Chopper from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Herbie
Escape pod from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
We finished up the Backlot tour with a shot of the full New York street scene
And then we were off and going through the AFI Villains area. Mostly the same stuff from last time, a mix of Star Wars and Pirates with an Alien thrown in. I did take a pic of Davey Joness pipe organ
By now it was approaching 4pm and our energy level was way down and Roxys ankles were really starting to bug her again. We looked and found that Beauty and the Beast was going to start soon so we made our way across the park one more time. I didnt take any pics of the show, I was just too tired. If you want some good shots to look at you can take a peek at our 2008 TR, I basically shot the whole show that time ;-]
After B&TB we still had about 45 minutes before our dinner reses at 50s Prime Time. So we just wandered through shops. Heres where you know I was just too tired. I had set my camera on manual focus to get that cool pic of the pipe organ and forgot to set it back to auto. From here on out the pics are a bit fuzzy depending on how far away we were from the camera :-[
Roxy wanted a pic with the Gremlin
We went from store to store, slowly working our way from B&TB to 50s Prime Time. This turned out to be one of our big spending sprees on the girls. By the time we had looped out the street where B&TB is and all the way down the street towards the entrance we probably had 5 bags yikes! Towards the end of the spree I was completely spent and sat down on a bench and put down my camera.
Roxy finished in the store and I got up and we moved on. We were looking for a Nala stuffy for Bean, one of her specific requests. We asked around and there was a store next to Indy that supposedly had them. Off we went to this little place and sure enough they had them.
It was good that Roxy had us get it there as I thought we could just pick one up at AK on our last day. We looked in several shops at AK and never saw one. Yay for mommy instincts!
Now back to our story. It was now close enough to our reservation time that we walked down and checked in. There was a couch open in the living room so we sat and waited. I was looking around and thought to take a couple of pics in there and OMG!!!!!!!! NO CAMERA!!!!!!!
I jumped up and babbled to Roxy that I had left it in one of the stores and ran out. I did a good mix of saying prayers and mentally kicking myself as I ran down the street. As I approached the store I could see the bench, which had a full length window to the street, and IT WAS STILL THERE!!!! I was so very relieved; I couldnt even fathom having lost the camera and all that days pics. Whew!
I walked back while waiting for my heart rate to return to normal. By the time I got back they were ready to seat us. We got a TV Table for two yay! Roxy took a couple of pics of me ready to eat some good grub :-]
Then Mom came in and got us going. I immediately got busted for not being respectful and having elbows on the table. She forgave me and was nice enough to take a pic of the two of us.
We ordered with Roxy getting the lettuce wedge and meatloaf and me getting the onion rings and tuna casserole. We very much enjoyed the 50s TV show clips, they were a lot of fun. And we didnt work all the way through the rotation until dessert time.
Heres a pic of Roxy looking satisfied after her meal.
And heres me looking over the dessert selections
Roxy ordered some sort of smores dessert and I had the 50s Boston Cream Parfait
because everybody likes parfaits, right?
When dessert came out mama fitted me with my birthday hat :-D
And everybody sang!
Mama said I was a good boy and could have my dessert now
We reluctantly finished up and were heading out when Roxy spotted this little napkin artistry
I had to get a pic of the fridge darned focus!
We were about to leave when I remembered that Bean had said mommy had to pull the rope next to Indy. She was a good sport and went over there. There was a big crowd there waiting to go into the show with a passel of teenage boys right next to the rope.
She pulled and nothing happened!
She pulled again, nothing
The boys started chanting to pull it harder and she ended up really yanking on it and it finally spoke to her lol.
By now it was approaching 7pm and we thought about Fantasmic! I had seen it twice last time and Roxy had seen it once and we decided that it just wasnt worth the wait and the crowds. Our last two days had pretty much wiped us out. So we started heading out, stopping for one quick shot in front of the sorcerer hat
We strolled out and found a bus waiting for us. We got on with a nice lady who was using a rented
ECV. Roxy started talking to her about what she thought of it and what was involved in renting one. Roxys ankles had swollen quite a bit after todays activities and it was clear that she wouldnt be able to just keep walking around the parks. By the time we got back to POP I had the number and called them as we walked. Before we had even made it to our room we had one scheduled to be there for us tomorrow morning!
Right before our room we saw a widdle bunny wabbit
We went up to our room and took a quick rinse-off and put on our swim suits and hit the pool. We had a nice time as it was still warm but not overly hot anymore. We swam for a while and just relaxed and then had a nice conversation with one of the lifeguards. She was part of the college program and was very much enjoying her work there, but wished it wasnt quite so hot. We agreed completely lol. She asked us if we were having a good time at POP and we said that we were extremely happy here and especially loved the bed. She told us about the renovations they had done and how POP had gotten the beds from one of the Port Orleans resorts w00t!
We said goodnight to her and headed up to our room and were in bed and asleep by just after 9pm.
What would tomorrow bring? More studios to tour!
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EPCOT Day Photopass Pics
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