Well, thanks for all your guesses about what we did that afternoon, everybody!! You all must know me pretty well, because lots of you guessed that we had a nap! That was totally my choice. BUT.....!!! Conan had other ideas!
He wanted to play mini-golf! In our little booklet of freebies we received when we checked in, there was a voucher for a free game of mini-golf, and we just had to put it to good use!! I'll admit it - we're mini-golf nerds. I grew up playing mini-golf with my Dad and brother every time we'd go on vacation. We played proper rules - you can't just whack the ball when you play with us - it has to be done very carefully and with the utmost of precision!
That afternoon though, I was pretty tired and really just wanted an afternoon nap. But as soon as I lay down, Conan jumped on the bed to give me a little shake-up and said, "YOU'RE IN DISNEY WORLD!!!!!" Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Sometimes you just need a reminder to make the most of things!! So we were off to mini-golf!!
On the way though, we had to fulfil another mission - to get some frozen coke from Pop Century!!! Conan looooves frozen coke and was devestated when he discovered the Wilderness Lodge didn't have any. We stayed at Pop in 2006 and frozen coke was probably the highlight of our stay at Pop. Hheheheee. That's terrible, but you know what I mean!
So we hopped in the car, and headed to Pop! It was actually nice to revisit again, and say hi to our first Disney resort. Awww, Pop!! It brought back lots of happy, fun memories!
No time to waste though - we were off to the food court area to snag some frozen coke!! We'd brought our refillable mugs with us, so we were armed and ready. Tadaaaaah!! Can't you see the look of excitement on his face!?
We enjoyed our frozen cokes on a chair overlooking the pool area outside. Nice!! It was pretty chilly, but look! There were a few brave people in the Pop pool! We tried not to point and laugh.
And yes, of course we went back for frozen coke seconds!!
Then it was off to Winter-Summerland Mini-Golf!! Yayyyy!!
I didn't realise how close it is to Blizzard Beach! It literally is right next door. We parked in the little mini-golf carpark, along with about 3 other cars, and headed in...
So we had to choose which side of the course we wanted to play - either Summer or Winter. Hmmm. We went with the Winter side - it reminded us of Blizzard Beach and it looked a bit more fun.
Hello Santa!!
All ready to play!
It was really quiet on the courses - perfect!! There were a couple of guys behind us and that was about it! The theming of the course was very cute - lots of wintery, Christmas fun.
Conan, of course, beat me. Bummer!! It was lots of fun though, and I'm so glad we went Disney mini-golfing instead of sleeping. It was something new that we'd never done, and it was a nice way to spend a chilly afternoon. We even contemplated playing the Summer course afterwards, but no. We decided to head back to our room for a rest before our big dinner at California Grill that night.
So we went back to the Wilderness Lodge, and rested, showered, and beautified ourselves for our dinner. We were really looking forward to our ADR at California Grill. Great food and great wine, what's not to like!!?
Hmmm. If you've read my dining reviews, you'll already know about our California Grill experience. Needless to say, it wasn't our favourite meal. In fact, it ended up being one of our least favourite meals. The food was good, but our server wasn't!! To put it nicely, it seemed like she would have been more at home serving at the Whispering Canyon Cafe. Hehehee, that's mean, but she couldn't answer any of questions about the food or wine menu - she just kept saying, "I've just returned from vacation, sorry!" Hehheee, alrighty then...
Our appetizers arrived right when Wishes was about to start too, so we had to choose - Wishes, or our appetizers!?! We decided to go outside on the balcony and watch Wishes, although we really couldn't see much anyway! For some reason, I'd imagined the balcony would be massive, but it was actually pretty small and everybody was squished in like sardines!! Oh dear! The music was pretty though. Wishes do come truuuuuuuue!
To top off our meal, our server took a blurry photo of us. Hehheee. Nice one!!
Anyway, it wasn't all bad. The food was nice and the wine was great - the atmosphere and service just wasn't what I'd imagined it to be! Maybe my expectations were too high?!
By the time we arrived home at the WL, we were pooped!! Dinner had lasted nearly 3 hours - whew! That's a marathon eating event. With full bellies, we were straight off to bed for a good night's sleep before our big day at Islands of Adventure!!
My boys are HUGE Simpsons fans, so we may have to fit it in soon!
Thanks for your guess!
We love to get churros in Mexico. There's just something about greasy, sugary, fried flour mixture!! YUMMMY!
