Nighttime Magic, Part 2
After the Laugh Floor we decided that we both really, REALLY wanted to ride Space Mountain. I think the line was 25-30 minutes, so we grabbed a set of Fastpasses for later (that we never ended up using) and hopped in line just as Wishes! was starting. The wait wasn't terrible but we did have 3 super annoying girls behind us, so that kind of sucked. And my foot was starting to hurt again after feeling pretty normal all day.
Ugghhhh.
Space was fun though! Luckily those girls didn't end up in our rocket.
Hellooooo
After Space we headed back to Fantasyland and got on the Little Mermaid ride, which was a walk-on. This was kind of interesting because the party behind us had a service dog (a beeyooootiful Bernese Mountain Dog). For whatever reason we'd been talking about service dogs the previous day, and I had wondered out loud what happens to the dogs when their owners go on rides. Do the Cast Members just have to hold their leashes? How does that work?
Well, we got our answer. The dog actually got INTO the clamshell with its owner, laid down, and went through the whole ride!
I was really surprised by this. Still doesn't explain what would happen on, say, Rock 'n' Roller coaster, but it was interesting. :scrathin
"And do I help them? Yes indeed."
At some point this evening we decided to check out Enchanted Tales with Belle. No pictures because the idea of taking pictures of someone else's kids sort of creeps me out. We waited maybe 20 minutes, and wow...this show was sooooooo cute. I know people give this attraction a hard time, but we thought it was great. The mirror effect was really cool and the kids had a great time. Our favorite little honorary Cast Member was the kid that played the Beast. He was maybe 8-10 years old and was totally into it when he just had to roar at Belle. But when it came time for Belle and the Beast to dance...oh man. The look on that kid's face was priceless. It was like he was being quietly tortured and was counting down the seconds until it was over.
Hilarious!
So while I don't think we'll do this attraction on every trip (though we CERTAINLY will when we have a kiddo of our own
) we think it's a great example of something that sets Disney apart from other theme parks. Thumbs up from us!
By now it was about 11PM and my foot was hurting more and more as the night went on.
I was back to walking extra super slowly with a noticeable limp. Maybe a delicious snack will help?!
Will got a hot dog with fries at Casey's - first time either of us have gotten anything from there. (I had a bite and it was gooooood!) Then we headed to Main Street Bakery. I got a Starbucks hot chocolate (anti-Starbucks folks can hate all you want, it was delicious
) and a chocolate peanut butter cupcake.
This wasn't bad, but it wasn't very good either...nothing special about it. I was disappointed. I still ate the whole thing though.
Maybe this mediocre cupcake was the Ghost of Walt Disney's way of punishing me for buying Starbucks on Main Street.
Hmm...
By now it was about midnight and we were ready to call it a day. We slowly headed toward the park exit.
I think we had a bit of a wait for our bus, and this was a low point in the trip for me. I was so tired and so frustrated with my stupid foot (and, let's be honest, a little sad that we were going home tomorrow
) that I was practically in tears at the bus stop. Not good.
Last full day up next!
My biggest regret of this trip, besides the injury, is that we didn't make more time for Food & Wine. I won't make that mistake again!
)
POG juice + booze...you just can't lose there.
