Cars Land is opening at California Adventure Park in Disneyland on Friday June 15th and our family has been invited to attend and celebrate the grand opening of this 12 acre park!!
Fans of Cars will be blown away by the replica of Radiator Springs complete with places to visit like Flo’s v8 Cafe, Fillmore’s Taste In, and rides like Luigi’s Flying Tires, Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree and the one I’m looking forward to the most, Radiator Springs Racers!!
Here’s an awesome video showing the development of Cars Land (and it gives you a better look at Radiator Springs Racers!!):
There’s been a ton of media buzz happening surrounding the grand opening, and Ellen’s favorite guests, Rosie and Sophia Grace were given passes to check it out just last week too! Check out the video below. My kids didn’t know about OUR trip yet when they saw this and were so jealous of Rosie and Sophia Grace (they sure look like they had a blast!)
You can see why I’m so excited. I waited almost a full month to tell the kids (truthfully I didn’t want 6 weeks of questions and “when are we gooooooing?”) but told them just yesterday! We received the following invitation in the mail as well so I showed them that first.
And here are some stills from the video we took telling the kids! You can see Elijah (8) reading the invitation and then the reaction that follows. Priceless.
We will be at Disneyland from June 11th to June 16th and of course all over Cars Land on the grand opening day of Friday June 15th! I can’t wait to share our adventures with you all and of course detail our time at Cars Land so you can help plan YOUR next family vacation taking in this awesome new theme park at California Adventure!
Want to hear the best part? Elijah’s 8th birthday is on June 16th! Talk about an awesome birthday week, topped off with waking up at Disneyland on your 8th birthday complete with a character breakfast that I’ve booked!
Feeling like mom of the year right now? You bet.
Apprehension for my husband and I spending 6 days at Disneyland with an 8 year old, 4 year old and 1 year old? For sure! But this is the stuff memories are made of…
Awesome!! You will all have a fabulous time. This new park is something my son and daughter really want to check out. They are HUGE Cars fans.
Sounds like it’s going to be a blast! Cars Land.. my boys would go crazy over that!
I’m so excited for you guys but so sad I won’t see you. I don’t come in until the 16th, when y’all leave ;-(
You know how I feel about it ;).
I’m just a weeee bit jealous. Lol
Hope you guys have a great trip!! This will be a birthday to remember for your son!!
Thrilling! I cannot wait to take my boys later this year.
yay! have a fabulous time!
I cannot wait to take my son to CarsLand, he will just love it, so excited!! Have fun too:)
My son and nephew would both love this!
Congratulations Tenille. It sounds like such a great opportunity. I look forward to reading about it.
Interesting, sounds like a lot of fun. I have little girls, both who aren’t into cars — but I’m sure my nephew would have a blast. This is the first time I’ve heard about it.
Looks like a fun time!
So jealous!!! Looking forward to hearing about your adventures and seeing some pics!
My girls would love that!! i’m a little jealous, looks like it’ll be so much fun!
How fun! My husband works for Disney Animation so we’re going to a little sneak peek event of Cars Land this Sunday with our daughter. I’m sure it’s going to be a blast!
OMG that looks so cool, have a great time
I can’t wait to hear your review of it, we’re hoping to go there july 4th weekend
What an awesome opportunity! Made sweeter by the fact that it’s your little guy’s birthday. So great.
OK…I’m jealous. Enjoy your family time.
Wow, what an awesome opportunity! And to be there for Elijah’s birthday will be a life long memory! So happy for you all! Hope to get out family there one day in the future. Enjoy your trip! Make memeories!!
What am awesome opportunity! I would love to get my family and grandbabies to disney world!
that looks awesome!! I’d love to take my son there.
Congrats!
OMG I had NO idea this even existed! My son would go crazy for this! I know where we’re going soon!
My grandson is just now really getting into Cars. He would love this!
OMG!! I too had no idea this existed! I think my son would freak out if he ever went there lol. It looks like it would be so much fun!
Just reading your review – I can capture your excitement and your thrill of giving precious moments to your children. For Elijah, a birthday unparalleled, one I’m sure he will never forget. I applaud the going the extra spirit you exude. I have an 8 year old son as well, every chance I try to create big/mini adventures, we are so blessed with these little people. To open their eyes to adventures and let them be kids and laugh is what I think the word MOM means. Have a great time. Please post photos – would love to see candid smiles and joy. Looks like a trip I need to explore for possibly someone’s upcoming 9th birthday.
