fallonkendra
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Day Four - Part Six - January 8, 2016
First of all - I apologize, this post won't have too many pictures, I was so exhausted after our SUPER early wake-up that I forgot to take pictures all evening...
After about 15 minutes of waiting, our names were called and we were led to our table - at Sci Fi Dine-in Theatre! We were in the back seat of a car at the very back of the room, but it was a great spot to see the entire room.
[GALLERY=]IMG_0269 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
I hadn't ate much all day, but I really wasn't hungry and up to eating a full meal, so I just ordered the Spinach & Artichoke Dip. Luke decided to go with the Sci-Fi Angus Burger - a burger with pulled pork, Sriracha barbecue sauce, swiss cheese, and pickled apple slaw served with fries. I ordered a water to drink, and he went for a coffee (he was starting to fade - which is fair since he'd been up since 2:45am and had run 10km that morning) He really enjoyed his burger, but said the fries were just ok - nothing special. My appetizer dip was what I wanted at that point. It wasn't the best spinach dip I've ever had, but it was far from the worst one I'd ever had.
Overall I just wasn't impressed by my two meals at Hollywood Studios, which is really too bad. I definitely enjoyed the atmosphere at both though! The theming at Sci-Fi was fantastic, although the movie on the screen could have been made on a little bit longer of a loop - it cycled through entirely while we were there.
After our meal, we wanted something low impact, so we headed over to watch Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Despite just drinking a coffee, Luke almost fell asleep a few times... It was a cute show - the cast member playing Ariel was a really great singer. I enjoyed the laser effects on the walls of the theatre - I would spend the 20 minutes to go see this again!
We spent a bit of time just walking around, taking in all of the sights and spending some time people watching. At some point we ended up going on Star Tours for the third time that day...you'd never know we're not really Star Wars fans haha. I totally understand why they added scenes from the new movie, but I found all 3 of our rides were basically the same without much variation. We still obviously enjoyed it though!
It was getting close to the start of the Symphony in the Sky fireworks so we headed over to find a place to watch them. I'm not someone who will stand around for hours staking out the best viewing spot, but I was more than happy with the spot we found about 15 minutes before they started! I ended up loving it! I've never watched a single Star Wars movie, but I had no trouble following the story they were telling with the music and red and green fireworks.
After the fireworks ended, a huge mass of people started heading towards the park exit. We eventually made our way through them, and headed over to watch the second showing of Fantasmic! We didn't have time to see the Disneyland version of this show last year, so I was excited to finally get a chance. It had been such a long day for us by that point, I actually had to nudge Luke a few times to keep him awake. It was a really cool show, and I'm so glad we had a chance to see it (well, I saw it, Luke had a nap). It's a show I would go back to again for sure. That said, it still didn't overtake World of Colour at Disney California Adventure as my favourite nighttime show.
[GALLERY=]DSCN0190 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=]DSCN0199 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
Once Fantasmic was over, the park was already closed and had cleared out significantly. We had a short wait for a bus (although it felt like forever). Before long, we were back at All-Star Music where I decided I was hungry (I hadn't ate much at supper). We stopped at Intermission Food Court where I grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza with a side salad (which is all Luke wanted to eat), along with a muffin for the morning and a bottle of a Strawberry Banana Smoothie. I used one quick service credit, which would have cost $9.69 for the pizza, $2.99 for the muffin and $4.79 for the smoothie.
I ate quickly, and we headed off to bed - we were asleep pretty quickly after such a long day!
First of all - I apologize, this post won't have too many pictures, I was so exhausted after our SUPER early wake-up that I forgot to take pictures all evening...
After about 15 minutes of waiting, our names were called and we were led to our table - at Sci Fi Dine-in Theatre! We were in the back seat of a car at the very back of the room, but it was a great spot to see the entire room.
[GALLERY=]IMG_0269 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
I hadn't ate much all day, but I really wasn't hungry and up to eating a full meal, so I just ordered the Spinach & Artichoke Dip. Luke decided to go with the Sci-Fi Angus Burger - a burger with pulled pork, Sriracha barbecue sauce, swiss cheese, and pickled apple slaw served with fries. I ordered a water to drink, and he went for a coffee (he was starting to fade - which is fair since he'd been up since 2:45am and had run 10km that morning) He really enjoyed his burger, but said the fries were just ok - nothing special. My appetizer dip was what I wanted at that point. It wasn't the best spinach dip I've ever had, but it was far from the worst one I'd ever had.
Overall I just wasn't impressed by my two meals at Hollywood Studios, which is really too bad. I definitely enjoyed the atmosphere at both though! The theming at Sci-Fi was fantastic, although the movie on the screen could have been made on a little bit longer of a loop - it cycled through entirely while we were there.
After our meal, we wanted something low impact, so we headed over to watch Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Despite just drinking a coffee, Luke almost fell asleep a few times... It was a cute show - the cast member playing Ariel was a really great singer. I enjoyed the laser effects on the walls of the theatre - I would spend the 20 minutes to go see this again!
We spent a bit of time just walking around, taking in all of the sights and spending some time people watching. At some point we ended up going on Star Tours for the third time that day...you'd never know we're not really Star Wars fans haha. I totally understand why they added scenes from the new movie, but I found all 3 of our rides were basically the same without much variation. We still obviously enjoyed it though!
It was getting close to the start of the Symphony in the Sky fireworks so we headed over to find a place to watch them. I'm not someone who will stand around for hours staking out the best viewing spot, but I was more than happy with the spot we found about 15 minutes before they started! I ended up loving it! I've never watched a single Star Wars movie, but I had no trouble following the story they were telling with the music and red and green fireworks.
After the fireworks ended, a huge mass of people started heading towards the park exit. We eventually made our way through them, and headed over to watch the second showing of Fantasmic! We didn't have time to see the Disneyland version of this show last year, so I was excited to finally get a chance. It had been such a long day for us by that point, I actually had to nudge Luke a few times to keep him awake. It was a really cool show, and I'm so glad we had a chance to see it (well, I saw it, Luke had a nap). It's a show I would go back to again for sure. That said, it still didn't overtake World of Colour at Disney California Adventure as my favourite nighttime show.
[GALLERY=]DSCN0190 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=]DSCN0199 by , on Flickr[/GALLERY]
Once Fantasmic was over, the park was already closed and had cleared out significantly. We had a short wait for a bus (although it felt like forever). Before long, we were back at All-Star Music where I decided I was hungry (I hadn't ate much at supper). We stopped at Intermission Food Court where I grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza with a side salad (which is all Luke wanted to eat), along with a muffin for the morning and a bottle of a Strawberry Banana Smoothie. I used one quick service credit, which would have cost $9.69 for the pizza, $2.99 for the muffin and $4.79 for the smoothie.
I ate quickly, and we headed off to bed - we were asleep pretty quickly after such a long day!
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