A visit to Disney Springs

On Friday, we drove over to Disney Springs -- we had never heard of it before this trip, but we heard from a couple of people that it was an interesting place to visit, so we decided to try it out.

We found parking in the Lime Garage -- level 3 showed on the electronic display that it had spots available when we entered... I took a picture as we were leaving the Jeep so we'd remember where we parked it!

It turned out that Disney Springs was a large outdoor shopping mall...

... with interesting and/or unique stores and lots of places to eat.

Water feature in the area -- probably even prettier at night with multi-colored lights floating on it.

Star Wars Galactic Outpost (i.e. store)

Marvel Superhero Headquarters (also known as store)

When I put "Disney Springs" into the Garmin, it came up with "M&M Store at Disney Springs", so we decided that we should visit that...

... all kinds of M&M merchandise -- tee-shirts...

... dispensers...

... some free samples of a new type -- white chocolate with rice crispy center -- disappointing when your mouth is wanting chocolate in your M&Ms -- Carl said, "I wouldn't buy them, but if someone had a bowl of them at a party, I would eat them!"

M&Ms of every type and color available for bulk purchase or mix 'n' match!

You could purchase them by the pound -- but at $17.98/pound, it was pretty pricey (we thought - since we usually buy M&Ms at Costco or Sam's!).

"Ms M" was available for pictures

Carl went into the Starbucks to sniff the coffee - he came out smiling, so I think it must have been good!

This was in Edison's Restaurant - described as modeled after a 1920s eatery and speakeasy...

... the various mechanical devices were neat to see!

A T-Rex restaurant

A Lego-looking Loch Ness Monster in the lagoon...

... and Star Wars figures in front of the Lego store

It was a nice day to be out walking around (though we sought out the shade as often as we could!).