Have you ever been to Disney on Ice? Growing up, every once in awhile I would see advertisements for a Disney on Ice show that was in a city far away. I would have loved to go, but even if we lived closer I am 99.9% sure that we would not have gone with 7 kids in the family. Now in the hotbed of "Big City Life" we finally have the chance to even be close enough for it. So last Saturday was my first time ever and it was so fun to go and enjoy it with the kids. We got a great deal on some tickets the day before and popped on downtown to enjoy a couple of hours of ice skating and tight spandex combined with fish costumes. My expectations were actually very low before we went, I was excited for the kids and hoping they would enjoy it more than anything. However, Disney really delivers. It was nearly the whole Finding Nemo movie on ice. It was really quite something to see the sets and the technical stunts that make it happen. Christian and Katie were on the edge of their seats the entire time. Katie smiling, Christian was not. This was not because he didn't enjoy it. He was just concentrating, as I found out later because he exclaimed as we exited, "That was TOTALLY AWESOME!" (We live in a Valley so this vocabulary is completely acceptable. :)
Because I am lame and did not remember to take my camera here is the website to see video for just a taste of what it looked like: http://disney.go.com/disneyonice/findingnemo/index.html
I inherited some...well,...thriftiness from my parents. As we left the parking garage I set out the game plan with the kids that we would not be buying anything when we got into the building. This was complete inspiration as prices were nearly double what you would see at Disneyland and we bought things there. $10 for cotton candy with a plastic hat shaped like Nemo, $22 light spinning Nemo's, and $4 cookies. Hey, even though we are horrible consumers, the people in front of us are doing their part to keep our country out of a recession.
A great day. If you ever have a chance to go, take it. It was fun!
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That sounds like a lot of fun! Good deal! On another totally off topic, my sister Avry is heading down there this weekend to visit her really good friend who happens to live in Gilbert - of all places. Her friend lives next to the fire station in Gilbert. Anyway, I thought it was funny that Avry will be in your neck of the woods.
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