My son would love to go to Carsland! He just LOVES the Cars movies.
Have fun!
I’m not sure who would like to go there more : my son or my husband 🙂
Awesome! We’re celebrating our son Elias’ 1st birthday on the 9th and heading to Disneyland sometime this month after the caraland opening. Only an hour and a half drive for us!
Oh my goodness does that sound like fun. Hope we get to do something like that as a family someday – have a great time!
This is like a dream habitat for kids, wow! I’m hoping to take my daughter sometime in the future because she would love every single minute of it… and so would I 😉
My son is only 2 years old but he already LOVES this movie. This looks awesome.
soooo jealous, we have marked on our growth chart when our 3 year old will be big enough to ride more of the ride….grow kid grow!
Sounds like so much fun…looking forward to seeing a blog post on your return!
sounds like a fun trip! what a great place for kids.
So jealous! How fun!!!
This sounds and looks like a wonderful day of fun. My grandchildren would love to go there.
I just saw the information about this in the mail. Looks awesome! So excited for you!
Lucky you! That looks like so much fun! Great information.
OH, wow! What an awesome opportunity and so nice that it falls on your son’s birthday! Hope you have a super great time…can’t wait to see the pics when you get back.
Bryson would be stoked. Have fun!
My boys would love to go there. Will have to add this to our dream wish list.
This looks like it will be so much fun! When my little guy is a bit older, I hope to take him there.
That is so exciting! I really want to go to Disney Land, I have been to Disney World!
This sounds perfect for my boys!
Oh Wow. What fun that will be. I be your children feel like a princess and a prince. Wait, that makes you guys a king and queen.. Have fun.
with this trip memories of a life time are in the making; what a great opportunity for the family.
have a blast and let us know what takes place
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Oh wow, my nephew would FLIP! It looks exactly like it does in the Cars video games he plays. Maybe we’ll get to take him to California someday to see Cars Land, that would be wonderful fun. I love Mater and the little gir’s impression of him was pretty hilarious. 🙂
My 5 yr old grandson loves Cars. He would just love this place.
That ride looks awesome! So cool you get to try it out first!
This looks amazing! What a great way to spend your birthday too!
Looks like it will become a trip of memories. Enjoy the trip!
The kids will love it! We will have to get back there to check it out (I don’t suppose you have room in your suitcase for this fam of 4? Haha)
Awww…they look so excited! How cool to be in Disney for your birthday…really at ANY age! I think it’s funny the kids were jealous of Sophia Grace and Rosie! We’ve done Florida Disney but not California. Someday! Just a week or so and you’ll be off. Have fun and safe travels!
What an amazing birthday to be remembered always! I just love seeing the joy on kids faces when they are surprised!
what an awesome opportunity for you and the kids. I hope they know how blessed they are to have a mom like you who does a job that can often include them. It is great!
We took our 1 yr old, 3 yr old and 12 yr old to DisneyWorld this past December and they did amazing!!! It was my husbands birthday so we went through all of that. Make sure you get him his birthday button and he will be treated like a KING!!! Get your 1st visit button and you will get extra treatment too. The Carsland race ride looks so fun!!!! I want to go now too!
What an amazing memory for the family for a lifetime. 8 days of craziness for mom and dad= memories of a lifetime for 3 kids. have a great trip and i will be looking forward to the review.
Looks like a lot of fun….can’t wait for the review. My kids have already started asking “When are we going to Disneyland?”
Great idea, may be we will see it one day.
Looks so awesome. Might have to make a trip to disney with the fam.
SOOOOOO Jealous!
Have a wonderful time.
Oh that looks like an awesome place go! I would’ve loved that as a kid. I’m 25 and I want to go now.
Happy Birthday to Elijah! I’m sure it will be one he will never forget! Have fun!!!
We saw this advertised when we were there in December! So cool!
Disneyland is fantastic – you’ll have a great time!
I can’t wait to hear how it was for you. We are heading down in December so I’m looking forward to your after-Disney posts
This would be be an unbelievable trip. Ady just loves Cars and as an adult this place sounds amazing for us big kids as well.
My Dad, a car salesman and enthusiast, would even love this! Awesome!
wow! have fun!!
