Promised Pictures

Yesterday I fully described everything we were going to do, and it went exactly as described with one notable exception.  We went to a movie that was one hour later than originally planned, partly because we got there at the last minute and didn't want to have to sit in the front row and partly because we decided to spring for the pricier ETX experience.  It wasn't worth it.  We didn't love the movie and the ETX just seemed too loud.  Anyway, because we went to the 11:30 movie instead of 10:30, it just put us off an hour so we skipped going to Epcot for the Agent P game.  It will be there for another day.

Lunch at Beaches and Cream was fun, but it was also a bit disappointing.  We went for the much hyped grilled cheese sandwich and tomato bisque soup.  The sandwich was touted as having a six cheese blend on sourdough bread.  I guess it did, but the filling was skimpy and didn't taste that great.  The soup was made with a beef broth base, so we had french fries instead.  All in all, a disappointment. The good thing was that they did have a sugar-free, fat-free vanilla ice cream.  Mark was thrilled to eat that with his new crown and no pain from the cold!  I had a Mickey sundae with the same ice cream.  July is National Ice Cream month, so it all seemed appropriate.

The real hit was the concert.  We had NO idea that the Disney cast members every put on something like this, but they have been doing it for ten years.  We also grossly underestimated how truly spectacular it was going to be.  There were about a 100 voices in the choir, a huge orchestra, dozens of energetic dancers, and a cast of about a dozen or more solo singers and actors.  The story was loosely based on Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy in Oz.  A little girl named Mary Anne was trying to build a machine that would wake her up from her dream and go home. She kept running into characters who were based on Wonderland characters.  The story was VERY loosely related to the songs, but it didn't matter. The three hour show was just an amazing performance!!  Best of all, the money was entirely for charity.  Next year we will get tickets a lot sooner so we can sit together and have better seats. I had a slightly obstructed view of the chorus, which in no way affected the sound or the view of the action on the stage.  Still, I like looking at the chorus!  LOL!

I ended up taking pictures only of lunch!  So here are the promised pictures.