We got another late start and missed breakfast, so we headed straight to DCA to the Pacific Wharf Cafe, where (seriously, we truly did more than eat and hang out at the Cove Bar during our trip, I SWEAR) John got the clam chowder bread bowl, and I got the Sonoma Chicken Salad bread bowl. I forgot to get photos.
I did get a photo of the all-female mariachi band, however
After lunch, John....go ahead and guess....needed something back at the room - SHOCKING - so Natalie and I headed over to Screamin' where we rode twice and then a third time when we John rejoined us.
Next, we decided to let John experience It's Tough To Be A Bug, since he had missed it the first time around. He agreed that it is pretty cute!
After ITTBAB, we grabbed ToT FP's, and then thought we'd take in Monster's Inc. I've only ever been on the ride twice in my life, but am I crazy? Or does it smell like ginger when you're inside the sushi restaurant scene in the ride? John thought he smelled it too, but I've never read anything about that on here before.
After Monster's Inc., we ran into none other than Sully! Of course Natalie had to get a photo with him.
After we said our goodbyes with Sully (well, we said our goodbye, he didn't say anything), to the Animation Academy to check out the zoetrope, and then we did a few drawing classes. We drew Piglet and Pooh. I absolutely adore the Animation Academy.
By now, it was time to redeem our ToT FP's!
By now, we parched (quiet!) so we thought we'd check out the Al Fresco Lounge upstairs from WCT. What a lovely little oasis! It was practically empty, no kids, other than Natalie, which means it was very quiet, great service, win win win.
Stop taking my photo, Mom!
Nonsense! I'll never stop!
We thought we'd head back on over to
Disneyland and grab a quick bite near Space Mountain, which meant Pizza Port. NOT one of our finer decisions. The place was wall-to-wall people, and the food was bad. Really, really bad.
I forgot to mention that there were no Space FP's available, and we were not about to wait in the insane standby line, so we decided to take a break from all of the hoards and took the monorail to DTD so Natalie could play some more games at ESPN Zone. While we waited for the monorail, we had a nice view of the fireworks.
We played at ESPN for a bit...
...and then we decided the crowds had hopefully died down enough to give the park another shot.
When we walked up to the monorail, we asked one of the CM's if we could ride in front, and she told us we had to ask the driver WAAAAAAAAY at the other end and if we didn't hurry, someone else would get there first. So we hustled all the way over there and the sweetest gentleman saw us coming and said "Don't worry...I'll block anyone else from getting here!"
Sure enough, we asked the driver if we could sit in front and she was happy to oblige. That was a first time ever for us and it was SO COOL. We decided she has the coolest job in Disneyland.
Once we left the monorail behind us, we made our way to Fantasyland where it was nice and quiet...everyone else was off watching Fantasmic! And we made another very exciting discovery: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was finally open for the first time since we'd been there! Natalie was ecstatic!
And then we rode Dumbo...
And the Storybook Land Canal Boats...
And then it was time to head back to the hotel. That still didn't stop me from firing off a few last shots along the way, however!
And on the way out, Natalie decided she wanted to give Gibson Girl a chance to redeem themselves...and they delivered. She was a happy girl.
Up next....day 10
Meanwhile, the stupid woman in question was off, yapping on her cell phone on Main Street, but no one knew that the yappy woman on Main Street was connected to the abandoned stroller baby until she finally stopped yapping and came back to the line. She wasn't even looking back to be sure the baby was okay. She had her back to where the line was as she stood on Main Street, so anyone could have run off with this child.
I know - we're two of the lone Naples supporters! We have to stick together!
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Even though you had a rocky (or maybe I should say snowy) start, sounds like you all had a wonderful time! Loved all your photos.
The colors are so crisp! The ones that stood out to me in particular are allll of your food pictures & the ones that you took outside of the Tiki Room. They are amazing! I am sure that you have answered this before but what kind of camera do you use?
