Some photos from when I was there with the family for Christmas Eve. It really was a great day to visit- the earlier part of the day before lunch was rainy and overcast which probably kept the crowds at bay that you might expect during holiday time when all the kids are off school. It was a very low key day where we didn’t feel a need to rush around to ride everything or see everything- we Fast Passed Radiator Springs Racers and the World of Color, and then relaxed checking out a few attractions when we saw the line was less than 30 minutes, like Toy Story Mania, Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, and Heimlich’s Chew Chew train. Shut up, I love that ride, I always ride it. I don’t care that everyone else are parents holding infants and toddlers. As it got darker and the lights turned on and sparkled and you could see and hear happy children everywhere all day and every employee was polite and helpful and cheerful and everywhere was clean, so it was a great atmosphere.
We started out in California Adventure Park before we hopped over to Disneyland for the afternoon, so this is the first set.
I was really impressed by Carsland, they really made it look just like in the movie, including feeling the charm. Look at the details even with the flowers! Then, when it was lit up in the night it was so sparkly- the website for Carsland actually captures quite a bit of it. One of my goals was to visit Carsland and eat at the Cozy Cone Motel, where they offer various food items in cones, such as chili con queso, a chili in a bread cone topped with fritos, or chicken verde, and even in the morning they have breakfast specials of a Bacon Scramble Cone and Verde Scramble cone that includes scrambled eggs (you can read more cone offerings at the Disney Food Blog). The beverages come in cones, and they had a special blue one for the holidays in addition to the orange traffic cone one. You can also check out that they have various drinks to match the characters in Cars Land.
And, the backdrop for the Radiator Springs Racers ride is lovely, and really look just like the rocks are natural- I can easily imagine this being in Arizona which is the inspiration.
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