Your kids will look stylin at Disneyland 🙂
my grandsons would swoon to go there,they would be in car heaven,thats all I hear from them isCars,Cars,its their favorite movie
So glad that not only it was a great birthday celebration but a wonderful experience for everyone. I know my son would love the chance to go. We have been planning a trip to Disney World for a while now, but complications always seem to change our plans…here’s hoping we make it there soon.
Wish my kids were still small. Have a great family time!
what a fantastic birthday gift, a birthday worth remembering thats for sure! Have fun
You have such a great job! Have an awesome trip and enjoy the cool ride!
Oh you and your family are going to have a great time. Happy 8th birthday Elijah!
Hope you have a great time!
I would love to take my family to the California Adventure! it looks like so much fun!
That is a an awesome birthday for your son. We are very jealous of everyone attending the theme park. Maybe next year when our girls are a little older it would be fun but as of now I think they would miss out on alot of rides and experiences. Hope you and your family have a great time. We will be patiently awaiting your next post on your adventure!
OMG! What a cool place to go !!!!!
Happy Birthday Elijah. You’ll have a great time. Vrrooommmm
How exciting! I love the faces on your kiddos! They look excited too! Have fun!
So excited for you guys! can’t wait to hear all about it. Have fun 🙂
Have a great time, I cant wait to go myself!!
You’ll have a fabulous time! I can’t wait to hear about it!
I love the looks of both this place and those 2 little pettiskirt cuties 🙂
Enjoy the trip 🙂
I have the best memories from when I went…10th birthday!
My sister just went with her boys, I know my daughter would love it too!
Great adventure with a new attraction. Everyone is going to have a blast!!
Sounds like a blast, I know my kids would love it too!
They look had so much fun, I’m sure my daughter will be so happy if I take her there. I hope we can go there during our trip next September. thank you for the review 🙂
This is awesome. I wish I had a fun day like that ! 😀
have fun! looks super fun!
Sounds like the chance of a lifetime trip! Your older kids will certainly remember this trip for years to come. Have a great time!
That sounds like a fantastic way to be spending Birthday week. Enjoy!
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I hope you have a great time!! What a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday!!
This is the best bday celebration ever! I cant wait to go
Bring your postcards (the invitation) with you to the park. I will be there applying a special field pictorial cancellation in the USPS booth. If you have any of the Cars stamps issues last year at the D23 Convention, affix one to each of the postcards. You gotta have a stamp to get the special cancellation.
You are quite strong keeping your secret for a month!
I can only imagine how great of a time you and the fam will have! I actually wasn’t aware Cars Land existed!
Looking forward to hearing about your experience! 🙂
Wish it as there when i took my family to disney…looks fun!
You’re there right now (you lucky dog it’s cool and comfortable today). We are taking little Alysia but not until August when it will be so hot. I blame the grandparents for that, but once I get there I just won’t care!
Looks incredible! I wish we were there!
Sounds like you had a blast!
So Cool! For the young and the young at heart!!
Sounds fun! I can’t wait to go too.
Sounds like so much fun, hope you had a blast 🙂
Wow, this is so cool, my family would love this!
You guys are so lucky! What a once in a lifetime experience. You will all have so many life long memories to have! Can’t wait to take my children there!
I’m so jealous! You and your family are so lucky!
Oh that is an awesome Bday present. My kids would love this. I can not wait until they are a little older so they will be able to enjoy and remember places like this. Right now we just do things that they will do every year so when they are older they can say my mom and dad did that with me every year.
Hope you had a great time!
What a great time you had huh…sounds so fun!
Sounds fun!
Looks like you had a great time ! I would like to go, but I abhor SoCal traffic to the max! At least we get discounts all around so it wouldn’t be too bad!
It looks like you guys had a wonderful time! We are overdue for a Disney vacation!
That is so fun, both the vacation and the timing!
What an amazing opportunity! It looks like such a wonderful time! 😀
That is so awesome! We are trying so hard to get to Disney this year! This would make the trip even more worth it!
Wow! So cool! What a fun time! My boys would LOVE this! Will need to plan a trip to Disney sometime – we’ve never been!
Oh wow! Such beautiful memories you will make! And maybe a few grey hairs too…lol…but oh that will be so much fun!!!!! And for your sons birthday…what perfect timing!!!!!!
Lots of fun! My son is only 16 months but he loves Cars already 🙂
what a blast!
I plan on taking my daughter here one day 🙂
Can’t wait to take my son there!
What a great trip and experience for the kids!
Glad you had a great time!