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oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:32 PM

Main Street Fraaaançaaaiiiis! - Day 3
 
Day 3 - Tuesday 13th March 2012

We woke up at 8am this morning, ready for our 2nd full day! We had a bit of a lie-in as we felt we’d done so well yesterday during EMH and got the all important empty Main Street photos that we didn’t really need to do it this morning :) Such is the luxury of having EMH every day! So good! We still wanted to get to the Studios for 9.30 though so we were walking down to breakfast at 8.45!

As we walked down the stairs (which by the way are SUPER slippery, I nearly fell over in my Uggs! ) we saw the ends of both breakfast queues snaking round the bottom. Uh oh. We joined the right hand one which was the restaurant we hadn’t tried yet and talked about our options. I was…90% sure that in James and Mel’s 2010 trippie where they got the VIP breakfast pass they had queued up only to be told they shouldn’t have as their pass entitled them to skip the queues! But the more we talked about it the less sure I was that it had happened haha and eventually I was only about 50% sure :/ Not very good odds!

Time was ticking and we reaalllyyyy wanted to ride Crush again so things were tense! There was a little guy walking through the crowds looking at peoples tickets so we casually held ours so that the VIP bit was on show, but he didn’t see it! Dang! You may be wondering why we didn’t just march to the front and ask if we could skip the queue but there was NO WAY we would do this and I doubt many people would really – we are both really shy and hate confrontation and what if we were wrong!? How stupid would we look! Plus incurring the wrath of the hundreds of other guests all angrily cursing the size of the queue…eeeek no thanks! I decided I would pop upstairs and ask at Concierge what the dealio was with our ticket.

Leaving Ben in the queue I fought through the hordes of lie-in fans :p and headed upstairs. Annoyingly, the guy didn’t know either! He said we should ask someone downstairs! Well I wasn’t going to do that because I would look super demanding and diva-ish lol so we just queued! Although we seriously contemplated just going and grabbing an EoS breakfast sammie on the way!

Eventually we got nearer to the front and the little guy gestured to see our ticket – as he saw the VIP side he motioned for us to step out of the queue and go in the exit! HA! Triumphant, I strolled through into the restaurant thoroughly enjoying the stares of the non-VIP folk! We felt so special and I was just pleased that I hadn’t completely imagined an entire section of James’ trippie – I was sane! We waited like 30 seconds before a lady gestured for us to follow her and we were seated in a lovely little section of the restaurant which I do actually have a photo of as freakishly we were seated in exactly the same spot the following day!

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Breakfast was the usual croissant, ham and cheese combo and again I took a pain au chocolat doctored with nutella for the road, mmmmm sickly! We strolled through Disney Village enjoying the early morning freshness and in no time at all we were once again queueing to be let into the Studios. Straight to Crush, once again terrific!

After Crush it was time for our first visit to Toy Story Playland! We looooved this area back in 2010 and this visit was no less exciting! We did Ben’s favourite, RC Racer, twice in a row woooooo! This ride honestly gives me such a thrill, we love it! Over too quickly though in my opinion, they should make it go up and down just onnnceeeeee more :tongue:

After RC Racer we walked over to the parachutes but the queue was 30 minutes :omg: waaayyy too long, we really don’t think this ride warrents it’s long wait times! In fact we didn’t even do it because we refuse to wait 30 minutes for any ride, let alone a 30 second one!

We do enjoy a bit of Slinky though and it was only a 5 minute queue so we were straight on! No photos *sigh

We paused for a delicious Nestea before walking toward our next ride – Studio Tram Tour! A classic! Unfortunately we were like the last on the ride and were in the first carriage – I think it’s better to be in the middle carriages here as you get a better view of the action. In 2010 we were in the last carriage and it didn’t even shake and move! Laaaaame. I love this ride and this time was hilarious because there were 3 Spanish lads behind us who obviously hadn’t been on it before and during the water/fire bit they were genuinely soiling their pants! Soooo funny you should have seen their faces!

