Yesterday, I was lucky enough to see the last two shows of #TaleOfTheLionKing in #Disneyland, made all the more special because additional cast and friends & family of cast were in attendance at both shows. The energy was electrifying.
This picture is from the final curtain call from the last show. Everyone was in tears. What an amazing show it's been. I've loved the show since I first saw it in June of 2019 in the blazing sun on the Paradise Pier stage area in #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure . /1
I was lucky to have seen the last preview show of #RogersTheMusical the night before the premiere, the first show on opening day, all four shows on closing day, and nine shows in between.
I finally decided to try the mis-named gyoza sausage bun from #PortOfSanFranSokyoCerveceria . It's a steamed bun with ground pork, ginger, mushrooms and leeks, with a chili-soy dipping sauce. The filling had nice flavor, and the sauce was wonderful. No wonder you can just buy the sauce to put on anything you want. #SanFranSokyoSquare#SanFranSokyo#DisneyCaliforniaAdventure#BigHero6 /1
So with regard to the #SipAndSavor offer for #LunarNewYear at #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure this year, I thought it was interesting that they went digital with the "tabs". It's a good environmental move, doing away with all the plastic tabs that got thrown away, but it also enabled them to process everything in one transaction, presumably using the Disney Dining Plan system. 1/3
If you'd told me a few months ago that the opening of #SanFranSokyoSquare was not going to be my priority of the day, I'd have told you how wrong you were. Well, things changed.
Dinner was very late last night, after watching the first World of Color: Season of Light, and I was happy to discover that #AuntCassCafe was open until 11pm. We both ordered the curry beef in a bread bowl. There were a couple things I was interested in, but it was a bit cold out, so a bowl of hot food sounded great.
Lunch today was from #BoardwalkPizzaAndPasta . Apparently, I haven't eaten here in a while because they've changed the menu. Instead of the wonderful chicken sun-dried tomato pesto pasta, they now have a four-cheese roasted garlic chicken pasta. Given how descriptive it is, you'd think it would be flavorful. You'd be wrong. It was pretty bland, not garlicky at all, and the sauce was very grainy. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure 1/3
Tried the plant-based bulgogi fried rice from #ParadiseGardenGrill , and I really liked it. The pieces look remarkably like beef. After I ate a couple pieces, I could tell that it wasn't beef because the consistency was a little different.
Yesterday afternoon, I saw all the extra stuff they added to the #Pixar sculpture in the esplanade during the 15 hours since I'd seen it last. It's very nice, but my lament is that for Pixar, they often focus on the same several films. I appreciate that they've added a few more to this celebration, like #Ratatouille and #Brave and #WallE , #PixarFest#Disneyland#DisneyCaliforniaAdventure 1/2
Got to see Dug today. His talking collar works too. There was a little girl who was so incredibly happy to see him. She didn't want to leave. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure#UpMovie 1/2
Dinner last night at #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure included me succumbing to trying the char siu-style ribs from #StudioCateringCo for #LunarNewYear with #SipAndSavor . It was really good, and the meat was very tender, and the sauce wasn't too sweet, though I love regular char siu sauce. I also appreciated that they chose meaty cuts of rib. 1/2
We finally found the new Big Al sculpture, with the help of friends. We'd gone looking for him last week but I'd thought he was in a different place, and we apparently walked right past him without seeing him because we were focused on something else.
He's situated in the Disney Vacation Club space just across the #GrandCalifornianHotel entrance into #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure . The lockers have been moved further up the path, and they're free for 2 hours while you go on Grizzly River Run. 1/2