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One more shot of the buffet:
I love the quotes they've been putting on the cups for awhile now!
By the time we finished it was about 9:10 and the park was officially open. We wandered around Echo Lake looking at the holiday decor - I think HS has the best. Here's one of my favorite pictures:
Hi Gertie! I had wanted to get on TOT and RNR before leaving but since we wandered, the lines were already over 40 minutes by 9:20 when we were ready so we called it a morning and went back to SSR.
The kids were awake and Ricky was feeling better. They both showered and so did I (that's right, I jumped out of bed and hit HS dirty!) and went to DS as our park plans weren't for later that evening. After doing some shopping we were hungry again and of course the boys were so we hit our favorite DS lounge, Jock Lindsay's!
I got my Jock's go-to:
Cool-headed Monkey
Starr African Rum, Van Der Hum Tangerine Liqueur, fresh Lime Juice, Watermelon, and Pineapple Juice
I don't think I need to tell you what Steve got..........
I LOVE the cool headed monkey and told Steve next time we go I want to buy the cup! But now I also want to try the Reggie's Revenge:
Reggie's Revenge
Florida Cane 'Orlando Orange' Vodka, Midori Melon Liqueur, White Cranberry Juice, and fresh Lime Juice
So Mamma's going to have to get both when we hopefully get there in Sept
We had been here before but the boys hadn't, we gave them suggestions for a couple things we'd enjoyed in the past including these:
Sadly they are no longer on the menu; on our last visit we asked why they were taken off and our server laughed and said every person who had ever ordered them and returns asks the same thing! These are basically the wonderful Disney potato barrels (or tater tots as they are more affectionately known) and fried cheese curds which are equally delicious to their lighter colored counter parts. In fact Steve and I would fight over the cheese curds because inevitably they would be gone first and that's what happened on this day so we ended up getting a 2nd order!
All 3 guys got these which Steve had gotten on previous visits:
Snakebite Sliders
Gourmet Beef Sliders with Tomato-Bacon Jam, House-made Pickles, Shredded Lettuce, and Cheese
Nice! Had no idea that would be upside-down, sorry! I had these for the first time in February of this year and I agree with their thoughts on this day: some of the smoothest, most melt in your mouth sliders I've ever tasted. The tomato bacon jam is to DIE for, seriously. Thank goodness these are still on the menu!
Chris and I also shared an order of something else not currently on the menu:
OMG why???? Anyway I can't find a full description but these were Nang Tao popcorn chicken bites with spicy popcorn and boy, if anything spicy ever stood up to its name it's these things, including the popcorn! Chris and I love spicy but our mouths were BURNING. Luckily I had that cool headed monkey to help.............................
These few small plates hit the spot and the kids enjoyed their first visit to Jocks; we sat outside as we have on all visits so you can watch some water craft and some amphicars too. We had a TS dinner later so we didn't want to be too full but it didn't stop the boys from doing something else new to all of us before we returned to our resort:
I'd talked about making your own treats at Goofy's Candy Company forever but we never seemed to get there, and after me bringing back the the rice krispie treat I'd made there earlier in the trip they were bent on doing it. It's fun to watch your creation being made and even more fun to eat them! Ricky ended up finishing his that night but we had to leave half of Chris's behind when we moved resorts the next day. But they were happy to have done it and I'm always happy to give them something new to do in Disney!