My experience at the Cars Land opening!

This past weekend Kris and I decided to brave the crowds and be among the first to experience Cars Land on opening day. For anyone living under a rock, Cars Land is the new land in Disney California Adventure based of the Pixar movie "Cars". The land is supposed to make you feel like you are immersed in the movie, walking right into Radiator Springs, the cutest little town in Carburetor County. The land itself is incredible, and I don't want to ruin the experience for any of you, but I'll share our day. First we got to the Esplanade around 11:30pm and camped out. Kris was nice enough to let me go back to the car for a couple hours and take a nap while he slept outside to keep our place in line. Around 8 they let us in the gates to watch the grand opening ceremony led by Bob Iger. We were then taken to Cars Land where most people bolted to Radiator Springs Racers (the E ticket ride of the land). This was our original plan, but we decided that trying to get a Fast Pass would be our best bet. Believe it or not, we got a Fast Pass for 9:05am; that's right, pretty much the earliest possible time. Since everyone was hauling ass to Racers, Mater's Junkyard Jamboree and Luigi's Flying Tires were left virtually untouched. Fast Passes in hand, we hopped on the other two rides, each have a zero, yes zero minute wait. We walked onto both rides, when we were expecting 2-3 hour waits for each one. When it was time for our Fast Pass, we went to Racers and right as we sat down in our car, the ride broke down. It took about an hour to fix, so when all was said and done, we waited for a total of one hour to complete everything in Cars Land. I honestly think camping out was 100% worth it. For anyone wanting details, all I will say is that Radiator Springs Racers is one of the best rides that Disney has ever come up with. The animatronics floored me and I was completely speechless after riding it. However, on opening day it got up to a 5 hour wait and since then I have not been there without it being around 3 hours; fast passes ran out at 8:45am. So be warned that it will be busy when you go, ESPECIALLY during the summer. I'd wait until September or so to check it out, but if you just can't wait that long, get there very early. Overall Radiator Springs is worth all the hype. It is incredible what they did there, and I am thoroughly impressed.