Trip Report An Artsy-Fartsy Trip

This trip came together very quickly. I was burnt out after a rough holiday season at work for multiple reasons and had some vacation time to use. I looked at the calendar at work and before you know it, my mom and I book a short Festival of the Arts trip.

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WHO: Me and my mom

WHEN: January 19-22

WHERE: All Star Music

My goal is to complete this TR before heading back to WDW in exactly one week from today!
 
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BwlrBry212

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DAY 3 - JANUARY 21ST

We arrived at Epcot and rode Spaceship Earth and then took another trip to the farm on LWTL and if I know my mom we rode Nemo and checked on her dolphins again.

As delicious as it was, my burger had worn off and I was getting hungry again. We decided that since the Figment Popcorn Bucket fiasco was over that it was safe to explore the Pop Eats booth.

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Tomato Soup with Bacon, Apple, and Brie Grilled Cheese and Pulp Art Hazy IPA

I had such high hopes for this grilled cheese and to be honest it was kinda meh. Brie is such a creamy and great melting cheese but there was not enough on this sandwich and it was on the dry and dull side. I only dipped in the tomato soup which was decent but I am not a huge tomato soup fan to begin with. I also don't think they were supposed to give me the full can of beer but I am one to argue when someone hands me booze.

I was in the mood for something sweet so we headed to the Deco Delights booth.

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Decadent Valrhona Chocolate with dark chocolate mousse, chocolate brownie, and cassis mousse. This was pretty to look at and was yummy as well. It was chocolatey but not overly rich. It also paired well with the beer flight that I got.

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The strawberry blonde ale didn't have too much strawberry flavor but it was on nitro so it was smooth and creamy. The vanilla porter was my favorite of the flight just ending out the milk stout. Thankfully, it was on the cooler side to enjoy heavier beers like those.

We were walking past Frozen and the wait time was posted at 60 minutes but the line was completely inside the building so we did not believe it because other times that the wait was posted at 60 minutes the line stretched into China. We rolled the dice and got in line and we only waited about 30 minutes tops.

We took a spin around the Japan store but didn't make any purchases. The grazing continued and I went against my norms and got something from the Japan booth.

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Chicken Kushiage: Breaded and fried chicken with yum yum sauce and vegetables and Fuyu Winter Ale.

I skipped the veggies but the chicken was nice and crispy and the yum yum sauce was a little spicy and went well with the chicken. I really enjoyed the winter ale. It had some nice warm spices and was not what I was expecting from a Japanese beer. I am used to drinking these kinds of beer while bundled up in multiple layers so it was a bit of a mind trip to drink one while wearing short sleeves.

The last booth we hit for the night was for another sweet treat at Deconstructed Dish.

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Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Flexible Key lime curd, “Key lime” mousse, graham cracker cake, and meringues. I loved the presentation on this and it was my favorite dessert at the festival. It helps that key lime pie is probably my favorite pie but this was a very good representation of it.

We backtracked a bit to catch the last showtime for the Broadway concert that night featuring Adam and Arielle Jacobs who are both from Aladdin. Adam was the original Aladdin on Broadway and Arielle originated the role of Jasmine in the Australian version. We also learned that they are brother and sister, not married, and they have never played Aladdin and Jasmine together because that would just be weird.

After the show, we lucked out and had a short wait for a bus back to the room for our last night of sleep in Disney for the trip.
 

BwlrBry212

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DAY 4 -- JANUARY 22ND

I woke up early this morning and made a judgement call to buy LL for us to ride RotR. I hated giving more money than entirely necessary to Chapek but I also really wanted to ride Rise so it is what it is.

The weather today was not pleasant. It was chilly and rainy for most of the day. We packed up our stuff and left it with Bell Services and just missed a HS bus. We ended up waiting for about 20 minutes for the next bus to arrive. We finally made it to HS later than we had hoped but we were still able to get in a ride on MMRR before the line got super crazy.

Afterwards, we went over to Galaxy's Edge and I mobile ordered us breakfast. I got my fave breakfast Ronto Wrap and my mom enjoys the overnight oats here. We found a semi-dry table to eat at and kill the last bit of time before our LL time.

I felt much better about my decision to buy LL when we skipped past the 105 minute wait. Once again, Rise did not disappoint and we managed to escape the First Order.

We were on a mission to try to stay as dry as possible with the drizzle that was persistent throughout the day. We caught a showing of the "modified" Beauty and the Beast show where the actors weren't allowed to touch each other including during the final "dance". After that we headed to another show that we hadn't seen in a while, the Indiana Jones stunt show. The rain had let up by then but during the show it go stronger so we ended up getting the B version without the final scene. It was still nice to see it again and not have to put up with the whole fake volunteer bit.

It started to rain even harder, not a full on downpour, but not fun by any means. We joined a few dozen or so of our closest friends and squeezed into the Tune-In Lounge to wait for the rain to slow down. Eventually, it slowed enough and we made our way park to the exit and to the Friendship Boat over to Epcot for our last dose of the festival and a late lunch reservation.

There was only one booth that I definitely wanted to try before we had to leave and that was the Vibranto & Vivido booth. This was by far the longest wait for a food booth during the entire trip.

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House-made Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli. This was worth the wait and a great appetizer before lunch. I thought about getting the soup at this booth too but my decision was made when we got up to the register and they were telling everyone they were out of the soup. Oh well...

We still had a little more time to kill so we decided to have dessert before lunch in the form of a boozy chocolate flight.

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This was very rich and decadent but once you stirred up the booze into the melted chocolate it was much better than getting a mouthful of straight up chocolate. My mom also indulged in the Pistachio Cake with cherry mousse and morello cherries. I ended up finishing her flight as well.

It was time for our lunch at Via Napoli. We were seated right away in the covered patio section over on the side. There was a loud family in there with us that thankfully left shortly after we were seated. We ordered a margherita pizza to split. The pizza came out hot and fresh and we dug in. A few bites in and my mom started not feeling well. I felt bad that she wasn't able to enjoy the pizza because it is one of our must do meals every trip. I ate my fill and had to sadly leave the rest behind.

We took our sad walk back to the bus to gather our things and summon our Uber back to the airport. Luckily, my mom started feeling better once we got back to the hotel.

Our Uber arrived shortly after we grabbed our bags and we were on our way to the airport. This was one of the worst Uber drivers I have ever had. She was weaving in and out of traffic, speeding up and slowing down. It was a long ride to the airport but that was the last of our travel issues and we got back home with no other hiccups.

Thanks for following along on this short trip and I am proud of myself that I managed to keep my promise to finish this TR before my next trip. My alarm is set for 3am tomorrow to catch a flight back to WDW.
 

erstwo

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Thank you for sharing!! Still looking forward to eating at Space 220 (I think I am going to say that on 5 more of your WDW trips before I actually get to eat there! 😂). Learning a lot about what I might want to order from these trip reports of yours!
Jealous you got to see all the Broadway performers (both at WDW and in NYC) - my NYC/ Broadway friend group has a ‘no Disney’ policy 😱😭 -so I have yet to see Frozen on Broadway. I really wanted to see Patti Murin before her run as Anna ended.

Safe travels to you & yours today. Looking forward to the next report!
 

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