walkitout | First Day in the Parks: DCA, Wine Country Trattoria (Reply)

The time change worked in our favor, so we were up, breakfasted and in the park less than 8 hours after our arrival, which is all kinds of chaotic. I felt a little drunk from fatigue. We ran in to my sister’s group (had snacks in San Franyoko) and then swapped to J.’s group (more snacks at Pixar Pier), and then went off on our own to have lunch at Wine Country Trattoria. Nice memories of visiting there with AY’s family back when we first did this trip just with T. I picked DCA for our arrival park because I figured I would mind less if the whole day got screwed. My top picks were Monster’s Inc (boo is going away, sad face, but we got to ride it so yay!), Guardian (rethemed Tower of Terror, and always a favorite for me and A.) and Spiderman (did that twice single rider — it’s exactly the same as Paris, so it was slightly lower priority than the other two). We had dinner at Fire + Ice, which it turns out several people had done before a decade plus ago in another location. It’s a Mongolian Grill, altho the presence of a lot of other cuisine options threw me off. It worked out well for everyone. R. and I went over to the Blind Rabbit after, and had fabulous drinks and the staff was delightful. The decor was amazing and the holiday overlay even better.