Day 3 of the Robertson Family Disney Adventure was supposed to be spent at Magic Kingdom, but I just had a feeling about MGM so we changed our plans up a bit and went there.
I'll tell you up front, this post will be VERY heavy on pictures. This was our busiest day at the World. We did a TON of stuff but had oh so much fun!
Off to MGM!
YAY!! We're at Disney! LOL The photographer told us to do that... Sam wasn't too sure.
When we got there and looked at the Times Guide, we saw that Mater and McQueen were supposed to do their meet and greet in an hour or so. After asking about 5 people where exactly they would be, we wandered around the immediate area for a bit taking pictures and such.
As we passed one intersection, I looked down the side street and saw a sight that truly took my breath away.
Isn't it beautiful? That's just a wall. Completely flat. I had to touch it just to convince myself. I don't know why I was so entranced by this, but I stood there and stared at for what seemed like forever.
Sam waited long enough for me to take a picture:
Then he was off to find Michelle.... think Michelle Tanner on the old sitcom Full House.
Then we found Herbie the Lovebug... Sam tried to get in and drive:
Then we happened upon the Singin in the Rain umbrella. I hadn't heard about this so it was surprise to me when Ron stepped underneath it. LOL Sam thought it was very cool.
Mom had to play, too:
Sam had never seen a phone booth before so he was intrigued.
We figured we had wasted enough time so we went back to "San Francisco" to wait on Mater and McQueen. We met another family there that were waiting as well. We were the only two families on the street. They said this was their 3rd time trying to meet the Cars without a wait of a couple hours so they were staying put! LOL Sam and the other kids played on these cute brownstone houses they had set up just like in San Francisco. MGM was a really neat place to see.
Anybody home??!!
Guess not... I'll just chill out here and wait on them...
It wasn't too long before we heard the music and engines revving and here came the Cars!!
It took me a loooong time before I could make Sam understand why Mater and McQueen couldn't sign his autograph book. He was convinced that because they could do stuff in the movie that they should be able to sign his book. Oy.
Can you believe that after that other family had waited so long and we had waited there about 30 minutes that people still tried to jump in front of us. I even had heard one family speaking English to each other but when they tried to jump in front of us and the other lady said no, they acted like they didn't understand English? Unbelievable!
So, I figured we were done meeting characters for right then and we were on our way to the Tower of Terror!!!!
Ummm, nope! We rounded the street outside of San Francisco and it looked like a freakin street fair or something. There were Power Rangers everywhere!! Sam doesn't even know what a Power Ranger is, but by God, he wanted his picture with them. It was too funny. Now these guys were as serious as a heart attack while doing their poses and stuff.
Wait? How'd that go?
I got it now!
No problem with this one!
Now what was that again?
Ok, if you say so...
I think this guy was his favorite.
After all the meet and greets it was totally time for Tower of Terrorrrrr!!!!! I was SO looking forward to this ride and I honestly thought Sam would chicken out, but he didn't! We used a LOT of our Disney mantra, but he made it through and still says that this ride was his favorite part of Disney. It was awesome, too! It was everything I expected and more. Disney not only makes the actual ride a ride, but the queue is an experience as well. It's just unbelievable.
In the gift shop at the exit of ToT:
Just whose idea was it anyway to make the exit of a ride queue go through a freakin gift store? I mean, are you kidding me? There's absolutely no way to avoid it. To exit the ride area, you must go through the gift shop. Oy.
Next was lunch at Toy Story's Pizza Planet... Thank GOD the arcade portion was closed for refurb. We may have never gotten out of there!
And this was just a beautiful hibiscus I saw while walking through the park:
Then it was on to Al's Toy Barn to see about Buzz and Woody. We found some interesting stuff along the way:
Sam was so stoked to meet Buzz and Woody. They didn't sign autographs but they had stamps they used to put their names in the autograph book.
We wandered our way back through the park and stopped and watched some of the street performers on our way out. At this point we went back to the hotel for what I hoped would be a nap, but it turned in to pool time. I knew we had a long evening ahead of us and I was hoping he'd get some rest... no chance of that! LOL Mom was outvoted!
Our first of two character dinners was scheduled for this evening: Chef Mickey's. We honestly did not know what to expect. I, of course, feared the worst. I feared us not being able to eat because we were standing in line the entire time to get some face time with the characters... Not so. The characters are the ones who go from table to table. It was buffet so Ron would go first and get food for him and Sam. Then I would go and get my food and anything else I saw for them that I thought they might like. We didn't want Sam to leave the table for fear that he would miss a character. It was actually very nice and very enjoyable. Yes, it was louder than a normal restaurant would have been but it was so much fun! We had a ball!
Goofy:
Mickey:
Minnie:
Donald:
You're funny, Donald!
Pluto:
He puts the autograph books on his nose to sign them.
I'm sure Sam is explaining something to him. LOL
Dancing with Minnie:
She liked his dancin'!
The view from our table:
Dessert:
From there I guess we were gluttons for punishment because we then took the monorail to Magic Kingdom until it closed. I had originally planned on having an early evening, but Ron and Sam got their second winds... I figure it was all those chocolate Mickey heads they ate at dinner! LOL
The castle at twilight:
Sam on the teacups:
Weeeeeee!!! This is fun!!!
Whoa mom, that was fast!
And thus ends Robertson Disney Adventure Day 3. Shhhhhhhhhh.......
