Lunar Superbowl Sunday

Family Fun Weekends are all the buzz lately at Disneyland. Fiesta and Kickin' Country weekends didn't appeal to me. I might have made an effort for Character Fan Days if it featured characters I really long to see (like Marie from Aristocats, villans, Phineas, Ferb and Perry).

Lunar New Year sounded cool. I sort of dressed for the occasion. It was Superbowl Sunday, but I didn't expect crowds to be light. I didn't think it was terribly crowded. FastPass reservations weren't too far in advanced. But then again, I hardly went on any rides.

The festival area is a HUGE, sort of hidden area of the park. I always thought it was a dead end past BTMRR and the petting zoo, but the area connects to Fantasyland!

Chinese Mickey, Minnie, Chip and Dale were out meeting and greeting people. Mickey and Minnie were just about to leave as we arrived. We lined up to be first for Mulan and Mushu. There was a dance number on stage. It was cute, though not authentic. Staged tourism, as I learned in intercultural communications last semester. But this is Disneyland, where everything is staged.

Mulan was nice. Mushuis as tall as her. Chip and Dale spit up and each got their own stations. I met Dale. His autograph is cool, he draws a picture of himself. I told him he was cooler than Chip.

There were also other dances from actual Asian groups, coloring tables, and expensive tea for purchase. As we were leaving, there was a dragon dance going through the audience.

After riding it's a small world, we went to Toontown. We saw Goofy and got in line to meet him. He started walking around and you had to follow. It wasn't as amusing as the Wonderland crew or Peter Pan.

We met Steamboat Willy at Mickey's House.
Courtney bought me a Disney Nerds lanyard! So I may start pin trading.
Decided on a corndog for lunch. It really hit the spot!
Saw Alice and Mad Hatter come out for musical chairs.

We crossed the esplanade and walked all the way around the construction walls to enter California Adventure. We got to watch Disney Channel Rocks. I like that they incorporate the World of Color fountains, but it would be more fun with a traveling stage like the High School Musical shows. I felt I was more into the show than the rest of the audience combined! I was dancing and singing along. Most of the songs were from Camp Rock.

Then, we played the boardwalk games. There was a little bending of the rules that resulted in a medium prize from the fishing game. Hahahahaha.

We did parent swap for California Screamin' and Tower of Terror. We passed through ElecTRONica on the way out. These girls had pink and red-lit Minnie bows. We wanted to buy some too, but they had purchased them in Japan. Dang.