Summer Vacation - Day Six

We went back to Disneyland to ride Space Mountain and the Monorail again at 9 when Disneyland opened- then we went to Disney's California Adventure. We didn't think we'd spend much time there based on the amount of rides, so we decided to do an experiment and not get Xander the wheelchair. More of the popular rides have a Fast Pass, where you go by the ride earlier and get a ticket to come back an hour or so later and go in a smaller line. We ran to the Tower of Terror first, only to find that they weren't issuing Fast Passes. We found this several times- I wish they would just always issue the passes! We only waited for about 20 minutes, which wasn't bad. Besides that, the lines were really short for all the attractions! We were able to get Fast Passes for "Soarin' over California," which was Xander's very favorite ride! It was amazing- hard to describe, but you really feel as if you are flying over California. Grizzly River Run was really fun, and we were in a raft with a very cool family.

The lowlight of this was the meltdown at lunch. Disney's California Adventure has a place called "Burger Invasion." Xan and I went to get a table when Chad stood in line to get our food. Xander lost it when others came and sat by us with their food. He doesn't understand that all food doesn't belong to him and threw a complete fit. He acquired a new bad habit a month or so ago...spitting! It's horrible, we've tried ignoring it, we've tried "time outs" and he just doesn't get how disgusting it is. Anyway, Xander spit RIGHT IN MY FACE when I had to hold him back from rushing some family's table to steal their fries. A little girl (probably around 11) stood staring at us with her jaw absolutely dropped. I was so frustrated that I told her to "Take a Picture!" LOL! I know it must have been shocking for the girl and I feel bad in retrospect, but we all have our limits.

We had all had enough that day, so we went shopping for Mickey ears and then back to the hotel to swim again. We wanted salad and ordered one to share (Xan was happy with leftover pizza)and some dessert for room service. It was our last night!