Next up was The Art of Animation…dun dun duuuuunnn. So yes this is where some absolute &@*^$#YI stole my camera from right under our faces. Not going to go into it again too much… (see highs and lows) but we know exactly where it got taken (the little stool/screen where you colour in Flounder) and we got up, went over to sit at the Animation stools for one of the ‘classes’ when I realised I didn’t have it, walked back over to Flounder and it had gone. Sob. Hate that horrible feeling of rising panic as you realise it really has gone, it’s not in your bag, in your hand, in your pocket, in front of you, on the floor, anywhere in the room. I started crying obviously and just generally went into a huge panic, asked the shop CM who was lovely, the CM in the room who was not very lovely or helpful and then when the class had finished, the CM running it who then asked the people who’d just taken the class. A lovely British couple spoke to us and asked me about it which was really nice of them. I also asked various French/Spanish/German people who had been around the Flounder bit when I left but to no avail. It was gone. After checking under all the tables and stools in the animation bit I realised it actually wasn’t there so we walked outside towards Lost and Found to tell them what had happened. I must have looked a right state ha walking through the crowds, mascara everywhere, silently crying! Lost and Found were nice but they didn’t have it – I left my number and name and they said they’d call us but we should also check Town Hall in the DLP as that is where Studios items get taken at the end of each day. We checked twice a day, every day, to no avail. Every time we walked out after being told they didn’t have it, I felt like I’d lost it all over again :(

ANYWAY. I’m over it now, it didn’t spoil the holiday and we were able to retake most of the photos again – that is what I was so upset about, not the camera itself. Also, going forward most of my photos are in order so theoretically it should be easier to write the days! :D

So I was feeling pretty miserable and Ben asked me if I wanted to stay in the park or head back to the room. I opted for the latter and to get some food on the way back which might cheer me up :)

oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:33 PM

We thought it would also be a good idea if I had some wine to ease the sadness so we popped into the train station shop to buy some – a big bottle this time as yesterday I got the little bottle which had a screwtop but we had checked and the SL shop sold corkscrews so it was game on :D

Walking through Disney Village we discussed the likelihood of it being returned – we were both quite optimistic and thought maybe a kid had picked it up and their parents would be like “OMG where did you get that” and take it straight to lost and found. That is what we would do, and any decent person. But the fact it had vanished so quickly did make us suspect it had been stolen :( I decided a second visit to the Earl of Sandwich was necessary for lunch so we headed on in. Exciting!

I decided to be CRAZY here and not get the Caprese – a mark of how amazing the rest of the menu sounded! I opted for the Grilled Cheese which had 3 kinds of cheese, tomatoes and bacon :p the low cal option! I also got a chocolate brownie :D Which didn’t get eaten til the Eurostar on our way home…oops! I had to have it though! Benji got the ‘Veggie’ and the bread and butter pudding which I have to say looked amazing! We also got 2 pots of potato salad! Major splurge!

Here begins the re-taking of all my photos so here are some Earl of Sammie ones for you!

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When we got back to the SL we split up – I was to go to the SL shop and purchase the much-needed corkscrew while Ben would take our lunch back to the room and then go and get some ice from the machine. We would meet back at the room!

I waved bye to Banj and walked through the lodge, up the stairs and towards the shop. It was really really quiet in the lodge. Like, eerily quiet. I noticed it was really dark too. Hhmmm. As I got closer to the shop I saw that the door was closed and there was a sign on it…never a good thing! The sign said something along the lines of “Scheduled Powercut 1-5pm. The shop will be closed from 12-6” Scheduled powercut? Eh!? I didn’t even THINK about the possible problems this would pose, all I was worried about was getting alcohol in my system to try and stem the threatening-to-return tears! Right, plan B. I turned around and walked over to the bar – very dark and very quiet. Arghh! Then I saw a barman! Yay! He didn’t speak very good English so it was difficult to make him understand what I wanted but he seemed to get it quite quickly! He produced a corkscrew from his pocket yayyyy and said I needed to bring the bottle to him as he only had one. Not a problem my friend! I turned and started walking to the room, chuckling to myself slightly at how weird this situation had got. I bumped into Ben who was on his way to the ice-machine and made him come with me to the bar as it was mega dark in the corridors! We went back to the room to grab the bottle and walked back out to the bar – it was insanely dark! A CM walked past us with a flashlight! And then it all got a bit Shining-esque as we were walking down this reaallllyyy long corridor (remember our room was the furthest one away! ) and a figure was coming towards us really slowly…I was slightly freaked! Thought he could have waved or made a sound or something, he was deadly silent! I was clinging on to Ben for dear luck as we walked past him but he didn’t produce an axe or anything (not that we would have been able to see it…..) and in a few more steps we turned the corner and were out into the nice window-lit foyer. Back to the bar where my friend was waiting and he opened the wine for us, lifesaver! We walked back to the room in the dark, bypassing the ice machine as obviously it wasn’t working and finally we were back to the room, only 30 minutes after we’d first arrived!

