Do the Fantasmic Package!

I love Fantasmic. I hate to wait for Fantasmic.

We finally got smart and did the Fantasmic Package. Best part is, other than your meal which we'd eat anyway , there is no cost.

In sticking with the try new things theme of the trip we went somewhere I'd never been. Hollywood and Vine, a buffet. Now it says all-American buffet but even my husband who is a good eater thought they had some unique choices on the buffet. He didn't complain. I ate salad and corn from the kids buffet (my theory is my credit has paid for the meal I'll eat what I want!) I did try the garlic mash potatoes but I think they lost a couple heads of garlic in there. Oh well. I didn't leave hungry. Our waitress was very attentive for a buffet and earned her 20%. As we were eating she gave us a card that would get us into Fantasmic. She explained not to go to the regular entrance but to go to Beauty and the Beast no less than 30 minutes before show time. After that our seats weren't guaranteed.

We got done eating and did a dumb thing. Even though I  needed a bathroom break, we got in line for Star Tours (again). By the time we got off we had to run across the park to make it to Fantasmic. I still hadn't used the bathroom and I only remember parts of the show due to this. The seats were on the far right side and were fine. I loved not waiting two hours for a seat. We just should have planned better.

It is however always great to see Mickey come out on top and as I type this I have the music in my head.It's one of my favorite Disney experiences by far!

In a Galaxy Not So Far Away...

After a mediocre lunch at Mama Melrose ( it just isn't a favorite of mine, although the staff checked on me several times to make sure I didn't want a new meal.) I was ready for something fun. Something I had been waiting all year to see. The new Star Tours!

I knew a little about the revisions. I had read that you could ride the ride and get one of over 50 scenarios. This of course meant we would have to ride it more than one time.

The line moved quickly and once inside we noticed the changes. The droid who use to drive the ride had been benched. Also 3D glasses were required. We could hardly wait for our turn.

This time C3PO is accidentally our shuttle commanded. But that's about all that I can tell you that was the same between our three total rides. Darth Vader was there but in a different way each time. We visited different places. Princess Leia, Yoda, and Admiral Ackbar all asked for our help. We saw Jar-Jar Binks. Each adventure was different. It made me want to spend the whole day at the park on that ride and that's saying a lot considering how much I love Toy Story Midway Mania.

I tried to remind myself there's always next year. This is so much better than the old ride where I didn't feel a connection to the movie.

We did almost go a fourth time but it would have made us late for dinner and that was our Fantasmic package.

Hard to believe we wasted these.