A 1903 Cadillac
Scrape, a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Custom
A 1959 Cadillac Series 62
1947 Mercury Marauder
Lightning McQueen
Mater
Long day - We had a 7am flight so we stayed in Indianapolis the night before (we live about an hour and a half drive from the airport) to get a little more sleep. The flight itself was smooth, thou strong headwinds delayed us a bit, but we got our luggage & rental car pretty quickly & were on the road by about 9:30 LA time.
Visited the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA (Wilshire & Fairfax) for the "Art of Cars (Pixar Movie)" exhibit - smaller than I expected - but the full size Mater and Lightning were pretty neat! The Mater and Lightning cars were built for a promotional tour in support of the movie. These versions are much bigger than the versions you find rolling around in the parks.
The other exhibits were interesting as well - The Art of Lowriders --- an amazing amount of artistic skill & technical know-how goes into these cars! Spent about an hour and a half there total - a bit pricey ($10/adult & $8 parking), but worth doing once. Stopped at an In n Out Burger on the way back to the freeways - boy, did that taste good!!!
Here are some pictures from the Petersen Automotive Museum:
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A 1903 Cadillac |
Scrape, a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Custom |
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A 1959 Cadillac Series 62 |
1947 Mercury Marauder |
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Lightning McQueen |
Mater |
| Click here to see more pictures we took at the Petersen Automotive Museum | |
On to Disneyland!
Traffic was pretty awful on the 101 & the 5 (Dodger game?) - took us over an hour to get to Anaheim. Got checked in at the Hojo without incident - Building 1, 5th floor - room 1506. Facing I-5 - a little noisy, but having the HVAC fan on all night evened it out to white noise level. Headed up Harbor to the Disney Outlet store - picked up a couple of things, then to Target for some grocery essentials - cereal & milk & snacks. Dropped our stuff at the hotel & were FINALLY ready to get to Disneyland!
Took us a little under 10 min to walk to the front gates from the park - a half-mile according to the pedometers. Got there about 3:30 - LONG LINES (15 min) to get into DL! The parade was just arriving on Main street - so we cut thru the stores on the left (not quite as easy as at MK) and headed to Adventureland.
10 min wait for the Jungle Cruise - Alex was our skipper & was fun, but with so many boats out in the jungle, he had to cut things a little short. Over to a 20 min Pirates wait - they had what looked to be the entire queue area filled with both lines running. It kept moving pretty well, tho. What a wonderful ride - wish they'd spent a bit more at WDW on this attraction.
 A Bengal Tiger guards the world's largest animal cracker |
 The Backside of Water! |
| Click here to see more pictures from Disneyland before the Backstage Magic Tour! | |
Over to Haunted Mansion for about a 15 min wait - the area after the stretching rooms was completely filled when we arrived - had plenty of time to look at the lightning portraits We saw the ghostly pianist in the attic - he's not at WDW, is he? Meandered over to Critter Country for a little smackerel - got the HUGE rice crispie treat - an a Cutie Tigger plush to share it with! Decided to visit with Pooh and his Many Adventures while we were back in the area - about a 5 min wait.
We were ready to call it an evening - it was a little after 6 (9 pm our body time). We thought about catching the train at the New Orleans station, but there was a large group waiting & we weren't sure if the parade would interfere, so we wound our way thru the crowds back onto Main street and back out to Harbor. I stopped at Quiznos for a sandwich for dinner & Scott swung by McD's. We ate dinner & relaxed a bit, before finally hitting the sack around 8 (11 our time). The fireworks woke me up around 9:30 - but otherwise I slept pretty soundly til about 4:30 (7:30) the next morning.
Attraction count (including the museum): 5
Mileage: 11,809 steps = 4.65 miles.