Introduction

Growing up just 45 minutes from Disneyland, my mom made it a tradition of ours to go to Disneyland every year for my birthday. Now I have a family of seven kids, ranging in age from 3 to 18, that I have decided to continue that tradition with - to take them every year - even though the trip is a bit farther away for us!

Disneyland is one of the most magical places on earth and everytime I go, I relive my childhood through watching the expressions on my kids faces and seeing their excitement as they explore every inch of the park.

This blog will include posts summarizing our visits, giving suggestions and tips on avoiding crowds and long lines and, of course, pictures!

2012 Disneyland/CA Adventure ride stats

Our Family had 4 day park hopper tickets to Disneyland and CA Adventure. Our ages are 38, 36, 18, 14, 12, 9, 6, 5, and 3. We each kept track of the rides we went on and the following is a list of the rides and the number of times we went on them:

Rank	Ride Breakdown
	Attraction	Riders
1	Big Thunder Mountain Railroad	44
2	Winnie the Pooh	42
3	The Little Mermaid	40
4	Tea Cups	36
5	Monorail	23
T-6	King Arthur's Carousel	18
T-6	Tower of Terror	18
T-8	Alice in Wonderland	17
T-8	California Screamin'	17
T-10	Casey Jr Circus Train	16
T-10	It's a Small World	16
T-10	Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage	16
13	Tarzan's Tree house	15
T-14	Peter Pan's Flight	13
T-14	Autopia	13
T-16	Jungle Cruise	12
T-16	Mickey's Fun Wheel	12
T-16	Pirates of the Caribbean	12
T-19	Mr Toad's Wild Ride	11
T-19	Splash Mountain	11
T-21	King Triton's Carousel	10
T-21	Soarin' Over California	10
T-23	The Golden Horseshoe Stage	9
T-23	The Enchanted Tiki Room	9
T-23	Radiator Springs Racers	9
T-26	Flick's Fliers	8
T-26	Heimlich's Chew Chew Train	8
T-28	Mater's Junkyard Jamboree	7
T-28	Matterhorn Bobsleds	7
T-28	Starcade	7
T-28	Indiana Jones	7
T-32	Goofy's Sky School	6
T-32	Space Mountain	6
T-32	Dumbo	6
T-35	Snow White Grotto	5
T-35	Story Book Land Canal Boats	5
T-35	Sleeping Beauty Castle	5
T-35	Games of the Boardwalk	5
T-39	Pinocchio's Daring Journey	4
T-39	Star Tours	4
T-39	Jumpin' Jellyfish	4
T-39	Silly Symphony Swings	4
43	Sailing Ship Columbia	3
T-44	Astro Orbitor	2
T-44	Princess Dot Puddle Park	2
T-44	Great Moments with Mr Lincoln	2
T-44	The Disney Gallery	2
T-44	Monsters Inc	2
T-44	Disneyland Railroad	2
T-44	Haunted Mansion	2
T-44	Golden Zephyr	2

Based on our rides, the following is a list of the time we spent in each of the "Lands" of Disneyland and CA Adventure:

	Land Breakdown
	Land	Total Riders	% of total
1	Fantasyland	159	28.09%
2	Paradise Pier	100	17.67%
3	Tomorrowland	71	12.54%
4	Frontierland	56	9.89%
5	Critter Country	53	9.36%
6	Adventureland	43	7.60%
7	Hollywood Land	20	3.53%
8	A Bugs Land	18	3.18%
9	Cars Land	16	2.83%
10	New Orleans Square	14	2.47%
11	Golden State	10	1.77%
12	Main Street	6	1.06%

2011 Disneyland/CA Adventure ride stats

Our family went to Disneyland for 4 days (really 3 1/2) and everybody kept track of what rides they went on. Our ages are as follows: 37, 35, 17, 13, 11, 8, 5, 4, 2. The following is the breakdown of what rides we went on the most:

Rank	Ride Breakdown
	Attraction	Riders
1	Casey Jr Circus Train	23
T-1	It's a Small World	23
3	Tea Cups	21
4	Winnie the Pooh	20
5	Disneyland Railroad	18
T-5	Alice in Wonderland	18
7	Tower of Terror	16
8	California Screamin'	15
9	Silly Symphony Swings	13
T-9	Storybook Land Canal Boats	13
T-9	Tarzan's Tree house	13
12	King Arthur Carousel	11
13	Monorail	10
14	Pirates of the Caribbean	9
T-14	Peter Pan's Flight	9
T-14	Splash Mountain	9
17	Space Mountain	8
T-17	Golden Zephyr	8
T-17	Dumbo	8
T-17	Jungle Cruise	8
T-17	Heimlich's Chew Chew Train	8
T-17	Playhouse Disney	8
23	Mickey's Fun Wheel	7
T-23	Grizzly River Run	7
T-23	Mr Toad's Wild Ride	7
T-23	Soarin' Over California	7
T-23	Francis' Lady Bug Boogie	7
T-23	Little Mermaid	7
T-23	Nemo Submarine Ride	7
30	Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters	6
T-30	Matterhorn Bobsleds	6
T-30	Tiki Room	6
33	Snow White's Scary Adventures	5
T-33	It's Tough to be a Bug	5
T-33	Haunted Mansion	5
36	Astro Orbitor	4
T-36	Tuck and Roll's Drive Em Buggies	4
T-36	Donald's Boat	4
T-36	Flick's Flyers	4
T-36	Mickey's House	4
T-36	Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthough	4
42	Main Street Vehicles	3
T-42	Pinocchio's Daring Journey	3
44	Mark Twain Riverboat	2
T-44	Indiana Jones	2
T-44	Autopia	2
T-44	Monsters Inc	2
48	Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin	1

* Thunder Mountain Railroad was closed for refurbishment.


Accordingly, the following is a breakdown of the time we spent in each of the "Lands" and Disneyland and CA Adventure based on the rides we went on:

	Land Breakdown
	Land	Total Riders	% of total
1	Fantasyland	151	36.83%
2	Paradise Pier	50	12.20%
3	Tomorrowland	37	9.02%
4	Adventureland	29	7.07%
T-4	Critter Country	29	7.07%
6	A Bugs Land	28	6.83%
7	Hollywood Pictures Backlot	26	6.34%
8	Main Street	21	5.12%
9	Golden State	14	3.41%
T-9	New Orleans Square	14	3.41%
11	Mickey's Toon Town	9	2.20%
12	Frontierland	2	0.49%