So now it is time for Mickey and Mulan to do RnRC. While they do that I take Goofy and Ariel to meet some characters. First Ariel decides her costume itches and decides to change. I had predicted this and brought some extra clothes in the backpack.
The first character greeting we come to is Woody and Buzz. The wait time is 25 minutes. Way more than I like to meet characters but we know it is going to get worse later. The park is really crowded. At least it is an air-conditioned area. This is a cute area to wait and the kids have fun playing with all the props in the queue. Goofy really likes the idea of strapping his sister to a rocket:
We have lots of photo opportunities while in line to meet Woody and Buzz:
Finally Goofy and Ariel get their picture taken:
Just before we got to the front of the line Mulan and Mickey called to say they were done. They go over and get some FP for Tower of Terror. We then and meet for lunch. Sorry no food pictures. We wanted to go to Pizza Planet but it was too far from our current location. We see that there are a lot of places to eat near the entrance of Beauty and the Beast so we eat there. It includes a turkey leg stand. Mickey and Goofy had wanted to try the turkey legs ever since they saw them featured on a Food Network episode that was about WDW food. I went to one of the stands and got chicken nuggets and fries. Mulan just wanted fruit and there was a fruit stand near. We also got a couple of orders of McDonald french fries. Everything was right next to each other and it worked out quite well. It is a very good area to eat if you need variety. By the way the turkey leg was very good. They had hoped to get another before the end of our trip but it wasnt to be.
After we are done getting our tummies full we head over to the Beauty and the Beast for the 12:15 show. We arrive just a little before noon. We have plenty of time to take pictures while we wait.
I am very glad that we got there early for the pre-show with 4 For a Dollar. They were very good and it is a shame they wont be performing there any more.
It is now time for the show. We enjoyed this one quite a bit but it sure doesn't beat the Lion King Show at AK.
Finally it is time to use our Toy Story FP. I think our return time was around 1:15. This is pretty darn late considering we got the FP at around 9:15. The stand by line was at 2 hours when we use our FP. As soon as we hand the CM our FP the ride breaks down. We have lots of time to take pictures while we wait.
It is about a ½ hour wait. We get bored since we have hardly had to wait in lines the entire trip.
We do the ride. It is a lot like Buzz only in 3-D. I know a lot people really like this ride but in no way is it worth a 2 hour wait. As a matter of fact no ride is worth 2 hours. I think with all the buzz (no pun intended) about this ride my expectations were too high. I actually think I liked the Buzz Lightyear ride at MK better. The rest of my family disagreed and I know that a lot of other people would disagree.
Just as we get off TSM it breaks down again. This is certainly enough TSM for us in one day. To me it wasnt worth all the extra effort it took for us to ride this attraction. As you may recall this was going to be a late sleep in day for us but we decided to get to the park early since this would be the only way we could ride TSM.
Next up is Tower of Terror. This is a fun attraction. I was expecting to see the outside more from this ride but it goes so fast. We decide we want to do this again and get another round of FP. Our return time was at 8:35. I know this because we end up not using them all and I saved the ones we didnt use. You can probably guess by the title of this update as to why we didnt use them all but I am getting ahead of myself now, arent I?
It is time to head back to the resort for our break. We arrive to find Mrs. Flabidee hanging out with the cotton candy we purchased from DTD.
I take Ariel and Goofy for a swim at the quiet pool. I am so tired at this point that I actually fall asleep for just a moment by the pool. I tell Goofy and Ariel we need to go back to the room and rest. Ariel gets the candy we purchased the day before at DTD. I am too tired to pay attention or care how much she is eating. For some reason my motherly DANGER instinct doest kick in as it should.
It is time to head back to HS. Goofy changed into his new shirt he got from Expedition Everest and wants a picture.
We get to 50s Primetime Café just in time for our 5:40 ADR but they say there is a wait. I ask if it is ok if we walk around for a bit and I am told no. They dont give buzzers here and they will yell for us. Mickey takes Mulan and Goofy with him to get FP for Star Tours. Finally after waiting quite a long time we get called. Our waiter is Uncle Dale. He is very funny. He gives Ariel a hard time about loosing her tooth on such a dangerous ride like Spaceship Earth. The food here was just ok in my opinion. I had the Pot Roast. Mine is better but it was nice to have something that was close to a home cooked meal at this point. Mickey had the salmon. He made no comment one way or another if he liked it. I didnt think it looked that great. It had some kind of sauce on it with peas. I hate peas so of course I wouldnt like it. Goofy had fried chicken which he liked. He loves fried chicken. Mulan had the steak. She says she has had better steaks and she has had worse. Ariel gets the hot dog. Ariel only takes one bite of the hot dog. Uncle Dale gives her a hard time about this. He cuts her off a piece and forces her to take a bite. She does it but then immediately lies down on the booth seat. Not a good sign.
Uncle Dale comes back and starts to give Ariel a hard time about not eating which is what he is supposed to do but I inform him that I dont think Ariel is feeling too well so he leaves her alone.
I didnt get any food pictures except for dessert.
My apple cobbler was very good.
