Day 3 Part 1 - Blizzard, AK, Boma, MGM
By our commando Disney standards, day 3 was a sleep in day... the alarm didn't go off until 8 since we didn't have to be to Blizzard Beach until 10. We had a quick breakfast of bagels and cream cheese in our room before driving to Blizzard Beach (oh look, there's Coronado Springs again!).
(I left the cameras behind so unfortunately there are no BB pictures. I wish I had stashed one in the locker so I could take a few pictures of the park before we left.)
After arriving at BB and getting our stuff stowed in a locker, I wanted to head straight for Summit Plummet, but since Lease isn't any fan of speed slides, I decided I would save it for later (big mistake!) and we headed for the ski lift to get to Teamboat Springs. We had to wait for another couple to show up since we couldn't ride it with just 2, so I had a chance to tell Lease all about the times I had ridden Teamboat with my family. Back then they allowed 5 people to a tube, and the extra weight made the turns far more exciting.. it felt almost like the tube was going to flip sometimes (and I'm sure it happened from time to time!). I remember the big U turn at the end.. the tubes would ride so high up the wall that the upper barrier on of the end of the turn was actually bent outward! Anyway.. eventually we found another pair to ride with and it was still a lot of fun, just very toned down from how I remember it
Lease obviously didn't have her notebook so I'm not sure what order we went in, but we did just about everything except the big 2 speed slides... spent some time in Cross Country Creek and did Downhill Double Dipper, Toboggan Racers, Snow Stormers, and several rides on Runoff Rapids (we both liked the dark tube the best!) We ended with a swim in Melt Away Bay before having a snack of mini-doughnuts with chocolate sauce (recommended by my sister, and very tasty!). We both felt sunburned so we decided to head back to the room. (Though it turns out we weren't burned, at least not by the sun. The spray sunscreen we were using had so much alcohol in it that it was burning us by itself!) I didn't get a chance to ride Summit Plummet because the line was very long (should have done it first thing).. a bit disappointing, but oh well.
Back at the room, we showered off the evil sunscreen and headed for Animal Kingdom! (Why look, it's Coronado Springs!)
Upon arriving, we headed straight for Expedition Everest. We were both VERY excited to get our first taste of this ride!
We had an early ADR for Boma, so we were trying to get as much done as possible before dinner. We got to Everest after a few brief photo stops...
... and when we arrived, we were surprised to walk right on! We sat right in the middle of the train, and it was a great ride. I thought it was a little short overall, but still quite a ride and awesomely themed... 8 out of 10 in my book
Lease said she got a bit queasy during the backwards part in the dark, but loved it overall as well.
We got off and immediately got right back on since there was no wait. We sat in the same seats and it was just as much fun!
After EE, we had time for one more ride before we needed to leave for AKL, so we headed toward Dinosaur. I still haven't seen the Dinosaur movie, but Lease has and she enjoyed seeing Aladar out front. I knew what type of ride Dinosaur is (having ridden Indiana Jones at
Disneyland) but Lease thought for some reason that it was a slow, tame ride. I think she got more than she was expecting
I think she enjoyed it as much as I did, though. I love Indiana Jones in Disneyland and Dinosaur isn't quite at that level, but still a really great ride that we came back to several times during the trip.
We were both pretty disappointed with the Dinoland area of AK. It feels so... un-Disney. It reminds me of the amusement park 5 minutes away from our house in Utah.. why would I want to be reminded of that while I'm at WDW?
Dinner at Boma was so, so good. The butternut squash soup was recommended by our waiter and he knew what he was talking about. It was delicious! Like a bowl of warm pumpkin pie. We tried a bit of everything, even the salmon (neither of us are seafood fans). One thing we learned from Boma is to go easy on the main course and just pile on the dessert. The zebra domes were
wonderful, the chocolate mousse was great, and the flan was very tasty. It was all great! The only downside of the meal was the people at the table next to us. It was a family of three. Mom looked tired, Dad never put down his cell phone for the whole meal and the daughter who was maybe 5 was demanding attention by throwing a fit. She refused to eat, she refused to drink, and she didnt want to sit down. So Mom yelled while dad got more food. Dad came back, he yelled then went right back to talking on his phone while the child had a meltdown.
Boma was my second favorite meal of the trip beneath California Grill, and we ended up going back in January
Very full of tasty food it was on to MGM for a few rides and Fantasmic.
We went straight to the Tower of Terror... the line was short, and the ride was great! Probably my second favorite ride as a kid, and a favorite of Lease as well, it was really awesome to ride again. The random drops were new to both of us, so it was great to ride again for the first time.
After ToT, we walked past the closed for refurb Rockin Rollercoaster...
... and then headed to find seats for Fantasmic ...
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day 3 part 2!
Getting some knitting done (couple pair of baby booties for friends) and realizing that heavy pain medication may be the only thing that could make daytime TV bearable. 
It can also result in some rather creative takes on the construction of a baby bootie.
More updates coming soon.. I actually have many more pics ready to go and more on the way very soon as Lease really wants to start scrapbooking our trips.
