California Adventures

Most days we did a lot of park hopping and were back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventure, but we did have one day where we focused most of our time in the California side of the park. The California side has a few more of the fast adult rides and the newer Disney/Pixar film characters hang out there. It was cool to see the Muppets 3D show. Max didn't enjoy wearing the glasses, so I'm not sure how much he got out of the show. I'm not sure if it's because he didn't like the images coming so close to him, or if the glasses were uncomfortable.
After coming outside we had some lunch and were able to see another Minnie Mouse in her hawaiian travelware.
There is a painting on the side of a building that makes it look like the park goes on for a lot longer than it does...it really is a pretty good illusion until you get closer too it, so we took a nice family shot there. The girls, Scott, and Tyler went on the Hollywood Tower Hotel ride and came back raving about it while Janie and the kids and I headed back to the hotel for a cool down, sleep and dip in the pool. Tyler swapped me out with the kids at one point so I could take a turn on the the Tower as well. It was pretty awesome.
We also went on the California Soarin' ride while Janie watched the kids and had a great time. You literally feel like you're flying over California. They even have piped in smells so when you're over the evergreens you can smell them, as well as the Orange Orchards.
The kids were excited to take their picture next to Mater and Lightening McQueen who were parked in California Adventure. We took a picture of the kids first, and since there aren't many pictures of Tyler and I, we decided to get in the shot as well. Max didn't want Tyler to stand next to Mater, since that was his spot, so Tyler had to stand in front. Max kept pushing on Tyler's legs to get him out of the way so he could have his coveted spot next to Mater's wheel all to himself.
Lucy also had a chance to visit the Bug's Life area of the park while I was taking Max for a nap. She rode on Francis, which is like a Bug's Life version of the teacups.We also got to visit Turtle-talk with Crush, from Nemo where the audience got to interact with Crush and have a real conversation with him. We also went and saw exhibits about animation and villains and each found out which Disney Character we were most like. Lucy was "Dot" from Bug's Life and Max was "Aladdin". We rode on the Monster's Inc Ride and saw Sulley from a ways off, but the line-up to meet him was too long. The girls got drenched on the Grizzly River Run and loved the California Screamin' roller coaster. I had the lovely experience of having my rear-end poked, slapped, or fondled (not really sure) by a 10 year old boy. I was waiting in a gift shop to meet up with Tyler and Lucy and felt this 'whatever' on by butt. I assumed it was Tyler and turned around to see a very embarrassed ten-year-old. He quickly apologized and walked away. California adventures was fun, but the Disney park was magical (with less fondling) so we spent 80% of of our time over there.