Rock On!! Because Devil Horns Do Belong at Disney. An Oct TR Updated 9/5 x10!

[marDgreen88]

Glad you had a nice breakfast with a fellow DISer! That was so sweet of her to give y'all an anniversary gift.

I've never even heard of that tour before, how cool!

 

[RGirl]

Awww - congratulations on deciding to make Remy part of the family. What a little sweetie he is!!!

Loved all your Disney gifts!

Whoa! That’s a lot of bears - so cute! Good luck with all the bear organizing!

How awesome that you were able to meet up with Ruthie! The Pepper Market food looks pretty good too. I remember Ruthie’s surprise from her report - although I didn’t really know who you were back when I read it!

The Wilderness Segway tour thing sounds like so much fun!

 

[RGirl]

Hey Ariana,

I was wondering whether you have ever posted photos of your whole Pluto collection. I am blown away by your bears - amazing! I would LOVE to see the Pluto collection if you have pictures. As you know, my DD and I are big Pluto fans too!

 

[emmysmommy]

I'm catching up yet again. Your adorable bears will have a new home. That's awesome that you have so many - how fun.

Yikes! A gator! I'd be looking for the mama gator if that's a baby. ha ha! I've heard that Disney does a great job monitoring the water for those critters so I guess I shouldn't worry too much.

Awww what a sweet meet up. How very thoughtful of Rosie.

The segways look like a lot of fun. What a great spot to enjoy the view and Bay Lake. Oops about the guides Segway. That wouldn't have been good if it ran into the lake.

 

[Pluto0809]

Just got home from work and have to be back 7pm to 7:30 am so please forgive no comments from me right now ...I send love and Happy New Year to you Ariana, Jim , 4 doggies and all our dis friends/family .....Bring on 2014 I am SO ready for a new year ....hey I have bears for you

No worries, I know you are busy! I hope you had a wonderful New Years!

The tour looks like fun. I always wondered how those Segways would be on the legs...now I know. You got some great photos, and the tour guide got some great ones of you too.

I wish you, Jim and all of your furbabies a VERY

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It was a lot of fun! I was suprised at how much my legs hurt riding the thing. I couldn't imagine riding one all day. Hope you had a wonderful New Year's too!

the tour looks pretty interesting! I gotta say, segways at FW seem interesting enough! I would think they'd do a walking one, or like, horseback one there lol!

Glad you had a fun time and learnt lots of stuff! Those horses are gorgeous! And great pin trades!

The tour was a lot of fun. I know you can go horseback riding at FW also. I used to ride a lot but after I broke my ankle I had to stop. My whole leg goes numb and then I have a hard time getting off the horse.

What an interesting tour! I'm glad you guys enjoyed it, looks like you got to see some cool things. And what a nice pin they gave you too! Have a Happy New Year!

We both loved the tour, it was very interesting! Hope your New Year was a good one!

HOw awesome! That tour looks great! And I am so proud of you for not running into anything - I know I'd either hit something, or drag something behind me. LOL

The views on the tour look great!

I cannot wait to hear the answer of your trivia question, I think I know it, but I am not certain.

So happy that Jim enjoyed the tour too... I hope that means he sees more to Disney than just the people and the parks - maybe he'll go back a little more frequently for you?

And finally - that is one AWESOME pin!!! How cool!

I hope you have a Happy New YEar~!

D~

I was really surprised at how easy the Segways were to ride and steer. I was slow at first but by the end was up to speed. I was mainly uncomfortable because it always felt like the thing was going to tip over. You have to lean forward to make it go. The guide told us there was no way you can tip over on one but I still didn't trust it.

Glad you had a nice breakfast with a fellow DISer! That was so sweet of her to give y'all an anniversary gift.

I've never even heard of that tour before, how cool!

The breakfast was really nice and we loved the gift that Ruthie got us! I had never heard of the tour either, it was a pleasant surprise from my Mom.

