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Despite the heat I headed over to California Adventure and Disneyland today. There was very little traffic, took me just about 1/2 hour to 40 minutes to get to Anaheim which was awesome. I entered the park through the front entrance and got to see just what Disney is up to, it looks like they are changing the entire front entrance to the park. The actual check in where you show you card didn’t happen until we were over by the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure, which was barely full. I shot these gorgeous tree flowers over in Disneyland by the entrance to Frontierland. I don’t know the type of tree they grow on but they remind me so much of orchids and I wish I would have had my longer lense with me.

Halloween is coming into full swing at both parks, in fact Haunted Mansion and for the first time ever Space Mountain (my favorite ride at Disneyland) both were closed due to Halloween additions being added to the rides. I can’t wait to see what they will do with Space Mountain. Should be so exciting!

I headed over to California Adventure First, which was practically empty. I was going to ride Screamin’ when I saw Jessie and being a typical photo fiend and Disney fanatic I couldn’t pass up a photo op with her!

I just can’t get enough of Screamin, which when you take single rider the wait is non existent. Today there were very few people at the park though and the wait was under 7 minutes through the normal entrance line.

Next I hit Soarin’, again the wait was minimal, especially for single rider. This ride is so calming, especially with the wonderful scents that are added during the different scenes you fly over. It gives you a good time to rest if you’re tired at the park too!

The Mickey face at Disneyland is always so cleverly designed and perfectly planted. It’s fun to see what the designers have come up with and how the blossoming of the plants changes the look as the plants blooms and grows!

I’ve also learned that even though there isn’t a single rider entrance on the Matterhorn, they will allow handicap people to enter through the exit, which makes for a very quick wait and my knees and hips very happy! Thanks Disney!

I haven’t been on the Jungle Cruise in a long time and decided to do so just to see if I remembered the whole ride. Turns out I didn’t, and the boat captain was hilarious! And he was really young. I love that show of confidence!

I ended up not taking very many photos because a) I was on the wrong side of the boat, and b) the person I was sitting next to wasn’t real friendly to sharing “our” space. I’ve decided I will go back and see what photos I can get. Hmm….sounds like a return trip is definately in the works!

Using Picassa I made a collage photo for my facebook page. Pretty fun thing to do! Enjoy!