Southern California 2013 Part 5

Friday we decided to visit all of the attractions that we had missed so far as well as those we wanted to repeat (we actually made a list and voted on all of the things we wanted to see that day).  We visited Toon Town and rode Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin and got to meet Mickey Mouse in his house.  

After exploring Toon Town we found Repunzel’s Tower and after waiting in line for a while we got her autograph.

Tasha and Shandra so excited to see Rupunzel that they are dancing!

Kim actually told Rapunzel that he preferred short hair.  She gave him a look that
let him know that she did NOT approve of his opinion!

We found Merida from the movie Brave and her 3 brothers who had been turned into bear cubs.  Since Kalel's new half-brother was born a couple of days before, Kalel and Shandra asked Merida is she thought that it would be better to turn Kalel's brother into bear cubs too.  She replied, "If he is a lot of trouble now, it will be much worse if he is a bear cub.  It is probably better to let him stay a boy!"  It was very cute!

We rode Splash Mountain again, but this time we were prepared with rain ponchos!

For a late lunch we decided to splurge on the Big Thunder Mountain Bar-B-Q.  What a great choice!  It was family style, all of the ribs, chicken, beans, coleslaw, and corn bread you could eat.  For dessert we got a huge chocolate chip cookie topped with ice cream and hot fudge.  It was fantastic!

On our way home for a nap we got to see the parade.  It was so much better than I had anticipated!

Back to the park that night we spent some time in Hollywood Land in California Adventure.  It was a lot more crowded on the weekend, especially at night where there were tons of teenagers celebrating graduation.

We rode Monster’s Inc. again and then went back to talk to Crush again.  

I was so glad that I video recorded it when Crush picked Kalel to answer some questions!  Of course, I was the proudest grandma in the place!  

Here is the actual dialog:

Crush (speaking to the assistant with the microphone):  Check out the dude with the short seaweed green shell with dark sea moss on the noggin, dude!

Crush (to Kalel):  Hey there, dude, what’s your name?

Kalel:  Kalel

Crush:  That’s a pretty cool name, dude!  I’m going to give you a turtle name and call you Kowabunga Kalel – CHA!  Kowabunga Kalel, now that you have a turtle name, do you know how to talk like a turtle?

Kalel:  I wish I could, but . . .

Crush:  Dude!  I must be a genie because your wish is about to be granted!  First, say ”totally”

Kalel:  Totally

Crush:  Awesome!  Now say “sweet”

Kalel:  Sweet

Crush:  Now put both those words together and say “totally sweet”

Kalel:  Totally Sweet!

Crush:  Dude!  You did it!  Humans, put your fins together for Kowabunga Kalel, Turtle Talker!  Dude!  See you are awesome at talking turtle, you’re like . . .bilingual!  Cha!   Kowabung Kalel, like, where do you live?

Kalel:    Brigham City, Utah

Crush:  Dude!  Brigham City, Utah, that’s awesome!  (long pause) I have no idea where that is!  Like, dude!  Who brought you here on this fine day from Utah?  Like, who did you come here with?

Kalel (sitting up in front with Tasha):  My aunt

Crush:  Ah, cruising with the auntie bear!  That’s awesome!  Wait – if it is okay if I talk to her, say “Cha”

Kalel:  Cha

Crush:  Excellent!  Wait, Auntie, where are you at?  Totally raise a fin

Tasha:   Right here (sitting next to Kalel)

Crush:  Oh – short leash!  Awesome!  What’s your name?

Tasha:   Tasha

Crush:  Well, very nice to meet ya, Tubular Tasha!  And, Dudette, like how many little ones are you in charge of today?

Tasha:  Um, one and then I’m married to another one.

Crush:  Well played!  So does this actual little one ask you tons of questions? 

Tasha:  Tons of questions!

Crush:  Oh, Cha! And you like, have all the answers, right?

Tasha:  All of them

Crush:  Dude!  I totally know what you mean . . . I make them up too!

Crush then went on to ask questions of other members of the audience.  It was GREAT!

Another fun thing we did in Hollywood land was to take a personality test to see which Disney character we were most like.

Kalel = Mickey

Shandra = Tinker Bell

Tasha = Belle

Zane= Mufasa

Audrey = Cinderella

Kim = Cap’n Hook

Then we found this great place where “Ursula” from Little Mermaid captured our voices and put them into Disney movies.  In reality, we spoke or sang the words and then they played them back for us with the video.  It was AWESOME!  We laughed and laughed and laughed!

We decided that we didn't want to stand and wait to watch “World of Color” even though we had heard that it was an incredible show, so we did the next best thing – we went back to the condo, turned out all of the lights, and watched it on youtube!

We had such a fun, fun day!