So after a very late night, we really struggled to get up on Wednesday morning. The rain had come during the night and we opened our curtains to heavy skies. Breakfast was in Plaza Gardens this morning, so we needed to get up and get going.
The weather forecast was rain all day, so Mark ad Steph headed off to the car and grabbed our raincoats, whilst I attempted to get Rob going. NOT an easy task!
Hoods up, we trundled through the rain to the parka nd made our way to Plaza Gardens for a 9:15 slot. Now I had heard reports about there being no food out at this time in the morning, but, I am glad to say, there was lots of food
Everyone tucked in, one person slower than the rest-I think Rob was still asleep!
Breakfast eaten we headed off to Buzz-Mark asking how we managed to get better scores than normal.
I should point out that my usual score is around 30000, so me getting over 100000 is a good score! Of course, we had NO idea what he was talking about :-" :^o
We decided to head round to Peter Pan, but met someone on the way
Then it was time to make our way to Studios. It was a good day for doing all the indoor shows!
So, first visit was Animagique.
And this is my moan for the WHOLE week.
Rob had been doing brilliantly, queueing for everything-we had the disability pass, but hadnt really used it.
But as he was very tired and not really with us, but still wanting to do stuff, we thoguht that the pass needed to be used today-for Robs sake, our sake and the sake of other guests.
We showed Robs pass and the CM on the gate said that was fine and he had a seat and ushered us into the waiting area.
It was a nightmare! There were lots of people in there and we were packed in tight. The CMS were telling people to move forward, but we couldnt move in any closer. Rob was squashed in tight and began to panic! Then the doors opened and everyone started pushing towards the door, but the door had a fence in the middle of it, dividing it into two! Poor Rob was really upset-He clung to Mark and I shouted to Mark "Just go to the disabled area, w'll meet you there!"
We got through the crush, Mark calmed Rob down and we took our seats.
We did go to Studios guest services and reported what happened and they said that we should have waited outside the gate. We explained that the CM had ushered us in, but apparently we should have said "No." Hmmmmmm! :evil:
But it wasnt just Rob I was concerned for, it was little kids too. Robs a big 10 year old, but there were tiny people in there. It must have been just as scary for them too
We then went on to see Stitch, again using Robs pass. We met up with another family and had a good old chat. When we were called through, we stood near the main doors-the other family had a wheel chair.
When everyone else were called through and the doors opened to the main part, people were physically pushing past us and one woman jumped over the wheel chair to get in! Its not like we can sit anywhere else! We have to sit in the disabled area! :evil:
The little girl was transferred from her wheel chair onto the bench with us and Mum popped her wheel chair to one side.
Then the lady came and sat on the bench with us ... The CM tried to move her, explaining there were seats just two rows behind, but she said "I am sitting here!" and folded her arms!
Well, when the show was about to start, the CM got the wheel chair and parked it in front of the stroppy woman! She wasnt impressed! :lol: Me thinks the CM had seen exactly what had been going on!
Right! Sour note over! Lets move on!
Stitch was as brilliant as ever
We managed to find a dry spot and have some lunch.
Then it was onto Cinemagique-Same system Animagique but the CM said "It can be a crush, you have seats, just wait here." =D> Well done that CM!
On 5 visits with Studios open, we have never managed to see Cinemagique-and I dont know why. It was brilliant!
Then onto Art of Animation (Doing well dodging showers here!) We loved looking at the drawings in the queue line here, it kept Rob occupied ( And we made sure he had plenty of space, so didnt feel crowded by people
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The rain had stopped so we decided to try Moteurs Action ..... I had warned the family that there had been a lot of cuts from it ....
OK, it wasnt as bad as we thought it was going to be. Shame they have taken bits out, but we still enjoyed it.
(somone had said that the man on the bike didnt slide through the flames when they saw it, I am thinking we were lucky, as he did when we were watching.)
I think the Lightning McQueen sketch could do with a bit more .... OOOMPH though.
But Rob loved it.
