Disney Hollywood Studios

So many times I have thought about finishing my blogs about Disney and now I am finally going to do it. It seems so long ago that we were there!


Our 4th day at Disney was spent at Disney Hollywood Studios. I think by this day we finally had things figured out as far as how to work the fastpasses to our advantage. We actually got to the park before it was even open!! Once we got inside - Jeff and Matt headed to get Fastpasses for Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster while the rest of us followed the herd to Toy Story Mania! I would say that Toy Story Mania is the biggest attraction at Disney Hollywood Studios - as we were getting in line to ride the ride there was also a line to get Fastpasses!! Here is Elyse waiting in line for Toy Story Mania.



Elyse and Kailey in line.

Here is Jeff and Andrew on the ride. You sit in these cars and you have a "gun" in front of you. Throughout the ride you make your way through different games where you have to shoot at various targets. You also have 3D glasses on because everything is in 3D. Sometimes when you shoot things - say a bottle of water - you actually get a little wet! It was a very fun ride and as you can see - Andrew loved it!!!

By the time we got off of Toy Story - we looked at our Fastpass tickets and realized that we could get another set of Fastpasses. So - we got 5 Fastpasses for Toy Story Mania - so the boys and Kailey could ride again later on in the day. We wandered around the park, rode The Great Movie ride, Star Tours and visited Lightning and Mater from the movie Cars. Here are the kids with Lightning and Mater. I love how Andrew has his hand on Lightning - so cute.

After getting some lunch - we left the 3 little kids with grandma and grandpa and headed to Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster. Both rides were very fun!! It was starting to look like it could rain - so we decided to check out the muppet 3D movie. That was a good choice because as we were in line to get in the movie - it started to rain. When we got out of the movie - it was still raining. The boys and Kailey headed over to Toy Story Mania to use their fastpasses. The rest of us just hung out underneath the shelter to stay dry. Unfortunately - we had planned on going to the 4pm showing of Lights, Motors, Action stunt show - but it was cancelled due to the rain. Oh well - something to look forward to next time we go! We had reservations at Chef Mickey's that evening and decided it would be nice to go back to the hotel and change into dry clothes before dinner.

One of the cool things about going to Chef Mickey's is you get to ride the monorail right inside the Contemporary Resort - where Chef Mickey's is located. Once again we had a lot of fun at Chef Mickey's - meeting Mickey and the gang throughout dinner. A few pics from dinner.

Kailey and Christopher with Mickey.

Elyse with Mickey. Kailey and Elyse with Minnie.
Christopher gives Goofy a high five!

The whole gang at Chef Mickeys!



This was our last night at the resort/parks - so we asked Elyse and Andrew if they wanted to to back to the hotel or go into one of the parks. They wanted to go back to Magic Kingdom - so we hopped on the monorail back to Magic Kingdom - while the rest of the gang headed back to the hotel. As we walked into Magic Kingdom - the electric parade was going on - so we were able to watch that and I'm so glad we did! It was very cool with all the lights and music! Elyse and Andrew wanted to hit some of their favorite rides - so in just a couple of hours we were able to ride Buzz's Space Ranger Spin, the speedway, Winnie the Pooh and Goofy's Barnstormer. Goofy's Barnstormer was the best - as we got to ride 3 times in a row!!! We would get back to the station and no one was in line - so we had the option of getting off or staying on and riding again! Of course - the kids wanted to ride again so we stayed on until we were forced to get off! We then walked around the castle at night and thought we would ride Buzz again but by the time we got back there - it was closed. So - we headed to the exit and watched the light parade again - this time from the top of the Train Station. It was perfect for the kids to be able to see everything! It was a great ending to our time in the parks!