We laid out our little feast on our table and sat out in the sunshine enjoying it. Good job we had the terrace to be honest as it was preeettyy dark in the room! As we ate we began to realise exactly what was off-limits for the afternoon! Showers, TV and then we realised probably the pool which had been our plan! Even if it had been open I wouldn’t have been able to blowdry or straighten my hair which obviously made a swim out of the question. We changed tact slightly and I decided to man up and head back to the DLP and start re-taking all my photos :)

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HUGE nom

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Our lunch was delicious by the way – I really recommend the grilled cheese but don’t get a side and a dessert too! We aren’t in Florida people, your stomach will not have sufficiently expanded! I ate half of the potato salad, ¾ of the sammie and as I said, left the brownie. Woops a daisy. My wine went down a treat though and I was starting to feel a lot less bothered about the camera situ and a lot more concerned with re-taking photos and videos and making the most of our last 3 days :) PLUS we were going to the Rainforest Café that evening which I was mega excited for!

After lunch Benj chilled on the balcony for a bit while I took off my tear-stained face and washed my sticky contact lenses, then put them back in and reapplied my face. All in the dark with only a bit of light from the terrace shining through. It was tricky! Eventually though I was ready and raring to go :D

Can’t resist showing y’all the balcony again…

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oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:34 PM

and we walked back to the DLP to try and get some magic back into the holiday.

EXCITED FACES

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(I look like I have crossed eyes here...I wonder if that is actually what my eyes look like!?)

Aaannnndddd where does everyone go for magic? FANTASYLAND! The home of magic! We headed over to the storybook boats as we hadn’t done it since waaaay back in 2007 as it was closed in 2010, nightmare! I was hoping we’d get a boat on our own as it was pretty quiet but sadly we had people behind us, not the end of the world though! I whipped out the iPhone and seriously could have kissed it for having such a fab camera that I could actually have some photos of the holiday.

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Love this ride! And the weather was actually gorgeous this afternoon!

We walked over to Casey Jr but the ride was a CRAZY 40 minutes! Once again we felt sorry for parents having to queue for this ride for that long!

It was coming up to 4.30 at this point so we decided to watch the PARADE which really cheered me up because even though we don’t often watch them I do like a good parade and I was excited to get some nice photos.

We decided to get an ICE CREAM while we watched the parade though, yay!

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I got a MAGNUM mmmmmm!

And Benji got a cornetto – not his first choice as he’s more of a strawberry man but they’d run out :( He enjoyed it lots though!

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Ice creams in hand we walked to Main Street – I only really like watching the parades in Main Street! Is that weird!? I just think the atmosphere is the best! We managed to get a good spot (standing) and chatted away the next half an hour in between voicing our shock that people are so INCAPABLE of keeping their feet off the road. No feet. On the road. Not yours, or your kids, or your Grandmothers. How difficult is it!?!?

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Finally the parade started and we enjoyed the next half hour waving and smiling at all the characters and trying to get some nice photos :) Weather was sooooo nice, look at the colour of the sky!

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I got REALLY excited at one point as I realised a selection of princesses and their respective beaus were walking through the parade route! Literally within ARMS REACH. No Ariel though because obviously she is the best and had her own float :p But I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Belle up close and personal!

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The parade finished about 5.30 and in order to avoid getting caught up in the crowds of people leaving (seriously, it felt like everyone in the park left after the parade!) we walked over to Discoveryland where we saw Space Mountain was 5 minutes so it had to be done!

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I took a photo of how WEIRD Nautilus looks without the water :/ and we said we’d go ‘on it’ later on in the holiday as I love it :D

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Awesome Space Mountain poster! We fell in love with all the vintage posters and want to buy a ton when we go back to WDW to put in the flat :D :D

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It was coming up to 6pm by this time so we decided to head back to the SL, change and freshen up and go for cocktails in the SL bar!

SL was a bit more lively now that the power was back on haha and we marvelled at how much having the TV on can improve the process of getting ready! We were all ready by about 6.30 and coats on (it was getting chilly!) we walked the short distance to the bar.

SL corridor, with the lights on as a treat!

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SL carpet which Benj totally photobombed

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We like to amuse ourselves whilst walking to places

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Beautiful view! (we walked the shortcut outside!)

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YESSSSSSS

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I was in a proper Glowtini mood and Ben got a Desp.

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oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:35 PM

We managed to get the lovely seats in front of the big fireplace. There was a REALLY CUTE little girl dressed as Peter Pan running around inside it which was nice to say, make the most of it I say!

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It was so lovely and relaxing in the bar area, lots of couples and families all sat enjoying a quiet drink and we really enjoyed it. So much so, we got another drink! However Ben wasn’t feeling the Desperado’s any more so he manned up and got a whisky! Which came in a nice glass with a little biscuit on the side, very impressive!