He was asleep before we even got on the bus this time.
I'll tell you up front, this post will be VERY heavy on pictures. This was our busiest day at the World. We did a TON of stuff but had oh so much fun!
Off to MGM!
YAY!! We're at Disney! LOL The photographer told us to do that... Sam wasn't too sure.
When we got there and looked at the Times Guide, we saw that Mater and McQueen were supposed to do their meet and greet in an hour or so. After asking about 5 people where exactly they would be, we wandered around the immediate area for a bit taking pictures and such.
As we passed one intersection, I looked down the side street and saw a sight that truly took my breath away.
Isn't it beautiful? That's just a wall. Completely flat. I had to touch it just to convince myself. I don't know why I was so entranced by this, but I stood there and stared at for what seemed like forever.
Sam waited long enough for me to take a picture:
Then he was off to find Michelle.... think Michelle Tanner on the old sitcom Full House.
Then we found Herbie the Lovebug... Sam tried to get in and drive:
Then we happened upon the Singin in the Rain umbrella. I hadn't heard about this so it was surprise to me when Ron stepped underneath it. LOL Sam thought it was very cool.
Mom had to play, too:
Sam had never seen a phone booth before so he was intrigued.
We figured we had wasted enough time so we went back to "San Francisco" to wait on Mater and McQueen. We met another family there that were waiting as well. We were the only two families on the street. They said this was their 3rd time trying to meet the Cars without a wait of a couple hours so they were staying put! LOL Sam and the other kids played on these cute brownstone houses they had set up just like in San Francisco. MGM was a really neat place to see.
Anybody home??!!
Guess not... I'll just chill out here and wait on them...
It wasn't too long before we heard the music and engines revving and here came the Cars!!
It took me a loooong time before I could make Sam understand why Mater and McQueen couldn't sign his autograph book. He was convinced that because they could do stuff in the movie that they should be able to sign his book. Oy.
Can you believe that after that other family had waited so long and we had waited there about 30 minutes that people still tried to jump in front of us. I even had heard one family speaking English to each other but when they tried to jump in front of us and the other lady said no, they acted like they didn't understand English? Unbelievable!
So, I figured we were done meeting characters for right then and we were on our way to the Tower of Terror!!!!
Ummm, nope! We rounded the street outside of San Francisco and it looked like a freakin street fair or something. There were Power Rangers everywhere!! Sam doesn't even know what a Power Ranger is, but by God, he wanted his picture with them. It was too funny. Now these guys were as serious as a heart attack while doing their poses and stuff.
Wait? How'd that go?
I got it now!
No problem with this one!
Now what was that again?
Ok, if you say so...
I think this guy was his favorite.
After all the meet and greets it was totally time for Tower of Terrorrrrr!!!!! I was SO looking forward to this ride and I honestly thought Sam would chicken out, but he didn't! We used a LOT of our Disney mantra, but he made it through and still says that this ride was his favorite part of Disney. It was awesome, too! It was everything I expected and more. Disney not only makes the actual ride a ride, but the queue is an experience as well. It's just unbelievable.
In the gift shop at the exit of ToT:
Just whose idea was it anyway to make the exit of a ride queue go through a freakin gift store? I mean, are you kidding me? There's absolutely no way to avoid it. To exit the ride area, you must go through the gift shop. Oy.
Next was lunch at Toy Story's Pizza Planet... Thank GOD the arcade portion was closed for refurb. We may have never gotten out of there!
And this was just a beautiful hibiscus I saw while walking through the park:
Then it was on to Al's Toy Barn to see about Buzz and Woody. We found some interesting stuff along the way:
Sam was so stoked to meet Buzz and Woody. They didn't sign autographs but they had stamps they used to put their names in the autograph book.
We wandered our way back through the park and stopped and watched some of the street performers on our way out. At this point we went back to the hotel for what I hoped would be a nap, but it turned in to pool time. I knew we had a long evening ahead of us and I was hoping he'd get some rest... no chance of that! LOL Mom was outvoted!
Our first of two character dinners was scheduled for this evening: Chef Mickey's. We honestly did not know what to expect. I, of course, feared the worst. I feared us not being able to eat because we were standing in line the entire time to get some face time with the characters... Not so. The characters are the ones who go from table to table. It was buffet so Ron would go first and get food for him and Sam. Then I would go and get my food and anything else I saw for them that I thought they might like. We didn't want Sam to leave the table for fear that he would miss a character. It was actually very nice and very enjoyable. Yes, it was louder than a normal restaurant would have been but it was so much fun! We had a ball!
Goofy:
Mickey:
Minnie:
Donald:
You're funny, Donald!
Pluto:
He puts the autograph books on his nose to sign them.
I'm sure Sam is explaining something to him. LOL
Dancing with Minnie:
She liked his dancin'!
The view from our table:
Dessert:
From there I guess we were gluttons for punishment because we then took the monorail to Magic Kingdom until it closed. I had originally planned on having an early evening, but Ron and Sam got their second winds... I figure it was all those chocolate Mickey heads they ate at dinner! LOL
The castle at twilight:
Sam on the teacups:
Weeeeeee!!! This is fun!!!
Whoa mom, that was fast!
And thus ends Robertson Disney Adventure Day 3. Shhhhhhhhhh.......
He was asleep before we even got on the bus this time.
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