Gaston's Tavern

Gaston's Tavern.   It is located in Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom.  

 

A good place to get a nice cool LeFou's brew on a hot day.   It was really hot this day, 94 degrees and 100% humidity.

I had read several times about LeFou's brew and wanted to try it.

 

LeFou's brew is a non-alcoholic slushy/slurpee drink that is mainly unsweetened apple juice with a mango/passion fruit whipped topping on the top.  

For being unsweetened apple juice it tasted really good.   Plus I was really hot and drank the drink a little too fast.   What happens when you drink a slushy/slurpee type drink too fast?   You guessed it, a brain freeze.   So I slowed my drinking way down to alleviate the brain freeze.  You can get your drink in a nice goblet or mug, but I opted just for the plastic glass.

This is a counter service snack eatery.  

Do you like cinnamon buns?   How about a cinnamon bun with extra icing.   No, I didn't get one, but it does look good.   Really good with a cup of coffee.

The interior of the tavern reminded me of a Bavarian hunting lodge.   They had a chandelier made of deer horns (well, actually they probably were not real deer horns.   But very impressive none the less).

 

There was also a blunderbuss (early form of shotgun) hanging on the wall.

There is so much more to see at Disney than just the thrill rides.   Each time I go I discover new things.   Having a great time at "The happiest place on earth".    Lew

Hall of Presidents

HALL  OF  PRESIDENTS

It's January and now my "block-out" dates at Disney World are over.   What are "block-out dates?   They are those days when I cannot use my weekday annual pass for free admission to Disney World.   These are the days when the parks at Disney World are extremely busy.    Days in green are "GO".   Like a traffic light where the green lights means "GO".   So as you can see the last two weeks in December I wasn't able to go to Disney on my weekday annual pass.  

But January is essentially all green with the exception of January 1 and 2. 

I am anxious to go to the Hall of Presidents in Magic Kingdom to see the show.   It has been closed for so long.

I want to see if the animatronic figure of President Trump really looks as bad as what I have seen on the internet.   How natural are the movements of the animatronic.

At another site was a picture which I think looks more like him.   What do you think?   And that long tie.   Is the long tie going to be a new fashion trend?

And for those who haven't seen the you tube video of someone yelling "lock him up, lock him up, lock him up" when President Trump started to speak, here is the link to it.   Hopefully there won't be any demonstrators interrupting the show when I go.   The President Trump speaking is only a small part of the show.

https://www.salon.com/2017/12/29/this-man-screaming-lock-him-up-at-disney-worlds-trumpbot-is-all-of-us/

I think that the portrait hanging on the wall inside the Hall of Presidents is a good likeness of President Trump.   The picture of President Ronald Reagan is a very good likeness.   I am not aware of any Fastpass for the Hall of Presidents which means I may have to stand in line for a protracted period of time.   And it is a bit cool right now to stand in line.   But it could be worse, at least I won't be standing in knee deep snow.   That is one of the advantages of living in Florida.   Have the best of a day that you can with this weather that we have been having.

I have to apologize for the picture above.   I got the picture from somewhere on the internet.   I don't remember where.   I went to the Hall of Presidents today to see the show.   I looked for President Trump's portrait hanging on the wall next to President Ronald Reagan.   To my surprise instead of President Trump there was, I believe, President Woodrow Wilson instead.   So the picture above may have been photo-shopped.   I am not sure.   I asked one of the cast members and she said that there is not a portrait of the current president in the Rotunda.   If it was photo-shopped then that is the 2nd time this week that it has happened to me (fooled by photo-shopping).  The actual picture which I took myself today is below.

 

But For The Grace Of God

"But for the grace of God".    An expression that pertains when something bad almost happens to a person.   I know, some people might say "I was lucky".   But I think that lucky refers to something good, like winning the Lottery.   I had my "But for the grace of God" experience on Thursday while at Disney World.    I was heading to the screening metal detectors at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom.

I knew that I would have to take everything metallic out of my pockets and put them in the little white plastic container.   So I started taking them out and holding them in my hand as I approached the metal detector.   I had a celfone and wire frame glasses in my shirt pocket.   I also had my Annual Pass in my shirt pocket.

Yep, you guessed it.   The Annual Pass came out of my shirt pocket and fell to the ground.     That was bad enough but to make matters worse, I wasn't aware of what had happened and went merrily walking along.   When I went through the metal detector the security guard told me about dropping my Annual Pass and one of the security guards brought it to me.   I was shocked to say the least because the Annual Passes don't come cheap.   They have something at Disney called wrist bands.

They come in a variety of colors.

They contain a chip that the identification detectors can sense.    The chip contains all the identity information like the chip in the Annual Pass card.

I decided that NOW was the time to get a wrist band of my own so that I wouldn't have to use the card for security identification purposes.   Plus, you can use them for FastPass entry to rides and attractions.   So my first stop was City Hall where Guest Services is located.   This is where all of your questions can be answered.

But they were busy.   They are always busy.   There always seems to be a line.   I was in a pinch for time because I had a FastPass reservation for the Haunted Mansion.

I decided to try the Chamber of Commerce next door.

No lines and no people at all and two cast members in the lobby.   I just wanted to know where I could get a magic wrist band at.   Just a simple question which I hoped that they would be able to answer even though this was really not the right place for that.   By the way, the Chamber of Commerce is where you can have your packages of purchases in gift shops sent to so they can be picked up later.

It is really a nice convenience so that you don't have to lug purchases from the various gift shops around all day.   The gift shops will transport your purchases to the Chamber of Commerce for you to pick up later.   The Chamber of Commerce is close to the entrance as well as the exit of Magic Kingdom.   The cast members in the lobby not only told me that I could get a wrist band at the nearest gift shop which they pointed to but one of them actually went and got the wrist band for me and programmed it with their laptop computer to identify me.   I didn't have to do a thing.   I thought that they were really great by going over and above in helping me.    What did the wrist band cost me?   It was free.   Even better the cast member got me a blue wrist band which is my favorite color.   This is the wrist band on my hand.

Off to the Haunted Mansion I flew to meet my reservation time.   I made it and I got to use my new wrist band for the FastPass and it worked just fine.   The cast members had also given me two free FastPasses that I could use for any ride and so I went on the Jungle River Cruise ride and used my wrist band again for the FastPass scanner.

Now this was really great because the last time that I went on the Jungle River Cruise I had a 45 minute wait.   But not this time, thanks to FastPass.

So what did you do on Thursday?   See ghosts at the Haunted Mansion?   Take a boat ride through the jungles of Africa?   Disney World is always an adventure and the cast members are always so pleasant.   Have a great day wherever you may be.   Lew