Boston Chowda Co

After the great ice show we took a short walk down to the Faneiul Hall / Quincy Market. The kids and wife got some pastry's from one of the many vendors.

The New England Clam Chowder caught my attention at Boston Chowda company. For $6 I was able to get a medium size clam chowder with oyster crackers and small soda. This was really really good and hot which was appreciated on a cold winters day! Best Clam Chower in Boston for 2 years strait and I can see why!!! Lots of bits of clam and potatoes in a white creamy sauce.

Glad to hear they have a new location in North Andover! Will have to scout that out to get more chowder and try their other menu items including lobster roll.

Toy Story 3 on Ice review

We took our kids to see 1pm performance of Toy Story 3Disney On Ice at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. I orderedd my tickets online through Ticketmaster saved 25% by using the TOY3 code. Check mousesavers for new or additional savings. I ordered the tickets the night before the performance and picked it up at the will call window. The TD Garden and Ticketmaster tacks on all these other charges but overall our family of 5 went for about $25 each which isn't bad since 3D movies at your local cinema these days run $15 and up!

Our seats were good. We were way off to the left so we could barely see the main prop where the skaters came out of but we saw everything perfectly on the ice. Also the actors were mainly focusing on the audience at the front of the ice (as you can see in the picture above). Overall it was a great show with lots of skating.

As with every Disney ice show (that I have been to at least), Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, and Goofy introduce the play.

The first act tells the story of Andy going to college and the toys contemplating the move. Woody, Jessie, Buzz, Bullseye, Mr. & Mrs Potato head, Slinky, Rex, and the Hamm (the Pig) all make an appearance. I was amazed with how they got the pig and slinky on the stage. That must of taken on some coordination and lots of practice. Woody, Jessie, and Buzz take on their human look instead of the character look as they appear in Disney Parks. This act has a lot of wonderful group performance which gets started with the invasion of the green army men even some being parachuted from the ceiling, followed by then the three eyed alien men - buzz lightyear and the claw, and finally Woody's roundup which I really enjoyed the costumes, dancing and music. Each major skit had a large amount of people.

Intermission gives you plenty of time to use the restroom, grab another snack, and stretch your legs.

The second act tells the story of the Toys adventure at Sunnyside Daycare and overall had more of a plot. Barbie is introduced along with Ken, Lotso, and Stretch. The couple skating between "Barbie" and "Ken" was truely amazing (Olympic quality in my opinion) to Dream Weaver. There was times when the male skater lifed the female skater over his head. There was a bit of concern because some of the other male skaters had some near falls. The scene with Ken trying on clothes was a riot!!! The rest of the story was wrapped up in about 15 minutes including the jail scene, Buzz lightyear reprogram, and the toys being trapped in the furnace. To wrap up at the end with all the characters coming out including Mickey and friends.

With intermission this is two hour show.

Overall, a great show, awesome costumes, great choregraphy and music, everything you expect with a Disney production. There was some but there didn't seem to be as much smoke, lasers, pyrotechnics, etc. compared to other shows weve been too. The skating and performances makes up for this! I believe all ages will love this. A great family event.

TIP: Each lunch before hand. The TD Garden does not provide many options and the ones they do is NOT healthy and very pricey. A lousy hot dog costs $4.50 and a small Uno's pizza is $10! A water bottle is $4.

Toy Story 3 on Ice runs through February 27th in Boston and then moves to other locations

Cameras and video cameras are allowed. You can use them only for your benefit though. I'm going to try post some pictures on my Webshots account. Stay tuned!!!