The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 8, The Backstage Magic Tour

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Friday, 16 November 2001

QOTD – Our Backstage Magic Tour Guide, “If we catch you taking pictures backstage, we’re going to bolt your feet to the floor of Small World and make you sing that song all day long!”

The Score Thus Far –
# Attractions We've Rode – 31
# Shows We've Seen – 7
# Parades We've Seen – 0
# Fireworks We've Seen – 2.5
# Changes To Our Original Plan – 9

Today was a big day, we were going on our fourth, and final, backstage tour. And what better way to end our tours than with the granddaddy of all tours – Backstage Magic!

The many changes at WDW also affected the backstage tours, and Backstage Magic now starts at 9:45 instead of 8:45. So we had a brief respite from getting up early, and enjoyed the extra sleep. We arrived at Epcot, and had a great time on the tour – for a review please see my post, Backstage Magic Tour Review.

After the tour it was time for dinner at Jiko’s. Animal Kingdom Lodge is beautifully themed – you really feel like you’re in Africa! After touring the grounds, we checked out the Jiko’s menu, and both decided that we wanted a break from big dinners (especially with what was coming tomorrow night!), so Change #10 was canceling Jiko’s.

But we were still hungry! So we decided to go to the All Stars Café at Wide World of Sports. Nice little place – if you are a sports buff, you’ll like this one. Lots of sports memorabilia, and lots of televisions playing numerous sports channels. We enjoyed the food, but couldn’t help wondering – how long will Wide World of Sports last? It was a Friday night, and the place was dead! Only about a dozen people in All Stars. There was nothing else to do there, so we went back to OKW and crashed.

Eight days down, two more to go!

The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Introduction
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 1, The Arrival
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 2, Check-In
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 3, MGM Studios
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 4, Back To Animal Kingdom
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 5, Epcot, Part I
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 6, Epcot, Part II
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 7, The Magic Kingdom
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 8, The Backstage Magic Tour
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 9, DW's Day
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 10, Free Day
The Honeymoon To End All Honeymoons - Day 11, The Final Day

 

[swankybeth]

Sorry you missed dinner at Jiko, it was terrific when we went. Thanks for the report!

 

[nativetxn]

Thanks for the great reviews of all the tours you experienced!