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I got another Glowtini hehe :D

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And, I found in my coat pocket the icecube from my Glowtini on Monday so we had a little fun with my 3 cubes :D setting them all to flash different colours, PARTY OVER HERRREEEE!

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I was really amused at the sheer amount of kids (and adults!) who stopped dead in their tracks when walking past the bar and seeing my drink haha! And a few people turned around at the bar and pointed at my drink when ordering! SL should have had me on commission the amount of money I made for them that night, especially as it’s the most expensive drink!

About 7.30 we were feeling thoroughly refreshed and happy and ready to wander over to the RFC.

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Café Mickey! Everytime we walked past CM, day or night, Captain Hook was ALWAYS there! Seriously, give the guy a break! Never mind Mickey, he is def the hardest working character. We cracked up whenever we walked past and he was there, feet must be killing him! What a random selection of characters they have in CM btw, literally no theme they just rock up with whoevers free!

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We had asked in the RFC gift shop the night before if we could make reservations but she said you just had to queue which was no problem. There was a little queue when we got there but it wasn’t too bad.

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The setting was beautiful, look at this amazing butterfly! It was huge!

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After about a 10 minute wait we were led through the restaurant and to a table….uh oh. My happiness disappeared. Not sure how to describe it but it was like a big booth along one wall, split into 4 or 5 different 2 tops. So 5 of us were sat NEXT to each other on the booth and the other 5 were sat next to each other on separate chairs. Like seriously, we may as well have been celebrating a birthday together! I was so disappointed, I understand we are only a 2 and they can’t afford to give us a table for 4 but jeez, there is a limit! I really didn’t want to cause a scene or upset anyone but I really didn’t want to sit here all night and spend a lot of money (I think we all know restaurants like RFC are not cheap!) so I told this to Ben who said lets go then! So we got up and left. I thought he was a little bit annoyed at me which upset me even more but once we got outside I apologised and he said it was fine and it was okay again :) I think deep down he wasn’t impressed either but he is a very very non-confrontational creature and will just get on with it whereas I just need to do something about it!

oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:35 PM

So there we were, 8.15 and starving with no plans! Well, we quickly made a decision. We were stood right by the Steakhouse which had no queue so we went inside and were shown to a table straightaway - A NICE TABLE WITH SPACE AROUND IT! My happiness restored we sat down and began perusing the menu. The décor in here was so cool! All urban metal and bricks with massive New York signs and posters. Very smart!

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We ordered drinks first – a beer for Benj and a MOJITO for me, how exciting! I just saw it on the menu and really fancied it! We were brought our drinks in no time, along with some BREAD! Yum!

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Lololol at Bens face and is that a ghost in the background!?

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And then 2 minutes later, our lovely waitress bought us a complimentary amuse-bouche that we weren’t entirely sure of the reasons behind but we were loving it! It was a dish of delicious olive tapenade with some crispy baked slices of bread. So good!

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As we were nibbling our bread-based snacks our waitress came back and we placed our orders; both deciding to go for the set menu which seemed good value and had some lovely sounding options. We then sat back, continued to eat our bread and enjoyed our surroundings. I was so happy! The RFC was a distant memory and the ambiance and atmosphere in the Steakhouse was just fabulous :)

After 10 minutes or so our starters were brought out and we were very impressed with the presentation :) This is mine! Bay City Cassolette
Mini casserole of shellfish and green asparagus with a Noilly Prat cream sauce.

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This was SO GOOD! I don’t eat fish very often really, just scallops/prawns mainly and this had both in but a very fishy sauce – something I wouldn’t normally go for but I was delighted I did! The sauce was thick and SO creamy, dread to think of the calories! On the side there was a cheesy, herby muffin that was just to die for. I mopped up the excess sauce with the muffin and overall had a very good time :p

Ben was equally wowed with his starter and he has mentioned it multiple times since we got home! Carrot Soup Cappuccino (V)
Carrot and coriander soup, cappuccino style, with an olive and tomato muffin on the side.

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He said it was delicious! Again something he wouldn’t normally order but he was really pleased he did and the plate was sparkling clean when he was done!

After a short break our main course were brought out, yummy!

I got the Downtown Rumpsteak
Grilled rump steak, mixed salad, fries, pepper sauce.

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This was really nice; my steak was perfectly medium-rare and the sauce was lovely. The salad had a really nice dressing on which I really enjoyed. I also ruined our posh appearance by asking for ketchup! Gotta have ketchup with fries! Look what cmae out though, no Heinz here!

