Benny had really been chomping at the bit to go to the T-Rex store. In fact, this was probably the biggest reason he wanted to go on vacation! He was really excited to go to the bin full of shiny, polished rocks. You could fill a bag of them, and he wanted to bring home a shiny rock for all the members of the Islandshire Merry Men Club (our boy dolls). This store was rather noisy and intimidating to little Nanea, so she didn't care for it. But sitting on the rocks outside for a picture was okay!
Inside the gift shop side of this place (it's also a restaurant where you can eat in a very cool atmosphere and blue lights), the boys headed right to that bin of shiny rocks. The bags were a cool lime green --- which was really neat, because they were also able to get some matching souvenir t-shirts (don't tell them, but we'd ordered Dino-mite outfits on the Cyber Monday sale).
It didn't take too long for the boys to fill their bags, but they went through a lot of stones --- everything had to be "pocket-sized" for the boys.
With the rocks safely stowed in bags, we got to walk around the store and look at all the fun stuff. Benny like the shirts . . . and Harold liked the Junior Paleontologist vest.
At the back of the store, there's a special "Build-a-Dino" workshop run by "Build-a-Bear". It's the cutest thing! Benny liked the dinos, but Harold was partial to the Woolly Mammoth. In fact, Harold decided that Mammoths were really his thing, because there was a really cool toy there as well.
Once outside of the T-Rex shop, the trio got to pose on a really cool adventure Jeep. This was just up the boys' alley, let me tell you!
Now it was time to walk over a long bridge and see the Rainforest Cafe. It was a sunny walk, but everybody was really enjoying it. They posed on a table, and several other visitors had to stop and take their photo.
There were squished pennies at the Rainforest Cafe that dolls really wanted, and we'd never actually been inside. The whole building is shaped like a Volcano --- and erupts with great noise and fire every half hour. Nanea enjoyed it all, except the eruption. It sounds like a huge storm inside, and the lights go on and off. That was a little scary for her. The boys loved it.
The inside is totally decorated like Rainforest, accompanied by appropriate sounds. Even the ceilings are decorated!
Finding the squished penny machines was easy, so Harold bought a souvenir penny for Eliot. Benny got a souvenir penny for himself . . . and Nanea got a squished quarter!
There were also a lot of fun plush items to pose with. Harold liked the plush pineapples. Nanea liked the Rainforest animals.
The boys found these really neat drums in a display, and some were just their size!
The next thing on the "must do" list was to find a little charm. Nanea was under strict instructions to get one for one of Harriet's pen pals. Finally, we located this large table full of bins of little Disney charms. You could pick out charms, and there were even bracelets you could buy to put them on. Nanea needed on to make into a necklace, and her pen pal wanted a Princess. It was lots of fun to pick just the right one . . . and Nanea chose a "My First Visit" charm to make a souvenir necklace for herself. There were certainly lots to choose from!
Having found all the souvenirs, the dolls were ready to head back to the car. On our way, we stopped at the "Pick a Pearl" stand. You can choose an oyster, and they open it for you and you get your own pearl! There were several people doing it at the time, so we didn't want to crowd the place up getting one. But Benny and Nanea had their picture taking studying the available oysters. Since they both dive for pearls on Islandshire, this was pretty neat. (Nanea has a "Pick a Pearl" of her own that I got for her on our previous visit to Disney Springs.)
By now, it was getting late, so we all headed home. We went back the next day for a whole day of pin trading with our Aunt and Cousin, but the dolls were tired and stayed at home.
A few more photos will be coming, as Nanea and Harold did visit the Disney Store in the Orlando airport --- where they had their photo taken with Snow White and traded pins with the cashier! Check back soon . . .
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