After our afternoon break (a nice hour+ nap), we returned and went on HM. Indy was down again so we couldn't use our FP again...Anyway, HM was a wonderful ride and very spooky!
Best attempt at a HM pic with this camera...
Then we checked again to see if Indy had reopened. Thankfully it had, but the line was short so our FPs were nearly useless. Oh well. For those who haven't been in a while Indy has gotten some effects touched up. Both eyes of the Mara were smoking and looked great! There was a new scrim after you go around the bubbling pit, and I've never seen the rat room look clearer! Great job Disney!
By now it was reaching 7:00 so we hopped over to DCA. Even though the ticket said return between 7:30 and 8:30, I knew that we had to be there earlier to get good spots. They were trying out a new strategy that night: separate everybody beforehand into color groups. So blue was on the left by the lighthouse pillar thing, yellow in the middle and red was on the right by the SF buildings. It was slightly confusing but they said that it was the first night of trying it out. Here is the crowd at around 7:30
Fortunately we had gotten there pretty early and were close to the front of the blue section
They let the preferred people go in first, then red, followed by yellow and finally us.
We got spots on a rail on the first tier (not the boardwalk). It was kinda across the way from Ariel's Grotto.
Our view
Since we were waiting for like 2 hours, I went and got us a teriyaki chicken bowl from the Lucky Dragon Fortune Cookery, which we shared. Then my mom sent me on a mission to go get popcorn. There were no popcorn stands pretty much anywhere nearby. I had to go to the opposite side of the Pier before I found a stand (by Mickey's Fun Wheel)
Needless to say, I missed most of the pre-show with the amazingly cool puppets. I did get a couple of pics though. It was hard because they kept moving and it was crowded.
Show about to start
Then the show started and it was FABULOUS! It was so much fun! Pure Disney Magic! I can't believe how they synced the colors to the music to the water! It blew my mind! I loved every bit of it! DCA really has a gem on their hands. But I didn't take pics until after because I just wanted to take it all in. Here's my best one from after the show.
After the show we went over to get another TSMM ride in before heading off. Needless to say, the line was not any shorter than during the day. We ended up waiting like 45 min. But we saw some of the fireworks while in line which was good.
Then as we exited, we stopped by the bakery in the zephyr train to get breakfast items for the next day. I also stopped by Glow Fest to check it out. I liked all of the neon and pop music (although the Justin Bieber song was questionable
), but maybe that's because I'm still a teen young'n.
It seemed like everyone there was having a blast! And if it's making $ for DCA and keeping people there at night then I'm definitely all for it!
Fun dance party!
So we headed out and went back to Worldmark.