Goofys sundae was so big but I think he managed to eat most of it which is impressive since he had a shake as his drink with dinner. He looks a little worried here:
My favorite dessert was Mulans smores. These were my second favorite dessert of the entire trip. So simple but so delicious. I dont know what they did different to these as they appeared to be nothing more than a graham cracker with a candy bar and then marshmallows on top along w/ a little extra chocolate syrup as a garnish but they were so very good. I hope to try and copy this desert at some point at home. As a matter of fact when I am done writing this I am going to the store. I think I will add graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows to my grocery list.
After dinner Mickey, Mulan and Goofy head to TOT. Ariel and I walk around. Ariel is saying that she cant walk any farther and wants to go to the resort. We stop and rest somewhere around New York Street. It was kind of eerie as there were not very many people. I think maybe it would be worth it to
rent a stroller. She says that that she would stay if we could rent a stroller. I find someone to tell me where to get one and they say it is up front at the entrance. Ariel cant walk anymore and I cant carry her. I suggest that we go and watch a nice quiet movie, One Mans Dream. We get inside the theater after about a 5 minute wait. I decide it would be a good idea to sit next the exit. The DANGER motherly instinct kicks in. After about 5 minutes of the movie about Walts life my prudence of sitting next to the door pays off as Ariel starts making that dreaded retching sound that is way too familiar to both parents and drunks. We high tail it out of there just in the nick of time. I dont think Walts dream included vomit in his theater.
After we pull ourselves back together Mickey calls saying they are done. We meet at the hat and we decided that Mickey will be the one to take Ariel back to the resort. He takes the camera with him so these are my final pictures of HS in this update:
After they leave we use our Star Tours FP. We give the two extra away. Mulan and Goofy thing I am crazy but I explain the importance of sharing the magic. Nice ride but nothing to get excited about. We then use our TOT FP. We see they are giving wrist bands at the hat. The line is huge. Goofy remembers seeing that Prince Caspian is still open. We thought it closed early for some reason. While we wait he runs over there to see. The line moves really fast thought and we already have wrist bands before he gets back. Turns out there is no waiting for Prince Caspian but then I remember there is no Prince Caspian it is really just the trailer for the movie. Mulan thinks Prince Caspian is hot. Minnie thinks Mulan has good taste and we will settle for the fake Prince Caspian. We decide that it just isnt worth it though for the trailer only. Earlier the wait was 40 minutes so there must be a lot of people that think Prince Caspian is hot and will settle for the fake one.
Since everything else we want to do is open during EMH we decide to go see One Mans Dream. I think it will be good for the kids to learn about the man that is from our home state and had such a wonderful vision for the greatest marketing company in the world. They like it better than they thought.
It is just after 10:00 now. We head over to Fantasmic but we see that they reopened the FP machine for RnRC. We grab some FP first. It is almost 10:25 at this point. The show starts in 5 minutes. The walk to the theater is crazy crowded. Everyone seems to be pushing. We all hang on to each other so we dont get separated. We get to some of the last few seats about a minute before show time. We of course enjoy the show quite bit. All the water and fire. It was amazing! Towards the end Mulan says Is that a rain drop? I say no it is just mist from the water in the show. We feel some more. I start to pull out the ponchos just in case I am wrong. Boy was I wrong. Just as the show was almost over the sky opens up and there is a massive down pour. We throw on our ponchos and proceed to leave with the other 9,000 people that were there. It is a really slow wet walk. As we are leaving I see some poor woman with about a 5 month old infant in her arms walking in the down pour with no protection. I remember I have Mickeys poncho and have extras at the resort so I give her Mickeys. I hope it helped.
We finally are able to get the heck out of there. Mulan wore tennis shoes and her feet are soaking. She somehow drops her cell phone in the rain too. Parts go flying. Later we learn that she neglected to pick up the cover to her battery. Fortunately it still works without it. It isnt time for RnRC yet we go to Great Movie Ride but it has a half hour wait. We dont want to wait that long. So then we decide to see Muppet Vision 3-D but we get all turned around and cant find it. By this time we are wet and tired and we can use our FP. That is what we do and leave.
We get on the very crowded bus with a bunch of wet tired people. Fortunately we had the most entertaining bus driver yet. His name was Joel. He had us all laughing and singing the entire trip back home. If you have had Joel as your bus driver you are sure to remember him. Despite the fact that we were all wet and tired it was the most enjoyable bus ride of the trip.
Everyone is sound asleep when we get back to the room. Ariel must have started to feel better because they took this picture while we were gone.
Coming Next: Goofy hooks up with Drizella!
I really wish we would have had moretime to ride. 
I don't think there is anything anyone can do to avoid this type of thing. We did end up getting there just as the opening ceremony was finishing. 
Mickey tells me that she gets picked to go up there twice. I guess that $64 costume pays off. I am very happy that she got picked to be part of her favorite show. I sure do wish I could have seen it though. 
Mmmmm...I love those funnel cakes in MK, already on my list for our trip. However, I read somewhere that you can get cinnamon/sugar on them instead of powdered sugar which sounds heavenly so I will try that this time! 
. We had really hoped that the "excitement" would die down by the time we get there and the waits would be less and the FP crush would no longer be, but it doesn't seem that has happened yet on any report I've read. I really don't want to wait in a huge line for this one, but my oldest DS (4) is so excited for the ride. Even the rush for the FP in the early morning isn't sounding good for us - we will be with my MIL and SIL, neither of whom like to get up early and so getting to rope drop is a feat and neither of them will hurry off to get the FPs so that will be DH or I.
