Even though I had had a long night before, we got up early for our last park today. We were heading to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We had to sit down reservations so Todd decided that we were going to rent a stroller in hopes Emily would nap there instead of going back to the room for nap time.
My in-laws met us in the lobby at 8:30 am and we took the
bus to the park together. Emily was a little cranky today but was excited to
have a stroller. The first thing we did was we went to see Pluto and Goofy.
Emily decided that she didn’t really want pictures anymore just autographs.
These two were the last we needed for because of the disappeared Chef Mickey’s
pictures and we were able to convince her to take a picture.
From there, we went to Star Tours with my in laws. Emily
hasn’t seen Star Wars yet because I’m paranoid
that she’s not going to like it.
But she’s see the Lego Star Wars games and has a limited understanding of what
Star Wars is.
I love Star Tours and was excited to ride it since I haven’t
been since they upgraded it. Emily was a little unsure, especially since this
was the wildest ride we had been on. She said she didn’t like it when we got
out and we headed over to see the Muppets show.
The Muppets was good and Emily enjoyed herself, especially
playing with the 3D glasses while we waited. Once we got out of the show, we
went to meet Phineas and Ferb. They were really awesome and I got in the
picture too because Emily was being shy. I also got a picture of myself with a
Ducky MoMo statuesince I’m planning on making a Ducky MoMo costume for Dragon
Con next year.
It was nearing the time of our first reservation so we
headed over to Hollywood and Vine. Our reservation was at 11 when they started
serving lunch. It was also a character meal with some of the Disney Junior
characters. We were a bit early and got checked in. The cast member checking us
in had chalk that she was giving to the kids, so Emily had
fun drawing on the ground. The characters also kept coming up to the windows and waved at the kids
waiting
Finally we were seated and June from the Little Einsteins came over right away. Emily was happy to get her
fun drawing on the ground. The characters also kept coming up to the windows and waved at the kids
waiting
Finally we were seated and June from the Little Einsteins came over right away. Emily was happy to get her
Oso came around next and Todd took one picture with me and
Oso standing behind Emily’s chair. I was sad that it didn’t turn out because it
was really blurry. I got in the picture with Handy Manny too, I actually photobombed
the picture because I had been coming back from the buffet.
The food was excellent and the chef came out and advised me
which foods were dangerous to me with my shellfish and tree nut allergy. Todd
agreed the meal was very good though surmised it was partly because the food
was fresh.
After we ate, we headed over to get in line to meet Sofia
the First. She is the newest character available for meet and greets so the
line was long. Todd left us since he didn’t care about meeting Sofia to go ride
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. We waited probably a half hour for Sophia. A couple of
times she had to take a break – the cast members with her always said that she
needed to go back and check on her winged horse, Minimus.
Emily got a kick out
of that and still talks about how Minimus was just backstage.
Again Emily didn’t want to be in the picture by herself so I
got in it with her. Sofia was very sweet and well worth the wait. I got Emily
in her stroller and we went over to Star Tours where we were going to meet up
with Todd. Emily didn’t nap or even get sleepy as I rolled her over there so I
got us a snack to eat while we were waiting.
Once Todd joined us, Emily decided that she wanted to brave
Star Tours again. This time she loved it and wanted to ride it again. Since
there was very little waiting we rode it again. She wanted to keep riding it
but there were other things we wanted to do.
I had Fastpass + for the Disney Junior Show and the Toy
Story Mania ride. But they were both a little later in the afternoon. Even
though the Toy Story Mania standby wait time was listed at two hours, we
decided to get in line.
The queue had all kinds of different toys large sized and a
giant Mr. Potato Head who sang songs and told jokes. Once we got past Mr.
Potato Head the line moved pretty fast. The ride itself was a lot of fun. You
put on 3D glasses and then get spun around to different scenes were you get to
shoot at targets and earn points. It was fun and Emily really enjoyed it.
After that, we met up with my in-laws and we all decided to
go to the next showing of the Disney Junior show. It had all of Emily’s favorite
characters from her favorite shows in puppet form. There was Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse, Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
The show was really cute and things would fall from the sky like bubbles and
tissue paper gold doubloons.
There was time left so we all decided to go ride on the Great
Movie Ride. I was little afraid that some of the scenes, like the one from
Alien, would scare Emily but she loved the ride. I’m a big movie nut and have a
degree in Broadcasting, so it’s one of my favorites.
From there decided to go to where we had dinner reservations
early since our reservations were pretty late. We ate at 50’s Prime Time Café.
We were seated pretty quickly and had a nice meal. Emily was excited because I
got her a special class with a light up Ariel and our server also gave her a
light up Tinkerbelle.
Once we were done, it was after 7 pm and we had been in the
park for about 10 hours. Emily was getting tired and we were driving home the
next day so we opted to skip the fireworks show and head back to the resort.
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