Day Four - MGM

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We're to Day Four - MGM. It was considerably cooler this morning. So we were huddled together for warmth at the tram stop. Just for Casey, we spent the day searching for hidden Mickeys. Total Hidden Mickeys found - zero. Sorry. We rode Tower of Terror, where every seat is now a seat-buckled seat, so you can float before you fall. We went to the Aerosmith coaster, where we waited a long time, but it was fun... I'm a screaming. Once a screamer, always a screamer. Then, just for Allie, we watched the High School Musical show. So, we're standing behind this little bitty line, with millions of small people decked out in High School Musical wear... and Nestor. Nestor was a cast member whose entire position consisted of holding back the crowds of tweens. His only statement was "Try not to run. I don't want to get trampled... like yesterday." Allie plowed over some kids to get a front row seat. It was funny, bodies everywhere. We rode some more rides, then we scoped out some primo seats for the Hollywood Holly-days Parade. Dad popped a squat so we could go shop, where we searched, unsuccessfully, for Allie the elusive High School Musical 1 throw. We watched the parade, which was cute, a bunch of cars all dolled up for Christmas, very vintage. Then we did the Backlot Tour. Dad took one for the team and got wet slightly, because Allie had had the misfortune to manage to get wet on every ride that you could ever possibly get wet on, even if nobody else in the entire ride got wet... Allie did. We ran across the park to hear the Harlem Gospel Choir sing (it was great) for 30 minutes, before heading over to the Phantasmic night show. It was really really cool - think lights, multiple Mickeys, huge set pieces, lots of water, and cartoons. The only bad part was that, because of Allie's genius (MENSA's calling any day), we were there 1 hour and 15 minutes early... so we sat... on aluminum benches... with no backs... After that, we fought the crowd like the mighty salmon, and jetting back across the park to see what was called The Osbourne Spectacle of Dancing Lights. Sidenote: Allie was convinced that Donnie and Marie Osmond were missing Osbournes... we're not sure how she came up with this, but she said it... no lie. The light show was fantastic. There was snow and all the building were COVERED with lights that moved in time to music. It was kindof amazing. I was awed... I think all of us were awed. I've never seen so many lights in my life. We headed for the front of the park, where Allie and Dad were Package Pickup People of the Day (because we'd bought some character sketches and had them sent to the front of the park for pickup). They won a pin and you would have though it was the lottery. More tree pictures and a cold tram ride where we heard Allie's favorite phrase (besides "I got wet") "Cold..." multiple times. Other than that, we were totally in the Christmas spirit because of the lights.... Very wow...