We hadn’t had any real breakfast yet, only a few breakfast bars, so we decided to get some pretzels and catch the 11am show of Beauty and the Beast before our next FP (ToT at 11am-12pm). A and C opted for the regular Mickey pretzels, while hubby and I went for the cream cheese stuffed pretzels. They were really good, and A ended up eating most of my cream cheese pretzel instead of her own.
After the BatB show, we headed over to ToT to use our FP and were dropping in at 11:45am.
Next, we walked back and caught the new Lightning McQueen show. We were able to get in a few minutes before the next show. The show was cute, but I wouldn’t feel the need to do it again. Especially since my girls aren’t big Cars fans.
Next we headed back out toward Animation Courtyard to fill some time before our SDD FP at 12:55pm. The girls were anxious to see the Voyage of the Little Mermaid show. It tried talking them into waiting until I could get a FP for it later in the day, but they were insistent, so we went ahead and got in line. I was unsure if we would make it into the next show, as the inside waiting area was already full. Fortunately, we did get into the next show which was 12:30pm.
After that, I saw that Doc McStuffins had a short line. And even though the girls weren’t really all that interested in meeting her again, I talked them into it and we only had one family ahead of us.
Next, we decided to go ahead and see the 12:55pm Disney Jr show since it was getting ready to start and I was ready to sit down for a few minutes. While the girls still wanted to sit up on the floor by the stage, I was happy to sit on one of the benches in the back. By this time, I realized I was getting a huge blister on the bottom of my heel. I’m not sure why. Although we had done a lot of walking, these weren’t new shoes and I had worn them a few days before to Epcot without a problem. They had gotten soaked at Epcot and on the balcony in the storm a few days before, but hubby was thoughtful enough to sit with a hair dryer and dry them all for us the day before. But anyway, the show was soon over and we had a SDD FP to get to!! So we headed back out toward Toy Story Land, and let me tell you, it was hot by this point. I had heard how hot it was back there midday with little shade, but experiencing it made me realize just how true it was. Luckily, we didn’t have to wait long with the FP and were on the ride by 1:30pm.
While the ride is really cute and fun, there is no way I would wait longer than 20 minutes or so in standby for this ride. Especially in the hot sun.
As we made our way out of Toy Story Land, the blister on my foot was really hurting to the point where it was hard to walk. I hadn’t brought my bag with me today, so I didn’t have any bandages on hand. So, we headed toward the front of the park to visit the first aid station and get a bandaid. After applying the bandage, it still hurt, but at least not as bad since my shoe wasn’t directly rubbing on it anymore.
On the way to first aid, I had went on the
MDE app and made our next FP for Star Tours with an almost immediate return. So we headed that way. After a quick trip through the galaxies, we headed over for our late lunch reservation at Sci-Fi.
We checked in right at our reservation time of 2:10pm and they told us that there would be a little bit of a wait, so they took my phone number and said they would text when they were ready. Hubby decided to head to the restroom while we were waiting and the girls and I headed over to get cups of water while we waited. Within about 2 minutes, I was getting a text that our car was ready, so we walked the few feet back over to the hostess stand. Since hubby wasn’t back from the restroom yet, they wouldn’t seat us until he arrived. I was afraid we would lose our spot in line, but luckily I saw him come back down the hall from the restrooms and was able to tell the hostess he was back before she moved on. After getting seating in our car and ordering, we took a few pictures….
Then settled in to rest and wait on our food. It arrived pretty quickly. The girls had each gotten chicken tenders and fries. Hubby got the beef and blue burger and fries. I got the cheese steak sandwich and was surprised that they let me order onion rings as they were no longer on the menu, and I had heard that they were no longer serving them. Everyone enjoyed their food except for me. The cheesesteak was extremely dry, and very fatty. It was like eating chewy rubber. We had eaten here a few years ago, and I really enjoyed it, but had gotten a burger. I wished I had stuck to the burger this time as well! But I managed to eat most of it since I was hungry, and the onion rings were good. I probably should have sent it back and ordered something else, but I hate doing that in restaurants as I’m always afraid someone will do something to the food!
While we were having lunch, I was able to make a FP for the 3:30pm Frozen show. So we left the restaurant by about 3:15pm and headed that way. Although they were already letting people into the theater and seat were filling up, there were several empty seats all the way up front on the far side, so we ended up in the front row. It wouldn’t have been my preferred seats as it made seeing up on stage difficult, but the girls were super excited to be so close.
After the Frozen show, we headed back down Sunset Boulevard toward ToT hoping to meet some characters at character palooza. I had wanted to do this on our other visits, but it never worked out as we were usually not in the park at the right times. But since we were spending the whole day here without taking a midday break, we were able to finally work it in our plans. So, we got some sort of strawberry frozen drinks at the beverage cart at the exit to ToT and sat on the wall to wait. There was one other family that was hanging out there as well, and I figured they were there for the same reason. We waited a little past the scheduled time, but finally the gate opened. Donald and Minnie were the first characters there. So after a few minutes of interaction with them and a few pictures,
we headed back out the gate to wait on the next set. The girls were getting restless with the waiting and hubby ended up taking them into the ToT gift shop to browse while I waited. A little while later, the gate opened again and I hurriedly got the attention of hubby and the girls and we went in to meet Baloo. He was the only character this time. We had already met him once this trip at AKL in the lobby, but took a picture with him again anyway.
Then, we once again headed out to wait for the next characters. About 15 minutes later, we were let in to meet Bert. Unfortunately, my phone had gone dead by this point, so my husband took pictures with his, but I never did get them from him.
to be continued in next post....