DisneyLand Honeymoon Day 5: Back to Disney California Adventures Park.

Part five of the disneyland blog. like the other blog posts.. i'm inserting lyrics in from disney songs.

***DISCLAIMER: I know the Disney characters are just actually people in costume ok? Just suspend your disbelief and allow the 8 year old in yourself to believe they're real ***

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YAY MICKEYMOUSE MORNING CALL! A shove and an outfit change later, we were off to the other half of the park.. at 7 am in the morning.

Plan of action for the day: Paradise Pier, and taking a trip down under the sea!!

OH MY GOD.. it was like I died and went to HEAVEN. If Heaven existed, for me it would probably look like Disneyland by the ocean. THIS WAS ... -IS- PERFECTION! Super nautical and it was just like as if I was by the ocean!

We headed to "the dock" to eat breakfast at the pacific wharf cafe. pretty basic breakfast, BUT we got to sit by the water and it was just MAGICAL!
I couldn't finish my meal so i fed the little birds my leftovers. one bird got close to be on the table and next thing you know i was sharing my meal with the little birdie! i felt like snow white.... :D i felt like a true disney princess. i also fed baby ducklings.

After we finished eating we took a lot of pictures by the pier. then we saw an "ARIEL ONLY" store.. WHICH INCLUDED A DINGLEHOPPER.. WHICH IS REALLY A COMB. OH MY GOD. eeeeeeeeeee!

Right next door was.. ARIEL'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURE. AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN LINE!! it's another one of those slow rides but it was so freaking magical.. it was like they brought you down into the water and back up to the surface again! the images of water rushed over you and you could feel the cold all over your body as you "sunk into the water".. and then.. i heard her...
"I wanna be where the people are, i wanna see, wanna see 'em dancing, walking around on those... what do you call them? oh feet!" - Part of your world, The little Mermaid

AND I WAS CRYING. AGAIN. (go figure.)

i came out of the ride as happy as a clam :P badumbum!

Afterwards, we went into another souvenir shop and bought ..  STUFFED SAILOR MICKEY MOUSE THAT WOULD MATCH THE HOUSE! SUER CUTE!!  and he's hugging his OWN stuffed teddy named Duffie bear. attached to the beach was his little story of how mickey got duffie the bear:
Minnie made it for him so whenever he gets lonely while on his travels, he can hug duffie. AWW!! ;__;

And then.. i saw it. KING TRITON'S MERRY GO ROUND! I hopped onto a blue whale, and steven hopped onto a seahorse. IT WAS SO FABULOUS! I FELT FABULOUS. i was like "i'm on a whale, madaflippas take a look at me!"

Then we went into a toy story 3d shooting ride! so interactive and so much fun! steven beat me though :( oh well. basically we had to shoot targets on 3d screens while our ride was moving... and i am not good at shooting. ever.

Next was Mickey's funwheel.. basically a ferris wheel. they gave us an option to go on the swinging gondola or the non swinging. we picked non swinging.. for steven's sake. i thought the ride was pretty relaxing but steven... he got SO SCARED that he repeatedly kept saying "OH MY GOD OH GEEZ OH GOD OH GOD OH GEEZ" and he kept a tight grip on his seat. 

The next ride i wanted to go on was the JUMPING JELLYFISH RIDE which was aminiature version of dropzone.. but smaller, softer, and for kids. steven had multiple heart attacks everytime the jellyfish dropped but he kept playing it off like "it was ok."

Steven stayed off the next ride because he looked terrified of it so i went on the SILLY SYMPHONY SWINGS by myself. it was basically... the swing of the century ride in Canada's wonderland, but disney-fied, and they played music from the silly symphony cartoon where mickey was a conductor and was orchestrating William Tell Overture.

We decided to take a rest by the water under the shade. because now i was suffering from exhaustion of waking up so early.. 5 days in a row.
then the Phineas and Ferb rock band float came by. it was ok.
We kept resting from 10:30am to 11am. i was so happy and content though regardless of how tired i was. I WAS IN DISNEYLAAAND :3 i was RESTING IN DISNEYLAAAND.

Then.. "Instant Concert Just Add Water" started by the water... actually IN the water.. and Goofy WAS MAESTRO. it was basically a water show with music. it was hilarious! goofy controlled the water ad music and we got all wet! Goofy go scared me messed up the show though. 

