Sunday, June 20, 2010

Downtown Disney

Cooper did in fact wake up, and the three of us hit Downtown Disney for the afternoon. The area is made of of three sections: Downtown Disney Westside, Pleasure Island, and Disney Marketplace. Headed into the Marketplace area first to see the LegoLand Store, and then check out the "biggest Disney store in the world" to buy some whatnot.

Cooper LOVES the movie Aladdin.
Playing with the Lego'd dogs.
We decided to have lunch at the first restuarant we saw..... Which happened to be T-REX, and had such a great meal. First off, the place is freakin' cool - different areas of the restaurant focused on the sea, ice age, and different eras. Every 20 minutes or so a "meteor shower" hit, and caused animals to growl and move, lights to change up, "storms" to occur, and destruction to ensue. Sounds cheesy, but it really was a cool place. And? The meal was freakin' great! We shared ribs (i know, a random menu choice) and Cooper chowed down on his pasta as if he suspected the wait staff would be stealing it back from him at any moment. We opted to save our waistlines and NOT order a 'Chocolate Extinction' - almost a whole cake/brownie, scoops and scoops of ice cream, caramel and chocolate sauce, and crumbled Butterfingers on top. The presentation came full-on with a dry ice tower that enabled the "smoky" look of the thing. The menu says 'for two or more people'. Two or more? Yeah, WAY more would be needed to finish this monstrosity! Anyway, if you find yourself Downtown Disney'ing - going for a bit at T-REX would be a good choice.
After lunch, we walked over to Rainforest Cafe and checked out their gift shop. Cooper was so excited checking out the huge saltwater aquariums that separated the store from the restaurant.

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