Disneyland Day 3

Our third day at Disneyland we decided to start over at Disneyland then went to California Adventure for a few hours and then ended the day back at Disneyland (since it is open 2 hours longer in the evening). The day was nice once again and it seemed to be much busier than our previous 2 days. We started out the day by trying to go to the Jedi Training Academy for Luke. This is one thing that he had been talking about since he knew we were going to Disneyland. The problem with the Jedi Training is that you have to go and wait with a bunch of other kids and hope that the Jedi Master picks you as one of the lucky trainees. Luke was a little bit nervous and reserved when we got there and we had a hard time trying to get him to act like he really wanted to be picked. In the end, we were kind of in a bad spot and he didn't get picked.

So we left the area and took the kids on a few rides, including the Tea Cup ride finally, and then headed back to the training area again to give it another try. We debated on whether or not to go back but decided that Luke would be disappointed in the end if we didn't try.
Luckily this time we were able to get Luke a little more excited about the event and he took off his sweatshirt that was covering up his Star Wars T-shirt. This time he was picked! We were so excited for him. They took him over to get a cloak and a training lightsaber and then they went through some training exercises. The Jedi Master that was in charge was absolutely hilarious. There were a couple of smaller kids that weren't quite doing what they were supposed to be doing and the Jedi Master was just cracking jokes left and right. Originally DH was planning on taking M&M to some rides during the training but then he decided to stick around and watch and he's glad that he did.

When they were getting towards the end of the training, all of a sudden some storm troopers came down into the training area and then the whole platform raised up to reveal Darth Vader and then Darth Maul joined them. Luke was a little bit concerned at first as to what was going on. They herded the kids over to one side and then got them into two lines to fight either Darth Vader or Darth Maul using the moves they had just learned. (We were glad that we didn't stick around to watch the previous session because it would have ruined the surprise for Luke.)
Luke got to face off with Darth Vader and overall had a lot of fun. He was a little nervous being in front of so many people but he couldn't stop talking about the experience for the rest of the trip!

After the Jedi Academy was over we got some lunch and then Luke and DH went off to do some rides while the girls and I went to get in line to see the Disney Princesses. I think this was the longest line we ended up waiting in the whole trip - about 40 minutes. The very first princess we got to see came up to Kitty and asked if she wanted to get a picture taken with her. Kitty turned to me and asked, "Mom, who is she?" It was Ariel from the Little Mermaid, but Kitty didn't recognize her because she was wearing a green dress and no flippers. After that we got pictures with Belle and Cinderella.

After this we tried calling DH and Luke on the radio and there was no response. So we rode on the Alice in Wonderland ride and then tried calling again with no response. So we walked towards the entrance of the park and visited a few stores so the girls could pick out something to buy. Still no response from DH so we started walking back towards the main plaza of the park and found DH and Luke who had been trying to call us as well. It turns out that the secrecy channel had been changed on the walkie-talkie I had so there was no way we could contact each other - that is definitely one thing that we need to check before we split up next time. I think one of the kids had been playing with them that morning before we left the hotel and changed the settings.

Next we walked over to California Adventure and went on a couple of rides again over there and then ended the day back at Disneyland to repeat a few rides there as well.