Madison is a Mighty Duck! We went to Disney Quest today, and there is this one large game where everyone becomes a virtual pinball on this huge screen. The idea is to get the most points, frequently getting by the goalie in the game. You do this by leaning this way or that. Madison could hardly lean the apparatis one way or the other, but she enjoyed the game anyway. We were up against a whole bunch of other people with this game, and only at the end do you see who won. Adults, teens, other kids... the winner was Madison!
It was a fun day, although we did stay pretty long. We did pretty much everything there is to do at Disney Quest. Daddy was thrilled to see right away that they had Fix-it Felix cabinets there, so we did that for a time. We also went to floor #2 for an appointment with an illustrator who showed us all how to draw Mickey Mouse. We had our desks lined up, and the three of us did a pretty swell job of drawing Mickey. Madison is getting very good with illustrations.
One unexpected joy of the place would be the food. You'd think it would be just arcade food. That's essentially what Disney Quest is - a ginormous five-story arcade. But it IS Disney, so the chef came out to talk with Mommy, and sure enough, within a few minutes she was eating a huge gluten-free cheeseburger. We all ate well, in fact!
We did some skeeball, some pinball too. Video games with bowling, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. But the video game that strangely captured our imagination the most was SeaWolf. There were three sit-down versions of the game lined up, and I think the three of us sat at our various stations for about fifteen minutes, launching torpedoes and sinking as many ships as time would allow. No one ever bothered us there, so we kept going and going, and the girls were having a blast. So to speak.
Of course, there are more elaborate video games there. This time, Madison and Daddy did the Aladdin Virtual Carpet Rides, which was the first time that Daddy ever wore one of those virtual goggles - the same with Madison, of course. That was fun, but the real fun is always the Pirates of the Caribbean. Daddy was captain, steering the girls through the bay from port to port, sinking other pirate ships and stealing booty and treasure. The neat thing was our second ride through - we got the highest possible rank by listening to the employee there. She told us to go immediately to the left, blast away at the ships, and the gold in the walls of the islands there. Then, go over the waterfall, and go after the pirate ships in the port you find yourself floating in. You may have time to battle a sea serpent, and of course at the end there's the battle with the other pirate ship. Our score was the highest for that day, and the crew was quite a scurvy bunch, doing quite a bit of yo-ho's as we disembarked.
It was a good day, and it was a cool day too - we stayed indoors at this place, and didn't get outside into the higher temperatures so much. When we did go outside, we cooled off by going over to Ghiradelli's for our standard order of ice cream. Daddy told the employee there that it was Madison's birthday and she loved cherries, so when the ice cream came out, there was also a small plastic cup filled to the top with cherries!
We did some shopping there as well, getting a few books - including a new Kingdom Keepers book. We also picked up the last Disney Infinity 2.0 figure we need, Green Goblin. That's quite a funny souvenir from Disney World, but he was on sale, so that was cool.
Anyway, we headed back to the condo quite tired, really. We spent quite a bit of time at the arcade, and may do so again tomorrow - our tickets are good there for another day. Whatever we'll do, it'll be fun - we're on vacation!
It was a fun day, although we did stay pretty long. We did pretty much everything there is to do at Disney Quest. Daddy was thrilled to see right away that they had Fix-it Felix cabinets there, so we did that for a time. We also went to floor #2 for an appointment with an illustrator who showed us all how to draw Mickey Mouse. We had our desks lined up, and the three of us did a pretty swell job of drawing Mickey. Madison is getting very good with illustrations.
One unexpected joy of the place would be the food. You'd think it would be just arcade food. That's essentially what Disney Quest is - a ginormous five-story arcade. But it IS Disney, so the chef came out to talk with Mommy, and sure enough, within a few minutes she was eating a huge gluten-free cheeseburger. We all ate well, in fact!
We did some skeeball, some pinball too. Video games with bowling, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. But the video game that strangely captured our imagination the most was SeaWolf. There were three sit-down versions of the game lined up, and I think the three of us sat at our various stations for about fifteen minutes, launching torpedoes and sinking as many ships as time would allow. No one ever bothered us there, so we kept going and going, and the girls were having a blast. So to speak.
Of course, there are more elaborate video games there. This time, Madison and Daddy did the Aladdin Virtual Carpet Rides, which was the first time that Daddy ever wore one of those virtual goggles - the same with Madison, of course. That was fun, but the real fun is always the Pirates of the Caribbean. Daddy was captain, steering the girls through the bay from port to port, sinking other pirate ships and stealing booty and treasure. The neat thing was our second ride through - we got the highest possible rank by listening to the employee there. She told us to go immediately to the left, blast away at the ships, and the gold in the walls of the islands there. Then, go over the waterfall, and go after the pirate ships in the port you find yourself floating in. You may have time to battle a sea serpent, and of course at the end there's the battle with the other pirate ship. Our score was the highest for that day, and the crew was quite a scurvy bunch, doing quite a bit of yo-ho's as we disembarked.
It was a good day, and it was a cool day too - we stayed indoors at this place, and didn't get outside into the higher temperatures so much. When we did go outside, we cooled off by going over to Ghiradelli's for our standard order of ice cream. Daddy told the employee there that it was Madison's birthday and she loved cherries, so when the ice cream came out, there was also a small plastic cup filled to the top with cherries!
We did some shopping there as well, getting a few books - including a new Kingdom Keepers book. We also picked up the last Disney Infinity 2.0 figure we need, Green Goblin. That's quite a funny souvenir from Disney World, but he was on sale, so that was cool.
Anyway, we headed back to the condo quite tired, really. We spent quite a bit of time at the arcade, and may do so again tomorrow - our tickets are good there for another day. Whatever we'll do, it'll be fun - we're on vacation!
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