Originally Posted By darcy-becker Yesterday I went to DCA. Even before rope drop word was spreading that Radiator Springs Racers were down. It was funny how worried people got. It wax initially stated that they thought it would come up later in the day but it never did. I started the day by getting a FP for the AP showing of WoC and getting my ornament. Of course I wasn't going to carry around a fragile ornament all day so I went back to Buena Vista Street and rented a locker. Then I headed to cars land. It really is great. I rode Luigi's Flying Tires and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. Both were fun. Then I headed to Paradise Pier and rode the Silly Symphony, Goofy's Sky School and the Little Mermaid. By this time it was getting a little windy and cool so I headed back to my locker to get my sweatshirt. On the way, I rode Soarin' and got my picture taken with The Storytellers statue and the Christmas Tree. The Photopass Photographer even used the panorama feature when using my phone to get the whole tree in the picture. Once I had my sweatshirt on, I went to Ghirdelli's for an ice cream sundae lunch. I has the Midnight Revere and it was really good. I tooky ice cream back to Paradise Pier and Viva Navidad. It was amazing. I ended up spending more than two hours there. I caught sets of both the Banda and the Mariachi. I watched the street party twice. Watched some kids learn to Salsa, not very well, but it was fun to watch. And I got my picture taken with Mickey and Minnie and the Three Caballeros. The Three Caballeros were flirting with me and fighting with me. After Viva Navidad I walked through Cars Land again and into Bugs Land. I just took a few pictures there of the decorations. I went on into Hollywood and grabbed a FP for ToT. The return time wasn't too far away so I hung out in the Animation Courtyard and did some shopping. While waiting for the elevator at the ToT there was a little boy in line who was talking about going on the owlevator. He had me and his grandma cracked up. After ToT. I headed towards Wine Country Tratoria for my 5:10 reservation. I got there around 4:30 and the 15 minute Pixar Play Parade was due through at 4:45. So the timing was perfect. When I checked in at the restaurant I was told there were technical difficulties in the kitchen and they weren't seating anyone. The didn't know how it would turn out and I should come back in 20 min. I filled the time by checking out Cars Land after dark and doing a walk in ride of the Little Mermaid. When I went back things were fine and I was seated right away. I got the grilled herb chicken and it was really good. After dinner it was time to head over for WoC. I ended up sitting next to a family with a little girl. Her dad and I were both playing the Fun Wheel Challenge. Afterward he asked me how I did and she pipes up "He's color blind!" Her grandma was horrified but the rest of us laughed. I enjoyed the show very much. The wind was high enough that got wet even though we weren't in the wet zone. Another good day. As added bonus I'm missing the snow at home. And when I checked the weather this morning it may only be 50 here but it was 8 at home.