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Benji got the only veggie option on the menu, mushroom pasta! A classic. Ravioli Duo (V)
Duo of white truffle and cèpe mushroom ravioli in a parmesan cream. He said this was really nice too, it had a load of mushrooms hidden under the greens on top which had infused the sauce as he said it was really rich and…mushroomy! Not being a fan of mushrooms myself I only tried the pasta but I have to say I really really enjoyed it! Very smooth and creamy filling and there was a good amount of parmesan in the sauce, yummy!

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We were absolutely stuffed after our bread, tapenade and bread and main courses so unfortunately dessert was out of the question. Our meal had taken a good hour and a half and we had really enjoyed the atmosphere, food and service. Our lovely waitress bought us over the cheque which was expensive but not unreasonable we didn’t feel – I think it was about 80 euros but I honestly can’t remember! DLRP Magic says the 2 course menu was 23 euros but I think it was more like 27ish, then we had a drink each which pushed the price up.

Overall I would really recommend this restaurant :) Worlds away from the busy, hectic, CLOSE QUARTERS of the RFC and although that may have something to do with the time we ate (about 8.15/8.30) I think it’s just more of a chilled out, adult place. Lovely!

oh_darling 5 Apr 12 04:36 PM

After paying we left the Steakhouse and headed over to the shops to have a browse. If you recall I was keen to purchase some of the lovely kitchen stuff that I’d seen in WDW but couldn’t really fit in the suitcase (def couldn’t have given that I had to throw away most of the new clothes/shoes etc I’d bought as they wouldn’t fit……) so wanted to see what they had to offer :) I particularly had my eye on a MICKEY HAND oven glove that was in the window…but we searched in all the shops and couldn’t see it anywhere! Eventually I plucked up the courage to ask a CM after a taking a photo of it on my phone and showing her haha and she disappeared for a bit and then came back saying they don’t actually sell it! Oh right, good idea having it in the window then! She explained she couldn’t even get the display one for me as they don’t dress the windows themselves and they were all locked :( Sigh, I’d just have to walk past it every day with it silently taunting me…

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Devastated, we moved onto the hat section, always the best part of a Disney shop.

Although this hat ticks all the boxes for a Libby, I am not a hat person as my hair is too big and they make my head look small and therefore, my body bigger. In my head. This is obviously the best hat in the world though!

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We got really excited here because if I recall we thought these were pet outfits! But then we realised you had to buy a small Duffy (who we are NOT a fan of! ) and then you could dress him. Just not the same really is it.

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LOVED this because it’s like a huge version of the wine stopper I bought in Florida :D

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Once we’d extracted all the fun we could out of the shops, it was time to head back to the Lodge, via the HNY so we could take a replacement photo for the bar crawl! HNY was number 5 :)

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Into our lovely big bed, alarm set for 8am again :)

Gill H 5 Apr 12 04:54 PM

Steakhouse looks great - never done it yet, but it's on the list!

Guest 5 Apr 12 05:16 PM

I totally lolled' at your breakfast experience, but I totally would be the same wouldn't want to cause a scene with angry people haha!

40 minutes for the Parachutes, crazy! And less said about your Art of Animation experience the better haha! EoS looks so yummy, cheese and bacon!? Thats a different one from Orlando, so going to try that one because im not a flavour fan :).

Aww that Storybook ride looks so romantic, booo for not getting your own boat! I have never been on it ever! Like you, always been closed! No Mickey premium ice creams at DLP? :(

GUTTED you had a horrible experience at Rainforest, I really hope this doesn't happen to us because I REALLY want to eat here again but need space! We will be probably going for dinner then drinks at the bar so opposite to you, so hopefully that will make a difference! :). Your steakhouse meal looks so yum! :D

Thats really strange they had the mickey hands in the window but didn't sell them?! I bought those Mickey hands/Oven gloves for my mum in Orlando but I bought the same hand twice not thinking you need a right and a left, DOH! Hahah!

P.s. YAY update, didn't think we would get one since you are off gallivanting this weekend, haha! :D

Guest 5 Apr 12 05:16 PM

Your camera :( Cheeky sods.

The EoS always makes me salivate - I want to go out and pick up a baguette from somewhere but i've already got things in the fridge for tea! Oh well.

That table thing in the RFC is so weird. I wouldn't have liked it either. I have always wanted to there since I was like 5 and my Dad refused to take me to the London one (saddo! :P) The Steakhouse looks nice though.

That oven glove is awesome, what a shame (and how weird!) that they had it in the window but didn't actually sell it. :|


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