In Between Days

Friday. 

We had a lie in as we were out late the night before. We woke around 8am which is a lot more normal than the 4am/5am of early on in the week. 

We woke up to gray skies, first time this week, so we had a fruit platter left from Wednesday we had that in our room and chilled out Kev used the laundry near the pool area, we were struggling to get our pool gear dry so he nipped that and a couple of other things while he was at it. Once that was done, we caught the bus to Hollywood Studios. You could tell it was busy, but no matter, we got on what we wanted to apart from Tower of Terror and Slinky Dog Dash. Slinky we avoided as you have to climb into it similar to the Test Track car, and Im a little scared of falling since that near miss. So it might be one Kev rides solo. Tower I know I can ride, but it was 120 minute wait, we can go back midweek and ride that once the weekend rush has gone. 

We did get on Minnie and Mickey's Runaway Train. This is in the Chinese theatre where the Great Movie Ride was. I must admit I didn't think much of it before we rode it, but now I see why this was an worthy successor to the Great Movie Ride. It really is clever. And more immersive than it looks on our TV screen.

We then strolled round to see Gertie, and found the Villians show Unfairly Ever After. I really enjoyed that. 

Then we went to Batu at Galaxies Edge and were blown away with the theme in general. It felt like you were indeed on another world. The rides were like 180 minutes wait, so we skipped those and made it to Toy Story land. A bit cutesy for me, as I'm not a fan of the movies myself. But again brilliantly done. This was when we discovered the step up to Slinky. We went on Alien flying saucers which was such good fun, we both giggled none stop at that. 

We made our way past Indiana Jones, which hasn't changed in 30 years. We found the new Ariel show, a great combo of live actors, puppets and digital effects. Really loved the huge Ursula puppet. 

We had food at the ABC Commissary twice once when we got there, and before Fantasmic ( the end of the night show) both times we had good food. I again had the kids size meals, and I remarked to Kev possibly eating healthier than I do at home. I had the grilled chicken, salad, and later the shrimp bowl salad. Kev had the grilled chicken sandwich and Mediterranean chicken salad with feta and flatbread. Both times the food was freshly cooked and tasty. I will point out again you can eat well and healthy at Disney. There are dietary requirements met for ever need. That's all I heard before we went, you'll eat junk for 14 days, yes you can, if you want, but there are options. This was all available on the quick service dining plan, which feels like free food because it was added to our package when we booked. 

We watched Fantasmic in the open air theatre and ended the night there. We had a couple of heavy downpours, during the day but the ponchos saved us. And the beauty of Florida is it rains, sun comes out

and dries you out soon after. Most of the day was hot and humid, but you do have to expect downpours, and ones that are biblical in nature. We just carry on. Alton Towers training you see, if you've ever done a rainy day there you know the drill, keep squelchy and carry on.