Jarfar and Llago look like they are up to no good here
Aladdin takes Jasmine on a magic carpet ride (I would post pics, but we really didnt catch any good ones here.) Once Jasmine falls in love with Aladdin
the Genie tries to remind him that he promised to release him from captivity as his last wish. But Aladdin tells him he cant. Genie is now mad at Aladdin and refuses to talk to him saying, Talk to the left hand because youre not right!
Yes
I got a kick out of Genies one liners this day.
At some point there were some people who started leaving in the middle of the show and Genie spouts off, I havent seen this many people leave in the middle of a show since the Justin Beiber concert.
Jafar gets a hold of the lamp and asks Genie to make him the most powerful wizard around.
Aladdin makes Jafar use his last wish to become a Genie, and then gets trapped in the lamp.
Aladdin uses his last wish to give Genie his freedom, he and Jasmine live happily ever after
The End!
After making our way through the crowd, we finally get outside, only to be bombarded with the heat again. It was so nice and cool in the theater.
Now, here is where both T-Man and I get a little fuzzy, and it could honestly be from the alcoholic beverages, or just from it being so long ago, but we cannot remember for the likes of us, when we got Fast passes for Grizzly River Rapids.
What we do remember is this: After watching Aladdin, we made our way towards GRR, whether this was to get FPs for World of Color and GRR, or because we already had them, is unknown at this time, but either way we walked over there.
We decided to take the time to get on the ride since we were in the vicinity. We got into the raft with another couple who were pretty outgoing. We talked on our way up the ramp.
Now with this ride, I think its hard to really say whether I really liked it or not. I would categorize it with Animal Kingdoms Kali River Rapids. I think its pretty much the same in regards to the getting wet factor and how tame the ride is. As opposed to say, Blutos Barge over at Islands of Adventure, where you are bound to get soaked no matter what.
Given that information, I will take you through it. We unfortunately dont have any pictures of this ride, since we werent sure what we were up against, we didnt want to take the chance of the camera getting wet. But you can definitely go to Youtube and get a great POV video, like this one here
http://youtu.be/4kB4kPXcct4 and see it for yourself.
As you climb up the hill, you almost expect to be immediately dropped. I think after all the years of going on rides and playing dumb wife I have gotten accustomed to just assuming the worst right away. I was pleasantly surprised that once over the hill, you are slowly lowered into the rapids.
Once in the rapids, you are sort of pushed from one side to the other. Luckily for most of the ride we were facing straight ahead, going along with the ride. Its so much better than being the one facing where you just came from and having to gauge the faces of the others in the car to find out what is in store for you. Like the other couple was probably doing.
So far the ride has been pretty tame. A few splashes from the side have made their way into the raft but nothing major and, we are all still dry for the most part
until
the drop. Now this drop wasnt a huge drop, but as you come around a bend, you see it. You almost know what is going to happen. There is a big boulder stopping you from going straight ahead, so you have to go down in order to continue on. Its not until you are going over that you can tell how far down it really is. Luckily it is not too steep, no matter though, even that slight drop has made what seems like the entire river come into the boat and onto us!
It never fails. No matter where we sit on any water ride, we are going to get soaked. When we went to Animal Kingdom a couple of years ago, The first and only time we did KRR, My sister in law, who loathes water rides, got minimally wet, while T-Man and I were soaked. Its just written in the stars I guess.
After this, the raft started steering us around, and of course, now we are looking at where we just came from and the other couple is looking at us like, HAHA
now we got you!
We stayed this way for a majority of the rest of the ride. Nothing major happening again until just before the end, The rapids slowly die down, till you think its over and it will just be a coast to the exit, and then BOOM! Down you go and of course, we are now sitting in another perfect position to get soaked!
Needless to say, we walked off that ride not soaked to the bone, thankfully, but wet enough! Thank goodness we are wearing clothes that dry easily. I hope the heat from the day will speed that process along.
From here, we head back to the lockers to grab one of our Simply Lemonades for the ride to dinner. T-Man mixes them up while I dispose of anything we dont need in the locker and off we go to the shuttle.
Now is the fun part. In the past week that we have been here, we have taken shuttle number 1 each time we have left from Disney in order to get back to our resort. This time however, taking that shuttle will get us no-where close to our final destination. We have to take shuttle #8. Shuttle #8 is on the other platform. Its like trying to get onto platform 9 ¾
Luckily we dont have to take a running start into a pillar. We get on the shuttle pretty quickly and begin our journey to Anaheim Garden Walk.
We came here the first day, to eat at Johnny Rockets, tonight; we are dining at The Cheesecake Factory. We dont have one in NM, so any chance we get to eat here, we take it.
While the shuttle ride isnt a long one, it gives us a chance to drink our drinks. Our stop is still a ways away from the restaurant, leaving us to walk the rest of the way, and to cross the street. Trying to do this while chugging my drink is not recommended, Im amazed I did not have Simply Lemonade all over my shirt by the time we got there.
Finally we arrive and are seated immediately in the bar area. We already know what we want for appetizers. Buffalo Blasts.