Awww - congratulations on deciding to make Remy part of the family. What a little sweetie he is!!!

He is quite the little sweetie. I was shocked at how fast he won both of our hearts.

Loved all your Disney gifts!

Whoa! That’s a lot of bears - so cute! Good luck with all the bear organizing!

Thanks, I'm going to need the luck! I haven't made it back in there yet. I was going to do some yesterday but I just could not get myself motivated.

How awesome that you were able to meet up with Ruthie! The Pepper Market food looks pretty good too. I remember Ruthie’s surprise from her report - although I didn’t really know who you were back when I read it!

It was a great meet with Ruthie and we did enjoy the food. I'm not much of a fan of breakfast foods but you can't beat Mickey waffles!

The Wilderness Segway tour thing sounds like so much fun!

I was a whole lot of fun!

Hey Ariana,

I was wondering whether you have ever posted photos of your whole Pluto collection. I am blown away by your bears - amazing! I would LOVE to see the Pluto collection if you have pictures. As you know, my DD and I are big Pluto fans too!

I am always willing to share pictures of my Pluto room, as a matter of fact I have a whole album of pictures! The pictures were taken about two years ago so I've added some to the collection since then. Here you go, enjoy!

Pluto Room

I'm catching up yet again. Your adorable bears will have a new home. That's awesome that you have so many - how fun.

Thanks, my Mom is really the culprit here, she buys them for me all the time!

Yikes! A gator! I'd be looking for the mama gator if that's a baby. ha ha! I've heard that Disney does a great job monitoring the water for those critters so I guess I shouldn't worry too much.

We never saw any others that week athough I did look every time we walked past the lake!

Awww what a sweet meet up. How very thoughtful of Rosie.

It was very thoughful of her and the meet was a lot of fun.

The segways look like a lot of fun. What a great spot to enjoy the view and Bay Lake. Oops about the guides Segway. That wouldn't have been good if it ran into the lake.

The tour was a blast! I was glad the Segway crashed and fell over before it went into the lake. Not sure what would have happened to the rest of the tour if we had to fish one out of the lake!

 

[Pluto0809]

The answer to the trivia question “What was the name of Donald Duck’s sister” from the previous post was Dumbella. The guide told us that Walt’s wife named her and that was the last time she was allowed to name a character.

When I realized we would only have a few hours in between our tour and dinner at Hoop De Do Revue at 6:15 pm I wasn’t sure what we would do during the afternoon. I had thought about mini golf but it was really hot again and I didn’t think it would be the best idea. We had been fine on the Segways because you got quite a breeze while riding. So instead, I decided a few hours at DTD would be better. The tour was over right at 1:30 pm and we took the internal bus to the front and then hopped on a bus to DTD. We had great bus luck and were walking into the Marketplace at 2:10 pm.

We went quickly through the first couple of stores but I had a particular destination in mind. I was starting to get hungry and knew I would never make it till 6:15 pm so it was time for a snack. We headed to Goofy’s Candy Kitchen. There was a bit of a line but that was OK because I wasn’t sure what I wanted. I went back and forth on a couple of different items but finally settled on this baby.



It was a special Halloween ghost cupcake. And Jim got…….









Nothing. Yep he actually entered that store and bought nothing. He said he wasn’t hungry plus he had eaten more desserts in the last few days than he normally did in a year and he was done with sweets for the trip. He really doesn’t eat desserts on a normal basis. So he sat and watched while I thoroughly enjoyed my cupcake.

We went quickly through Fun Finds and then headed to the pin store where we spent some time looking and posing. Well, Jim posed, not me.



I was hoping that the big pin board would be open but it was not. Someday I will catch it when it’s open! I also wanted to get the latest Disney Visa pin which was Monster’s University but it was sold out. Jim did manage to find a Pirates pin he liked. Here it is with his tour pin and three others he traded for some time during the day.