Then it was time for lunch! we went to Ariel's Grotto to eat for our free three course lunch meal and enjoy premium character dining :D yesss free!! we got to go UNDER THE SEA AGAIN! the selection of food was amazing! but unfortunately i only had to pick one main entrée... it was a choice of sustainable fish, lobster salad, shrimp and angel hair pasta, and extra sides.... we also got to meet ariel and 4 of her friends.. that day it was Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, and Snow white. Ariel was super friendly this time around and asked if we met before. stupid me thinking "oh the girl dressed as ariel is asking if we've met but i think i met a different ariel" so then i said.. 'No i dont think so o.o' so she goes "oh ok i though we've met before!" ... but then i realized "andrea you idiot, you MET ariel 2 days ago." smh. anyway, ariel goes on to say "you look just like me!" so she looks over to steven and says "you must be her eric then!" lot's of hugging and friendliness all around. she asked me if we were enjoying ourselves, congratulated us on the honeymoon, asked us if we stayed hydrated since it was very hot out... i told her "yes, but we got sunburnt very badly *i showed her my legs which were super red and splotchy* i look like fresh lobster!" so Ariel goes "I'll be sure to tell Sebastian xD" i told her i loved her dress and she said "oh thankyou maybe i'll let you wear it one day!" LOL it was time to go inside and eat so we wished her well and she wished us a great time :) well before eating we met snow white and cinderella again. then we finally got to meet belle and aurora.
Belle was super sweet. she congratulated us, and asked us where we were from.. and as soon as i said Canada, she asked me if we've been brushing up on that french of ours. i said.. "no :P i gave up on it a long time ago" so then she says " you should pick it up again and come visit me in france!" i promised her i'd make plans to visit france, and that it was in the agenda because i'd love to visit the Garnier opera house in Paris. and she told me her favourite place was the louvre and that i should check that place out too! we talked to aurora for a bit... complemented each other's jewellery :P and then our food came out.
Food was AMAZING! For my app i picked butternut squash, decided on the lobster entree salad with bacon avocado quailegg and mixed greens (...vegans, dont judge me D: ), dessert was a trio of cremebrulee, chocolate dipped strawberry, and a mini s'more cake. HOOOOOOOMAGOONESS the meal was divine. 

We decided to go on a forest trek next to paradise pier... i think it was called wilderness explorer. it's basically a kid's playground but with load of stairs and climbing.. and wooden bridges and rope bridges, hideaway huts, towers, and trails, slides, and a scavenger hunt.

Next was the Grizzly Run which was a water ride... with sudden drops. it was a 45 hour wait, and i didn't get soaked enough. but Steven got super soaked. lucky bum. 

We decided to wait for the parade and hide from the sun so we went back to Hollywood animation studios. i helped the workers complete a Cinderella puzzle... Steven bought more souvenirs for the house which will be directly shipped from Disneyland to Canada. (it came like.. within 4 days.. REALLY FAST DELIVERY TIME O-O) then we decided to sit inside the animation studios room to see all the images and listen to all the music. for a good 30 minutes. a baby came up to Steven to say hi and stared at him. and his hat. awww. then we decided to go talk to crush again. YAYY! it was a lot funnier than the last time. this is how it went down.
kid: what does the fox say???
Crush:... whats a fox? is that like.. a land animal? well.. i know a fish goes glub, and a seal goes ow ow ow...but i dunno what land animals sound like.. if i had to guess... it would probably go... RINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING... OR SOMETHING LIKE... WAKAKAKAKAKAKAKOW!!!!!

EVERYONE started howling with laughter. then he picked on a girl:

crush: so do you swim?
teengirl: yes i do
crush: oh nicenice, in the ocean?
teengirl: no
crush:... why did you get into a fight with an octopus?
teengirl:...nnno?
crush: oh ok cuz you got some ink on your arm (looking at her tattoo) it's ok i won't tell anyone.
LOL
crush: where do u like to go often?
teengirl: disneyland!
crush:... what's a disneyland?
teengirl:.. um.. you're in it...
crush: ...dude, i'm in the ocean i dunno what you're talkin' about hehe
teengirl: you're in a tank, you're in disneyland, you could break this glass and come through if you wanted to
crush: wuhh dude i don't think that's a good idea haha.

LOL

Crush: i got this really cool human object but i dont know what it is *pulls out a foam thimb finger you use for cheering at sports games* do you know what this is?
littlegirl: it's a foam finger
crush: ok sweet what do i do with it
lgirl: you wear it
crush: oh cool ok i got that down, now what?
lgirl: you put it up in the air
crush: oh ok old on a sec. *he swims up and dissappears form the screen* OK IT'S UP IN THE AIR, NOW WHAT??
LOL!!!
lgirl: you YELL OUT I LOVE YOU!!!
crush: OH OK, I LOVE-- I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A TRAP!!!

then his last words of advice was: In the great ocean of like, make friends, not anenomines... amenoneneomi... manenomenanmon... STAY IN SCHOOOOL!

