OK first off my update on Pete...he is totally MIA today - I almost went and put up some "lost giraffe" posters...but didn't have time. And the only "good" picture I have of him is one where he is hiding behind a tree (I think he was trying to initialte a game of hide and go seek, however it was far too hot, so instead I hung out on my patio with a glazed look in my eye for a while).
So tonight I have to section this off, cause there is just too much to cover...
The Food
Back to Kona I went this evening, this time for Sushi. I'm not uploading pics tonight, cause I still have to organize and catalogue my owners locker and I'm beat...but I had the BEST tuna I have ever had - it was the Poke Salad from Kona - basically a raw tuna salad on some kind of amazing chips (I'm sure their menu did a better job of explaining it) - while eating it I kept thinking of the food network show "the best thing I ever ate". It was that good! I also had some kind of Spicy Tuna Rolls which were awesome, excpet there were raw carrots in them which I found too tough when mixxed with the tuna...great flavors though!
Some Funny Random Kelly Observations and Thoughts
OK so I hope I don't make anyone mad with these but it just has to be done....
1. A lady on the bus said "when I looked at the maps and stuff while planning my trip I thought all the parks were connected with walking paths and stuff...I was surprised they have highways!" Oh man I was cracking up inside at that one...it was pretty special.
2. I saw at LEAST 10 chidren over the age of 5 (I can't prove that they were over 5 but they looked it) with soothers in their mouths today!!! Are you kidding me? Is this normal or am I just nuts, cause it freaked me out!
3. There was a thread a while back about parade ettiquette, and I may get flamed for this because I am an adult (or by the above statement about soothers if YOU are one of those parents - lol....sorry to offend you if you are!). If a parent at any given time ASKS me if their child can stand in front of me, I will say yes. If you shove your FOUR kids on front of me, and one of them stands on my toes for most of the parade AND you stand behind me but put your arm out over my shoulder to VIDEOTAPE the parade I may stand there seething inside for the whole parade....just saying....
On that note -
Main Street Electrical Parade:
It was awesome...besides the fact that I waited for 1 hour 10 minutes (which I normally refuse to do and therefore don't see many parades) and had the interesting situation above to contend with. And by the way just for the record, she shoved her kids in front of me literaly 7 minutes before the parade after I had sat there for an hour...I wasn't happy at all with the behaviour if that isn't clear by now....The parade itself made me feel very nostalgic...it reminded me of being much younger and seeing it for the first time. In fact, correct me if I'm wrong but I think it IS the original with no changes (except maybe to lightbulbs).
I think I enjoy this parade more than Spectromagic. It's so retro feeling and sort of glamourous. I love the fact that it's basically all crafted out of Christmas Lights instead of fancy LED technology. The costumes are amazing - the whole thing basically rocked.
I honestly don't think I will ever make a 5 or 6 year old sit there for that long though....really if you don't tell them there is a huge fun parade and just go about your day riding the rides they really won't feel like they're missing anything. But watching a couple with their (probaby 2 and 5 year old) boys today - sitting for an hour (more really cause they were there when I got there, constantly telling them to sit down or they'll lose their seats and stop moving and be quiet, etc...I just thought, man I bet those kids would be having more fun than this on Jungle Cruise right now! Again just my oprinion - but I guess you guys are OK with that cause for some reason you're still reading!
Summer Nightastic
OK guys here it is. Had I never seen Wishes my mind would truly have been blown tonight....I tried really hard not to make comparisons in my head. But I am pretrained right down to where I stood to watch it (which is about 10 feet before casey's in the middle of the street - I basically refuse to watch Wishes from anywhere else - lol). For Nightastic I would recommend standing closer - there are some pretty great 360 degree fireworks but the effect is lost if you stand back where I was. All in all the show is epic...not kidding it was amazing.
I'll start with the cons:
-It's not Wishes.
-It didn't have the same soundtrack as Wishes
rotfl: OK I'll stop now).
-It was narrated by the fairy godmother (who I found hard to understand - although people were being loud) and Flora and Fauna...I wasn't a huge fan of the narration.
-It was lacking some of the finer elements of some other fireworks shows which I shall not name...like the timed fireworks with music and stuff...it didn't feel quite as in sync.
The Pros:
-In general it was an epic display of pure fireworks power!
-They hit 3 of my fav Disney classic songs/movies (A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes, Part of that World, and Beauty and the Beast)
-The part where the villains take over the castle was AMAZING - they actually somehow make it look like cannon balls are hitting the castle and blowing pieces off of it!
-During this same part they project a skull and crossbones on the castle which was awesome.
-There were some cool shaped fireworks...many of which I couldn't figure out - I'd have to watch it again...but during the "villain" sequence there were some skulls in the sky which were very cool.
-There was a good mix of traditional and non-traditional fireworks...like for example there were a couple that were almost like 3D shooting stars...it was very neat.
So all in all it was fantastic and I'm glad I got the pleasure of seeing it. But if they were considering dropping Wishes for this I would be sad. It just didn't evoke the same emotional response as Wishes for me....by the end of Wishes I normally have tears (silent ones, not "messy cry" ones) streaming down my cheeks - I just love the storyline...and they way it all plays out. I wasn't quite as caught up in the emotion of this show.
Speaking of emotion - the morning show at MK gets me all teary sometimes too...people must think I am insane.
And so I sign off for tonight with this:
A little magic, wrapped up in pixie dust....welcome to the place where dreams come truuuuue.....
Signing off - will add a few more pics when I get home, likely this weekend.
And by the way Candi - if I bring my laptop on my wedding trip and do a live trip report I'm not sure my husband to be would love that....
I have decided I'm going to start keeping a Disney Journal though to help me put these things together when I can't do them live. It's been fun - thanks for coming along on this adventure with me. I guess I wasn't so solo after all!
I have both boys and no FX this weekend...so running is out unless we are both pushing the monsters in the chariot!!! Love T
We have always found the folks at US Border Control to be a bit on the scary/funny side. 