Next up was Trend-D. I was in search of a small black purse for the wedding in February. I wanted something that was subtly Disney. I didn’t find anything that week but I did get a pretty cute one off of Ebay when I got home.

We looked at Tampa Bay Buccaneers stuff in Team Mickey because that is Jim’s team but he didn’t see anything he liked. We moved onto Arribas Brothers where I agonized over all the Pluto stuff but couldn’t decide at that time what to get.

World of Disney was next and I could tell that Jim was getting tired of shopping. He started his “walk right behind me” crap. When he does that, he keeps running into me and stepping on my feet. So I kind of ended up moving faster through the store that I normally would. I was mostly looking for a Pluto shirt that was issued just for Food and Wine. Ruthie told me she got one at World of Disney so I spent a lot of time in the Men’s area looking for it. I even went back to the merchandising desk to see if they could find it but no luck. It had apparently sold out already. Luckily Ruthie saw it on Ebay and let me know so I was able to get it off of there after I got home.

Jim did see another T-shirt that he thought I should get and I did debate it for a while. I decided to wait because we were coming back to DTD on Friday and I could get it then. So what did I buy, because you know I didn’t go in that store and come out empty handed right?

First thing I picked up was a pin case. I have a glass fronted case on the wall in my Pluto room but it is almost full. Plus I’ve gotten a few pins lately that were not Pluto that I needed some place to put.



I found this cute magnet set and had to get it because it has Pluto.



A pen set because it has Pluto. I brought the rest to work and currently I am using the Daisy one.



And finally, I got this pin because it had Pluto and it was “A” for my name.



We hadn’t been to the Kitchen Store, Once Upon a Toy or the Christmas store at this point but I knew Jim was getting restless so I decided to skip them and catch them on Friday so instead we headed to the Lego Store so he could shop.

Jim was in absolute awe when we walked in the store! I snuck this quick cell phone picture of him as he was staring opened mouthed at the selection.



He went around and around the store several times and finally decided on a Back to the Future Set. He was excited.



Here’s a closer picture:



He also picked up some Star Wars Lego key chains.



Then Jim decided he wanted his picture with some of the Lego Statues.





Not sure why the Hulk didn’t rate Devil Horns.



It was about 3:30 pm at that point and too early to really head back to Fort Wilderness but Jim was pretty much done with DTD for the day. He decided that we needed to go back to the room and freshen up before dinner. I protested and said there wasn’t enough time but he insisted so off to the bus stops we headed. As you can imagine, I was a nervous wreck checking my watch every 30 seconds! Of course that was the time that Jim decided to take a picture of me on the bus.



I smiled there but inside I was freaking out, especially when we stopped at the West Side for a driver change and then again at Typhoon Lagoon. When we made it back to the resort, there was a huge bus backup so we decided to hop off at Stop 1 which is where the DTD buses stop first. On the walk back to the room we encountered another creature and I had to stop for a quick picture.



Despite my panic, we actually made good time and were back in the room by 4:15 pm. We freshened up and headed back out to the bus stop at 4:45 pm. We had great bus luck and waited only 5 minutes to catch a bus to MK. This was when I realized it was a MNSSHP night as there were a lot of people on the bus in costume.

There was a huge traffic jam getting into the MK but we still made it in line for a boat to FW at 5:30 pm. We were doing great, still had 45 minutes to make it to the Hoop De Do. But then we ended up waiting for 15 minutes for a boat to come. There were a ton of people waiting to go to the WL as well as FW and they loaded us all on one boat. We stopped at WL where we unloaded and then reloaded a bunch of people. I was getting seriously panicked at this point but then I overheard quite a few people on the boat saying they were headed to the HDDR too. That made me feel a little better because at least we weren’t the only ones running late. It ended up taking us 30 minutes to get from the MK dock to FW so it was right at 6:15 when we got off the boat. Jim and I did some speed walking and passed quite a few families so we ended up pretty close to the front of the check in line. They had just rung the dinner bell and started letting guests in so we were fine.