LOL!! 

then we went back to the sorceror's workshop to have our voices stolen by ursula again. but she gave them back. then i made steven have a go at it. IT WAS SO FUNNY.. because i can hear him doing the voice over... but when it came time to listen to it... i couldnt hear him LOL.... then we went to the animation room to draw oswald. the disney artist told us the history of oswald and how oswald was originally disney and they had sold him to universal studios.. but disney recently made a trade back so now they have him again. 

then we decided to wait outside on the park bench until the pixar parade started. if you remember from my day 3 blog, we had missed half of the parade. the parade was different this time because it was sooo hot outside... so they... SOAKED US WITH WATER!!!! :D YEEEEEEEEE!!

Afterwards we went to Carthay circle restaurant to eat another 3 course meal which was pre set and included free VIP seating for the World of Colour water show at the pier and it's ONLY for Carthay circle diners. WHOOT.
Interior was very pretty... just like a fancy restaurant because it's an exact replica of the theatre where snow white first premièred. unfortunately the original burned down so walt disney decided to create a replica inside the disney parks. it had all these really cool photos of walt disney and julie andrews.. and there were a bunch of private rooms with names like... hollywood, hyperion, and buena vista... 
the piano playing in the background was soft and very relaxing but still played disney music. (side note: actually the whole park played disney music... but if you do to specific areas they do disney music a specific way.. like if you were in the forest or new orleans they'd play banjos or bluegrass style... fantasyland it'd almost sound medieval... paradise pier sounded a little like carnival style... hollywood land was a little broadway/ show music style...)
our server was incredible personal and friendly, almost like she's known us forever!
My app was chicken broth with basil... so my soup looked super green but it was super tasty!
Entrée was a teriyaki/balsamic reduction and sesame coated salmon with red thai curry sauce topped with basil... oh my god it was.. SO FREAKING BOSS. it's so good that could drink the sauce o-o.
For dessert, since i'm lactose intolerant, the server gave me an alternate option (automatic 10 dollar tip btw) which was a caramel tart with icecream on the side that i didnt have to eat (that ended u being given to steven). i ate my tart with the marshmallow fluff. it was too sweet for my liking but i didnt mind it.

After out meal we took out time getting back to the pier. we went on the ariel ride again and it was just as magical as the first time! but then the ride stopped and we heard sebastian say: oh no it looks like it was the work of that sea witch again! don't worry king triton will fix that.. but then literally two seconds later (i'm not kidding, i counted) he said "Good news! the ride will start in just a few moments!" and it automatically resumed in one second.

We decided to get a snack to munch on while waiting for the show to start.. even though we just ate like 20 minutes ago. so we decided to get chinese food at the lucky fortune cookie. Steven ordered tofu in teriyaki sauce with stirfry and jasmine rice, and i got fresh mangos. Disney.. you were NEAR perfect. NEAR perfect. steven's meal was pretty terrible tasting. i told him not to get it... but he got it. and i had to eat it. but it tasted pretty good with my mangos.

Finally!! We got to our waiting area because of our VIP seating.. AAAAAND there was no seats. at all. anywhere. no benches, or anything. well what was the point of reserved seating them if we don't GET seats? >.> LOGIC. Disneyland, YA HAD ME FOOLED THAT YA'LL WERE PERFECT.

The show was a beautiful water show of colour and they played all the Disney classics and their music. It started with the little mermaid, nemo and fantasia! then JACK SPARROW APPEARED and then.. the PYROS STARTED AND DANCED WITH THE WATER. so all you yeah and see is :Pirates of the Caribbean theme song and FIRE going off to the beat of the trumpet and the drums:
AMAZINGLY EPIC!!! you know what else was epic? THEY MADE IT INTO ROCK MUSIC. HEAD-BANGING ANDREA AT DISNEYLAND WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! I was all right during the show. totally enjoyed it and didn't cry! ...but then THIS happened: Scar shoves Mufasa off the cliff.. and mufasa fall... and simba screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
....then simba calls out... "Daaad!" over... and over.. and i just lost it. i cried. again. even more so when they showed bambi and dumbo with their mothers... bambi and his mother dying, dumbo with his mother in her cage... i sobbed. really loudly. i'm pretty sure i got judged that night. and for those who didn't cry and just judged me... YOU HAVE NO SOUL.
Why ya gotta play with my feelings Disney? ;__; Why ya gotta go breaking my heart?
Then the night ended with a literal SPLASH of colour. The water was just shooting up rainbow colours! Even the Mickey Mouse ferris wheel and white light at the park went all rainbowy!
I AGAIN cried all the way back to the hotel room. The last day of Disney would be the next day. i was DREAAAAADING IT. I didn't want the magic to end!

I didn't know Reality would hit me sooner in the face as soon as the last day arrived :|