WDW 2004 - Day 15

ToonTown Fair

We caught the monorail to the Ticket and Transportation center, and then hopped the bus to MGM.   It was another nice day, and a HOT one! We were doing pretty good though, and headed off to get some fastpasses for RnR. Maddy is too short to ride this one, but that just means Brinn gets to go twice. :-) It was pretty busy, and the return time was 5:25pm at a bit after 2pm!! Ouch! But the fastpass said I could get another pass at 2:48 so I'd do that in a while.   The girls wanted to play in the Honey I shrunk the Kids play area, so we spent a bit of time over there. The girls had a great time, and I headed over to Star Tours to get another fastpass around 2:45. The return time was much better than RnR - 3:30. So, back to get the girls and we headed over to watch the Stars and Motorcars Parade. We got a great spot and waited for the parade to start. It was a wonderful parade, and we all enjoyed it.

Now, we were into our return time for Star Tours, so we headed over there.   Had another great ride (the kids LOVE this one) and then we walked to the Backlot to see if we could luck out and find Kermit and or Miss Piggy or maybe the Toy Story gang. Well, we hit pay dirt today! We found Kermit and Miss Piggy, and even had enough to get in line before they were leaving! (We'd been just missing them every time!) Then off to Al's Toy Barn, and there we found a fairly short line for Buzz, Woody and Jesse. Even the Green Army Man was there - and who was his CM helper, but Valerie! Valerie and her mom (Rosebud) are members of the Tagrel.com site forums, and Rosebud had posted a picture of Valerie that made it easy to recognize her smiling face!   I was in line with the girls, but Kristen had a chance to talk to her for a few minutes before she had to head back stage. I had hoped to get a picture with her, but it wasn't meant to be. Wouldn't it have been fun to ask he Green Army Guy to take our picture with his CM helper! ;-)

Well, we saw Buzz, Woody and Jesse, and that was fun! Then we headed off and decided to check availability for a seat at Sci Fi Drive-in. Wonder of wonders, they had an immediate table ready! :-) This was our first time eating here and we all enjoyed it. Its fun sitting in the 'cars' and the girls were QUITE interested in hearing about old drive ins Mom and Dad went to as kids. Since it was also 5pm we received the dinner menu, and it didn't list any burgers! Well, I'd heard to stick with the burgers here, and after asking the server we found out you could still order burgers even though they were not on the menu. Great! :-)   Kristen and I went with the burgers, she also got a shake which was good and the girls had the kids grilled cheese and a corn dog. Everyone liked their meal and the atmosphere was very cool.

Well, it was finally time for us to return to Rockin Roller Coaster (RnR) for our ride. Since Madison is too short we took turns and Brinn got to ride twice this time. She really enjoyed it since it has no big drops, but the takeoff scares her just a bit. Hey, I'm happy she'll ride it at all after all the trouble we had on Space Mountain with her! :-) Well, that was it. We were tired today since we hadn't really had a break, and decided to head on back to the Boardwalk. We caught the boat back, and then headed in to the lobby. I went to request our bags at the Bell desk while the girls plopped on a couch near the door. The CM at the DVC desk came over to talk to them a bit, and gave them a bunch of stickers. They were very happy to accept his offer, and then we went outside to await our rental car and bags.

Both arrived fairly quickly, and we were soon off and headed to the Residence Inn at SeaWorld. This is a very nice hotel, and we were really happy with it. Our room was great with a kitchen area, living room with pullout couch and a separate bedroom with two double beds. There was a great pool, play area, tennis court, volleyball area and even picnic area with grills. They even provided a wonderful hot breakfast every morning and it was 5 minutes (if that!) to Sea World. All this for a AAA rate of $122 per night - not too shabby!

We settled into the room, and then headed off to bed. Tomorrow we head to SeaWorld for our first visit ever!

MGM Stars and Motorcars Parade