Day 5 continues
After the tutorial and not many pics taken by me, I was in a foul mood, we headed over to Frontierland and to try for some mountains again. We got FP's for Splash when I saw that Jessie and Woody had a meet and greet there. Ella had her Jessie doll with her. They have had me watch Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 over and over. I went to Toy Story on ice with them. You get the point - they love Toy Story and Toy Story characters. Seeing them was probably the best thing for my mood.
Woody saw the Jessie doll and took it from Ella. She was a little confused by this but Woody was happy. He was pulling the string to get the doll to tallk and pointing at the "real" Jessie.
He then tried to put the doll in his boot. Ella was complaining to her mom. She wanted her doll back!
Finally Ella got the doll back and held on to it. She wanted no parts of Woody after this.
All of the adults were just laughing. It was one of the best character experiences I have ever had and put me in a great mood. Disney Magic!!!
We were going to try BTMRR again when what did we hear? Yep a loud boom! Rain was moving in again. Knowing that the mountains would be closed down we headed towards Liberty Square. I know according to everyone else it's "boring" but we went to the Hall of Presidents. It's inside out of the rain and has AC, and had a show starting in 8 minutes. I also wanted to see how my new camera worked in here without flash. I had purchased a new advanced P&S with great zoom and was anxious to test it out. The pics weren't bad.
The show was over and we went out to more rain. Everyone was getting a little hungry so we decided to try Columbia Harbor House. This was a first for me. I had read a lot of good reviews so in we went. Mike and I had the shrimp. I was surprised by how many shrimp you get and they were a decent size. The cole slaw was also very good
the kids had mac and cheese
view of the upstairs eating area
Jim, Jay and Jen all had chicken nuggets. No pic of that but one of them eating
the menu
Now most if us opted for the chocolate cake but Jen and Mike got the apple dessert. I should have opted for that. It tasted so good and was not a pre-packaged dessert. We also had a nice view of the entrance for the Haunted Mansion
The FP time window was now good so Jim and I decided that we would take Ella on Haunted Mansion and the others would go on Splash Mountain. This way there would be no issues if she couldn't meet the height. She loved HM and Mikey and Crystal were a little afraid of it.
Then she wanted to ride again so off we went. Jim didn't ride the second time
Now I like to try and get different views and this time was determined to try and get the ceiling of the stretch room when the lightning flashes. I did
The ballroom scene
I was a little annoyed by flash that was constantly going off but actually laughed to myself. Yes you may get a pic that was illuminated but the flash will wipe out a lot of details.
Up next the rest of the day.