We woke up around 7am and got ready. We headed up to Ole’ Port Royal to grab a Danish and fill our refillable mug. Then out the door to the bus stop, again about 3 minutes until the Hollywood Studios bus arrived.
We made it and the plan was to run/fast walk to TSM as soon as the rope dropped. And were off.,….just before we got in line for the ride, I seen a Green Army Man and I told Kirk as soon as we get off this ride, I need to find one of them. We walked directly on the ride. I kind of wish we would have gotten fastpasses also because we loved it and would have liked to have rode it twice. It was so fun. Kirk beat me, his score was 124,000 and mine was 113,000. Next time I will get him. I loved Andy’s room!
When we got off the ride and the Green Army Man was still out so we got his signature and a photo:
We knew that Woody & Buzz would be coming out so we waited and they came out early, we were first in line. I had their signatures (which normally Buzz stamps but last August he signed for me) but I wanted a photo.
It was only 9:20am so he went to the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. We have seen this show tons of times but, we still love it. The laser lights are amazing and the effects like the water mist, bubbles, and wind really make you feel like you are under the sea with Ariel.
After the show, we went to the Animation Studio to see what characters were there. Sorcerer Mickey was the only one available and we have never had our picture with him but I did have Mickey’s signature.
And this-- coming out on my birthday this year:
Next on our plan was to see One Man’s Dream. I seen this back in 2000 and Kirk had never seen it. There were a lot of changes and I loved it. I had tears in my eyes, the story of Walt’s life is amazing and moving. It’s a walking tour of all of his milestones and at the end is a movie about him. He struggled and over came so much. I think every person who enters Disney World or Land should have to see this. Kirk enjoyed it just as much as I did.
Beauty and the Beast live on stage was up next. This was a first for both of us. This is also Kirk’s favorite movie. All I can say is that this show is breath-taking. It is done Broadway style with singing & dancing. This is something that I have to see again, nothing short of awesome. The only down side was that the auditorium was cold.
Here are more photos of Beauty and the Beast show:
Lunch was at Hollywood and Vine at 12:30pm so we headed in that direction. This was another first and we were a little nervous that it would be full of kids and we would feel out of place, we were wrong. It was buffet style with some really great choices plus an ice cream sundae bar. The food was great and we will be making a reservation for here when we come back in September with the kids. This is character dining with Playhouse Disney characters, JoJo and Gallith from JoJo’s Circus and June and Leo from Little Einstein’s. They did do some singing and dancing with the kids. My boys will love it.
We looked at the time and we just had enough time to get to the Lights, Motors, Action stunt show. This was another first for both of us. The bleacher area where we sat was huge, it seats 10,000 people. The stunt show was so cool. Cars spun around and drove backwards they also jumped over other vehicles. It also had stunts with motorcycles and jet ski’s. At the end of the show a girl was riding a motorcycle through fire and she ignited, of course it was part of the show but it was still amazing. They also explained how the stunts were done and how film makers use the footage. I also like the way you can feel the heat from the fire while the show is going on.
We walked back up towards the hat to see that afternoon parade this is not one of my favorite parades at all but we still sat for a little bit to see if anything changed. I love Disney/Pixar characters—especially Woody – but the parade is boring to me. The dancers in the Block Party Bash Parade are real athletes with all the dancing, trampoline work, and lip syncing. It is a work out.
We left before the parade was over and went to the Great Movie Ride. Our driver was not good at the acting part of the ride at all. She did not put on a show for us. They did the mobster scene and the actress (again a girl) was not good either. She was not a convincing “bad” person, we were not impressed. I still love seeing all of the old movies scenes especially Mary Poppins and Wizard of Oz. This is another classic Walt ride.
For dinner we went to Pizza Planet and in the past I have loved this place, today not so much. Our pizza was very greasy and I think it had sat out awhile. It was about 5:30pm when we went here to eat and there was only 2 other families in the whole place. It was a very quiet dinner.
We did see Mater & Lightening too
We decided to head back up to the Animation Studios to see what characters were out and he hit the jackpot. Tons of characters and they kept changing who was coming out.
Frozone & Mr. Incredible
My Mr. Incredible and Disney's Mr. Incredible
TweedleDee & Tweedle Dum
Snow White
Jasmine
Aladdin
Mr. Penguin & Mary Poppins
Mulan
Pocahontas & Meeko
We were so excited to get all these signatures and photos. It was the best as far as characters go. We did miss the Snow Queen but we are coming back here in a couple of days so hopefully we can get anybody we missed then.
We thought we would catch the final showing of American Idol so we headed over in that direction and it was full. We saw some other people sitting on the ground in front of the large screen TV that is in front of the building so we sat down too. We watched the 5 final contestants of the day. The first couple were ok, the 3rd person was pretty good. The 4th contestant was a guy and we thought he was awesome but the final contestant was a girl and she won. This girl will receive a ticket to sing at any audition in the United States. I thought they would at least get a ticket to Hollywood if they were really good but either way Kirk and I would never do this. I think we had the best seats right where we were. We headed out of the park before the mob left the American Idol Experience and headed to Caribbean Beach. Our legs were tired and it was getting cold. We had on long sleeves and coats and we were chilly.
Once we got back to the resort we set out our clothes, repacked the bag, and hit the hay!
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