Disneyland - Day 3

A day in the parks again! Yeaaaaaaaaaaah! Monday morning we got to sleep in a bit since the parks open later on weekdays. We got up around 7:30, packed up our snacks and ponchos (since the forecast said more rain), then headed out around 8:30. It was a bit cooler that day but still sunny and beautiful. We decided to take a different route through the Disney hotels and Downtown Disney and it was a nice walk! It was fun to see what kind of stores and restaurants there were in Downtown Disney.
So our original plan for the day was to get to California Adventure Park and hour early so we could be first in line to get into the park. This is what we have done in years past, and it gets us to the Hollywood Tower of Terror without having to wait in line. But this time we saw that it wasn't too busy and we found out the Fast Passes would be working fot the HToT, so we decided to head into Disneyland first as it had just opened. It was the right move! We went strait to Space Mountain, rode the Matterhorn which we had missed on Saturday, rode the Snow White ride and then headed back to California Adventure Park. There still wasn't much of a crowd! We speedwalked to HToT and got right on! That ride is the absolute best. Afterward we went and got Fast Passes for it, then walked over to the Screamin' Over CA roller coaster. There was a bit of a wait, but that was fine. It started raining while we were waiting but we had our trusty ponchos so we threw them on and got on the ride. Another awesome one!
We then headed back to the HToT. As we were on the ride, at the very top, the doors opened and we saw the the sky had officially broken open and it was POURING!! Haha. We ran from the ride to Downtown Disney for lunch, getting our feet soaked but otherwise staying mostly dry thanks to our magical Disney ponchos. We ate lunch at some delicious mexican place, then relaxed for a bit to dry off.
After lunch the sun came out and we headed back to Disneyland! We did some shopping, some carmel apple eating, and rode all the best rides again and again. Aaaaaah, so magical. Haha. We headed back to our hotel around dusk, sad to be leaving but happy to have come. After getting back to our hotel, we ate dinner then played our Haunted Mansion LIFE game. It was a great vacation. We are so happy to be able to visit Disneyland so often and can't wait for our next trip!