thought it was funny that Parowan was one of the few Utah cities listed on the display that tracked where we were in the sky since his mom is from there and it's a tiny, little town.

We got into Salt Lake,

took a taxi back to Con-Way, and drove straight to my mom and dads to pick up Skittles. She was sooooo excited to see us! We were happy to hear that after that first night or so, she settled down and was a good girl for grandma and grandpa.

We still can't believe how amazingly fun this vacation was!!!