Plans changed about three times as we got up and discussed what we could do. We have never been uber organised over these trips, I would hate to have to follow a schedule the way some families do. We are tied a little to our dining reservations but often just go to a park for a couple of hours and then eat and leave. Some of these 'Martha Stewart' organised SuperMoms have itineraries down to a minute. They also have every member of their family dressed in the same brightly coloured T-shirt, often numbered....I suppose if you have half a dozen kids it's easier than remembering names. "Hey, where did kid three go?" ....
Anyway, we changed our dining plans and went back to Downtown Disney for a meal at the Irish themed 'Raglan Road'. Lucky clover, Leprechauns, Guinness all over the place, you know the kind. I noticed that you could get Sunday Roasts Yay! but that you had to pre order them...boo! So amidst the racket of an Irish band banging drums and playing fiddles and clog dancing going on all around we tucked into good old Irish cooking.
To be honest the ham with cabbage and mash was really nice, as was the raspberry pavlova to follow, but it was a tad noisy most of the time - "could barely hear myself think!"
After that it was off to the shops to get the last couple of things for Jordan, but had to bribe Alexander with a stop off enroute. We have made this trip every year....that's about 15 years worth of Chuck E Cheese.
Think of Pizza Hut crammed full of arcade games, bored adults, wild unruly children - hyper from spending tokens and winning tickets that they exchange at the end of their visit for.........a plastic frog........or a set of dracula teeth.
As I said at the beginning, this was a weird day, and wasn't over yet .
The finale was a Comedy Magic Dinner Show at Wonderworks. Now in all the years we have been to Orlando, and International Drive, we have never been in this place despite it being one of the strangest places and almost next door to our hotel on occasions. This time we were forced to make an effort as the dinner show was yet another of the freebies we got with our Disney package.
Inside we were surprised at how much there was to do. Definitely a place to go when it's quieter, and not on a rainy day as suggested in reviews as it will be jam packed then. There were all sorts of things to do. Lie on a bed of nails for example...
Put your head on a platter?
and even climb on ropes or play Laser Tag. At 6pm we had to line up to go into the Comedy Magic Show. Not really sure what it was like, but being free we went with the flow. Seated very cosily with about 15 strangers on long tables in a fairly small room. It was a bit uncomfortable for us not being overly sociable types that happily chat with any old Tom Dick and Harry and particularly not with the three precocious pre teen girls sitting opposite.
Food and drink came out immediately. Salad, popcorn, pizza and cake plus unlimited drinks.
However the highlight of the show was most definitely Fred Moore (MooreFred.com)
He was actually really funny and very clever with his magic. He used the audience - thankfully not us, and had us all in stitches with his routines.
On the way back to the hotel we were hit by another amazing storm. A huge black cloud crept across the sky moments before the heavens opened again and forced us to spend the rest of the evening in the room as the pool and bar was closed for the rest of the night.
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