Disney California Adventure

Tuesday - We caught the shuttle to Disney at 7:30 this morning. By the time we entered the park, it was around 8:30. The security line was slow. 

We rode the Monster’s Inc ride a couple of times. 

We then rode the single rider line for Radiator Springs. Only a 15min wait instead of an hour. 

Mid-afternoon, some relatives came by to visit. They were in Disneyland and park hopped to see us. 

I managed to snag a dinner reservation at Lamplight Lounge, which is a Pixar themed restaurant with some incredible food.

Striped Bass…

Brussels caesar! 

Lobster nachos!

After dinner, we went back to Car’s Land to see the neon and Christmas lights on our way out of the park. By this time, the phone battery was fading fast so not too many more pictures. 

Tomorrow, Disneyland…

Downtown Disney

Monday - We took the shuttle from the RV park to the Disney area and spent the afternoon at Downtown Disney. This is the retail section sort of like Disney Springs within Disney World. Much smaller and walking distance from both amusement parks and the hotels.

Tomorrow, we will be going to California Adventure. This is the park the second park that was originally themed around areas and highlights of California. I don’t believe that it was an immediate success. It opened in 2001 so I have only visited it a couple of times. 

We also wandered through the Disneyland Hotel complex. It is significantly bigger than I remember back in the 90s, the last time I had stayed here. The hotel buildings still has a “60s” look to it. 

We had dinner at a new signature restaurant, Din Tai Fung, specializing in soup dumplings, which were fantastic. We ended up getting a double order. 

We are waiting for the shuttle back to the RV park now. It’s running late probably due to traffic…

Anaheim, CA

Sunday - Only 110 miles today but it took over three hours. There was a lot of traffic with quite a few slowdowns. We are staying at Orangeland RV Park which is only a mile or so from Disneyland. They have a nice hot tub and pool. The sites are pretty tight and the park is pretty full. We had stayed here back in March of 2019 with the 5th wheel for about a week. It was nice then but the smaller RV fit more comfortably. The motorhome takes the full length of the site with barely enough room for the Jeep.

At this location, the StarLink dish is just on top of the slide under the slide topper. No aiming. And the speeds are pretty respectable. I thought it would drop more since we are in the middle of a city. But it’s still >160Mb/s down. 

Palm Springs, CA - TT

Saturday - We had the RV washed and waxed this morning and they did a fantastic job. I don’t think this RV ever looked this good. They worked on it for about four hours including waxing it by hand. 

The back was especially dirty with the film of oil and the dust from Quartzsite. Every time I did anything back there, my clothes would be filthy from the oil and dirt. 

I didn’t work on anything… We leave here tomorrow late morning. Check-in time ai the next park is 1pm and it’s about 90 minutes away.