Midway Madness

Sorry this is a looong post and for once I am not talking about my own madness!!!!

The only day with a full agenda prior to leaving was yesterday. Toystory Midway Mania officially opened 5 days after we left last year but we managed to have 1 ride on an unexpected soft opening. It was so cool it was definately the first ride to do on this trip.

The walk on queue was 30 mins but the queue line is so much fun that you totally forget that you are queuing - the couple behind thought I was crazy as I was taking random pics of anything (yes for once I was being a true scrapper).

Here is a trip down memory lane. Remember these??

Obviously when I had a few of these they were not 4ft wide!! This is an exact replica of the original disneyland disc. Items like this and giant ludo counters, crayons and playing cards are scattered around the queue line.

Shoots (or snakes as we know it!) and ladders along with a checker board and scrabble board decorates the ceilings.

This guy is the real star of the area though

He is 4ft high and totally interactive. The queue was moving quite quickly as we passed him so no anniversary wishes this time (although badges will be worn for duration so maybe next time!!).

After muppet vision 3D and the great movie ride we took a boat to EPCOT for lunch in Japan's Yakatori house. I love their shogun combo (teryaki chicken and sukiyaki beef with boiled rice).

We then learnt all about money saving in the Great Piggie Bank Adventure - my Mum will be pleased!!! I wanted to keep the pig he was sooo cute but with $100's of technology in it I do not think they would allow it!!!!

By this time it was soooo hot even Russ was suffering so we headed back to the room and fell asleep for 4 hours!!!! seeing as we had not slept a huge amount on our first night it was obviously needed but our plan to visit the magic kingdom went right out of the window!! May also have been the best thing as we had a storm and the rain unusually lasted for a few hours. Once the rain had slowed we walked to Downtown Disney for tea in Wolfgang Pucks - not sure we were popular as we didn't leave a tip due to poor service!

I guess I should stop this mammouth post and head into the shower so we can get going to the Magic Kingdom.