I was going to skip the photo before the dinner since we were running so late but there were still tons of people checking in behind us and there was no line for the photo. I’m glad we stopped as the photo turned out pretty well.



Up Next: Hoop De Do Revue

 

[wiigirl]

Awesome pics!

 

[KatMark]

I love all of your purchases...including the cupcake.

The picture of Jim at the Lego Store is a hoot.

I've never seen a snake at Coronado (only at the AK Lodge and at Old Key West).

Oh, and tell Jim...good luck with Lovie (he's the new head coach of the Bucs and our former coach ).

 

[RGirl]

Thank you so much for sharing the Pluto collection! I am blown away!!!! Amazing! You have some real antiques in there, don’t you? I can’t even begin to imagine where you could have found some of those things. Thanks for letting me have a peak!

Dumbella???? WOW - horrible!

The ghost cupcake was adorable!

Jim got some really cool pirate pins. I really want to do the pin-trading. I never seem to get organized enough to get it started though.

All the souvenirs you chose are so great. I love the magnets especially - I have a thing for Disney magnets.

Your HDDR photo turned out really nice. I can’t wait to read about HDDR - we have never done it, but I am convinced we will try it the next time we go to WDW.

 

[katt789]

Good finds on the shopping! Lots of pin related stuff, and Pluto of course! Lol.

Eck with the bussing situations, I tend to start freaking out, getting over to the HDDR always takes longer than I think it will and it's not cool, glad you got there and got your picture and everything though!​

 

[DMGeurts]

Great update! I cannot believe you left FW to go to DTD, then to your resort then back to FW! Wow - I'd be so nervous the whole time. BUt glad you made it back on time, and glad you had fun in between!

Loved all the lego pictures... and, of course, the cupcake picture.

D~

 

[PrincessInOz]

Sorry for the late arrival!

I've been incredibly blind on the TR section and only just realised you had a TR going as well. Better late than never, I guess.


Remy is so cute. Glad he's settled in and found a home with you. And that room of bears?

I love the picture of you, Jim and Ruthie. So nice when Dis friends meet in real life.

 

[oopsiDAISY]

I'm back!!!! It has taken me all day to get caught up on everyone's reports...and I haven't even replied to the comments on my own report yet! So many awesome updates.

I enjoyed keeping up with your Remy stuff on FB. He is such a cutie!! Glad your other babies have taken up with him.

What a great Dismeet with Ruthie! I didn't get to have any Dismeets while we were there in October, but was glad to get to have a Nashville meet later in the month.

Love the FW Segway tour...but really, could they not come up with a better photo op than that? Seriously, aside from the small peek at the Contemporary, there is really nothing special looking about the lagoon that says: hey, we are riding Segways at Disney...or even Ft. Wilderness. I would have been disappointed with that.

OMGOODNESS! Why have I never seen the Back to the Future Lego sets???? That is awesome...and such a great fit to Jim's personality!

Okay, I think I am pretty much caught up now...

 

[Chicago Mo]

HELLO!!!!
I have been following along on facebook and just LOVE remy!!! Congrats!!!
looks like he fits right in.
Happy Christmas went well and you scored some awesome gifts!!! Which set did Jim get for Christmas? Zack ended up getting like 8 lego sets for Christmas.. he is into the city stuff. i LOVE LOVE doing them they are so relaxing.. Zack won't let help anymore

I love the segway tour! we always joke we will take one around Chicago.. but we will be wearing pants up to our chins, flowers shirts, white velcro shoes and of course the biggest sun hats your can find... of course no outfit would be complete without adoring a fanny pack. with my camera around my neck.

i KNOW you are imagining this..

honestly i would fall flat on my face so i give you a lot of kudos for doing the whole thing.

your pictures again are AMAZING!!! great job!!!

Nice PINS!!! totally see a theme with all the pirate pins and Jim...
Love the pluto pins too!!!

