Radiator Springs!

The Wee Lad loves the movie Cars, or as he calls it, Race Cars.  He loves pretending to be a racer and running through the house as fast as he can.  Lauren has been lovingly dubbed the pace car since she has to do everything her brother does but is not quite as fast.

I really wanted to take Wesley to Radiator Springs inside California Adventure in Anaheim.  I wanted to go when he was tall enough to ride most everything, old enough to make it through the whole day, but young enough for it to be magical for him.  I started saving in February and this last Thursday, we found ourselves in Disney.

Wesley loved Radiator Springs!  It was wonderful.  Our first stop was Mater's Junkyard where we road the tractors.  A great first ride.

We stopped by Luigi's but the ride was closed.  We snapped a quick picture with Guido, 

and Stanley.

Radiator Springs Racers was closed too so we explored some more.  We did the Flying Zepher, the Swings, and Soarin' which was really fun for Wesley until he thought we were going to get hit by exploding fireworks.  

We headed back to Radiator Springs and got a picture with Mater.  Wesley was in heaven.  We then got a snack from the Cozy Cone to supplement what I'd brought from home.

Then we headed over to the Pixar Pier and rode the carousel.  Wesley was quite timid about most of the rides but this was okay.

I wasn't sure what the Midway ride was but decided to wait in line for it.  It was awesome.  You basically play midway type games through the whole ride.  The ride broke-down while we were on it and we got to keep playing (though not for points) and Wesley loved this ride too!

Since he did okay with this, I decided to try Spiderman Web Slingers.  He was a bit terrified in the intro but did okay.

Then back to Radiator Springs where Luigi's ride was open.  He later told me this was his favorite ride.  The Racers was open again but the wait in line was longer than I wanted so we decided to do something else.

We thought about getting off our feet for a bit and decided to see if we could find a performance.  We stopped on main street on a bench to eat a snack and were fortunate to have great seats for to watch a short parade!  How fun.  

I said, "Look, Wesley!  It's Mikey and Woody!"  He said, "No, Mom, it's just someone dressed up."  I was surprised.  I asked if Lightning, Mater, and Radiator Springs were real and he said it wasn't, just pretend.  So much for going young enough for it to be magical...

We rode Monster's Inc (which he hasn't seen) and was a bit scary and then the Little Mermaid (which he hasn't seen) that was really fun.

Then back to Radiator Springs.  Lightning was out for pictures and we stood in line for that one!  The line for Racers was up to two hours!!  I thought the later it got we might have more luck.  I was expecting crowds but no what I encountered.  Goodness, it was packed!

For dinner, it had to be Flo's V8 Café.

We finally decided it was getting late and the only ride left was Racers.  We waited in line an hour and a half and made friends with the Canadian's in line behind us.  I carried Wesley most of the time in line and he rested on my shoulder.  The ride was so worth it! 

We got one last picture with Doc Hudson's Piston Cups on our way out.  

It was a long and wonderful day!  I look forward to more Mom and Wesley adventures.