Hollywood Studios

We jumped out of bed the first morning and quickly ate breakfast. We loaded onto a full bus and headed to Hollywood Studios by 8:30 a.m. We arrived before the park opened and Justin and I quickly reviewed the map so we could plan our strategy. We were headed along with the masses to Toy Story Mania first. When the rope dropped, the race was on. We put Allie and Blake in their strollers beforehand so that we could manuever our way there faster. Of course, it was all the way over on the other side of the park. Toy Story Mania was a great ride and probably one of my favorites. We were back that way later that day and the wait time for the ride was 75 minutes! Glad we rode it first. After that ride we headed to Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Great show! Playhouse Disney and Star Tours rounded out the morning since we had lunch reservations at 11:30 at Hollywood and Vine. This was our first experience with character meals. They had June and Leo from Little Einstiens and JoJo and Goliath. Allie really hasn't ever watched any of these shows but to see the colorful characters live was exciting for her and Blake. They also stopped and danced ever so often so they jumped on that chance. After lunch we headed back to Star Tours (not on my plan but both kids wouldn't here of anything else). After Star Tours we went to watch the Muppet 3D show and then we got in line to see Buzz and Woody. The line was really long and they didn't want to miss the parade so we got out of line to get some ice cream and reserve a spot for the parade. It was REALLY hot and crowded this day so we didn't watch the whole parade. We cooled off in one of the stores before heading to watch Beauty and the Beast. Next we headed to the Indiana Jones stunt show. I could have done without that and I like Indiana Jones movies. Blake's favorite place to eat was Toy Story Pizza Planet. We liked it too. There were other rides that we wanted to do but this was our first day and we were just getting the feel for how to do this. Plus this was the day before Labor Day and it was the most crowded of all the days. After dinner, we headed over to watch Fantasmic. That was a good show but we ended up being at that park for 13 hours straight. We were all ready to get out of there. It was our first park and it was crowded so we feel we didn't get as much done there as we did at the other parks. We would have liked to gone back during the week when it wasn't as crowded but time didn't permit. Maybe next time.

Allie on Toy Story Mania

Hollywood and Vine

Mickey ice cream for the parade

picture moments

Block Party Bash (parade)

Beauty and the Beast