Another day off.... kind of ... October 26th 2011

We spent the morning at Down Town Disney.  It's basically all shops and there is the biggest Disney store there that is great for souvenirs.

You have to use caution when you walk under Stitch, he spits water at you!

This was a really cool Lego store.  There is lots of hands-on inside and outside there were huge figures all made from Lego's.

After downtown Disney we went back to our room for lunch, went swimming for a bit and then headed over to Magic Kingdom.  We went about 3:00, got some rides in, met Rapunzel( which we had passed up the previous visit because the lines were horrific) and then we stayed for the electric parade and fireworks show called "Wishes"

Riding Transit Authority.. the girls likes this because it went through Space Mountain

Elise on the Buzz Lightyear Ride

I went on the Asto Orbiter with the girls and then felt like I was going to throw up for about 20 minutes, it just goes in circles, but fast... not so fun anymore for me.

We stumbled across a short line to meet Rapunzel so the girls were really excited.  They had coloring pages and crayons for the kids while they waited.  I wish they did that more.  It really helps.

Tangled is one of Lauren's favorite movies and this was really fun for her.  Rapunzel is her favorite princess!

Waiting for the parade to start.  We met this wonderful couple who were from Burlington Iowa and they let us share the curb with them.  It was really hard to find a spot so we were very thankful for them.  They got a kick out of the kids.  The man used to work for Disney so he had a lot to tell us.  When the fireworks show started Lauren couldn't see the castle very well so he put her on his shoulders.  They were so much fun.  When we said goodbye I thanked them for letting us steal part of the curb and they said "no, thank you for sharing your wonderful children with us, it made our night".  They said all of their grand kids are in college so they don't get to enjoy the young kids anymore and that's why they love Disney so much.  They were good people!

Only $10 a balloon that will deflate by morning!

Main Street at night.

Hollywood Studios ~October 25th 2011

We got to Hollywood Studios really early.  The park opens at 9:00, we got there at 8:15!  Our reasoning was this.  They let you into the park at 8:40 and the close you are to the front where the ropes drop.  Jen took all of our park tickets and bee lined it to Toy Story Mania (the most popular ride in the park) to get fass passes.  If you don't do this the fast passes are gone by 11:30 and if you go over to get a fass pass at 10:00... you won't get to ride until the evening...so... she did that and I took all of the kids to meet characters before the lines got long.  Lauren was hilarious because as soon as she could run she was in a full on sprint to meet Daisy and Donald Duck!  She was the first one there.  She was running with her hands in the air ready to hug them.

Elise was super excited to meet Stitch!  She drew a picture of Ariel and he threw it on the ground and pouted!  He is a little ornary!

This was on the Back Lot tour.  It showed how different stunts are done and different scenes from movies.

This was pretty cool, there was rumbling, then a fire and then a flood came crashing towards the tram.

The Beauty and the Beast show was wonderful.  The music was great, and the girls loved it!

While we waited in line to meet Buzz Lightyear and Woody there were some fun things for the kids to do.

Getting ready to BLAST OFF!!!

Going in to Toy Story Mania.... it was worth getting up early to go on this ride!

It's 3D game and you shoot at targets and compete against the person you are sitting with.  It's really fun and all of the Toy Story characters talk to you and egg you on as you shoot at them.

Lauren getting sprayed by COLD water!

Frozone and Mr. Incredible

Mrs. and Mr. Incredible

The Rockin' Roller Coaster ride was one of our all time favorites.  It's a roller coaster in the dark and it goes from 0 to 60 mph in 2 seconds and then it goes upside down, corkscrews and it SUPER fun.  The whole time Aerosmith music is blasting in your ear.  Elise loved it, Lauren wasn't tall enough.

Waiting for Fantasmic to start... it's a great show!