Day 2 - Sunday, October 13 - Part 3 of 3
...Continuing from when we got off the Matterhorn bobsleds...
OK. Let's go try Pinocchio again... probably 20 or 30 minute wait. Not too bad considering how crowded it was that day. Sort of a fun ride, but not as cool as so many of the others.
At this point, it was about 5pm and we decided to eat a little early in order to beat the rush. Hmm... Village Haus is close, let's try that? OK, sure why not? ("
Because they are super slow and the food isn't that good." That's what I'd tell myself if I could have gone back in time 45 minutes.)
The theming of the restaurant was awesome.
We looked at the menu and made our choices... And then waited, and waited, and waited, and waited....
Finally it came out and we were all happy. Except for the food was mediocre at best.
I went with the Chicken Sausage Sandwich on a pretzel bun. I probably had the best item in the group. It was good, but not great.
Stephanie had the BLT Flatbread. She didn't really care for it and only ate about half.
Guess what pickle had? Yeah, you guessed it. Another mini hamburger. Nom, nom, nom...
Ninja decided that she was still full from her caramel apple and just wanted some french fries.
And Buddy, I forgot to get a picture. Just kidding, he had the pepperoni pizza. Except for he took one bite and refused to continue. He said it was nasty. That must be saying a lot because he loves pizza, even Little Caesars, which the rest of us think is pretty gross. I asked him to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 and he said negative 1,866. Oh well, we're on vacation, you can get a churro or something later....
At this point, the park was packed like sardines and crazy as all get out, so we decided to head back to the room early.
Ninja Potato agreed to watch Pickle and Buddy in the room while Stephanie and I went down to have a couple drinks at Trader Sam's. We forgot to get a "1st Visit" button for Pickle earlier, so we stopped at the lobby first.
The man behind the counter was like, "1st visit button? No problem, but I saw Mickey in the back a few minutes ago. Let me go see if he's still there and I'll get him to sign a picture for her too."
Awesome!!
(The button was covering her name)
We arrived at Trader Sam's around 8:45pm and it was packed. Luckily we only had to wait a couple minutes before two seats at the bar opened up. Neither of us are big drinkers, but we were excited to visit Trader Sam's because of the theming and reputation (plus we are both big fans of Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily who helped design the place.) Stephanie decided to try the Piranha Pool (Strawberry Vodka blended with Pineapple Juice, Cream of Coconut, Strawberry Puree, and Blue Curacao.) She thought was amazing. I went for the Krakatoa Punch (Reserve and Spiced Rums, Tropical Juices, Orgeat (Almond) Syrup, Sam's Gorilla Grog, and Hibiscus Grenadine) also delish!!! (The punch normally comes in a tiki mug, but they were all out. It did have a glowing red "lava" cube in it though
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I really wish that I was at Trader Sam's right now
Stephanie was good with her one drink, but I wanted to try something else, so I went with a HippopotoMai-Tai (Light and Dark Rums, Orange Curacao, Orgeat (Almond) Syrup, Organic Agave Nectar, and Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice.) It was also tasty, but I enjoyed the Krakatoa Punch a little bit more
It was strong, as the bottle of rum ran out half way through the pour and the bar tender started over with a new bottle. I wasn't complaining
The atmosphere was festive and bustling. Everyone having a good time. It was the best when someone ordered a special drink. For example, when I ordered my Krakatoa punch, the lights went dim, the building rumbled, and the volcano in the fake window erupted. So cool!!!! When someone ordered a "Shipwreck on the Rocks", there was a thunderstorm sound, flashing lights for lightning, and they squirted water everywhere from behind the bar to simulate rain. Finally, when somone ordered the "Uh Oa!" they had tiki gods (or whatever) chanting similar to Tiki Room while they brought the flaming drink out. So cool. And so fun!! We went back for lunch with the kids later in the week, and I'll share more photos of the bar later in that post.
Finally after a fun time at Trader Sam's, we were feeling pretty good and decided to go out and sit by the fire for a little while. Perfect, it had started to cool off outside and the fire was nice and toasty. After that, we went for a stroll through Downtown Disney and window shipped for a little while.
It was a lot of fun having some alone time with my lovely wife. Thanks Ninja Potato!
At that point, it was around 10pm, so we decided to head back to the room. Luckily, Ninja handled it well and they had a fine time in the room. Pickle and Buddy were actually asleep and Ninja was messing around on her iPad. After an incredibly awesome day, the rest of us turned in for the night too. Good night moon!