We had a really crazy thing happen tonight. Well, I suppose it happens frequently - as often as there is a Star Wars-themed fireworks presentation over Hollywood Studios. We got caught in a bit of traffic on the way back from Downtown Disney, and saw the beginning of the fireworks show, which was pretty cool in itself. We were heading right towards it, so Madison got to see a lot of the fireworks, minus the soundtrack of course. There is this left turn where you head south after passing by Hollywood Studios, and here's where you pass by it again - only closer. And that is when the grand finale took place. We were essentially directly underneath it. Seriously, it filled up our windshield and the noise was spectacular. I have never been that close to exploding fireworks before. Just to demonstrate how close we were, consider this: our vehicle, by this point traveling about five miles per hour (along with a few other cars on this route), the car was hit by falling debris from the fireworks. Left and right, all of it was coming down around us as the rockets red glare blasted all about us. It was intensely amazing!
Today we were back at Downtown Disney, as we just described. We were also at the pool for a while, checking out the Liki Tiki's pool for a bit. Madison loved it, the waterfalls, the bridges, the slides, the fountains - all of it. It was a bit crowded, but she didn't care. She just wanted to splash and swim and push Daddy repeatedly underneath a water fall. Which she did.
Afterwards, we were back to Downtown Disney, and back inside Disney Quest once more. Yes, we established our dominance at Mighty Ducks Pinball. Mommy and Daddy and Madison were ranked 1,2, and 3 time and again. There wasn't a time we were playing these last two days where one of us was not in the top 3. And Daddy got #1 about three times. Madison and Mommy won it too - again consider that there are ten or twelve others playing too. We're just good, that's all!
And we're great pirates. We again hit the top score, dominating the high seas in our pirate ship - and then in our submarines for a return to Sea Wolf. The new thing was an old game Daddy remembers playing in Las Vegas in the 90's some time. It's called "Trog." Madison, Mommy and Daddy played that one together for quite some time - really we could have kept on going. But it was time to head out shortly after that, off to do some looking around at the art galleries, and of course a return to Ghiradelli's.
One thing of note were the guest musicians that appear along the way at Downtown Disney. There was a string quartet that sounded wonderful, obliging us with a pretty upbeat version of "Let it Go." But then there was also a guy named Dominic Gaudious. I only know this because we bought a CD from him right there. He played a bit of guitar, but what made him stand out even more so was that he played the didjeridoo. That's the Australian instrument, a long cylinder that you breathe into on one end - it is quite a distinctive sound. And it usually isn't a musical sort of sound, but he made it work. As he was playing the guitar, he tossed a guitar pick to Madison and winked. We still have that guitar pick, which of course has his name and website on it. Great marketing idea!
It was a nice relaxing day, punctuated by an us usual display of fireworks you don't get to see every day. We've seen the Star Wars fireworks show up close and personal, quite an explosive ending to the day!
Today we were back at Downtown Disney, as we just described. We were also at the pool for a while, checking out the Liki Tiki's pool for a bit. Madison loved it, the waterfalls, the bridges, the slides, the fountains - all of it. It was a bit crowded, but she didn't care. She just wanted to splash and swim and push Daddy repeatedly underneath a water fall. Which she did.
Afterwards, we were back to Downtown Disney, and back inside Disney Quest once more. Yes, we established our dominance at Mighty Ducks Pinball. Mommy and Daddy and Madison were ranked 1,2, and 3 time and again. There wasn't a time we were playing these last two days where one of us was not in the top 3. And Daddy got #1 about three times. Madison and Mommy won it too - again consider that there are ten or twelve others playing too. We're just good, that's all!
And we're great pirates. We again hit the top score, dominating the high seas in our pirate ship - and then in our submarines for a return to Sea Wolf. The new thing was an old game Daddy remembers playing in Las Vegas in the 90's some time. It's called "Trog." Madison, Mommy and Daddy played that one together for quite some time - really we could have kept on going. But it was time to head out shortly after that, off to do some looking around at the art galleries, and of course a return to Ghiradelli's.
One thing of note were the guest musicians that appear along the way at Downtown Disney. There was a string quartet that sounded wonderful, obliging us with a pretty upbeat version of "Let it Go." But then there was also a guy named Dominic Gaudious. I only know this because we bought a CD from him right there. He played a bit of guitar, but what made him stand out even more so was that he played the didjeridoo. That's the Australian instrument, a long cylinder that you breathe into on one end - it is quite a distinctive sound. And it usually isn't a musical sort of sound, but he made it work. As he was playing the guitar, he tossed a guitar pick to Madison and winked. We still have that guitar pick, which of course has his name and website on it. Great marketing idea!
It was a nice relaxing day, punctuated by an us usual display of fireworks you don't get to see every day. We've seen the Star Wars fireworks show up close and personal, quite an explosive ending to the day!
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