Vacation Part IV: Sea World in San Diego

This summer has been so hectic for our family.  It seems we never slow down!  Here is the final blog post from our California vacation!  (Still two more vacations to cover, plus Ella's 4th birthday!)

By this day in the trip I was exhausted, so my pictures are a little lacking.  As I was searching through the pictures I realized I didn't even take a picture of Shamoo at the show.  Seriously...?? I was one of Ella's favorite things I didn't even snap a single picture of the damn whale! In these pictures you will see Haley and not Megan.  Megan had to work on the day we went to Sea World, but Aunt Buck was able to make the trip.

Here is our day at Sea World in pictures:

There are some pretty neat kid's rides (and adult too) at Sea World.  We rode all of the rides the kids could go on and saw 3-4 shows at Sea World all in one day.  It was a long day--we left from Glendale early in the morning and made the almost 3 hour each way trip in one day.  It was exhausting, but the girls slept in the car both ways so that was helpful.  The whole family had a blast at Sea World and we look forward to going back soon!

Vacation Part III: California Adventure

I told my husband that I liked California Adventure more than Disneyland and he thought I was crazy!  But seriously, California Adventure is awesome and if you are going to Disneyland I would highly recommend heading into California Adventure as well.  It's literally right next to Disneyland and hopping over from Disneyland is a really quick process.

My sister in law Megan and my in laws joined us at California Adventure. Haley had class that day so she wasn't able to go.  The park was much less crowded than Disneyland so we could ride the rides much faster and get to many more attractions in the time we were there.  My favorite ride was the Toy Story Ride--hands down!  It was so amazing!  If the line wasn't so long we would have ridden it again and again.  Ella loved it.  It was in 4-D and was absolutely amazing!  We also saw a very cool night time water show!

Here are some pictures of our time at California Adventure:

They have the cutest Disney Junior show at California Adventure.  It featured all of Ella's favorite shows like Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Doc McStuffins and Sophia the First.  She had a blast at this show and I'm so glad we caught it while we were there. 

In a Bug's Life Land...so cool!

While we were at California Adventure we did a  character lunch with the princess.  It was very pricey--$42.99 per person, lucky both girls were free, but the food was ahhhmazing.  The best part of the lunch was that the princess came around and visited each table.  I was able to get a picture of Ella with all of her favorite princess.  This was hands down the best think we did on vacation.  Ella LOVED it!!  Well worth the money...we thought.  I know they have character breakfasts at Disney World and this is very similar to that at Disneyland.

Belle is Ella's favorite princess--she was so excited to see her!

So many cool rides in Cars Land

Me with my sis in law, Meg.

Mia and Aunt Mimi

Sean won this gigantic wiener dog playing a carnival game.  He always wins at those games!  And we only had to spend $10 to get it!!  The real test came when we had to stuff the dog in our suitcases to get him home.  

So cute playing dress up in the gift shop!

Getting ready to board my favorite ride--Toy Story 4-D

Crazy kids!

One tip I learned from a season pass holder was to download the app for Disneyland and California Adventure wait times.  It was so awesome to just look at my phone and know how long the lines were.  It saved us so much time from walking around to different rides.  I highly recommend searching the app store for this free app.  It was a life saver!

We had a blast at California Adventure!  They have a unique set up with different "lands" and it's much less crowded...definitely my favorite day of the trip!