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Or, the day that we were evacuated from the Tower of Terror.
We got going at a reasonable-ish time, and wandered in near the beginning of the extra half hour. We did runaway railroad, and then Star Tours. Then we attempted the Tower of Terror on a LL that I had set up when I paid for Genie. Rise and Slinky Dog Dash were both unavailable (Slinky at all, and Rise was only 6 pm and later for buy-in). Since A. had wanted to do Tower in December and it had not worked out, I was like, sure.
Unfortunately, the ride stopped after we watch the couple, the employee, the child star and the minder go zappee, but before the elevator shaft. We sat and stared at the props for the area you trundle through to get to the elevator shaft for 10 plus minutes. Then, a maintenance man came through, moved us a bit further, set up a stair, and got some CMs to shepherd us to an exit. I have no concerns about elevators, but let me tell you, getting into the elevator to go to the exit gave me pause. I hung back and went as the second group. I figured if the first one made it, we’d be okay, too.
We had used an LL for the ride, so we got that back, plus an extra. We went to lunch at The Brown Derby (1115 reservation, but checked in early because we were shook) and I had the tomato risotto with eggplant fritters and a Hollywood Manhattan. A. and I split the chocolate coconut cake. Yum! Lots of bread, too.
Then we walked through ToyStory Land and did Midway Mania, using one of the two LLs from the Tower debacle. After that, we did Smuggler’s run, which I had set up after Star Tours. Finally, we realized we really did have one more LL special whatever, and did Tower of Terror successfully. We bought some popcorn, and a pin, and met R. We went to the hotel, showered, and then rested very briefly before going to dinner at Cityworks at Disney Springs. We had hoped to take the boat to Marketplace, but it did not seem to be going to the Disney Springs docks, so we walked instead. Checking on the other side, those docs appear to not be currently in use. Sadly. I mean, we are _literally_ in the closest building on Congress Park, but it is still a bit of a hike to the restaurants we want to go to.
We stopped at Straw and Salt on the way back. I noticed the “split scoop” option, and got a vegan split between chocolate mint and some peanut butter caramel thing. Awesome. I got R. and A. a split between a vanilla, snickerdoodle, brownie, and cookie dough. A. does not like Straw and Salt. R. has no issue with it. We think it’s the lower sugar content but we’re not sure.
T. says that years ago A. and I were evacuated from the track at Test Track. I am skeptical. I would sort of expect to remember that? But who knows! I’ll try to track down a blog entry eventually. Maybe.
We got going at a reasonable-ish time, and wandered in near the beginning of the extra half hour. We did runaway railroad, and then Star Tours. Then we attempted the Tower of Terror on a LL that I had set up when I paid for Genie. Rise and Slinky Dog Dash were both unavailable (Slinky at all, and Rise was only 6 pm and later for buy-in). Since A. had wanted to do Tower in December and it had not worked out, I was like, sure.
Unfortunately, the ride stopped after we watch the couple, the employee, the child star and the minder go zappee, but before the elevator shaft. We sat and stared at the props for the area you trundle through to get to the elevator shaft for 10 plus minutes. Then, a maintenance man came through, moved us a bit further, set up a stair, and got some CMs to shepherd us to an exit. I have no concerns about elevators, but let me tell you, getting into the elevator to go to the exit gave me pause. I hung back and went as the second group. I figured if the first one made it, we’d be okay, too.
We had used an LL for the ride, so we got that back, plus an extra. We went to lunch at The Brown Derby (1115 reservation, but checked in early because we were shook) and I had the tomato risotto with eggplant fritters and a Hollywood Manhattan. A. and I split the chocolate coconut cake. Yum! Lots of bread, too.
Then we walked through ToyStory Land and did Midway Mania, using one of the two LLs from the Tower debacle. After that, we did Smuggler’s run, which I had set up after Star Tours. Finally, we realized we really did have one more LL special whatever, and did Tower of Terror successfully. We bought some popcorn, and a pin, and met R. We went to the hotel, showered, and then rested very briefly before going to dinner at Cityworks at Disney Springs. We had hoped to take the boat to Marketplace, but it did not seem to be going to the Disney Springs docks, so we walked instead. Checking on the other side, those docs appear to not be currently in use. Sadly. I mean, we are _literally_ in the closest building on Congress Park, but it is still a bit of a hike to the restaurants we want to go to.
We stopped at Straw and Salt on the way back. I noticed the “split scoop” option, and got a vegan split between chocolate mint and some peanut butter caramel thing. Awesome. I got R. and A. a split between a vanilla, snickerdoodle, brownie, and cookie dough. A. does not like Straw and Salt. R. has no issue with it. We think it’s the lower sugar content but we’re not sure.
T. says that years ago A. and I were evacuated from the track at Test Track. I am skeptical. I would sort of expect to remember that? But who knows! I’ll try to track down a blog entry eventually. Maybe.