When we last saw our intrepid travelers, they were on their way to a Polynesian luau...
We had a great time at the luau, which doubled as our anniversary dinner. I drank some fabulously fruity concoction out of a coconut carved into a monkey's face, the food was good and plentiful, and the entertainment was fantastic. After dinner, however, we were pretty much done after a second day of early wake-up, and thus we crashed.
We slept in this morning for a bit, then headed off to Downtown Disney to do a bit of souvenir shopping and to ride the Characters In Flight tethered balloon. That was So. COOL. We went 400 feet into the air and could see all over the Disney property. We're going to try to go again, this time at night.
After the balloon ride, we grabbed some lunch at Cookes of Dublin (mmm, fish & chips...), did our shopping, took a quick break for something to drink and some air conditioning, then headed off to the Disney Hollywood Studios. Unfortunately, we were too late in the day to easily check out the new Toy Story Mania attraction without an extremely long wait, and they were out of Fast Passes for it. So The Husband went off to ride Tower of Terror (not a favorite of mine), while I killed some time wandering the shops and catching glimpses of the parade. Once I'd wandered through all of the shops I could easily get to during the parade, I found a bench in the shade to wait for him. While waiting, I was first asked to take a guest survey. Can I just say how much I love surveys? I'm always happy to give my opinion. :) Then, just before The Husband arrived, another Cast Member just stopped for a chat and asked if we were celebrating anything. I told him about our anniversary and my birthday. He said, "How many years?" I said, "Eleven." I could tell, however, he wanted to go for the joke, so I quickly added, "Can't you tell how young I look?!" We all laughed, then I told him my actual age, and whether he was putting me on or not, I can't say, but he looked fairly surprised that wasn't younger! That's always a nice feeling. :)
After checking out the new American Idol Experience, riding Star Tours, seeing the Muppets 3D, and riding Rockin' Roller Coaster, we were getting hungry, so we headed off to the Magic Kingdom to get a bite to eat and see Spectromagic. We found ourselves a good spot for the parade, and just as it ended, it started to rain a bit. By the time we got down to Main Street USA, the sky had opened up and we were soaked. We chose not to stay for the Wishes fireworks, but sloshed our way back to Saratoga Springs. We did, however, see some pretty spectacular natural fireworks on the way back, accompanied by some loud rumbles of thunder!
We have an early day planned for tomorrow - a quick stop at DHS at rope drop for Toy Story Mania, then off to Sea World for much of the day, then to Epcot to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy perform at the Eat to the Beat concert series for Food & Wine. Phew.
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