Disney Day 5

Hmm....we seem to be falling behind a bit in our updates. Stop slacking handler's and get blogging!!!

Okay, where were we? Day five was going to be interesting because we were scheduled to perform a rare Disney trifecta (visiting 3 parks in one day). This was not our original plan, but our earlier disappointments at DHS lead to this necessity. Our main goal of the day was to ride Toy Story Mania. Even though we got to the park shortly after opening, the fast passes were already for late in the afternoon. Knowing we wouldn't be staying that long, we decided to just get in line. A short 45 minutes later, we finally got to ride, and we thought it was well worth it.

We rode some other rides at Hollywood Studios, to justify our time there.

Then it was on to theme park #2 - Epcot.

See how happy the handlers are to finally really be experiencing the Food and Wine Festival!

Here is Handler 2 stymied by the choice between 15 beers from around the world. We finally decided on a flight of 3 beers, one of which was the 'Purple Haze'. That, my friends, is an excellent beer.

Okay, I have to introduce this little guy. He's a Vinylmation. What's that? It's the latest and greatest trading fad at Disney. The handlers couldn't care less about them and Handler 2 kept insisting they were stupid and he couldn't understand how they had become so popular so rapidly. However, after his beer flight, Handler 2 started thinking that maybe it might be funny to buy just one and trade it wherever he could and take pictures of each new one as we got it. So, here's our first (and only) vinylmation purchase. We'll post all of the ones we got in a future update.

And in a totally random occurence, the lady working the Chile booth turned out to be a snowbird based in Handler 1's hometown of Grosse Ile!

We sampled the offerings of New Zealand, Chile, Brazil and the Dessert and Champange booths, before ending up in Mexico.

While there, the handlers insisted we ride El Rio de Tiempo, which is basically the Mexican It's a Small World.

After that, we needed a stiff drink. Luckily, we had signed up for another seminar. This one was all about tequila tasting. Handler 1 thought it was very informative and actually gained a small appreciation for the drink.

After we were thoroughly watered (well Handler 1 anyways, as Handler 2 took one sip of each offering and made an 'icky' face before declining anymore) it was time to head back to the room and prepare for the evening's festivities.

A Halloween party requires a costume, so I decided to dress up as the scariest thing I could think of.

The handlers got into the fun as well. (If you don't get it, then you're not a J.J. Abrams fan).

The costumes ranged from the scary...

To the downright horrifying.

There's much to do at the Halloween party, not just going on rides in costumes and trick-or-treating. For instance, there's a special parade.

It's focused mainly on villans (or pseudo-villans) and the less desireable Disney folks.

The cool thing about this parade is that you get to see Disney characters that are never out at any other time. For instance, here's the hitchiking ghosts.

And fireworks, of course.

So, after one last ride on the Haunted Mansion, we headed off for bed.