WDW 2005 - Day 11

After watching the movie about Walt, we headed back out onto Mickey Ave. We saw Jojo and Goliath, Donald and even Sorcerer Mickey. (Another nice inside wait for Mickey.... ahhhhh). All three had pretty short waits, and returned quickly from breaks. It looked as if Millionaire was closed today. I saw no line at all, and some things were covered... Too bad - we enjoy watching/playing this one.

Taking it really easy today, and slowly. We were in our ToT Fastpass window, and I stopped back at Voyage of the Little Mermaid but the return time was the same as the Stunt show... Have to try later.

Kristen and Brinn headed off to do some shopping while Maddy and I worked our way back to ToT.   Stopped for a Photopass pic in front of the ToT and then headed on down. Maddy knew we had two sets of FastPasses since Kristen and Brinn didn't want to come. She had been going on about doing ToT twice, but as we approached and the screams became easy to hear, she started to prepare me that only ONE ride would probably be enough! ;-)

FastPass was awesome for this ride. Took us right to the front past over an hour standby wait. The boiler room wait was fairly backed up, but moving along pretty quickly. I'd say a 10 minute wait total. Soon we were on the elevator, and in row two - middle, right in the front. Wow. Pretty intense right here! :-)

Maddy did great, but the scary parts BEFORE the drop kind of spooked her. She had forgotten about these I guess, and clung a bit close. Then the drops. They seemed to go on forever. Up/down - up/down. It was great!!! This part she loved and so did I! She was all smiles as we excited, but still that was enough. No second time so we found a young couple headed for the FastPass machines and spread a little magic. They were glad for saving the wait time, and the woman asked Maddy about the ride because SHE was a bit scared to go on. Maddy said it was fun, but we all laughed that once was enough. ;-)

We quickly found Kristen and Brinn waiting for us at the end of a row of shops, and headed back up Sunset Blvd.   We were ALL getting very overheated, and I'm really glad Disney lowered the water prices to $2.00 per bottle, because we have been buying a LOT of it!   We worked out way back toward the Stunt Show area and stopped in the Honey I Shrunk the kids play area until it was time to leave for the Stunt show.   Grabbed more water and headed over to the stadium. I was surprised to see that many of the Osbourne lights were still up. Guess they are saving money by keeping these in place all year.

The Fast Pass line for the Stunt Show was moving along pretty good - they let all the Fast Passers in first. We were there probably by 12:30 and the FP line was long and when we reached the stadium we were WAY at the top there were so many people in front of us. No problem though. The view was really good from up there. Made it easy to see all the action. I liked the show, there was a lot going on, and happening pretty quickly. The girls thought it was just OK, and I don't think Brinn really cared for it at all.   Maddy enjoyed it though.

That was it. We really just had the Ariel show that we'd still like to do, but we were cooked. Time for a break. We are headed to Epcot in the evening, so a bit of a nap is in order. The girls stopped at Beaches and Cream for a quick lunch but I headed right to the room. I wasn't hungry at all, and just grabbed a bagel in the room. Much better once I cooled off and we all took a rest.

After awakening from our nap we all got ready and headed over to Epcot. We felt better after a short rest, and while it was still pretty hot outside, it was nothing like the midday heat. It was just before 6pm, and we had reservations at Marakeesh at 6:30. We entered through the International Gateway and headed toward Morocco. We spent some time looking around the shops in Morocco, and then headed back to the restaurant where we were quickly seated. It was not too busy yet, so we asked for a table right next to the dance floor.

We enjoyed a very good dinner, and while the girls just had chicken tenders, Kristen and I enjoyed the Marakeesh Feast. I enjoyed everything, and Kristen liked most everything. Even the sampler desserts were delicious! Around the middle of our meal the musicians came out and started playing. They were very good and a bit later the belly dancer came out to dance. At one point she tried to get Brinn to come out, but Brinn was too shy. She was much happier watching. :-)

After leaving the restaurant, we decided to split up. Maddy and Kristen were headed back to the resort for a swim, and Brinn and I would stay in Epcot and watch Illuminations. Maddy is not a big fan of Fireworks, and really wanted that swim. Brinn wanted to see Illuminations, and we even got to fit in the American Adventure show before finding a spot to see the fireworks. This was the first time we worked in this show, and it is very well done.

Then outside to find a spot. I found a place along the water between Italy and the American Pavilion. We had a tree in our back, but it had a GREAT view, and a railing to hold my camera. I got a few good pictures, and we really enjoyed the show.

Then we walked back to BCV. We took it slow and snapped nighttime pics of whatever caught our eye. After getting back to BCV Brinn wanted that nighttime swim as well. So we quickly changed and headed down to the quiet pool. The water was very warm (think bath) and there were actually quite a few people there. We still had fun, and even tried out the Jacuzzi. It was hot, and after spending a few minutes in there the main pool 'seemed' cooler. :-)

Back inside for a good nights sleep. The girls have a Pirate Cruise in the morning, and I'm pretty sure SammieG, BillJ and families will have their children on the same cruise. It will be great to meet them!