Day 3: Hollywood Studios (HS)
Historically HS (previously and forever known to me as MGM) has been a personal favorite although nothing can top MK. There's just something about old Hollywood that intrigues me. Probably the glitz and glamour of it all. Where else (besides Hollywood) can you go have lunch at the Brown Derby? HS. That's where. :)
HS is also home to a huge Disney Junior section of awesomeness. Avery is currently quite intrigued with Doc McStuffins. Come to think of it, she's been into Doc McStuffins for nearly a year now. She can name you all of the characters and will "help" sing the introduction song if you'll let her. We always let her.
On our way to the Disney Junior Live Onstage show, we happened upon Donald and Daisy Duck! One of the perks of getting to the park when it opens is being able to meet some of the characters and not have their lines very long. Donald and Daisy were a prime example of this. It only took us about 10 minutes to meet and stand in line to see both of them.
Donald expressing how much he loves Avery.
After meeting Donald and Daisy the Disney Junior Live Onstage show. It was too cute beyond words. The 4 most popular shows on Disney Junior were a part of the show via puppets. Avery just about lost her mind when Doc and friends showed up on the stage.
She wasn't excited. At all. ;)
Again, the show was super cute. Avery loved it, we all did actually. The only complaint I have about it was that we all had to sit on the floor. No big deal for toddlers, sort of big deal for bigger kids (read: adults). We aren't as young and spry as we used to be.
After the show we went straight out of the doors and got in line to meet Princess Sophia from Sophia the First. Avery has recently discovered Sophia the First and has quickly become smitten. She kept pointing at her in line and saying, "Sophia, luh-yoooou". Melt me.
We left Sophia to tend to her royal duties and went to our next scheduled item for the day, The Voyage of the Little Mermaid show. Again, Ariel is one of Avery's personal favorites so she was mesmerized by seeing Ariel on stage. The theatre was really dark so you're just going to have to take my word for how precious the whole thing was.
After seeing Ariel it was time for lunch and then Avery's nap. Let me take a moment and explain to you how awesome it was having a meal plan while at Disney. As part of our vacation package, Disney added in a meal plan for free. It was worth every free penny it cost. We never had the same thing twice unless we absolutely wanted it....and some things were worth having twice. Avery was still young enough that she didn't need a meal plan (or a park ticket for that matter) so she just ate off of our plates. Some days we splurged and got her a kids meal (for a whopping $6) which included a number of good options for the kiddos like grapes, yogurt, turkey sandwiches or wraps, etc. Again, meal plan is totally worth it. I highly recommend going to Disney during a promotion time and taking full advantage of the free meal plan if its being offered.
I got a text not too long after we got off The Great Movie Ride following our lunch from my mom with a picture of Avery passed out in her stroller. Apparently seeing Doc, Donald, Daisy, and Sophia is completely exhausting. The big kids took full advantage of being baby-less and rode the roller coasters in the park. Rockin' Roller Coaster was calling my name. I chickened out last time we were in Disney and didn't ride it, but this time I was NOT going to let that happen. For those of you not familiar with this particular ride, it's a roller coaster completely in the dark and launches you from 0-60 in like a blink of an eye. The worst part of it was waiting to get on the dang thing. The load you in the car (Jacob and I lucked out and got in the first row) and then pull you forward to sit and wait for like an eternity. I immediately started screaming, "I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scare..." BOOM! Breath knocked out of me and now we are flying through this thing going 60 mph. I'll let the official ride picture speak for itself....
After that little escapade we decided to keep it low key and go to attractions that didn't necessarily involve going from 0-60 in the blink of an eye. The big kids went to see Muppets Vision 3D. 50% of us (*cough* Valerie and I *cough*) did or did not fall asleep in the middle of it..... I'll admit it, I did. Something about waking up at 4am 2 days prior to that and then walking 384716837 miles the day before had us all exhausted. So yes, I fell asleep in the Muppets 3D only to awake to see this dude staring me in the face. In real life. Not on the screen. Thankfully I we made a potty stop prior to this or...you know. It would have been a mess.
Note to self- if even feeling remotely exhausted and you choose to go to Muppets Vision 3D, don't sit on the front row and fall asleep. You'll wake up in a nightmare.
Not too long after this, mom called and said that Avery and Granddad were still asleep and to just keep going without them for a while. Our next FastPass was about an hour away and they weren't sure they were going to make it back in enough time. No big deal. We could find something to do- easy. We wandered over into the back part of HS where all of the Toy Story things are. The wait to meet Buzz and Woody wasn't but just 20 minutes, so that definitely happened.
Keeping ourselves entertained was easy.
Not sure what Woody was looking out...maybe Bo Peep walked by or something.
Up next....Day 4: EPCOT
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