Okaaaaayyyy....
Thinking back now to last Sunday: we started the day at DL and caught up on a few faves we hadn't managed the day before; Tarzan's Treehouse, which DS10 likes; POC yet again, Toad's Wild Ride which we all love - that ride has the BEST detailing inside - have you ever noticed the little frog lamp on the CM's desk where they dispatch the ride vehicles? It's like a little Tiffany lamp, made of stained glass, but in the shape of a frog/toad! Also, as you exit the ride, the light above the exit has little brass frogs/toads all around it - just too cute and the reason we love Dis so much: details, details, details...
We wandered about and did some other FL rides, like Snow White and Pinocchio and even squeezed in a whirl on Dumbo and the Tea Cups (not me!) and Alice in Wonderland.
We decided on making it a 'snacky' meal day, starting with 2 tigger tails for morning tea from Pooh Corner - man, those things are full-on! - marshmallow, caramel, white chocolate, orange sugar and then dark chocolate drizzled on the outside.. We rode the Pooh ride, as DS10 was keen to see the Country Bears left-overs, which are hidden on the wall inside the ride: Max, Buff and Melvin, the moose, buffalo and stag heads are still hanging there, if you know when to turn around and look:
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At 10am I queued up at Innoventions for the boys to do the Ironman "suit up" experience where they put you in the Ironman suit (virtually) and you can see yourself on screen doing all sorts of cool stuff in it.
We did Splash and HM again and then hit Cafe Orleans for some of their amazing garlic parmesan pommes frites and we split a Monte Cristo between the 4 or us as well - no way I could do one on my own! We had a great waitress who told us the chef would be happy to email us the recipe for the pommes frites and gave us a form to fill out with our email - they are the best fries, even if the secret recipe is probably just: "toss with tonnes of crushed garlic and parmesan"!
We headed back to DCA after our snack lunch, and got FPs for Screamin and decided we would check out Carsland at night to see all the lights. We rode some other rides - can't remember what! And then headed over to DTD for a wander and made our way to the DL Hotel for a drink and something to eat at Trader Sam's.
We LOVED this place on our last visit, but it was always too busy to get a seat inside, which is where you really want to be to see all the "magic"!
So we arrived about 5pm and got a table. DH ordered a 'Krakatoa' (one of the many rum cocktails) and I got a margarita, plus a couple of mocktail for the kids and an assortment of their great bar food: sticky wings, crumbed green beans with aioli, a burger for the boys to split, and flatbread with pulled pork.
When you order a 'Krakatoa' the volcanoes outside the "windows" in the bar erupt, when a 'Shipwreck' is ordered the ship in a bottle behind the bar sinks and the bar staff squirt the place with water, and when you order an "Uh Oa"..well, let's just say more silliness ensues....
All lots of fun - so much fun, we had to order another round of drinks and some fish tacos - all the food is very tropical and tasty - one of our fave Disney dining spots on either coast!
(We were using the kids iPods for photos, so no flash - sorry!)
After purchasing a couple more of their tiki mugs to add to our collection at home, we wandered back into DCA and checked out the lights at Carsland, which looks even better at night - very atmospheric. We queued up and rode RSR in the single rider lane, which only took about 20 mins, vs the 75 min standby wait time.
We decided we needed to do TSMM one more time, so queued for that while WOC was on, about 20-30 mins and finished the night with a hot fudge sundae at Ghiradellis, which was pretty good, but not life-altering, IYKWIM...