we stopped into Intermission food court for lunch. The options here are somewhat limited.
Yup. Values....
I don’t eat green things at home, it’s certainly not happening on vacation.
High fives all around.
a foot long chili cheese dog looked interesting to me.
Well... yeah!
My hot dog was fine, but it was huge.
Wow! I'm gonna guess it was about 12" long!
One thing I did appreciate was the fact that QS meals come with alcoholic drinks now,
Really! I had no idea. Nor that there were any in the food court.
I am not one to turn down a girly mixed cocktail.
Actually, that's about all I will drink.
Here. Take my man card... again.
the whisky cocktail was very strong.
That surprises me for Disney.
The girls had started eating their pizza before I took a picture,
Fail!
Actually, I only take my own food now. Well.... usually.
So after scarfing down a massive foot long chill cheese dog, the next logical thing was to go swimming, right?
Right!
<drowns shortly after>
The pool has the Three Caballeros in the middle, which has a water spray feature that was inexplicably and sadly turned off during the day and only active early in the morning or late evening.
That's.... weird. And I don't remember if it was that way when I've stayed there since I'm never there during the day.
It was actually the only interesting feature of the pool.
The Values pools leave much to be desired. You can dress it up, but in the end, it's still a pool with no slides.
I noted that the temperature on the dash said 114°F.
Was this shortly before your dash melted? Or you?
I realized this is the first time I had ever driven a car to a park when I was staying on site.
I don't think I've ever done that. Huh. I would've not known what to do either.
I rolled up to the parking booth and told the attendant “I’m staying at Hollywood Studios”. Without batting an eyelash the guy said “Wow, you got a really good deal”. Of course what I meant to say was “I’m staying at All-Star Music”,
As I discovered, all they need to do is scan your Magicband with their little thingamabob and you’re good to go.
Now I know.
No meet up was planned. I just remembered a comment from her trip report, so I thought it would be funny if somehow I bumped into her. No sooner than the thought ran through my mind, a sudden flash of pink in the bag check line caught my eye.
No. Way. No meet planned and it happens just like that? Nice! Lucky too!
There she is! Proof that DISers are actually real people! (My wife may have been wondering about that)
perhaps you are as confused as A) my family was, wondering why I took off running and left them in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard
I can just see that.
"Girls? Where is your father going? I don't understand his obsession with Disney..."
poor Meghan was, wondering who this lunatic was running up behind and yelling at her.
She's probably used to it.
I'll get more into this later in the report, but I do miss the Animation building, especially the drawing class.
Me too. I wonder if there's any chance it will come back? I mean, surely they'll move that stuff over to SWL?
it was not a bad idea to have it later in our trip to let Katie settle into the idea of riding roller coasters again.
She's nervous about them?
We rode AS2 (I know why it’s been abbreviated this way, but the 13 year old boy in me could have a lot more fun writing it the other way
),
Didn't know that was settled on. I suppose it's easier than putting periods in between the letters or something.
Nice shot!
we decided to try Midway Mania. It was posted at 60 minutes, but the Touring Plans app said 33 minutes, so logically it ended up being 40 minutes.
Not bad
Not too bad for TSMM (if you think how long the wait was 4 years ago with only two tracks).
The girls wanted to stop for a picture at the Pixar ball. A large metal sphere reflecting the sun back at us. Just a little HOT!!!
"Go ahead. Just lean against it."
I should say that I wasn’t a fan of the tiers in TSL (I understand it, I just don’t like it).
Not a fan of the tiers in general. I guess I understand them... but I don't have to like them.
The upside was my evil plan to get my family on Star Tours multiple times.
I was happy to get the Jakku and Crait scenes – both added since my last trip – plus a little teaser scene of the Black Spire Outpost (the town in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, if you didn’t know).
Actually didn't know
any of that.
nobody was all that hungry after our big lunch. This is where I started to see our dining plan was not working for us.
Yep... get this...
It’s just too much food for us, especially the girls.
... for that reason. Last time we did free dining, I was full for a week after we got home. I was
sick of food.
First up was the frozen Sing Along. I hadn’t really planned to do this, but Brianna was interested (since she’s a “friend” of Elsa at home and all),
Pretty much have to, then.
One thing was the “snow” at the end, there was tons of it and we got covered. I don’t know if they were trying to get rid of it all since it was the last show of the night, or if that’s the way it is now. We had a good laugh at that anyway.
Nope. I get enough snow already, thanks.
We left the theatre and got in place for Disney Movie Magic. I wasn’t sure where a good viewing spot was, but we chose to lean against the railing on the right side of the courtyard in front of the Chinese Theater. It seemed as good a spot as any, and it turned out to be fine. The projection show itself was OK, but maybe a bit forgettable because I really don’t remember a lot about it now.
Huh. I wasn't even aware of this.
Fantasmic! We decided we might as well just go anyway in case we didn’t get another chance later. I had never actually been to a second show, but heard it was much less crowded. FYI – it is.
Fantasmic isn't my favourite night-time show... but if I'm going to see it, that would be my option to.
Looks like Ariel needed a nap part way through the show
Wait... Eric is looking pretty happy there... ohmygosh! Dude! Family board!!!!
2. We visit Toy Story Land for the first time. We have a fast pass for one ride – which one?
Alien Swirling Saucers
No one could have predicted that!
1. Next day is Photopass Day so there are rare characters at each park. We start our day at Animal Kingdom. Who is the special character you can meet at AK? Do we meet that character?
Rafiki?
2. We have lunch in the park before taking our afternoon break at the resort. Between the four of us, we get lunch at two places - at a QS restaurant and a food truck. What are they?
Yak & Yeti and the Andapur food truck?
3. We visit Pandora and have a FP. For what ride? (I’m giving you a 50/50 chance here folks)
I'll go with N'avi.