Day five saw us depart our Hollywood base to go South of Los Angeles to Anaheim which is home to the two Disney parks. Day five was spent picking up the rental car for this leg of the trip and chilling out at the swimming pool - neither of these were good photo opportunities, hence no day five post.
Anyway, on with day six and we visited the first of the two Disney parks here in California, aptly named Disney California Adventure...
The rides at the Disney parks are not necessarily record breakers or traditional roller coaster rides but what differentiates them is the effort put in in terms of scenery, film link-ups and the Disney "experience".
We went on five rides at Disney...
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
An elevator drop ride themed on the classic TV show "The Twilight Zone"...
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| The ride is themed as a hotel from the 1930s |
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| The entrance area to the 'hotel' |
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| The reception area of the hotel |
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| Another view of the reception area |
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| Another picture of the reception area with a picture of a King |
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| The boiler room of the hotel where the ride is boarded |
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| Class of 133446 - me and Dave are in the top right |
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| Zoom in of the above picture |
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| Class of 331294. Me and Dave are bottom left |
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| Zoomed in - Dave looks like he's had a bit of a shock! |
Redwood Creek
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| Redwood Creek was a wilderness themed area which contained several rope walkways to be explored |
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| One of the walkways in Redwood Creek |
Toy Story 4D
Toy Story 4D is a shooter ride themed around the Toy Story films - good fun
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| Ride entrance |
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| A singing moving Mr Potato Head entertains queuing guests |
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| Posters are scattered throughout the queue area featuring the characters from the films |
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| Ride area showing the ride cars with the guns used in the ride |
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| Ride car entrance which is themed as a game in the Toy Story world |
California Screamin'
This is a roller coaster. It is mainly aimed at children but it is good fun for adults, featuring loops and good acceleration, especially at the back. This ride was very quiet, as a result we rode it 4 times - the most of any ride at any of the parks we've visited to date...
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| The ride entrance area |
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| The track, showing the big drop on the coaster (much of the track is covered in blue tunnelling) |
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| The start of the ride launch area where the train is accelerated to 55mph in 4 seconds |
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| Me and Dave at the back of the carriage on our first ride |
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| Me and Dave at the front of the carriage on our second ride |
Cars Land
The most impressive area & ride was one based on the 2006 Pixar film Cars. The level of detail and attention paid to match with the film is stunning - as you would expect given it cost in excess of $200m & was only opened in June 2012...
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| A Route 66 sign welcomes visitors to Cars World |
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| View of the main street of Cars World |
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| Flo's Café from Cars |
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| Radiator Springs Racer track and scenery, the main ride in the Cars area |
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| The queue area of the Radiator Springs Racers ride features various country scenery |
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| Cactus |
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| The queue area included a building that contained hundreds of recycled fuel containers |
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| The fuel container shelter |
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| Inside of the recycled fuel container shelter |
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| Rock scenery around Radiator Springs Racers |
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| Cactus |
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| A bridge and waterfall in the scenery of Radiator Spring Racers |
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| In ride of Radiator Springs Racers, featuring the tyre shop of Luigi and Guido |
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| More in ride scenery contained in the Radiator Springs Racer ride, featuring well known characters from the film Mater |
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| The end of the ride (hence the blurry picture) featuring Lightening McQueen and Mater welcoming riders back to the station |
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| The Radiator Springs ride photo. Enjoyment all round it seems... |
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| All the ride operators wear themed costumes |
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| More from Cars Land, this time the tyre shop |
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| Lightening McQueen makes an appearance in person |
General Area
One of the most impressive things about the park is the level of detail that goes into the general scenery...
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| Water feature |
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| A cleverly designed USA town street area which features a picture that moves with the viewer |
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| A waterfall feature |
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| Picture 1 of 2 showing Planes Land, an area of scenery from the Planes films |
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| Picture 2 of 2 of Planes Land |
