Let's try to finish this day up, shall we?
After sending Ponzi his postcard, we ventured back out into the heat. We actually forgot how hot it was outside, after being in a cool GC. We’re more hungry now and the beer has us feeling pretty good. We passed “Award Weiners” this morning after we got off of ToT and on our way to get a locker.
Here’s a picture I took of it at night since I forgot to take one during the day.
We didn’t want a big meal. We had plans on eating at either PF Chang’s or California Pizza Kitchen for dinner at GardenWalk. Which is were we originally had plans to eat for lunch as well. There’s a place at GW called “Bar Louie Tavern & Grill.” Every Tuesday they sell $1 burgers with the purchase of a cocktail. Since today was Tuesday, we wanted to go. Again, the beer and heat were probably already getting to us, so we totally spaced it out. We settled instead for AW.
We both got a chili dog, chips and coke.
The chili dog was actually pretty good and not too expensive if I recall correctly. At least not for Disney counter service.
After chowing down, we wanted to give Muppets 3D a try since it was right next door to AW. We wanted to see how it compared to WDW’s version. We were denied access. Not because the ride was down, but because we hadn’t downed our sodas yet. So we go to see what else is in the area while we finish our soda’s.
There’s the Mad-Hatter’s Tea Party. Nothing going on here. It’s as dead as doornail. Although I don’t know if you can consider a door-nail dead.
There’s Monster’s Inc. Oh it’s also closed. I think. There’s a rope across the entrance area. There was CM standing there so we asked her if it was closed. She said “no, it’s open. They’re remodeling the entrance area, so you have to go in this way instead.” Nice. Only a 5 minute wait. Let’s see what this ride is about. Another ride similar to Pooh and Wild Toad.
Finally figured out a few action settings on my camera, so I was able to get better pictures.
TAXI!
Rozz was happy she put her best sweater on, and makeup, for pictures.
After Monster’s Inc, we wanted to see Aladdin since it was close by. We just missed the 1:20 show and the next show wasn’t until 3:20. We’ll come back then and catch that show. Now that we ate and we’re not feeling as whoozy from the beer, naturally it’s time to get another beer.
We make our way back towards our new favorite place. As we get close, we see they have already roped off sections for the Pixar Parade. We make our way to our favorite watering hole. We can’t cross over because the parade has just started. Want to watch a parade? Of course you do. So did we. What other choice did we have. Well we did have choices, but we figured our hang out is just right there. We can wait a little longer and see the show.
How did Rozz change and get here so fast?
See the umbrellas on top of the wall? That's our new pub hub. So close yet so far.
After the parade, we cross over and get our beer. We find a shady spot to sit and study the map. It’s about 2:30 and my weather app says it’s now 98 degrees outside. Feels like 110. “Umm honey. I thought this was
Disneyland. When did we land up in Las Vegas?” While sitting there, neither one of us can think of what to do next. Cal Screamin’ is still not open. Don’t know if TSM is yet or not, and it’s too flipping hot to do anything, except.
No we still didn’t go do GRR. Instead while sitting there slamming down a beer (because the beer is already getting hot) we decided to just head back to the resort for a while and go swimming. We still have one more day left on our passes, we can catch Aladdin another time. On our way out we make a pit stop at the locker. We need one of our bags to bring back some provisions for the evening. We empty one bag with everything but Lady H’s tennis shoes. She wants to change into them for the evening.
We head over to our shuttle area and wait.
And wait.
Still waiting.
Is it ever going to come? We saw shuttles for all the other routes except for ours.
Finally. After waiting for about 40 minutes, one finally shows up. I thought this thing was supposed to come by every 20 minutes? Turns out they were doing shift changes. Yes, I’m psychic, I can tell when they are doing these things. Don’t believe me? The fact that we had a different shuttle driver than the one that pulled up has nothing to do with it. Believe in my psychic abilities.
Once aboard the bus, we sit there waiting for the 2 drivers to complete the shift change. And wait and yes, we’re going through this routine again. At least they let us sit on the bus, in the air conditioning while they do the change over. Finally after another 30 minutes, we get rolling. Could’ve probably caught Aladdin as long as we waited. Plus this significantly cut into our pool time and even more so, our dinner plans. Now we have to decide; if we want to swim for a couple of hours we can, but we’ll have to skip out on dinner over at GW. We can just come back to the park to eat. If we still want to eat at GW, then we can only get in an hour of swimming time, head over to GW, hope they’re quick and get back to the park before 7:30pm. Why do we have to make this decision? So we can get a good spot for viewing WoC. They allow people with FP’s to start lining up an hour and a half before show time. It’s just like Fantasmic and viewing Wishes. If you want the prime real estate, you have to be like our ancestors and stake your claim.
We decide it would be a little difficult to try and make it to GW to have dinner. We’ll go with a couple of hours of pool time, get ready and head back to the parks and eat there.
I’m pretty sure I mentioned it, but in case I haven’t; for us to get to the shuttle stop, we have to pass by Denny’s. We peak inside the windows and notice Denny’s is practically empty. There’s plenty of empty tables. This could be an option, but first we need to cross the street to the liquor store. Nebo is probably disappointed already that there is a liquor store across the street, and we haven’t picked up any park bottles yet. Now’s a good time. Plus that’s the reason we brought one of our bags back with us.
