When I think about the magic of Disney, I immediately think about all of the minutest details that they include in everything. Think about the lobby of the Tower of Terror - all of those artifacts and cobwebs and dust were painstakingly planned by Imagineers and placed by an expert crew. Think about Main Street in the Magic Kingdom - where every building facade is detailed with it's own unique identity that fits perfectly with the theme - they're not just random buildings placed there that sort of look alike. I even read somewhere that Disney's costume department even makes their own unmentionables for all of the Princesses. Something that will never, ever been seen by anyone, but they feel needed to be there to fit the theme.
That's why I was shocked
shocked! to see this:
I was heartbroken! Everything I thought I knew about Disney and their attention to detail was shattered! Is life even worth living anymore? Should I turn in my Mouse Ears and buy a season pass to Universal Studios?
Yes, my perception of Disney was ruined by two out of place tiles on floor of the men's bathroom outside the Art of Animation. But then I thought about it for a second... (Que Flashback sequence)
Several years back Bambi and I took the Segway Tour at Epcot. The guide would take us around World Showcase, pointing out various bits of trivia along the way. One of the things he pointed out was the tile mosaics on the archway in Morocco. He told us that it is Islamic custom to purposely insert some defect in the work - an upside down tile or perhaps several in the wrong place. They intentionally avoid perfection because they believe that only Allah is perfect.
Perhaps the Imagineers that designed this particular bathroom floor
intentionality did that! They felt that Walt's work was perfect, so they had the construction crew misplace those two tiles in respect to Walt! Anyway, Plus 2 Internetz points to the first person to pick out the two defects in the picture above. One is pretty easy to spot, but the other takes some work. Ironically, it was the harder one that I first saw. I didn't even see the glaringly obvious one until I started looking at the picture later.
Anyway, after taking care of business in there, I rejoined everyone else over in line for Lotso. Like I said before, he was off in the parade. We had set up camp to be first in line to see him when he got back.
And just like in the movie, he's a hugger!
And yes, he does smell like Strawberries!
On our way out of the meet and greet area, we noticed the line for the Incredibles was fairly short, so we hopped in.
Kayden got a big hug from Mrs. Incredible...
...and really seemed to enjoy it!
While Mrs. Incredible went over to sign his book, Mr. Incredible decided to show Kayden just how strong he was.
He decided to demonstrate by doing a few push-ups. Kayden figured that any super hero can do push-ups, but Mr. Incredible should be able to do extra hard push-ups with no problem. So he added a little extra weight...
The big guy was pretty surprised by this, but powered through one push-up.
After wrapping up out little workout, we ventured outside and found Handy Manny.
It was about this time that Madison wanted to see Voyage of the Little Mermaid show again. Not
again like
again today, but just
again as in more than one time ever. It's a pretty cool show the first time you see it. It's really neat times 2 through 4. Times 5 through 7 it's an OK show. Anything after that...
Bambi, Evan and I chilled out on a bench while the rest of the party took in the show.
We reconvened afterwards for anther ride on Toy Story Mania (thank you Fast Pass!). I rode with Madison this time, but couldn't top my score from this morning.
It was getting to around dinner time and we had no plans. We kind of figured on just getting counter service but we all felt like sitting down and having someone else bring our food. However, it seems like everybody else in the park had the same idea. I ran to 50's Prime Time, Sci-Fi and Mama Melrose to ask at the podium and use my wit and charm to convince the host or hostess to find us a table. Clearly my wit-and-charm-inator was on the fritz because they all turned me away.
We ended up a Pizza Planet which appears to be where everyone else that couldn't get table service went. The place was absolutely packed. Kaylene spotted a family just starting to clean up and head out so she stalked their table and pounced as soon as they stood up.
Since we were using the dining plan, we all got dessert. I thought the Mickey Crisped Rice (don't all it Rice Krispie!) treat on a stick looked good. (We are from Wisconsin, after all. Our State Fair boasts of more than 60 foods on a stick, including deep fried apple pie, chocolate covered bacon, deep fried PB&J, deep fried Mac and cheese, deep fried cheese cake, and fruit kebabs.
Hey! Who let that healthy one in there? Send him back to Illinois!)
Anyway, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Mickey Crisped Rice treat?
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