Today we made it to five shows (Voyage of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Disney Junior, For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along, and Fantasmic). The Frozen sing-along was absolutely fantastic! I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was hilarious and super fun, and I want to see it again before our trip is over. Fantasmic was, of course, amazing as always. We had a little bit of an adventure getting there, because Grace, Caleb, and I pushed our fastpasses for seating to the very last minute (OK, they had expired, but we still got in), because we really wanted to ride Rockin' Roller Coaster before the show.
Speaking of rides, this was the first time any of us had
ever ridden Rockin' Roller Coaster or Tower of Terror. I have to laugh a little bit, because these
two attractions are always pegged as the very intense Disney rides, but I
forget that Disney doesn't really do enormous thrills. Seth described Tower of Terror best as
"a gigantic frog hopper"...
Both rides were fun, just not terrifying. We also had fastpasses for Toy Story Midway
Mania. We really love that one, but it
is so impossible to ride it multiple times unless you want to stand in line for
at least an hour, which makes me sad.
Sadness can be OK, though, even good sometimes:
Phil had a chat that he needed to participate in for his doctoral program, so the kids and I spent some time wandering around the Streets of America and playing on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids set:
They follow rules like I do:
I was way too excited about this,
particularly since my kids are clueless:
Beacuse every kid should have a picture of herself
sliding down a huge canister of film...
#obsolete
Our first character dining experience for this trip was at Hollywood and Vine, and it bordered on disastrous for a variety of reasons, but particularly because we had to split the reservation, and my "big kids" weren't particularly excited about meeting Handy Manny, Sofia, Doc, and Jake. Well, let me revise that a little bit. Grace sort of liked meeting Jake...
Because everyone's first kiss should be magical:
Miah and Ian had fun, although I will say this was the most rushed character meal greeting we have ever experienced. It's free dining for us, this time around, but I would have been really disappointed had we paid the sticker price for this meal:
Our breakfast at Starring Rolls was pretty awesome, though. Dinner would have been better had we realized that Pizza Planet was closing before the park. Uh... oops. We had PBJ and will have to try to catch Pizza Planet later in the trip...
We had one of the best character greetings ever with Mike
and Sulley. Miah was all geared up with
her monster claws and roar, and she jumped right up in Sulley's face. He stomped and jumped back at her, and she
completely stood her ground, which cracked me up. She was so fierce that Mike was afraid of her
and ran off the set, but he eventually came back and sort of tiptoed around
her. There was a lot of laughter (yay for us, powering Monstropolis):
I can't quite get my boys to understand
how appropriate it is to strike silly poses:
We also enjoyed meeting Buzz and Woody in Andy's Room, and I'm sure I may have mentioned this before, but this particular character greeting spot queue is simply the best ever. Well done Disney:
Undoubtedly, the highlight of the day for Grace was riding the Star Tours simulator, twice, and building her very own lightsaber. We have created something of a monster. Just sayin'. The variety of Star Wars t-shirts that we saw, today, was vast. I need a Vader/Palpatine '16 shirt, but I still think ours are the best:
L.
Pictures Taken Today: 262
P.S. I can't begin to tell you how many times this baby has said, "Mom, take a picture!" The world is not ready for a second mini-me. Heaven help us all:
P.S. I can't begin to tell you how many times this baby has said, "Mom, take a picture!" The world is not ready for a second mini-me. Heaven help us all:
This is how much water she left for the "fishies":
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