One Soraing Processional: New Years at Disney Pt. 2

We finally hit “Soarin” which was the best ride in the park. They had a “pre-flight” video with “Cuddy” from “Seinfeld”. It was interesting that Disney got all these stars to be involved in the park. You wonder how much he got to do that. The ride itself was cool, although the transition between scenes really needed to be worked on. Besides that, it was a fun ride. The leaning was accurate and a few surprises made it exciting.

We went to the big golf ball for its ride, which was a look into communications. It needed more content on the way down and maybe a viewing area at the top, but it was cool none the less. They seriously need to look into more lifelike animatronics. Like the Norway ride.

We hit our restaurant, Alfredo’s, for dinner in the Italian portion of the park. It was packed and you serious need to get reservations for any of Disney’s restaurants two weeks before you even get down there. We were lucky to have gotten them. It was known for being the Italian restaurant of the stars. Our waiter was from Italy, which was a reoccurring theme throughout the country portion of the park. I figure it was an original concept to bring people from other countries to work in the U.S. He was the most well mannered waiter I’ve seen in a while. He was always there to please and was very talkative. I tried their world famous fettuccini alfredo. It really needed some kind of herb or spice, but it was good otherwise.

I stopped by the racetrack portion of the park, but the race cars were booked up for the night. I went and bought a remote control racecar in stead. I figured since I can’t drive the big ones once, I can drive the little one multiple times.

Then we hit the Christmas Processional. Oscar winner Martley Matlin was the guest star, signing the Nativity story. Many actors had read it in weeks past. I kind of wished I was there a few weeks ago when Neil Patrick Harris did it. Seeing The Doog” doing it after watching him in “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle” would have been hilarious. Then again, seeing Kurt Cameron do it would have been fun. After seeing his religious show where he called regular people sinners, he would have been vehemently religious during his performance.

The show itself went well, and I was able to take some video as well. The choir had a lot of local choir members from all over Florida, which would have been cool if I went to school here. The choir was great, and Martley was great too. It was an all around great show; although it had a religious right wing tinge to it. It balanced out the left wing environmental vision of the Lion King video.

I kicked out before the fireworks to watch the UFC Lidell vs. Ortiz fight later that night and it gave my parents a little time to themselves. There is nothing like the fights, a bunch of screaming fans, and the girls at Hooters. And that was the first day there.