Day 3, Part 3: Hollywood Studios!
By the time we made it to Hollywood Studios, it was HOT.
Kate did this...
We took the opportunity to do something we have never done before...
Then we realized why we haven't done it before, lol. Not impressed, but it was nice to be in the a/c.
Then we used our FP for TSMM and the Frozen Sing-a-long. I regret that I don't have any photos of the sing-a-long. It was probably one of my favorite parts of the day. I sang my heart out and LOVED it. It thought it was a great show and very funny. Can't wait to go again!
We also did the Indiana Jones show, which was fine, but sooooo HOT. Ugh. I was sticky and tired by this point.
We took a few photos.
Luckily it was about time for our dinner reservation, another new restaurant for us. The Hollywood Brown Derby with the Fantasmic package!
We started with some bread.
And yummy soft butter!
We each got an appetizer. Both girls chose the celery and carrots with ranch.
Ben and I both had the crab cakes, they were delicious and pretty filling!
Crispy Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes - over an English cucumber and plum tomato slaw with a sweet chili sauce.
Kate had the grilled cheese.
Allie had a hot dog.
Ben and I both had the filet.
Charred-glazed Filet of Beef - with a red wine reduction, topped with a cabernet and roasted shallot butter, over white truffle oil wild forest mushroom mashed potato, and sauteed haricot verts
This was amazing! The steak was tender and the sauce was just perfect. I really enjoyed the mashroom mashed potato as well!
We didn't get a choice of appetizer, we got this sampler plate.
The one all the way to the left was the grapefruit cake, the middle was creme brule and something chocolate on the right side. I really didn't care for any of these. But I was too full to care!
We were given our passes for Fantasmic!
Recap: We really enjoyed HBD. The service and food were both fantastic. We would eat here again for sure, but are trying Mama Melrose in October just to have something different.
After dinner we walked around a little bit. We were frustrated to find a few things closed, like the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. There just wasn't much for us to do. So we decided to stand in line to take a photo in front of Cinderella's Carriage!
And then Allie decided to lose a tooth!
She was sooo excited! And the tooth fairy may have accidently left her $21 instead of $2 since she was so tired
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We got some great photos in front of the carriage.
We started walking slowly to the Fantasmic theatre, stopping in One Man's Dream.
We found Ronald Regan, again.
This was really neat. I had never been through there. I'm looking forward to taking my in-laws in October, this is the kind of thing they enjoy.
Around 8:00 we headed in. There was a huge section in the middle roped off for dinner packages. We had spectacular seats!
I'm so embarassed to say that we have never seen Fantasmic prior to this trip. By the time we left we were kicking ourselves. We absolutely LOVED it. Can't wait to bring the rest of my family back!!!!
The park was closing at 9:30 and we noticed a 20 minute wait for Rockin Roller Coaster! Sad to say we had never been on this either. Even though we were exhausted, having been at the parks for almost 14 hours by this point, my wonderful hubby agreed to stay behind with Kate so Allie and I could go!
We LOVED LOVED it!
So glad we stayed to ride. The park was closing and we took our time walking out. We checked out some gift shopes where I purchased some souveniers of my own!
Minnie Mouse bowls, a cutting board, a muffin pan and a sandwich cutter!
While we enjoyed Fantasmic, RNRC and the Sing-a-long, I'm just not a big fan of HS. I'm planning for a 1/2 day there in October as I don't think most of my family will be too impressed either. Am I the only one?? Our Mama Melrose reservation is for 2:30, which is totally inconvinent and odd. I'm thinking of nixing the Fantasmic package and just getting to the theatre early. There were still tons of seats when we arrived. Ugh, decisions.
We finally headed back to the resort, happy and exhausted after our 14 hour day. I was very impressed with how the girls handled the long day and sooo happy with how much we got accomplished.
Next up: We get to sleep in, spend some time Downtown and Extra Magic Hours at the Magic Kingdom!