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I cannot wait to ride on that! It looks great! Had to laugh at the elephant feet comment. The same thing happened to my husband after riding Dumbo. He said Dumbo bit him.
The ride looks so great!! I can't wait to try it someday!!
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It is awesome!!!
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......sigh.......I so wish I could be there RIGHT NOW!!!!
Me too!
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
I cannot wait to ride on that! It looks great! Had to laugh at the elephant feet comment. The same thing happened to my husband after riding Dumbo. He said Dumbo bit him.
LOL. yes, I will go with that!
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Great ride. Hope the rumors about Carsland coming to DHS are true.
I think they have now announced it will NOT be coming, which is a bummer...but there is still hope for Star Warsland.
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I thought you might have ended up in the first 20 people or so - how cool! It's a great ride, isn't it?
It sure is! And I was happy to be that close to the front of the line....without actually killing people to get there.
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Glad you were among the first persons to ride! It looks like a fun ride.
We then walked over the Luigi’s flying tires. We passed this on the way….isn’t it so cute.
The queue was super cute, but we whizzed through most of it.
We only had to wait a short time so I took a few pictures of the people on it before us.
How cute are these bushes?
Once we got on we did a lot of laughing. We were not very good at controlling it and we would lean one way then the other but not always at the same time. It was a good fun ride, but not something either of us felt the need to do over and over.
We next made our way over to Radiator Springs Racers again. We decided to try the single rider line this time. I clicked this quickly as we walked by.
The single rider line was completely empty. Those in standby still had a very long wait though.
The ride was basically walk on for us. No one in front of us and we were soon called to join a car…with both of us being in the same car, Cass in the front and me in the back in the same spot I was last time.
Cass took this picture of me. It was a typical look I had….on my phone posting to facebook, texting or messaging friends, or checking emails. LOL
This time around I took pictures with my phone.
Waiting to get our seatbelts checked.
Cruising around
Back inside.
Someone has been tractor tipping again.
Hippy!
Let’s race!
Another successful ride and this time we knew where they took the picture. I kept Cass in this one but if she hates it I will go back and blur her out….but really how can you hate it…she looks so “cool” in it. I am just laughing away like a dork.
I do want to note the kid next to me HATED the ride and was not happy about how fast we were going either.
Aw, poor kid next to you. I HATE that! But you look so relaxed in the pic where you are on your phone, it is obvious you and Cass are really hitting it off and having a great time.
Singler rider line...When DS is a bit older, we are going to do DLR again and do this.
Sorry about the pushy people you have encountered. I am amazed how rude some people can be Loving the pics of carsland, they are making me really wanting to go check it out now. If only I could come up with the money lol.
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Aw, poor kid next to you. I HATE that! But you look so relaxed in the pic where you are on your phone, it is obvious you and Cass are really hitting it off and having a great time.
Singler rider line...When DS is a bit older, we are going to do DLR again and do this.
That kid was not happy and yelled at his mom. LOL
I am hoping Claire will get braver and do single rider lines soon.
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Sorry about the pushy people you have encountered. I am amazed how rude some people can be Loving the pics of carsland, they are making me really wanting to go check it out now. If only I could come up with the money lol.
If I had the money I would be back already!
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That is awesome you got to ride it twice! The kid looks terrified, lol! What a great morning you are having!
It was a great morning!
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A second ride on Radiator Springs Racers? And what a beautiful day - the sky is just stunning.
It was so nice...compared to Ohio, it was paradise!
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How great that you got to ride again so quickly in the Single Riders Line!
It was awesome to get right back on. So many people didn't even know the single rider line existed.
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that ride looks so awesome - two times as well!
That would be Sarge calling Filmore a hippy. And Red is the firetruck.. This is Evan's favorite movie - I know all the charavters.
When my son was little I knew so many character names to boy themed shows. Now at 25...he just doesn't watch them anymore. LOL
After our thrilling ride we headed over towards Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree….again with me taking pictures along the way.
Again the line wasn’t too long and moved pretty fast.
Soon it was our turn and this one took us by surprise. Every time we whipped around a circle our wagon went flying to one side. We were laughing so hard. And the seats are slippery so my rear was sliding back and forth and I am sure I was smashing poor Cass. It was great fun, but I don’t think it would be on I would go on over and over either. I am sure Claire would love it though.
After that, we had finished with Carsland and I was getting hungry. We decided we should head over to Paradise Pier and ride California Screamin before we ate for obvious reasons. Also, Toy Story Mania is over there and we wanted to get to that before the crowds came in.
Look who we ran into as we made our way over.
I am going to warn you now….You will see many pictures of the Ferris Wheel. I just love taking them…now would I ride it?????? Never in a million years. That is a death trap! Cass mentioned she would like to and I told her she could but I will sit it out. There is no way I am going to get in a swinging car and sit up high like that. You will fall to your death surely!!!!
We were walking fairly fast, but I was still able to keep shooting.
This spot made me long for a Disney cruise.
We made a quick potty stop before riding as well…for obvious reason!
And we got in line and again it wasn’t too long of a wait.
I’ll admit I was nervous about this ride. I knew it had a takeoff like Rocking Roller Coaster and that tickles me so much and I just hold my breath. It wasn’t too bad and I was squealing along the way.
It was a fun ride and I am so glad I rode it.
Again Cass has the cool pose while I am trying to smile, but just look plain dorky.
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It's a great ride, isn't it? 
Loving the pics of carsland, they are making me really wanting to go check it out now. If only I could come up with the money lol.
And what a beautiful day - the sky is just stunning. 
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