First off we went on Despicable Me. We literally got straight on the ride, and it was as good as we remembered it - being minion-ised and then 'trained' in a 3D simulator ride. We came off then headed for Transformers which had a 10 minute wait. This is one I don't like (spinning and jerking again) so I wandered round taking photos whilst Clare and Matthew rode it. Matthew prefers Spiderman, and elected not to ride it again. Instead, Matthew and I went to ride Men In Black, which Clare doesn't like. So she found a sunny spot whilst we blasted aliens. It's a fun ride.
We then wandered down to 'Springfield' to hang out with The Simpsons. Clare and Matthew went on The Simpsons Ride whilst I wandered round the gift shops and took a good photo of the new 'London' (the Harry Potter area).
As we left Springfield we decided to go on The E.T. ride. It's a bit lame - actually - it's very lame - but it's a bit of an old school classic and as there was no line we thought we might as well ride it. At least the stupid bit with the passports at the beginning wasn't working. There's usually a faff where they ask your name and give you a card which is your 'international passport' and then at the end E.T. thanks you personally by saying your name. It's never worked when we've ridden it before and it just slows the whole thing down so maybe it is permanently out of action!
Clare and I had fond memories of the Disaster! show/ride. Matthew didn't remember it and so we went to see if it was open. It was 9:45am, and the first show was at 10am so we decided to wait around for it. To be honest, it wasn't as good as I remembered it from 2011. It didn't help that some of the things didn't work and they cocked up the footage that was recorded - using old footage instead of that recorded in our group. But Christopher Walkern is brilliant as the movie studios owner, so it was OK.
We were all peckish at this point, so headed back to good old Beverley Hills Boulangerie. I had a french toast muffin, Clare went for the red velvet muffin (which frankly tasted like a chocolate muffin) and Matthew had his reliable choc chip cookie - which was softer and better this time he said.
Refreshed, we took the short walk to Terminator 2 3D show where it was only a few minutes to the 11:15am showing. The show was very, very good. It mixed live action and a 3D movie - starring the original cast of Terminator 2. I was very impressed - for an older show it felt right up to date and was well worth going. I'd definitely go again.
Last, but not least, Matthew wanted a Flaming Moe (Simpsons fans will know what this is) so we headed back to Moe's Tavern in Springfield to he could buy one...
We were done, so headed back to the hotel for a snooze and a relax by the pool.
We had reservations for Chef Mickey's over at The Contemporary Resort. We were all excited for this because it's a popular restaurant in a great setting with a good looking buffet meal and meeting The Fab Five (that's Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto fact fans!).
It lived up to expectations. The buffet was full of good things to eat (I liked the turkey and the bread pudding, Clare liked the lobster pasta and Matthew thought the chicken and broccoli was good). The best bit for Matthew was meeting Donald - who is his favourite Disney character - but as you can see Donald was pretty excited to meet his fan too!
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