Yesterday afternoon after Grumpy and Goofy got back from fishing in the gulf, we decided to see if Sci-Fi had any openings. I went online and found one for 4:05pm. Grumpy was too tired from waking up early to fish so he took a nap instead.
As we entered DHS, Anakin spotted a street actor. He was a police man with a banana in his gun holster. This tickled Anakin as he tried to figure out the logic of a banana. He couldn't figure it out, so he asked him why he has a banana? He was told it's in case there is any monkey business! That went so far over his head. And required explanation later. He told the police man that he didn't get it.
The policeman spotted Agent P on Anakin's shirt. He asked us if we've seen Phinneas and Ferb. He told us where to go to see them and that they were there 'til 7pm.
We were booking it to our ADR because we were really cutting it close. We had a police escort up to the hat, when he turned around and told us to have a great meal and he hoped we would see Phinneas and Ferb.
Checked into Sci-Fi, sat down and our name was called right away!
I wasn't in the mood for substantial food. Instead I got the high calorie, good stuff. Spinach and artichoke dip with chips and the cheese cake with treats. Goofy got a burger. Anakin got pizza and apples. I got the unlimited refills vanilla coke and Goofy got the unlimited refills cherry coke. Anakin got milk.
The spinach and artichoke dip was very good! Either I was hungry or they changed how they made it. It tasted better than I had remembered.
The cheesecake with treats was sooooooo disappointing. Years ago it came with caramel corn, M&Ms, a caramel syrup. This time it said cheesecake with treats, with raspberry sauce. I don't know where the treats were? And it was a cheesecake alternating layers with red velvet cake. That was not on the description in the menu! I was disappointed in the dessert.
I had to separate the cakes since I can't eat chocolate and there is chocolate in the red velvet cake. The whip cream was good. The cheesecake was dry. It wasn't easy to swallow. It definately needed the raspberry syrup AND The whip cream. The red velvet cake did not feel moist at all.
I wish I had a picture of the old version of the cheesecake and treats. I took a pic of the new one. I feel badly now for recommending it to so many people. I didn't realize it changed.
Next up was Toy Story Mania. No pictures here. But we made an amazing discovery!!! Anakin was at the top of the steps. He was holding the railing with the same had as his glasses. He was clinging to the railing saying he was scared to do the steps. I took his glasses from him and held his hand. By this time the people in front of us were at the bottom of the steps. Anakin spoke "step, step, step, step..." and was able to place one foot on each step as he went down. He did this quickly and didn't double step any stair! Who knew that a pair of glasses could be so distracting?! I think the next time he needs stair practice we will head to Mexico and let him practice there with no Duffy in hand.
Next stop was Star Tours.
Would you believe this was the 3rd ride ever. We got the exact same loading dock, E, all 3 times. This time Darth Vader was the one looking for the rebel spy. The going backwards made me feel dizzy, but it was such a cool experience! We arrived in a new land for us. Can't remember it's name and Anakin is sleeping, so can't ask him. I'll call it Wookieland. Again we saw General Akbar, and for the 3rd time in a row we went to Naboo.
We had forgotten about the Phinneas and Ferb Meet and Greet. It was 6:30 so we didn't know if they still would be out there. We prepared Anakin that there was a possibility they were not allowing people in line. That we didn't want crying if we couldn't get to see them. We would try another day if it didn't work out. He said he could do that.
We got there and there was a HUGE queue!! Maybe HUGE isn't strong enough to describe this line. It was still opened and the line was in the shade! It was 96 degrees outside with a higher heat index, so it still felt hot.
The cm attending to the queue gave an announcement that they had 7 more minutes. I was having trouble hearing her over the people in the queue. But she heard me ask Goofy what she said. She heard me and came over to us. She welcomed us to the Phinneas and Ferb meet and greet and told us it would probably be a 40 minute wait from where we were standing.
We tried to talk Anakin into another day trying it, but he really wanted to see Phinneas and Ferb. We told him it was unsafe for him to stay in the heat for 40 minutes. She suggested one of us take him in the store to cool off and that she would go get them when it was our turn. Anakin liked that idea, so they went in the store. She was doing a great job of keeping up the line moral!
She stopped by me a couple more times. We began talking about James Arnold Taylor being able to make the noise of Perry. I asked her if she saw his voice show during SWW. I told her we missed it, since Anakin can only do a little chunk of Disney parks at a time. She said it was great, she had seen it. She asked if it was the sun or the heat that bothered Anakin. I explained how heat was one of his seizure triggers. We talked a bit more about being an annual passholder.
Phinneas and Ferb had to leave and she came back to me as they were leaving. She asked me to get out of line and follow her. She offered to go get Anakin and Goofy, but I knew where they'd be so I got them. She made magic happen, as she took us to a shady spot by the wall. Another cm met us there. He asked if we were the family she had told him about. He said we like to take care of our annual pass friends. He instructed Veronica, our new cm friend to stay with us. She said we would be their special family who gets to see P&F first.
I was expecting a show with dancing and songs as I had seen on other posts. But I guess that has changed. They came out and went right over to us! Hugging Anakin first then all of us. Ended up getting pics of all of us together for once! I was so appreciative to Veronica and the other cm's who sprinkled some pixie dust!! Definately going to praise her through guest comments online!
It truely was THE BEST DAY EVER!!
hope his tests go great!
