Friday, September 1, 2023

Strolling through the (Theme) Park One Day: DCA - San Fransokyo Square!

The California Resident 3-Day Pass enabled another trip to Disney’s California Adventure and a chance to see the last performance of Rogers the Musical! More on the musical in a later review so this will cover the park itself. I headed towards Avengers Campus and noticed in a doorway, a Spidey Amazing Friends photo op, I don’t know if there were any characters, but it seemed geared for little ones. The Red Car Trolley was slowly going past the Hyperion Theater, no hurry to rush off the tracks, so a great chance to snap a photo! On a pole at Avengers Campus is a sign, “History is not as you know it…” with a scan about Th Eternals. 

The opening of San Fransokyo Square!, author’s photo. 


Still, I was starving, but thought to wander through San Fransokyo Square and maybe try some restaurant. The problem was that it was too early and most of them were closed. I really wanted to try Aunt Cass Café, actually named the Lucky Cat Café in Big Hero 6 (2014).  It was roped off so I didn’t get a pic.  The new remodeling was actually the opening! I love the designs, many people were exciting taking pictures and selfies, I was actually walking from the Boudin Bakery Tour. There was also Japanese with the Ghiradelli  Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop. I like seeing the San Fransokyo Makers Market, banners of the different bots with Little Yama, Cerberus, and Megabot! 


They had containeers of Baymax stuffies, very tempting!, no actual bots though. The Hamada Bot Shop was the photo op for Hiro Hamada and Baymax. I saw Gogo’s magnetic bike hanging from the roof. The photo op was so popular, the queue extended to Cars Land! I stayed in line for two hours when they were at Tomorrowland during the time of the movie, but wasn’t ready to do the same that day. Also, great to see is the distinct red bridge towers. There wasn’t music that would have really set the scene. I still need to look around the area since I missed the Pan-Pacific Pin Traders and eating at the café. I saw some Halloween decorations for the Oogie Boogie Bash which starts 5 September. 


                                                                   San Fransokyo Makers Market, there you can find Baymax stuffies!, photo by the author. 


Ultimately, I ate at Flo’s V8 Cafe since it has one of my favorite fried chicken meals, plus it has some great music! I was wandering back to the Hyperion when I found out it was minutes from The Amazing Spider-Man! show. It is such a fun show. I noticed that the swing and upside down wall crawling has been changed to just lowering down on his webline. It was so cool to see, but I can see how wall crawling could be complicated. Then, I saw Rogers the Musical, and went back to Avengers Campus. I caught the end of the Avengers Assemble! show. This had Black Panther and Black Widow against Taskmaster. I heard the audio, but the sun was bright so I just pointed my cell phone to try to capture the show. 


                                                 Chip or Dale?, I’m guessing Dale, talking a quiet stroll at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, author’s photo. 


I was lucky to try the single rider line at WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure. It was just a short wait, two minutes?, to enter the main building. Then, a side passage led around to the loading area of the attraction. I was surprised I scored the highest in the vehicle, even though I was taking pics throughout the ride, I was targeting the glowing Spider-Bots and the ones farthest away. I took a quick ride on Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, I still miss Golden Dreams and think it is better themed for the park than a duplicate of the Magic Kingdom attraction. I actually wanted to check the Villains Grove overlay at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. There were candelabras and white flowers. I did see Chip and Dale, I still can’t tell them apart, leave for their break. I took a ride on Soarin’ and then saw Clarabelle Cow and told her, “I gotta have more cowbell!” A fun day at Disney’s California Adventure! Next, Disneyland this month, hopefully to see Ahsoka Tano and the Magic Happens parade. 


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