We cross the street and get some park bottles, then run back across the street, make a mad dash upstairs, change into our swim suits and head straight towards the pool. Even the water wasn’t that cold, but it was cool enough to beat the heat. Well for a little while. Here’s the irony of the situation. After we get in the pool, we jump in the hot tub. Not before grabbing a beer. Our room was close enough to the pool we could go back and forth. Now for me, the hot tub was a little too hot. Sure it felt good on my aching muscles and sore feet from all the walking. I was going back and forth between the pool and the hot tub, but spent more time in the pool. Lady H on the other hand, will take the hot tub over the pool any day.
Soon it was time to get out and start getting ready to head back to the parks. Take a shower to wash all the bleach (aka chlorine) off and wait for Lady H to do her hair and make-up. All us men know the routine by now. Might as well grab another beer while I wait.
On our way to the shuttle, we take a peak inside Denny’s again. Not busy at all. There are only 2 tables being occupied. We should be able to be in and out in no time. Looks like it’s Denny’s for dinner. I had the chicken fried steak and eggs while Lady H I believe had a grilled cheese sandwich. What was interesting about her grilled cheese sandwich is that it was made with Fried Mozzarella Sticks, served with a side of marinara sauce and french fries. Neither one of us has had anything like that before, but she said it was actually pretty good.
Lady H's Grill Cheese Sandwich
Dinner was pretty quick. I think we were in and out in about 45 minutes. We even had some time to spare and would make it back to the park in no time. Take it we didn’t have to wait long for the shuttle. Which I hope comes soon. It’s starting to rain. Oh look, here it comes now. Perfect timing. Just as we boarded the shuttle, there was a brief down pour. Great. Now it’s humid along with being hot still. Not as hot as it was 4 hours ago, it was finally starting to cool down. As we got back to DCA, we needed to go through security again. The line to get through security was long. They had closed up one side and only had about 4 guards checking bags on the other side. This is the time when you wish they had a no bag line. I still think this is one of DLR's main down falls.
It would take us about 15 minutes to get through security. I didn’t have a bag. My bag was still in the locker. I had the park bottles in my cargo shorts. When it came time for us to go through, I just walked on by. Lady H had to get her bag checked. It’s an easy bag to check though. We took along our drawstring type bags, so there’s only one big pocket to check. All she had in there were Simply Raspberry Lemonades.
These are our equivalents to Nebo & Smidgy’s Sunny D’s.
After we get through security, we head to the restrooms. We haven’t worked up enough courage to prepare our mixes in open public. Smirnoff for Lady and Jose Cuervo for me.
You can tell everyone is headed to DCA for WoC. The lines to get in are long. Now comes the true test, will they let us back in. We no longer have the branding on our hands. They washed off in the pool and the shower. Plus, before we left, we asked them if there would be any problem getting back in as we were headed back to go swimming. The CM told us we shouldn’t. I go to scan my ticket and the CM monitoring the gate starts to look for the branding. I explained to her that we advised the CM’s of our intentions to go swimming. No problem she said, have a good night.
Wow, that was easy. No slaps on the hand this time for not being branded. I wish the last CM was like that.
We make a pit stop at the locker again. Told Lady H since we’re here to see WoC and not do anything else, might as well pick up my bag right away. We won’t need to the locker anymore and I need the video camera. After grabbing my bag, we make our way down Buena Vista St. with our simply lemonades. It’s starting to sprinkle again. No major down pour, but it did provide for us a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Carsland.
Soon we made our way to the WoC Showcase Lagoon. People with FP's were already lining up. Our FP section was Blue, which means our line and section is to the left of the Lagoon. If you got Yellow, you line up in a separate line to the far right and your section is to the right. We got in line and were somewhat close to the front, but there was still a decent amount of people ahead of us. Now like during rope drop, you line up behind a rope. Well so I’ve been told. We still haven’t made it to a rope drop yet. Once they let the people in, a CM walks you down the ramp to the main entrance. There are 2 lines here. The one to the left will put you in the very front. This is the lane that you will also get you wet. The lane to the right leads you to the second row, or the non-splash zone. We choose the splash zone. We hurry down the ramp, and try to find a spot. Being the rookies we are, we miss out on the good spots in the middle. We find a spot upfront but it isn’t offering the best view. I look at the yellow section and see some good spots there. I take off to ask the CM if we’re allowed to stand in this section even though our FP was for the Blue section. She said sure. I give Lady H the all clear signal and we take a better spot in the Yellow section. We’ll be able to really see the show from here. Still got a good hour wait before the show starts. Lets see what kind of pictures I can get while waiting.
Should I complain to DL that they ruined my picture by having a burnt out section on Mickey’s Fun Wheel? Ha Ha
Soon the lights went out and it’s time for World of Color to start.
sigh, he should have married a thrill junkie. or at least one that will "bite the bullet", all the while saying "dumb wife, dumb wife"
Sorry buddy, you're on your own here. I'll comment more about this on your TR, when you get to that point.
) and I while T-Man has given me info on Nebo's, I haven't had a chance to walk my happy GM over there to check it out and catch up. 
So I've just kept it there since. He is always worried when I say I'm getting a haircut.
DS is there somewhere with DDIL from their honeymoon. We always have to look them up, too!
After all, we need to celebrate.
Save you time and money. 
And here I thought you were my friend. Oh, the humanity!
