Alright, so where were we? Right, treasure had been procured, and we were all getting hungry. Time to head to DTD for our
dinner ressie at T-Rex. This would be a first for us, but we'd heard only good things and the girls love dinosaurs, so it seemed
like the perfect choice.
Since we had the luxurious van at our beck and call, of course we were going to use it. Plus, I'm not a huge fan of the busses. I
just don't like that you never know for certain when they will come, and you have to add on that much extra time to be sure you arrive in
time, so the car it was. It's also so much easier when you have 2 strollers and 2 sleeping kids at the end of the night and you don't have to fold
them up (the strollers, not the kids) to get on the bus.
So, back into our chariot we went. We were going to drive to POR and take the boat, as we'd never done that before, and I had heard
nightmares about the parking at DTD because of the construction. We set off for POR and couldn't find it. Heaven forbid we use the
GPS available on either of our phones, but we didn't. We also realized we were REALLY close to DTD, so we risked it and parked. I
have to say, the rumors were wrong. We parked in the Casting lot and walked right across the street. There was a crossing guard manning
the chaos and everything. DTD itself was a hot mess, but parking was a walk in the park.
Oh, and on the way over, even though we told her not to, Maura took off her Magic Band, and of course dropped it on the floor. We couldn't find it initially, though we knew it was in there somewhere. Like the wonderful parents we are, we threatened her with a gray one if we couldn't find it and needed to replace it. Her's was pink, and she was none to happy about the gray option. After some digging we found the coveted pink MB and all was right with the world again. She didn't take it off again except for sleeping time. She wasn't taking any chances.
I have to go on a tangent here for a moment, because when I was just going through Photobucket to check out the pictures for this post,
I found this old gem. Here is Lucy at 4 1/2 on our first visit to CBR. We just stayed for 1 night while visiting my in-laws, who live
about an hour north of Orlando. Maura stayed with grandma and grandpa so Lucy could have a special day with us. We had the best time
and here she is the first time she met Mr. Happy. Look how little she is.
Tangent over.
So we finally made it. DTD was in re-furb chaos. It was difficult to navigate, but we found our way.The girls discovered the Characters
In Flight balloon and wanted a picture in front of it. They were very intrigued with it and wanted to try, but we didn't have time this visit.
We made a promise to try on a future visit, and they were okay with that.
A few more twists and turns around the re-furb walls and we reached our destination!
We checked in, were immediately put in line, and were
seated in about 5 minutes.
Here's Jason and Lucy waiting to get our table. I think that's a weak attempt by Lucy to photobomb. Usually she's much better at it.
We were seated in the Geo-cave, just outside the ice cave. We loved the place and took about 5 minutes just looking in awe at all the stuff in there. I did take a picture of a giant bug. We have a good friend back home who HATES spiders and bugs, so to torture her, Jason and I took pictures of any insect or arachnid like things we saw on the trip and made a point to post them on her Facebook page. Aren't we nice friends?
It's especially nice because it's called an Assassin bug. I'm sure our friend thought it would kill her in her sleep.
I was also looking for my friend, Toni. Toni is a friend I met on another BB site when we were pregnant with our first babies in 2006. I had
seen her in person 2 other times when we'd come to Florida, as she lives there. They happened to be at Disney this weekend celebrating her
daughter Chloe's 8th birthday, and they thought they'd wait it out at T-Rex and meet us. Turns out, they were already seated about 3 tables away!
We got up, said the hellos, and decided to meet up for some shopping after we all ate. Toni and her family are in the background of this pic.
The kids were given the T-Rex hats and we forced them to sit and make a decision about their food, ensuring them we could explore the place in
a bit. We had ordered our drinks by this time, and our server, whose name I of course didn't write down, so I'll call him Fred, had brought them and was patiently waiting to take our order. Finally the kids decided, so off Fred went to put in our order and up we got to check the place out. We took a lot of pics.
A rare photo of me. I told you the humidity wrecked my hair.
This octopus over the bar was so cool!
The girls loved this baby mammoth.
Sorry about the poor quality of some of these. Maura was taking some of them and what 5 year old that you know bothers to focus?
I think this is a scared face?
Again with the baby mammoth. They were obsessed.
Finally some food porn for you people who like that sort of thing. Thankfully, the first food pic I had to take, Jason was in the bathroom for. If he hadn't been, there probably would have been a bite out of either our appetizer or my hand for getting in the way of his food. The man loves to eat. This was our appetizer. The Footprints Flatbread. Warm flatbreat tooped with cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan, and goat cheeses, rotisserie chicken, and caramelized onions, drizzled with a balsamic glaze. $15.99
It was really good. The kids of course ate none. They don't eat things that taste delicious. But really, that was fine. More for Jason and I. We offered them some but got the stink face.
Our entrees arrived soon after. Jason got the Guac-O-Saurus burger. (You see what they did there?) A 100% beef burger topped with guacamole, a fried onion ring, pepper jack cheese, crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Served with waffle fries. $17.99
See his hand in that picture? He's getting ready to slap me.
Maura ORDERED the Jurassic chicken tidbits, which is basically dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, but Fred mis-heard her and brought her the Shrimpkins, which was the nuggets and popcorn shrimp. She chose watermelon as her side (good girl!)
Now let me get something straight. Maura doesn't eat shrimp. Maura sometimes doesn't eat chicken. Thankfully, there were about 3 more pieces of chicken on the plate than she would eat anyway, so we told Fred not to worry about it, and then Jason got to eat the shrimp. More food for him! Maura didn't care as long as we "got that creepy shrimp off her plate." Yes, those were her words. The creepy shrimp went into daddy's belly.
Lucy got the kids Paleo Pizza. It was a pizza. With cheese. She ate it all.
The kids food came on these cute plastic T-Rex plates. I'm sure we could have purchased them in the gift shop, but we forgot to look.
I got the Pterodactyl Salad. Rotisserie chicken, mixed greens, celery, tomatoes, bleu cheese crumbles, chopped egg, and bacon tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. $16.99
I asked for no tomatoes. They are little pieces of disgusting to me. As you can see, my salad has tomatoes on it. I ate around them. I'm sure Fred couldn't hear me because it's louder than an AC/DC concert in there. I also don't usually eat bacon. Don't judge! I like pigs! But, when I"m on vacation, I don't follow the rules and eat whatever I want, since we tell the kids that's the rule, so I got the bacon and enjoyed it very much! the salad was good, even with picking around the tomatoes, and that garlicy goodness hunk of bread that came with it was outstanding.
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