So I was like on the bears! HOLY COW that is a ton of bears!!! I showed it to Meg... you are her HERO!!! and wants to live in that room!!!
So now that you showed your bear room... I have to ask about the Pluto Room...

I really must...

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIEND!!!

 

[Pluto0809]

I was planning on doing replies and an update today but as of right now I am sitting at my desk at work in the dark freezing because we have no power. I'm hoping the power comes back on soon or they send us home! I am trying to read everyone's TRs and PTRs but I need to get off my phone soon so I don't waste the battery. Hopefully I will be able to get back on the DIS later today or tomorrow.

 

[missangelalexis]

Sounds like a good time at DtD, love all your purchases!

Nice photo of the two of you before dinner

I am so sorry you are without power at work Hoping you get to go home!

 

[Pluto0809]

Awesome pics!

Thanks!

I love all of your purchases...including the cupcake.

The picture of Jim at the Lego Store is a hoot.

I've never seen a snake at Coronado (only at the AK Lodge and at Old Key West).

Oh, and tell Jim...good luck with Lovie (he's the new head coach of the Bucs and our former coach ).

Thanks, the cupcakes was very good!

That was the second time I've seen a snake at Disney. The first time was in Epcot near the Flower and Garden festival center.

Jim is actually ok with the new coach because he said anything is better than what they had.

Thank you so much for sharing the Pluto collection! I am blown away!!!! Amazing! You have some real antiques in there, don’t you? I can’t even begin to imagine where you could have found some of those things. Thanks for letting me have a peak!

You are welcome, I love sharing! I browse a lot of antique stores and also make lots of purchases off of Ebay.

Dumbella???? WOW - horrible!

I know, pretty bad, huh?

The ghost cupcake was adorable!

It was adorable and delicious!

Jim got some really cool pirate pins. I really want to do the pin-trading. I never seem to get organized enough to get it started though.

He did get a lot of nice pins. Once you start pin-trading it becomes addictive very quickly!

All the souvenirs you chose are so great. I love the magnets especially - I have a thing for Disney magnets.

Your HDDR photo turned out really nice. I can’t wait to read about HDDR - we have never done it, but I am convinced we will try it the next time we go to WDW.

You should definitely give it a try, it's lots of fun.

Good finds on the shopping! Lots of pin related stuff, and Pluto of course! Lol.

Eck with the bussing situations, I tend to start freaking out, getting over to the HDDR always takes longer than I think it will and it's not cool, glad you got there and got your picture and everything though!​

It wouldn't be me unless it was Pluto! The bus situation did freak me out a lot.

Great update! I cannot believe you left FW to go to DTD, then to your resort then back to FW! Wow - I'd be so nervous the whole time. BUt glad you made it back on time, and glad you had fun in between!

Loved all the lego pictures... and, of course, the cupcake picture.

D~

I know, it was a lot of bus time but it ended up working out as we had great luck. Well, other than the time on the boat, that took forever.

Sorry for the late arrival!

I've been incredibly blind on the TR section and only just realised you had a TR going as well. Better late than never, I guess.


Remy is so cute. Glad he's settled in and found a home with you. And that room of bears?

I love the picture of you, Jim and Ruthie. So nice when Dis friends meet in real life.

No problem, glad you joined in. I think I'm way behind on yours again, I've been too busy at work this week to keep up.

It was a lot of fun to meet Ruthie!

I'm back!!!! It has taken me all day to get caught up on everyone's reports...and I haven't even replied to the comments on my own report yet! So many awesome updates.

Glad you are back!

I enjoyed keeping up with your Remy stuff on FB. He is such a cutie!! Glad your other babies have taken up with him.

He is fitting in so well now it's like we always had him as part of the family.

What a great Dismeet with Ruthie! I didn't get to have any Dismeets while we were there in October, but was glad to get to have a Nashville meet later in the month.

