Fun Water Day at California Adventure

For all you passholder parents who want to do something fun for the kids in the hot summer that includes water, I have an idea for you. This weekend we had a yard sale and we were hot afterward, my husband wanted to go to California Adventure in the evening for The Glow Fest, my daughter really enjoys the music and the dancing. This was my idea...I remembered that Bug's Land has a water area and then of course there is the Grizzly rapid ride that you can potentially get soaked on! So we put on our bathing suits, packed an extra pair of clothes and headed out. We checked the wait time on the rapids and it was an hour so we got a fast pass for 2 hours later and headed over to Bug's Land to play in the water while the waiting time went by. We got soaked there. But we were finished early with nothing to do so we went through the tortilla factory and then realized the parade was going to go by soon, so we waited for that and watched it as well before we headed to the rapids. By the way, the current California Adventure parade sprays water, this kept with our water fun day theme. ;) Finally we headed to the rapids where, yes, we did get a bit of water but not the soaking we were anticipating, thank goodness. That ended our water fun play.

We then headed back to the car, got changed into our dry clothes, headed to Downtown Disney for dinner at Tortilla Jo's outside diner. Tip here is, it is less expensive and faster so you can save money and head back to your next destination more quickly. Make sure to show your pass for an extra discount off your meal, you will be pleasantly surprised how much you can save!

Lastly, we made our way back to California Adventure just in time for Glow Fest, it starts at 8:15. We stumbled upon a fake tattoo stand where they do really great face painting and tattoos made of glitter that last for up to 7 days. The tattoos range in price from $10 to $17 depending on design and how many colors, and there are 60 different art pieces to choose from. We had Tisha do one for our daughter, she was great and it turned out beautifully! It was a shooting star!!!

One more thing we did for the evening that we have never experienced before is the Muppets 3d show. It was fantastic! I can't believe in all my years of patronage to the park that I have never seen it! It was hysterical to see my daughter jumping out of her chair trying to grab stuff, it was that realistic. I had to keep telling her it wasn't real. It was so funny!

I hope this helps you enjoy a fun-filled, relaxing, water day at Disneyland's California Adventure! :)