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Day 29 of Family Road Trip from Miami to Alaska: A Big California Adventure and a Luau

On the 29th day of our family vacation we visited Disney’s California Adventure, a theme park that is much bigger than it’s state-specific name suggests and that also is home to three of our top five favorite attractions from ANY Disney park.

Plankiando with Minnie was one of my day's highlights. It was my honor to do it for her!

California Adventure

California Adventure, launched in 2001, is a 55-acre theme park located adjacent to Disneyland.  Built on land that was formerly Disneyland’s parking lot, the theme park resembles various aspects of California including its culture, landmarks and history.

The park is undergoing major construction for the 2012 launch of Cars Land, which will bring three new attractions as well as the new Carthay Circle Theater, a replica of the movie house where Walt Disney debuted  “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”  Carthay Circle Theater will be the park’s new iconic structure. (more…)

Miami to Alaska Road Trip: Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios

To learn how you can take this photo scroll to the bottom of this story. Hint: You'll need a tripod. (Photo copyright, PapiBlogger 2011).

My wife and I are notorious for always working so when it comes time to take vacations with our children, we don’t mess around.  Our definition of vacation starts and ends with adventure and imagination so when you combine those two words in one sentence there’s no better place to start a creative, 36-day family road trip vacation than the best spot on the planet to create memories: Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando.

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