I had read that it was good to get to Fantasmic up to an hour and a half before showtime if you want a good seat. We got there about an hour before. We did get good seats and found many ways to entertain ourselves to make the time go by.
My parents got some cotton candy...
About halfway through our wait my mom and I went to use up some more snack credits. I got some water, some more popcorn, and a churro.
Maddy latched onto that churro and didn't want to let go.
Abi enjoyed her popcorn and making friends with the girls in front and in back of us.
The biggest hit of the evening was the bubble gun I picked up on the way to the snack cart. It was crazy. It lit up and blew bubbles all over the place when you pulled the trigger. I was a little nervous that it would bug some of the people sitting around us but they seemed fine with it and I kept telling Abi to aim it up so it wouldn't go right onto people. We actually had a few people come up to us to ask where we got it and pretty soon there were bubble guns all over.
I had bought a bunch of glow sticks and things at the dollar section at target and we got out some here as well. The kids in front of us didn't have anything that glowed and you could tell they wanted something so Abi gave their kids some of hers. It was very sweet.
Pretty soon the show started. It was amazing!
We all loved the boat that came by at the end that had all the characters on it.
It was kind of crazy getting out of the arena after the show but it was definitely worth it.
I had made our dinner reservations to be right afterward.
We went to the Sci-Fi Drive In Theater.
You eat in this huge room made to look like a drive in movie. The tables are set in old cars facing the screen that plays vintage, cheesy sci-fi movie clips...Ed Wood type movies.
It was a really fun atmosphere.
Doug had the shrimp pasta which he said was good. He also had a strawberry shake.
Abi had the macaroni and cheese and fries.
I had the steak with potatoes and asparagus. The asparagus was great, the potatoes were really good, and the steak was... interesting. I kept thinking it had kind of a wine taste to it and after the juices got into the potatoes and made them taste that way too I began to wonder if they put the wine on after rather than cooking it in it.
For dessert I got the chocolate volcano thing. I can't remember the exact name but it was good. I couldn't eat half of it but it was very tasty.
Abi had the ice cream sundae..
Doug had some kind of cheesecake...
I think we all enjoyed our food and although it wasn't the best we had on the trip, the atmosphere was so fun.
We had to quickly run around the corner after dinner to catch the end of the Osborne Festival of Lights.
This Osborne family had all of these lights on their house and in their yard. The guy actually bought the house next door to his so he could do more. Eventually the city made him take them all down and Disney bought them and decorated this entire street with them. It is hard to believe when you are standing there that they were on two houses in a neighborhood. That must have been crazy!
They have the lights set to music and it is just magical!
They even sprinkle some fake snow down on you!
It was closing time so we made our way to the front of the park stopping by the Photo pass guy to get another family picture in front of the park icon.
It was another really great and full day!
Next up: Our last day at Epcot
3 comments:
Wow, you guys managed to do so much at Hollywood Studios. We really struggled filling up an entire day there because many of the rides were for older kids/teens, and Mike was not about to sit through a bunch a "shows" (he hates plays, musicals, etc). We did go the Indiana Jones live action show and some 3d thing I can't remember. At the end of our time there Mike took the girls on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror because they were both tall enough to ride and said they could handle it. When they reappeared after the ride was over the girls were pale and didn't speak or hardly ate for the rest of the day. Whoops! I guess that wasn't a good choice for them.
That's funny Jen. Doug thought I would like Tower of Terror but I didn't feel like finding out. I'm sure Abi would have had the same reaction as Mimi and Annie.
I am so glad Doug was okay with all the shows considering those were the highlight of the trip for Maddy!
What fun pictures! It is so much fun re-living the great time we had there and the memories! The pictures of Maddy were choice!
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