Rainbow Installation

Yesterday Jennifer attended the installation of Cherry Assembly down in Salem. 

The members of Cherry after the installation posed with the Grand Worthy Advisor.

Last Day

Wednesday Disney closed the Condor Flats area of California Adventure to retheme it to Grizzly Peak.

On Thursday, our last full day at the resort, we went into Disneyland early for a character breakfast at the Plaza Inn. 

Vanna White and Pat Sajak were filming a commercial in front of the castle.

Later we watched the Mickey and the Magical Map show at the Fantasyland Theater. That night we ate dinner at Steakhouse 55. It was really good and would have been really expensive but we had a dining voucher due to a problem with our room. 

Friday we headed north to Central California, then drove the rest of the way home today.

Disneyland

 Disneyland was also decorated for the holidays. 

We enjoyed the attractions, and spent a fair amount of time getting pictures with characters. Besides Big Hero 6, we checked out the Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man areas in Innoventions. They were pretty well done, although Thor was a little short.

We enjoyed the Christmas versions of the Haunted Mansion and Small World. Both had added stuff since we last rode them several years ago. Plus we checked out the Jingle Cruise for the first time. 

Last night we watched the Christmas fireworks. 

Disney California Adventure

We spent a lot of the first few days in California Adventure. We watched “Aladdin” at the Hyperion Theater, and enjoyed riding Radiator Springs Racers in Carsland, and other attractions.

The kids took a picture with Oswald on Buena Vista Street, and with other characters at the Disney Rewards area in the Hollywood Backlot.

The Hollywood Backlot also had a Frozen Fun area which we enjoyed. 

The parks were still decorated for Christmas at the beginning of the week, and the World of Color had a special show featuring Frozen.

California trip

We started off the new year with a trip to California. We stopped and visited my mom, then headed to Southern California. 

Last night, we met friends for dinner at the Irvine Spectrum.

This morning we checked into the Grand Californian for five nights. Our villa overlooked the Redwood Creek area.

 The hotel was still decorated for Christmas.