One of these times I'm going to make it up for one of the Nashville meets!

Love the FW Segway tour...but really, could they not come up with a better photo op than that? Seriously, aside from the small peek at the Contemporary, there is really nothing special looking about the lagoon that says: hey, we are riding Segways at Disney...or even Ft. Wilderness. I would have been disappointed with that.

It really wasn't a professional photo op. One of the guides just used my camera to get the picture. There were actually a few people in our group that didn't even get their pictures taken at all!

OMGOODNESS! Why have I never seen the Back to the Future Lego sets???? That is awesome...and such a great fit to Jim's personality!

Okay, I think I am pretty much caught up now...

The Back to the Future set was in the "hard to find" section of the store so maybe that's why you haven't seen it before. Jim loves those movies so it was a perfect set for him.

HELLO!!!!
I have been following along on facebook and just LOVE remy!!! Congrats!!!
looks like he fits right in.

He does fit right in with our other babies!

Happy Christmas went well and you scored some awesome gifts!!! Which set did Jim get for Christmas? Zack ended up getting like 8 lego sets for Christmas.. he is into the city stuff. i LOVE LOVE doing them they are so relaxing.. Zack won't let help anymore

It was some kind of Star Wars set but honestly I didn't know the vehicle or characters. I think it may have been from the Clone Wars cartoon and we've only seen a handful of those episodes.

I love the segway tour! we always joke we will take one around Chicago.. but we will be wearing pants up to our chins, flowers shirts, white velcro shoes and of course the biggest sun hats your can find... of course no outfit would be complete without adoring a fanny pack. with my camera around my neck.

i KNOW you are imagining this..

Yep, definitely got a good laugh picturing that. They have one in Atlanta too and I keep saying we are going to go do it someday.

honestly i would fall flat on my face so i give you a lot of kudos for doing the whole thing.

I thought I would fall off too but they were much easier to use that I thought they would be, I think you would be fine.

your pictures again are AMAZING!!! great job!!!

Nice PINS!!! totally see a theme with all the pirate pins and Jim...
Love the pluto pins too!!!

So I was like on the bears! HOLY COW that is a ton of bears!!! I showed it to Meg... you are her HERO!!! and wants to live in that room!!!
So now that you showed your bear room... I have to ask about the Pluto Room...

I really must...

Check out the beginning of my next update for a link to photos of the Pluto Room!

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIEND!!!

Thanks, hope you had a wonderful one. I'm sure you've written all about it on your PTR but I haven't been over there for about a week. I need to get on the ball but work keeps interferring with my DIS time!

Sounds like a good time at DtD, love all your purchases!

Nice photo of the two of you before dinner

I am so sorry you are without power at work Hoping you get to go home!

We did have a nice time even though Jim got impatient.

I didn't get to go home unfortuately. The power came back on about 11 am but it took a few hours after that for the building to warm up again.

 

[Pluto0809]

I’ve had a few people ask me about my Pluto Room, so here’s a link to some pictures in case you would like to see the collection:

Pluto Room

When I decided to head to Disney for our anniversary I wanted to do a special dinner in celebration. I looked at the signature restaurants and ended up dismissing them all. Jim and I are just not into fancy meals. Then I thought of the Hoop Dee Doo Revue and realized it would be perfect for us.

For those who have not been to the HDDR, it is basically a Wild West variety show with singing, dancing and a lot of audience participation. The show is one of the longest running musicals in American theater and has been pretty much the same since it started in 1974. When the show first started, guests were asked to stand on their chairs during the show and wave their napkins over their heads. While the napkin waving still happens, the chair standing was eliminated due to liability issues. Other than that though, every song and joke is exactly the same as opening day.

