It was still an hour to go before our ADR, we decided to try the Great Movie Ride. It was a short wait, and should get us to the Sci-Fi at a decent time around our ADR.
This was a ride that LG loved!! I always enjoyed it, and why not we watch a TON of movies...she did get a little freaked out at the Alien spot and the whole shoot out scene and switching of the drivers caught her off guard too. She wouldnt admit, but she was and even made the comment that Chance wold of been scared by that!
After checking with Billie to see how things were going for them back at the resort, we were off to Sci-Fi. Bill said that Chance was asleep and had slept most of the afternoon, as her as well, and they were going to eat at the Contempo in a little bit after he woke up. I told her our agenda for the rest of the day and when we should be back.
Once we reached Sci-Fi...
...there were plenty of people waiting outside with pagers, so I was a little afraid the wait might be awhile. And when a group of 10....yes, 10! without a reservation checked right before me, I figured it was going to be a decent wait.
Informed the front desk that our reservation only had 2 instead of 4,
And we began our wait....enjoyed the wait staff announce the names by saying.."now parking....Smith family" and one of the wait staff spoke very broken English, she was Asian, and it was very hard to hear her. You could see everyone look at each other when she spoke with the "what did she say" look. It usually took a couple times for her to find the party she needed.
After about a 15-20 minute wait, which wasnt awful, we were in....
Lots of quesions from LG here....
What's Intermission? and plenty more about the things that were being shown on the big screen, and just general Drive-In questions on how it all worked. Now, I went to some Drive-In movies as a kid in our town, but not a lot and I was probably 10 the last time I went. So, it did take me awhile to think about it and it very much resembled the Drive-Ins and thought it was a very cool place.
When I booked our ADRs for this trip, I did my best to pick places that everyone would enjoy, but also specific ones that I thought one might like more than the other. Like this one for example...We are very basic eaters. Seemed like a menu that we would all enjoy, and thought Chance would totally dig eating "in" a car. But that all went out the window this morning when half of us went back to the resort.
Again, I was awful about taking food pics for the most part, but I know I had the Bacon Cheeseburger and Shake....both very delicious indeed. Poor LG had the mac and cheese I believe. Sometimes the kid menu choices are not much at all, she wasnt thrilled with the choices and was slowly getting tired and I have to admit that I was a little too. It was just that dark and relaxing in there...and add in the fact probably a little lack of sleep from getting up early too. Plus, I get the play old movies thing, but t was boring LG to death...
At least they played some cartoons between movies and one was a Tom and Jerry, which has been a huge hit in our house lately...
And this brings me to our server....he was really, really good. He saw me taking pics with my phone and after we had finished and before we brought our check, he offered to take our pic with it....
Not too bad in the dark with the iPhone....and this brings me to the part I have to explain some with what happened before we left and affected the rest of the trip, well at least during times like this, that I felt awful about and absolutely hated....hated...
Tips...
sigh....
If you remember, credit cards are gone and have been cancelled. Including Debit card, so there is no charging abilities on our KTTW cards.(We sked the front desk if we could write a check for cash, but we couldnt) Very limited cash, especially after using it to pay for the hotel in KC. And now today, Billie has left and with her, her purse. I have yet to buy a wallet and when the left, she took whatever cash we had with us, with her. I only carried the KTTW card and limited gift card on me. We had to make sure to have something left for the way back in case of an emergency situation...so we had to pass on tips....sorry
We will have to really take care of our servers the next time we go.
So, this wonderful server got a whopping nothing from us....I still feel terrible about it...and to make it even worse, LG thought she left her sunglasses when we were almost outside, so we went back to check the table while he was finishing getting the table cleared and surely noticed the big fat nothing for the tip....and it ended up that she had lost her sunglasses somehwere else...d'oh!!
Afterwards, the time had come to use our FP for TSM and we were about 10 minutes early...and if you remember, had 4 FP and now there was just the 2 of us....
What to do, what to do....I explain the situation to LG and she wasnt following me at first. We can use our FPs for us, ride and then still have 2 FP's...she figured it out..."and then we can ride AGAIN!!"
Yes, orrrrrr......
"give them to someone else???"
"Yep...what do you want to do??""
She decided to give them to someone else....so proud of her sometimes. I really didnt have to do any arm pulling for her to decide. So, I go stand at the stand by entrance, which is by the FP entrance and Im looking for 2 people going in. While Im standing there the FP return CM saw me with the FPs and wanted to see them and told me I had to wait 10 minutes....
I know, just looking to give this away to someone else.
She said that if I couldnt find anyone she could just take them...ummm, no. That would be a complete waste...
Eventually I saw a guy in a Cardinals hat with his son walk up to stand by, and then ask about FPs...of course they tell them theyre all gone, so I tell him about my extra 2, when he can go in, and talk some Cardinal baseball as well and he was from STL and was also at Game 7...too cool. Small world stuff. He was very appreciative and thanked us several times.
When it was finally time to go in, LG says she is a little disappointe to not see Mr. PotatoHead while in line, but is glad we dont have to wait.
and our scores!!!
I kicked her butt!! LOL!!! But what an absolutely fun ride....
With this, it was time to head back and see the rest of the fam. They were starting to get bored...
Well, I let LG choose the mode of transportation back. It could be the bus back or boat over to Epcot and take the monorail from there back to BLT...and what would be faster??
So, what did she choose and how did THAT go???
We learned our lesson and quickly adjusted. I am sure you did the same...right? 
It truly gave perspective on how long it had been since your last trip.
He likes to remind us that he will be SEVEN next time we go! Wooooo- big guy! 
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Also sorry you had some jerks making inappropriate comments. I probably would have reminded them that children were present (and notified a CM if they retaliated). Some people forget that WDW is a FAMILY place. 
The food is cheaper, better concession, and you can bring your OWN food if you want! We usually get some snacks and sodas and put in a cooler to enjoy. The only thing I hate about our local drive-in is the restrooms. The ladies room has two stalls (I heard men have a stall and a "wall"). So lines to potty are LONG ... and no FPs available. 
