We had a wonderful time!!!
Had a great dinner at Cheesecake Factory, which was right next door to the theatre. (no, we didn't have any cheesecake, they give you too much food!!)
The theatre was The Pacific Grove theatre at The Grove shopping mall. It was a huge, gorgeous theatre at a really nice outdoor mall. It was all decorated for Christmas with Chrismas music playing and all. The movie was Fantastic!!! I highly recommend going to see this movie. Very family friendly but not childish! Great character development of the main characters and the CGI was incredible. We had a little bit of discussion after the movie and everyone who viewed it really enjoyed it.
After the movie we strolled through the mall area (all the shops were closed but restaurants were still open) It was wonderful!!! I am not into crowds and since the shops were closed there were some people milling about but not too many for me.