Day three and we are headed to Hollywood Studios for the morning. This is our first time at this park. We've never been on past trips but from my research it seems that they have a lot of Star Wars stuff there...and if you know Lorelai, Star Wars can't be missed. She is Star Wars obsessed!
This will probably be my longest post ever...there is just so much to share!
Total cuteness while waiting for the bus
We started the morning at Hollywood and Vine restaurant for breakfast before the park even opened. This is a character breakfast full of Disney Junior characters. My sole reason for picking this reservation is that we'd be in the park before it opens to the public. This was important to me because I wanted to sign Lorelai up for Jedi Training Academy and they don't do reservations. You have to go in person the morning of and I've heard it's pretty cut throat. This morning reservation took care of this issue. We got in early, signed her up for the Jedi training, and then went to breakfast. Easy!
The Disney Junior characters aren't my favorite but the girls like the cartoon shows these guys are from. Here they're meeting Jake from the Neverland Pirates.
Princess Sophia from the cartoon, Sophia the first
The girls really do enjoy Doc Mcstuffins
Ok, so dinner is over and we headed to the Star Wars Launch Bay... and there was Kylo Ren. So intimidating!! Lorelai loves the bad guys but she was a little afraid of him. He kept telling her to join the dark side...it's the only way.
After this picture, Kylo Ren chased Lorelai out of the room. She ran out and said he "wasn't nice".
On to the lighter side, we met with Chewbaca. He....is....so....tall!!
Not really the hugging type
In the Launch Bay there were some Jawas walking around. They're available for trade if you have anything. I knew this ahead of time and I heard they like shiny things so Joe and the girls made them something ahead of time. We collected soda can tabs and laced them on a string to make a bracelet. Now, if the Jawa likes your trade you can get a droid piece. If they don't they won't trade or might give you something meaningless in return. They were very friendly and then tried to trade for Baby Scarlet!
She was proud of her droid piece. Good trade!
Evelyn on a Star Wars speeder bike
Getting ready for Jedi Training Academy. This is a training program for 4-12 year olds. Evelyn is too little but maybe next time.
Lorelai is doing her training...will she prevail? They teach the kids how to fight using the force and the light sabers
Darth Vader is here...
She shows no fear as she fights the dark side!
I think she's saying, "Let me at him!"
USE THE FORCE, LORELAI!
Watch Lorelai in this last video...she is scared of Kylo Ren!
While Lorelai rode the Star Tours ride (must be 40 inches tall), I took Evelyn and Scarlet to meet Chip and Dale
Long Day...and it's only half done!!! Back to the resort for a much needed nap!
We kicked off day two in Magic Kingdom. We had a breakfast reservation inside the park before they opened. This is awesome because we get to enter an empty park and take some great pictures.
Tinkerbell photo-bombed our picture...
We ate breakfast at the Beast's castle. This is such a magical venue. We ate in the ballroom and outside there was actual snow falling down. So beautiful.
Scarlet's first ride on the carousel
We are ready for a magical day...
Lorelai has reached a milestone...she is 40 inches tall! A height that allows her to ride some "big kid" rides! Here she is on Splash Mountain!
A happy baby! Not so happy Daddy. Scarlet likes to pull on his ears...
We are back at the hotel for a quick nap. Here we are in the lobby of our hotel in front of a life sized gingerbread house! The decorations at the Grand Floridian can't be beat!
A very early dinner with some classic characters...Lorelai thought Prince Charming was so handsome! Evelyn was too shy to take a picture
Lady Tremaine was not thrilled to hold the girls' hands, but she did have some words of wisdom for them... "Remember girls, sharing means only having less for yourself..."
After dinner we were off to Epcot for the night. Here, the girls are taking a picture in front of the Finding Nemo ride.
When we were in the Germany Pavilion we heard the German Christmas Story told by Helga. Lorelai was so proud to tell Helga that she, too, was born in Germany!
Meeting Baymax!
Another big kid ride...Test Track! Lorelai got to design her own car and then she went on the track to test the car's skills. In the end the track goes outside where they travel on banked curves at 68mph!
It's a late night and we're back in our room. Cinderella's castle is in the distance and can be seen from our balcony. We watch the fireworks together and hit the sack. A magical end to a long day...but tomorrow's another day in Disney!
Off to Disney World again! We are extremely excited for the week ahead and the next several posts will be all about Disney. We spent the first day, November 27th, in Animal Kingdom in the morning and Epcot in the evening...
The Christmas decorations are out in full force. We stayed at the Grand Floridian this trip...and GRAND it was!
We are off on safari and Animal Kingdom...searching for animals
Animal Kingdom also has dinosaurs and dinosaur rides
We met Mickey and Minnie in Animal Kingdom. All three girls love meeting the characters
A quick nap and we are off to Epcot for the evening. But who did we run into at our hotel before we left? Cinderella and Prince Charming!!
Epcot is decked out in Christmas decorations as well...
We began our time at Epcot having dinner in the Norway Pavilion at Akershus. We sampled some Norwegian fare and were greeted by several princesses throughout the meal. We were greeted at the door by Belle.
I love how Evelyn looks at the princesses in awe!
Cinderella came to our table to greet the girls
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Sleeping Beauty was there too!
Snow White showed up, but Evelyn was too invested in her macaroni and cheese to take a picture
