June 24th, Part 1
After a very long, exhausting day yesterday, we all came to the conclusion that we needed to sleep in today.
We had done so much yesterday, so we were totally okay with this. We were inside the park by 9:45am, using the Grand Cal entrance to DCA.
We stopped in at Rushin' Rivers Outfitters before we headed off for some rides. I love this store, it is themed so well!
This store had mostly general
Disneyland merch with some odd Star Wars-themed merch as well. I almost bought this same shirt at WDW.
Rob tried on some ears.
I'm sure you can all guess where we were headed to, right?
As I was getting closer to Guardians, I spotted a familiar face. He was wearing a hat, very low on his face and was hiding in his phone a little but I knew instantly as I passed him that it was Owen Wilson. Rob and Kira were behind me so once he had passed me by, I turned around and pointed to him and quietly said "That's Owen Wilson".
The people in our immediate area heard me and turned back. One of them yelled out to him "I love your movies" and he replied back with a quiet "Thanks."
I found out later that he was here to do promotional interviews, along with the rest of the cast, for the new Haunted Mansion movie.
It's funny because Rob and Kira are always pointing out other people to me, usually a funny shirt or a cute hat and I NEVER notice because I enjoy looking at my surroundings, not people. And once I spotted him, I did notice that he was with a "plaid", which is Disney geek speak for VIP Tour Guide. Usually when I spot a plaid, I will check out who they are with because it is often someone famous, especially over here in California but I didn't notice the plaid until later so I'm not sure what drew my attention to him.
We spent the next 15 minutes talking about his movies, as I reminded Kira and Rob of all the awesome movies he starred in.
Kachow!
Back to Tivan's place.
Here's a closer look at Harold and the Xandarian paint.
Kira was still nervous but she was loving it.
At the exit to Guardians we found Antman! There was a small line and it was in the shade so we joined the line.
Kira gave him a big hug and then I noticed that he was holding Bug's Land in his hands!
Good Lord, I love Disney and their little details! They shrunk A Bug's Land, which explains the whole shift to Avengers Campus! Flik's flyers were even spinning around!! OMD!!!
So, another little detail I wanted to point out to Rob & Kira was the sign. You can see some of the letters missing from the top line, where Rocket stole them to make a new word, "mission" down below and then he used that Xandarian paint to write "breakout"! And then you can see his paw prints. Genius!
On our way through Avengers Campus, we spotted one of Kira's faves Black Widow!
She was totally fangirling!!!
While Kira and I were waiting in line to meet her, Rob headed for the bathroom. Just as we were approaching the bathroom, we got a text from him that said "I found a jacket!" Kira and I just looked at each other and we knew we were thinking the same thing.
"In the bathroom?"
Just then he popped his head out from the little cart that was sitting right in front of the bathroom.
He had found a black jacket with the Avengers Campus logo on it. It wasn't very thick but it was water and wind proof, which is what he needed. He tried to convince me he needed the hat too but I kiboshed that immediately!
The jacket worked great though and if he turned it inside out, he could also wear it to an '80's disco dance party.
While we were here, I wanted to show R & K one more little detail. Tough to get a pic of but we will try! See these three trees? Well, the two outside ones look pretty normal but the one in the middle is larger and fatter. Well, if you take a closer look behind the middle tree, you will see a small detail to explain why.
Clever, right?
Next up was another spin on Spidey's Webslingers. Kira wanted to crush her dad this time.
So many cute little easter eggs on this ride!
Ready to crush each other!
This was the one time that I didn't film, just played. Rob beat Kira but a 60-something old lady beat us all!
Upon our exit from the ride, Kira ran into another familiar face. He was looking for someone so Kira told him she would help and that he should go one way and she would go the other. It was so cute!
We also caught some of the show on the Headquarters building, which we stopped and watched for a bit. It was very cool!
Next up was lunch and I wanted to try Pym's Test Kitchen.
The gimmick here is that they were using Pym particles to either shrink or enlarge some of the food items. You can see them shrinking and enlarging some pretzels while waiting in the line to order. I put a mobile order in so Rob helped me with that while Kira tried to snag a table. It is very popular here and hard to get a table, especially one in the shade.
We got the giant pretzel, chicken sandwich and the Choco Smash dessert to share.
It was all very delicious, surprisingly. My only complaint is that they need to use a bigger bun on the sammich. It was only a two-bite bun, which Rob and I shared, so one bite each. The chicken was delicious and the slaw was the same yummy slaw they used on Ronto Wraps but I really would have loved some more bun.
The dessert was also amazing but super rich and thick. We couldn't even finish half of it, same with the pretzel but thankfully, I always carry ziplocs with me and we took the rest back to our hotel to finish in the following days.
Oooh looking at this pic, I could really go for this right now!
I especially liked the beer cheese, I'm so glad I ordered an extra one!
Super cute condiment area. But no salt, no pepper and no mayo!
They had these on both sides of the restaurant and if you look closely at the bread clip, it has a date on it. This one is Evangeline Lilly's birthdate and the other one is Paul Rudd's birthdate, Details!
We were very full and very satisfied!
Stay tuned for our next adventure, something off the beaten path.