After changing into our formal dinner attire
, we headed to the bus stop.
40 minutes later (with a half an hour left before our ADR), we gave up.
We saw buses to every park (plus the water parks) go by but nothing to Downtown Disney.
The line had gotten pretty long and still no CMs called in a bus for us.
Ive heard this could be a problem at the All-Stars with the same bus servicing all 3 resorts, but this was insane.
Luckily, we had a Plan B.
We hopped into the minivan and told our GPS to find Planet Hollywood.
I love using a GPS in Disney it makes the navigation soooo much easier.
We arrived without a hitch and then wandered around looking for a parking spot.
And wandered.
And wandered.
Annnnnd wandered...
Ugh maybe the car wasnt the best idea in the world after all.
I mean it was only 4:40 and Downtown Disney was packed!!
Finally, we found something and had about 5 minutes for our ADR.
And apparently we were a parking lot over from where we should have been.
I grabbed the kids and started off at a pretty fast pace.
Finally we arrived and I saw that our friends had already checked us in (that was a relief).
Any guesses where we ended up?
Heres your hint:
Yup, we were headed back to one of the kids Top Two restaurants in all of Walt Disney World.
(For the record, DDs other favorite is Coral Reef while DS loves Sci-Fi Diner).
But this time, we had reservations for 8 as we were joining another family.
It turns out a friend of DS is a DVC owner and happened to be finishing off their trip as we were starting ours.
They had never been to T-Rex and we raved about it last year so we decided to meet up!
As usual, it was loud but soooo much fun.
I know people usually give it horrible reviews but if youre going just to sit back and enjoy, we still love it.
Heres a video which gives you an idea of the noise level as well as the awesome look of the place:
I requested the Ice Cave once again but they didnt have a large enough table in there.
Instead, they took us to the Shark Bar.
This is a fun section but the best part is that we got to sit in the Jellyfish Booth!
We saw this on our last trip and thought it would be a blast to sit here!
Basically, theres a HUGE jellyfish hanging above you and it acts as a light.
Gotta love the creativity there!
Heres a promo pic I snagged off a website to give you the idea (I forgot to take one):
And, to top if off, there was a nice little Stegasaurus staring at us
The food was good Mom and I split the appetizer sampler again and it was plenty.
The kids had their chicken nuggets again.
All the food was above average and, yes, we will definitely be coming here again.
The only bad things about this place are that yes, it is loud (but we think in a good way), and the service is usually slow.
But the atmosphere more than makes up for it!
When we had the inevitable restroom breaks, I brought the camera to capture the restaurant once again.
I love these signs:
Another shot of the Ice Cave
Then it was off into the Forest Room where an Apatosaurus was waiting for us
Along with his friends
And dont forget Mama Triceratops
With her little baby
Next stop The Kitchen of Fire
This room had the grill (obviously) with Pteradactyls flying overhead.
In between rooms stood the Woolly Mammoth
And its baby
Lastly, heres DD after dinner.
She was a little uneasy sitting in front of the baby T-Rex while it was roaring...
How cool that you got to sit in the jellyfish booth , I bet the kids loved it 
That's neat that they have a little place outside for the kids to dig , I didn't even know that . I will have to let my kiddies do that next time we are at DTD .
