Fun at the Parks with a taste of shopping!

Our day started out at the Shuffleboard courts. All of us did pretty well but the competition is fierce; especially the older players! After freshening up, we headed out to Disney's Hollywood Studios to take in a few of our faorite attractions. Our big meal of the day was to be at Manny's Chop House later in the afternoon, so we had to plan our noon hours at Hollywood Studios carefully. We studied the attraction times and made our way down Hollywood Blvd. We needed some spirit rousing music so we headed for the "Streets of America" for the rock of "Mulch, Sweat  and Shears!"

As the "band" of landscapers made their way down the street, their upbeat base and drum beat made us ready for what was to come.

Within minutes, they were up and making music! Their Manager is the rebel rouser of the group... he works the crowd... as Darlene found out...

Darlene was abit caught off guard, but made the best of the moment! We all clapped along with the band's music. Moving along, we headed for Disney's Backlot tour. After a display of movie making water special effects we boarded the tram for a tour of the back lot. We came to a stop at the working stage set and got to expeience movie making magic up-close and personel...

OK, so we get to see flames and water... but, then we got to see how they can move over 70,000 gallons of water in a couple of minutes...

From there we headed to the really popular new "Toy Story Mania" ride. It was a real hoot and lots of fun.

Watching our time, the guys headed to see "Lights, Motors, Action" and the girls wanted to try their hand a the "Art Studio."

Every time you watch these superb drivers go through their paces you see something new. Even though you've seen it before you're still impressed with the show.

The girls created some fine artistic redintions of "Goofy."

From Disney's Hollywood Studios we drove to Manny's and enjoyed their Wednesday special, their two-for-one chicken or steak fajitas, yummy! (Sorry, didn't take any photos, too busy eating!)

The next day we just had to walk off the "guilt" so we headed for Downtown Disney... to have lunch at the "Earl of Sandwhich!" (What can I say!) After lunch, we just have to walk past (and into) Ghirardelli's for a chocolate sample! .... then we walked off the guilt!

Actually, we headed for the "World of Disney" store. There, Bill and Darlene thought it fitting to get a little playful at Angela's expense...

And so, with a touch of Disney clips in her hair, being a good sport, Angela posed for a photo...

Alright, so the adults are acting like kids! What do you expect when they don't have any kids around. We made our way back to our park so the guys could R & R while the girls took off to BINGO!

I know we "crashed" early and the girls were still going strong, 'night, 'night!