Monday May 25th. Day 4, Part 2.
We made our way into the Animation building...I don't know the technical term. We had a date with...MICKEY!
If you can believe, I have never had my picture taken with him and this was my SIXTH trip. Mom claims that I did meet him when I was 5 but we can't find proof of it. I don't trust her memory as she is the one who buys the same book twice to read. No joke. It worries me.
Mickey was out and we also saw the characters from Up! We decided to get into Mickey's line first since he was the MUST DO.
It was a pretty short line and before we knew it we were saying hello to the Mickster.
Mission accomplished.
We went over to hop into the Up line and waited a bit before the CM came out to say one of them was leaving but one would be staying. I was iffy, I figured I would be back so we decided to move on. We took some pictures of them though.
How cute are they? I still haven't gone to see this. I need too. He really reminds me of my grandpa, especially with those tennis balls on his cane. Hehe!
I also took a few pictures of the stills they had around.
We decided to see what character we were most like...
Jen was like...
I was like...
BOO! Just because you like to eat people for lunch....
We started to head out, there were no other characters out. They had a bunch of artwork from Snow White out. I think they are gearing up for the Snow White DVD release in November. I am really hoping they do a special greeting area for Snow White like they did with Pinocchio and I hope they do it while I am there.
We headed out towards Hollywood Brown Derby as it was getting close to our ADR time. Jen wanted to go check out the Villain shop, I decided to sit on one of the benches outside Brown Derby to rest my feet. I took pictures while I waited.
Soon enough Jen was back and we went inside to see if we could check in yet. We were able to check in but it wasn't quite time for Brown Derby to open.
I went and spotted the book of signatures of those famous people who have eaten at Brown Derby. I squealed when I saw who it was and started to babble so fast that Jen couldn't understand me.
JULIE ANDREWS! It was like the Brown Derby KNEW I was coming for lunch!
I was in heaven, my beloved Brown Derby, Julie Andrews and Jen. Ahhhh.
Pretty soon the Brown Derby staff assembled and they let a little girl celebrating her 4th Birthday open up the dining room. It's so nice that Disney does these little touches. The little girl looked so happy being singled out and fussed over.
Shortly afterwards we were escorted to the dining room to a booth! This was the high life. I think this was the meal I had been most looking forward to and it did not disappoint.
I'm a little upset that we didn't think to get a picture of the both of us in the booth!
We both ordered root beer and started noshing on those delicious Brown Derby rolls.
We both started with the Sweet Zellwood Corn Chowder- with applewood smoked bacon and ancho chili oil. Jen asked how spicy the ancho chili oil was and the waitress said it was pretty spicy, we both asked of it left off. It was delicious! Superb! If I didn't want to try all of the Brown Derby appetizers, I would be ordering this again in September.
It is so hard to get pictures in there, you feel like you are in a classy place and the last thing you want is your camera flash going off!
For our entree we both ordered the Famous Cobb Salad of course. Even better then I remembered. Sigh.
The only thing we differed from at this meal was dessert. Jen of course continued her creme brulee love affair. She loved it, but she doesn't have a favorite. They are all amazing and make her happy.
I decided to go with Grand Marnier Strawberry Cheesecake.
Oh. My. It was seriously good. I have to say that it has become my favorite Disney Dessert. I can't wait to enjoy this again in September. I can't tell you how rich the cheesecake was and how delicious the strawberries were. Yummmmmmm.
Truly, a delightful meal at Brown Derby. It was a little bittersweet though, I was sad that Jen would be leaving soon. We had such a great a time together despite the rain and feet problems. I have found a friend for life in her and the fact that our love of Disney brought us together make Disney even more special in my eyes.
As our meal was coming to an end, I went to the restroom. It was the scariest trip to the restroom I have ever had. I was witness to the most HORRIFIC parenting skills EVER. It was horrible. I don't want to go into too many details nor do I want to criticize parenting skills but when you threaten violence to your sobbing children and are pushing them against bathrooms stalls. It was truly awful and I was cowering in my stall. Not such a Disney moment.
I shook off the bad vibes and met back up with Jen in the lobby. She decided that she did want to stay until our TSM fastpasses were due. She had been waffling between going to see the Muppets or riding The Great Movie Ride again. I told her to decide because I was planning on staying in the park after she left so I could hit up what I wanted later.
She picked The Great Movie Ride with the logic that she would be back in September and could meet up with the Muppets then. I like that logic!
We waited in a fairly short line...maybe 10 or 15 minutes. We even saw our CM from earlier at the door ushering people inside the building. Before we knew it, we were loading up on our tram. The first tram...and there was a second tram behind us. YEP! We had the cowboy scene. It was the right decision! Jen finally knew that the cowboy did exist and wasn't a Disney myth! We didn't take any pictures this time around...we just enjoyed the show.
After GMR, it was time for TSM. We made a quick pit stop over to the Voyage of the Little Mermaid so I could grab a fastpass for later and headed to TSM.
We had a fabulous ride on Toy Story Mania. I giggle like a little kid on that ride, so much fun.
Jen beat me, but I am happy to report that last time I received a bunny as a prize and I know the beaver is a higher score so YAY for improvement!
After our great ride, it was time for Jen to leave. We said our goodbyes and I watched her walk from
Pixar Place.
It was hard saying goodbye, who knew when we would see each other again!
Now that I was alone...what would I do?
to taking pictures in that store. I always felt like an employee was going to come yell at me when I wanted to take shopping pictures. I don't think the excuse..."But MeMom does it" would get me very far. 
I hope I heard wrong!!
I can't believe he weighs barely a third of Lou - he doesn't look like it! 
I guess Boc had become well enough to be released into the wild - Lou may never be able to since his tail is so messed up 
Love the light fixture that looks like a derby, how cool!!!!
