Disney World, Day Three (The Day That Heat Won)

Day three for us has already completed with the exception of some pool time we expect to do in a few hours after it cools down a bit.

The heat really did win today because we had every intention of spending a few more hours at Hollywood Studios today before having a lighter supper but didn't make it.  Katy has been having issues overheating (think perhaps it has something to do with a med she takes) and getting through lunch and the three main activities we had planned for today were all she could handle.

The pic above was taken after lunch at The Brown Derby, which honestly, would've been great except for the couple in the booth next to us who let their daughters (probably one and two years old) shout, scream, climb all over everything and generally disrupt our entire half of the restaurant. The parents seemed to ignore all of this thanks to the multiple sangrias we saw them order.  The food was good.  Katy had lamb that was paired with fingerling potatoes and arugula with a ramp butter. She said this was her first time having arugula and thought it was OK, but not as peppery as she'd heard. Could be in the preparation.

Zac had genuine fish sticks. When I say that, I mean they fileted a fish and breaded two very large pieces to look like big fish sticks. That came with broccoli and thin carrots and he loved it all. I had a blackened Grouper on top of a lobster and fava bean succotash. It was extremely good.  After lunch we sat on the bench above by a pond in the middle of the park, finding some shade in an attempt to stay cool while waiting for Chad, Mickie and the kids to arrive for our first ride of the day.

That first ride was called "Star Tours", and it's a Star Wars-themed 3D ride that takes you through a space battle, hyperspace, all sorts of very cool effects.  I didn't have a chance to grab another good pic, but did this one of C3PO to at least stick with the theme.

Zac LOVED this ride as well as he did the ones yesterday that involved this type of movement. We enjoyed it quite a bit as well. What a neat way to go through scenes from a movie you've seen many times and love!

After that ride we headed over to a Little Mermaid production that was semi-interactive (think water falling in front of the stage to look like rain, lighting and effects to shoot a mist into the air and a little bit of live singing.  It was just OK but I think the kids enjoyed it.

Next up was a Toy Story-themed arcade ride located in the Pixar area.  This pic above is a view into the street and the ride we went on was in that glass-fronted building to the right.

Just to the left of that blue barrel is a little store where we bought Zac a Rex (T-Rex) from Toy Story so he could have another souvenir.  He's quite pleased with this purchase.

This pic to the left is inside waiting to get on the ride. I figured if I'm going to capture something from what was visible that would speak to where we were, this was as good as anything.

Of course, Zac had no intention of taking a "normal" picture, but that's OK.  :)  Zac loved the arcade ride with all the shooting. He and Katy were in one car shooting everything in sight while I was in another car with Ryan (they required children under 7 to be with an adult or we'd have let the two of them stay together.

Katy is proud to say she had the highest accuracy of our entire group at 54%.  I believe Chad had the highest score, somewhere above 90k points.  The rest of us? Well, I guess we were just happy to play the game.  :)  Tonight finishes with some relaxing and swimming once things cool off just a bit and the sun isn't so strong so we reduce any burning possibilities and Katy can enjoy it more if she wants to.  Tomorrow, Animal Kingdom.  :)