Day 13: "Photography disaster and dining disappointment"
Um, I dont have a lot of photos for today. Why will become evident shortly.
One of the nicest things about a longer trip is that we dont feel the need to rush out every day. Some days we got going early, but some days it was nice to take it a little more easy.
We had a lunch reservation we were looking forward to in the World Showcase, so we decided to ride Mission: Space before hand. Now that hes tried the orange side, Andrew really likes it. We also rode Spaceship Earth. Yes, again. Andrew never seems to tire of it. We also visited the Visa Lounge again for soda and chocolate.
We also tried Agent Ps Adventure, but on our previous trip, we had done the Kim Possible one in full, and so we had done many of the adventures already. So after one adventure, we turned it back in.
By now, it was time for our late lunch reservation. Andrew and I headed over to Italy for our lunch at Via Napoli. We got there a little early, so we watched this guy
Our lunch at Via Napoli was excellent. I just wish I could have eaten more of the pizza. It was so good, but so huge!
After lunch, we headed back over to Future World, and we did some things in Innoventions, including Sum of All Thrills
rode Figment, and also Living With the Land
One thing I had really been looking forward to was trying a hot dog at Germany. I had read here on the DIS that many people thought it was the best hot dog on Disney property. So off we went. I didnt know to order it without the sauerkraut on the side, so first I went and scraped all that off, but I was excited to try the hot dog.
UGH! I hated it. Really hated it. It was the only food I actually tried to throw away (Andrew came to my rescue and at not only his brat, but my hot dog as well.) In all fairness, it probably is a very good hot dog, in the sense of authentically German, but it was just NOT something I liked at all. I must not be a hot dog connoisseur because my idea of a great hot dog are the corn dog nuggets at Caseys. No joke.
Oh well. On to dessert. Andrew and I headed into the caramel shop. I always get the dark chocolate salted caramel, so I thought I would try something new. So I ordered the pecan and chocolate covered pretzel. And it was so
yucky. I didnt like it at all. It had no flavor. I was really surprised because I absolutely love the caramel.
So between my dinner and dessert fiascos, I was hungry! Andrew was sweet enough to walk all the way over to France with me and I got my beloved lemon tart. And it was everything I was expecting. It was great.
Andrew and I then headed over to find a place to watch Illuminations. Since we were there early, Andrew and I both experimented with our cameras. Being a new camera for me, I wasnt really familiar with the video function (remember my attempt to video Smash Mouth?) So I had learned that in order to focus the lens for video, I had to switch a button on the lens itself (not the camera) from AutoFocus to ManualFocus. However, once the show started, I decided to switch from video to photo.
Except
I forgot to switch the lens button back from ManualFocus to AutoFocus.
But I didnt realize it.
So the rest of the night, I kept taking photos. Thinking the whole time that all the camera settings were fine.
These are the only ones that turned out from Illuminations
It was EMH at Magic Kingdom, so we decided to go over there for awhile. Poor Andrew
as soon as we walked in, the Electrical Main Street parade was just starting, and we couldnt get by until it was over. Of course, I was thrilled, but this was the 3rd time Andrew was forced to watch it. We ended up with a great location, and I was so thrilled to be getting such great photos. Or so I thought...
It wasnt until later that I found out the AutoFocus wasnt on, and none
NONE
of my photos from the rest of the night turned out.
Andrew and I rode Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Teacups, and Space Mountain. It wasnt until we went on the TTA and I was trying to take a photo of Andrew and me, that I realized something was wrong with my camera. I couldnt get it to focus at all, and then I realized
I had forgotten to switch the tiny little switch. So all my photos looked blurry
like this...
Oh well. It was still a fun night. I love the Magic Kingdom late at night!