On Tuesday, we had early entry into Disneyland Park so we attempted to take advantage of that. Unfortunately we didn't get to the park until about 7:50 so we didn't get too much time there before all the "regular" people streamed in:-/. We went to the Fantasyland part of the park and had a great time there! Everyone enjoyed the tea cups, and again Adam tried so many rides - dark rides! I thought after the Pinocchio one he might be a bit traumatized, but he was fine to try more again. Nathan by this time was also showing some aversion to some rides, but he just needed some "persuasion" and then he usually ended up enjoying the ride (he did cry about not wanting to get on a few times, but always once the ride started he was fine and started having fun!). We finally did Dumbo that day which all the kids liked (Adam definitely preferred the rides that were outside in the light!). Around noon we headed over to Splash Mountain - I think everyone enjoyed that one! Nathan again was really hesitant, but since he could sit with me he was okay with it in the end. He did have to wear his dad's coat draped around him though! We ate at the Hungry Bear restaurant and Lynsey and Brian did Indiana Jones while I took the boys back to the hotel for, you guessed it, some down time at the pool! Nathan actually fell asleep before I could take them so Adam had to wait for Brian to get back - thankfully he was patient!
We went back to California Adventure in the late afternoon and as we were walking into the park, a kind soul stopped us and gave us her 4 fast passes for the Radiator Springs Racers ride for later that evening! Nathan was adamant that he didn't want to do it again, so we decided we would do the rider switch thing (where one of us waits with Nathan and possibly Adam and then when the first one of us is done, we switch places). First thing when we got in, we got an Access Pass time for Toy Story Midway Mania, and then headed into Hollywood Land where Lynsey got to meet Anna and Elsa and Nathan (and Lynsey since she was done with her characters) got to meet Spiderman and Captain America. Nathan was pretty thrilled! When it was time to do Midway Mania, we had to drag Nathan onto it. He absolutely loved it! It turned out to be his favorite ride! Such a timid boy! Good thing his parents know what he likes;-). We grabbed a quick bite to eat, but it was getting late so we had to hustle over to the cars ride. It ended up working out really well to do the rider switch, and Lynsey got to go twice in a row! Lucky girl, some people waited in line for several hours just to do it once! Late night, but everyone was a trooper!
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