There are three categories of seating for the HDDR. Category 1 is closest to the stage. Category 2 is on the floor behind Category 1 or center of the 2nd floor balcony. Category 3 is on the right or left side of the 2nd floor balcony. When you use the dining plan, the HDDR costs 2 credits and you can only get Category 2 or 3. When I first reserved us a table, we were in Category 2 but when I moved weeks, I could only get us into Category 3. I was a little worried about how the interaction and view would be in the balcony but despite lots of checking on my part, nothing ever opened in Category 2.

Once we finished with our picture, we got in line to enter Pioneer Hall. We were lead up to the balcony and to our table. Our view wasn’t too bad, there was a pole to my left but I just leaned forward against the rail and I was fine.



The balcony tables on the sides all face the wall so you sit side by side with your party while you are eating. The chairs swivel so you can turn and watch the show. As soon as we were seated, our server brought us salad and corn bread.





I also ordered a glass of sangria. All you can drink sangria and beer is included in the meal cost.



While we were eating the salad and corn bread, the performers arrived and introduced themselves to the audience. Be prepared, I took a ton of photos during the show!















A lot of the show includes interaction with the audience. I don’t think this poor guy could have gotten any redder.



Then it was time to eat! The HDDR is all you can eat and includes ribs:



Fried Chicken:



Mashed Potatoes:



Baked Beans:



And Corn:



The food was delicious! We both ate until we were stuffed. We got seconds on the chicken and baked beans. I even went a little crazy and ordered a second glass of the sangria. Our waiter on the other hand was trying a little too hard. He had a large quantity of cheesy jokes and he used the same ones at every table. We basically got to hear them three times as he told them to us plus the two tables on either side of us. Despite the bad jokes, he was very good and attentive to everything we needed.

Then the performers came back on and continued with the show. Like I said above the show is mostly a variety of singing and dancing.











Continued in Next Post

 

[Pluto0809]

Continued from Previous Post

I think it was right around this part that the performers came around and introduced anyone who was celebrating an anniversary. Six Bits Slocum (the one in the bowler hat) came up to the balcony and introduced Jim and I. Then they sang “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” and the anniversary couples got to slow dance.

















After the second part of the show, it was time for dessert! Unfortunately the dessert at the HDDR is strawberry shortcake which I don’t like. But Jim does and he immediately broke his vow of no more sweets that he made earlier in the day.



He said it was really good and ate a lot more of it than I think he meant to.

For the last part of the show, they pull people out of the audience and do a reenactment of Davy Crockett.







One of the audience members gets to play an Indian.



I remember my brother getting to play the cowboy when he was a kid. That would have been somewhere around 1980 I think.



There’s also a young lady picked to be a Can Can dancer.



The final part is Davy Crockett’s Angel. This role can be really funny if the guy they pick to play it gets into the part.





At the very end, they pass out a washboard to each table and the audience gets to play them. This was a lot of fun but also very loud! Jim thought it was about the coolest thing ever so I didn’t get to play the washboard at all.









This last picture of Jim cracks me up. You would think he was the one drinking sangria, not me.



The performers took their final bows:



And that was the end of the show. Jim and I both loved every minute of the show and the meal. The HDDR is very high energy and keeps you laughing the whole time. Jim ended up declaring this his favorite meal of the week so I think it was a big success!

Disney provides buses after the HDDR to take everyone back to the resorts. Jim was in a panic because he didn’t want to miss the bus and have to take a boat again. So after a quick bathroom stop, he practically dragged me onto the bus. I kept telling him that the buses wouldn’t leave for a while but he didn’t believe me. I was right of course, we were the first ones on the bus and ended up sitting for almost 20 minutes before we headed out. There was only one other family on our bus and they were going to the All Star resorts. The bus driver went to CSR first and dropped us at Stop 4 and we were back in the room by 9:15 pm.

Up Next: Welcome!

 

[KatMark]

Do you know that in our 20+ visits to Disney, we have NEVER done any of the shows -- HDDR, the Aloha Show, the Campfire...nope, not one of them.

I love all your pictures and it looks like you and Jim had a really good time; especially Jim when he was playing the washboard.