On the second day of our Disney adventure, we went to Disney California Adventure. This newer park is just across from Disneyland, sharing the same entry plaza.

The entrance lines were much shorter than Disneyland:

Waterfall photo op:

Digital magic:

Avengers photo op:

The Avengers campus:

Iron Man:

Grizzly Peak:

Soarin’:

Grizzly:

The Grizzly Peak ride was being renovated:

Eureka:

Selfie:

The park was celebrating lunar new year:

Jenn adding a wish on the wishing wall:

Pixar Pal-a-Round:

Pixar Pier:

Mr Potato Head:

Jessie:

Pacific Wharf:

We had lunch at Wine Country Trattoria:

Our favorite part of the park was Cars Land’s Radiator Springs:

Radiator Springs model:

Tow Mater character:

Cones:

Radiator Springs:

Back over to the Pacific Wharf area:

And Pixar Pier:

Disney and Jenn:

We enjoyed the Soarin’ ride:

The Soarin’ seats rose up into a vertical arrangement to watch the big screen, showing scenes of flying over scenic areas around the world:

Donald Duck:

Minnie and Mickey Mouse:

Goofy and Clarabelle:

Donald Duck:

Mickey ice cream bar:

Spiderman:

We did the Web Slingers ride:

It’s 3D, so photos of that part are doubled:

A super(hero) store:

Lunar new year parade:

Back to Radiator Springs:

Cars flowers:

Cars Land photo op:

A fast cars ride, Radiator Springs Racers:

Me and Jenn in the front (our car won the race):

After dark, Radiator Springs lights up in bright neon:

Mater driving off:

Back in the Avengers area, the glowing tesseract:

Doctor Strange and Thor:

For dinner, Pym Test Kitchen food:

Macro-sized chicken patty:

Loki:

We saw Captain America a couple of times, but both times he was just leaving:

Finishing the evening with some kiddie cheese, the Monsters, Inc ride:

Heading out, Hollywood land neon:

Tomorrow, back to Disneyland.