Queen Esther

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

We went to the Immersive Disney Experience. We really enjoyed the Van Gogh exhibit a couple of years ago, so we thought we would give this a try. It wasn’t as good – but I don’t exactly know why. The best part was the floor. At first there were sparkles that flitted away as you walked through them. Later, there was pixie dust that gathered around your feet. It changed patterns to match the show and did other cool things and was great. We couldn’t figure out exactly how it worked – magic!

We had dinner at Pasghetti (Italian) – Julie and I ordered the same meal for the second day in a row. We obviously know things.

Then we set out to see Queen Esther. When I went to the dentist last week, the receptionist said she had seen Queen Esther and the sets and costumes were great. There are endless shows here, so choosing is hard – we decided to take her recommendation. It was in a big fancy building. The stage was enormous, even with the curtain down. We were pretty excited when the market scene that opened the show included live horses, llamas, donkeys, and the fluffiest camel I have ever seen. There were ramps that unfolded from the stage so the horses could exit right up the aisles. At different times, they used live birds that circled the stage then exited through a window lit by LED lights in the back of the theater.

So, the show started with the huge stage filled with set buildings and cast members and animals which was very impressive – then the side curtains (which had looked like walls) raised up and the set expanded by 120 degrees. HUGE!!!! Amazing. I immediately knew that regardless of what happened for the rest of the show, it was worth it to have come.

The story was the Bible story of Esther. I did not know the story of Esther. I mentioned earlier today that it was the Bible story, but Julie didn’t hear that part, and I never clued Gary in at all, so it was a complete surprise to them. Whooops. Gary said he thought it was a pop show…Queen Latifah, Queen Bey, you know. Julie said she had no idea what she expected, but not that. We all liked it and are very glad we went. We’ve picked three really different shows and are glad we did.

We got home and the dishwasher (that we turned on at 2:30pm before we left) was still running. Or rather, it was doing something that sounded like it was running, but apparently it had never really gotten going. That’s a solid 8 hours of not washing dishes. Ooof.