So, I thought I would share some pics of each day of our trip. This will save all of you from getting my mass email of 300+ pictures from Kodak. Your welcome! For some reason I can't rearrange my pictures, so they are out of order-sorry! Here we go:
Hollywood Studios is home to Disney's Pixar characters, so the parade was a highlight for all the kids - especially the boys. Tate didn't stop waving for the entire thing!
We had a really great spot and all the characters were in front of us waving to the kids at some point. It didn't hurt that we had on our "Von Awesome" shirts. I can't tell you how many characters and workers commented on them during our trip.
Beauty and the Beast - always great! We had lunch while waiting and I don't think the kids blinked once during the show. In fact, it is Tate's newest infatuation. Wait til the Epcot pics later and you will see why.
Tram ride from the parking lot. Disney takes a lot of stress out of that too - they have multitudes of workers telling you exactly where to park, so you don't have to deal with idiots who are trying to get better spots or talk their way into rockstar parking. I tend to be a little intense about those types of people, so each day my day started a little better because of them :)
"Disney Rocks" show including music from Disney channel movies. The kids loved it and the girl in blue kept singing to the kids and was even talking to them as her float left. If I have any major tip it is to try and get front and center for events like this and the parade. The cast are very interactive and always happy (its Disney World!). I had many melt-your-heart moments because they were interacting just with us and made my kids feel so special!
Pluto was our first character meeting of the trip. After awhile we had our system of autographs and pictures down to a science. Disney also offers a photo pass system where they give you a card to keep for your stay and each picture op you can give it to them and they take pictures. They scan your card and then you can view and purchase all the pics they took also. They are expensive, of course, but some really great pictures.
Ok, so this moment made me cry - I admit it. But, if you know how much he loves Buzz and Woody and could have seen his face when it was all about him and them, you would have been bawling too! Disney does a really good job of having places to meet characters, so other people aren't swarming around you trying to push you out. We had plenty of time with everyone we met and again, they were amazing with the kids. Buzz was messing with Tate and Woody kept "commenting" on our shirts.
Waiting patiently. We got very lucky in terms of crowds. Our longest waits (which I didn't think were bad at all) were for characters, but definately worth it. These 3 were absolute troopers during the trip. Note the shirts - made all of us easy to spot in a crowd.
Luigi's garage with Mater. Again, Tate was in Heaven!!!
Before the parade these actors set up their "stage" right in front of us. I bet they spent about 10 minutes talking to us about our trip, where we were from, and our shirts :) They were on the speaker system, so they introduced us to the crowd.
Waiting for the parade to start.
Donald and Daisy
The big kids had to get in on the act too! Really great dads!
Having Aunt Beth along made the trip even more special. She was willing to take kids places, spend time with them one-on-one, and just amazing! A big part of why the trip was so "von awesome"!
Buzz and Teagan
Tate and Lightning
I really can't say enough about how great my kids were the entire trip. We were a little worried that Tate would struggle, but having a ride along stroller for both of them was a life saver. There is just so much to do that they didn't have time to think about being tired and if they were then we rested and moved on. For anyone considering a trip-these ages worked out great for us.
Thats it for Hollywood Studios. Next post is Magic Kingdom. Have a great Saturday everyone!!
