Back to DHS for dinner and Fantasmic. DH decided he was going to try without the
ECV. Luckily, we didn’t have to wait long for a bus and arrived at DHS rather quickly. Our ADR for dinner was at 6 so we had time to use our FP for TSM and were excited to be able to do it again. This time I rode with DS13 and of course, he beat me just like his younger brother did. Here’s our scores – mine is on the right.
We took our time walking over to 50s Prime Time. I was looking forward to eating here and DS13 had picked it out as a restaurant he would want to eat at when we last watched a show on the travel channel when I was trying to plan the trip. He just didn’t know he was helping pick out restaurants for this trip.
When we checked in I asked for an interactive server, hoping that would make a difference. I had briefly explained what the place was like to DH but didn’t mention anything to the boys.
Our server was Cousin George and he was great and had us laughing from the beginning until we left.
I knew what I was ordering before we even arrived from reading on the DIS and I stuck with it and got the pot roast. DH had the fried chicken with mashed potatoes and greens. DS8 ordered the chicken noodle soup, macaroni & cheese. DS13 had meatloaf, green beans and mashed potatoes. Dinner was good and all of us really liked it and would eat there again. DS13 didn’t finish his veggies – OH NO!
Guess what he got for dessert???
Green bean with whipped cream and sprinkles! YUM! We all couldn’t stop laughing.
So, for the real desserts, we had:
DS8 had the make your own sundae –
DH had angel food cake with fresh berries.
I had bread pudding.
And, DS13 luckily didn’t need to eat the green beans. He got to eat smores.
This is Cousin George. He was great. We all decided he was worth one of our thank you cards that I had printed out. “Thank you for making our trip magical” with all our names on it.
By the time we finished dinner it was dark outside and everything was lit up. I had no idea what to expect crowd wise for the evening because there were 2 Fantasmics – 7:30 and 9 and we were planning the 2nd show. We just took our time taking in the evening atmosphere while walking towards the entrance to Fantasmic. We were finally allowed to line up for the first line. DS13 kept talking how he didn’t feel well and we offered to take him back to CSR. He kept declining and eventually he decided to miss Fantasmic. I was so upset for him but proud of him as well. He was tired and was admitting it. DS8 said he wanted to stay when we asked him so DH took DS13 back to the resort.
I gave DS8 some glow in the dark glasses.
Then, I told him the glasses were from my mother who died last year. She had bought them for the boys for our last WDW trip and I had forgotten them. I teared up just thinking how much she loved her grandsons and how much I missed sharing things like this with her. Luckily, the line started to move so my tears didn’t last long and we were able to get a seat. Fantasmic was great and I am fascinated with how they project the pictures onto the water screen – but this is Disney – lots to be fascinated with.
Most of my Fantasmic pics didn’t come out too good. At least I can get those elsewhere.
Then, it was time to the bus and back to CSR. I called DH as we were getting off the bus and DS13 had already fallen asleep and he was at El Centro. I dropped DS8 off in our room and had him get ready for bed and then went to meet DH. We were going into the lounge for a drink but I didn’t want to stay there- it was loud and I was tired and never handle loud noises when I’m tired. I had a cup of tea and then we walked back to our room.
Here is one of the fountains in the courtyard.
Back to our room and to sleep. The next morning we could sleep in without the alarm!
I do remember it was loud.
Get there early and try to be near the steps to the stage.
Annapolis is a nice place and eating at this restaurant at company’s expense is nice too. I’ll be going back to Annapolis next month for the company holiday party. It’s at this really nice place right on the Chesapeake Bay – it’s where the Today show held one of their weddings several years ago.