These are little wonton packets of goodness. Sort of like a buffalo chicken tender, shredded and placed into a wonton wrapper and deep fried. YUM!!!
T-Man also ordered a Spiked Milkshake called the Flying Gorilla. According to the website, its a kicked up chocolate and banana milkshake, made with Godiva Chocolate liqueur and Banana liqueur. I took a sip
it was good.
I on the other hand did not order a drink, outside of an Iced Tea. I just downed that Simply Lemonade and needed a reprieve before drinking again. I needed sustenance.
We ordered dinner. I had the Herb crusted salmon and shrimp scampi, while T-Man had the Shrimp Scampi and Steak Diane.
We only have a picture of T-Mans dish, because at the time, I didnt think to have T-Man take a pic of my dish and I have no clue why I didnt take one myself.
For dessert, The options were endless. T-Man always goes for the White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle cheesecake. He never differs from this option. Me on the other hand, I have to try a new one each time. This time, I went for the Dulce de Leche Cheesecake. Both were very yummy.
Once we were done with dinner and dessert, we started out for the shuttle stop
However, this time, we started looking at the map of all the shuttle stops, and believed there was one closer, that would take us back sooner. So off we went in search. After a little wandering, we finally found what we hoped was the stop since there was no sign or marker stating so, but there were a few people in Disney gear standing around. As we waited, more people started coming out of the hotel near-by and waiting with us, so we hoped we were in the right area.
A little while later, the shuttle appeared. Now granted, we probably could have walked back to the park, in the time it took this shuttle. But, I dont think T-Man was too keen on the idea. So once in the shuttle, it was a hop, skip and a jump to the park entrance.
Once again, we had to go through the security check; luckily we didnt have all our bags like before, so it was pretty easy to get through. We headed over to DL first, to pick up the glasses we had engraved.
What we didnt take into consideration was the Parades. We got there just as the parade was going through, and the sidewalks were packed. It was like dodging objects in the Despicable Me game on my phone. Eeek.
Eventually something triggered in our brains and we remembered that most of the stores are connected to one another on Main Street. We ducked into one of the stores and made our way through.
In no time, we were trying to make our way through to the exit. I stopped in another shop as we walked through, to get my boss a little something. I think this was the fastest we were ever in and out of DL
We walked across the way and entered DCA, going straight to the lockers to pick up our stuff. As T-Man made a pit stop, I sauntered over to the little market store next door. I had been eyeing the pickles there and decided to grab one along with a bottle of water. As I waited in line to make my purchase, T-Man came to join me and just shook his head. He knew I had wanted one for a while. Every time we passed that place I would eye them. Now he looked at me with that curious look he gets when hes thinking and said Only one? I sagged my shoulders in defeat and went and grabbed another one. He knows me too well.
Pickles and water in hand, we headed towards our favorite watering hole. We grabbed a beer and headed to the line for entry into the World of Color viewing area. Our show starting time isnt until 9:00, but people start lining up at 7 to make sure they get a good spot. We are among those people.
I usually dont like to stay still too long with all this Disney wonder around me, but you do what you have to do in order to get the spot you want. So we sat, and waited.
Around 7:30, they let the rope drop, and allowed everyone to race to their positions. This is the fun part. Staking out your spot, and then not moving for the next 2 hours.
I gave T-Man the all clear to run ahead and find the spot he wanted. I wasnt picky. I caught up with T-Man and we moved in. Putting down our jackets so we could sit on the floor, I leaned back against the railing and began to read the DIS while we waited. I decided this would also be a good time to snack on my pickle.
Time passed quickly. T-Man mixed us some drinks and took a few pics while we waited.
Here is the Wheel of Death!
The Wheel of Death with the Roller Coaster of madness.
A colorful Wheel of Death
I noticed a theme with these pictures. There are a series of about 10 or so from that last night on Flickr, all of the Wheel of Death. Do you think T-Man was trying to tell me something? Just because its colorful doesnt make it less scary!
This time, we made a pact that during this show, we would just enjoy it. No pictures, no video, you all got that the last time anyway, but we wanted to take in the full effect. I absolutely adore this show. So it was nice to be able to watch it without worrying about capturing certain pieces.
Once the show was over, we stayed back, hoping the crowd would die down so we wouldnt get lost or trampled. In hopes of the crowd lightening up even more, we took some night shots of Carsland. You may have seen some of these previously, but it doesnt hurt to see them again right?
This is the Taste In, The hippie market place of Fillmore the VW Microbus.
Flos V8 Café, and the street light.
This was one ride that always had a crazy line. We just werent willing to spend over an hour waiting to ride a tire on air. Hopefully we will get a chance to do it next time we go.
Slowly we made our way to the exit. We said goodbye to Mickeys Wheel of Death, Goodbye to Tower of Terror, Goodbye to Grizzly River Rapids, and Goodbye to Radiator Springs. We had a wonderful final day here, and I wouldnt change a thing. Except for the fact that we were leaving of course.
But our day is still not completely over. Ill let T-Man finish it off. I hope you can stay with us for the final installment of this TR, as Mike takes us home
Literally