The Most Magical Place On Earth - Part 3

The final day at WDW was spent at Hollywood Studios.  This was another favorite park for us when we lived in the Sunshine state.  Andy was able to join us for this day thankfully.  I was more than wiped out from the solo trip to Magic Kingdom and was grateful for the help!

Hollywood Studio Highlights:

~Watching the Beauty and the Beast performance and seeing Kendall's reactions to seeing Belle and the Beast on stage as well as Chip, Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, etc.

~Riding the Tower of Terror with Riley.  Lucky kid got to ride it with dad and again with mom!

~Walking right onto (well, almost) the Toy Mania (Story) ride.  I've never seen that ride have less than an hour wait!  Ours was about a 10-15 min wait and the longest of the day!

~Meeting more characters such as Woody & Buzz, Minnie, Daisy and Donald, Stitch, the green army man, a storm trooper, seeing Darth Vader as well as McQueen and Mater, etc.

~Taking Kendall to see the Little Mermaid show - she was a little afraid at first but got over it by sitting on my lap the entire time!

~Taking Riley on the Rockin' Rollercoaster for his very first time - TWICE in a row!  He loved it as much as Andy and I do!  He and I used our 4 fast passes and then Andy rode it twice by zipping through the single rider line.

Meeting Woody & Buzz after the Toy Mania ride

Can't get enough of the classic Disney characters!

I think Kendall is often inspired by Stitch!

Lovin' her some Minnie Mouse!

Check out how excited she is to talk to Minnie!

Watching the Beauty and the Beast show

No afraid of Darth Vader one bit!  Waving and saying hi to him!

Not afraid of a storm trooper either!

We found a green army man trying to hide behind a tree

After an exhausting day at HS, we figured out how to manipulate the bus system and get ourselves to Downtown Disney for free!  We walked right into the T-Rex Cafe and got seated immediately...again, something we've never experienced there before.  That place usually has a few hour wait if you can even get in!  This place was perfect for Riley and his dino obsession.  It's similar in design to The Rainforest Cafe (same owners).  Lots of dinos everywhere and they move and make noise during your meal.  The kids had a blast!

Afterwards we headed to much anticipated Lego store.  Riley could have spent an entire day there!  Kendall was just as happy to build Lego creations while Riley drooled over all the different kits.  They even have a Maersk train engine and a container ship kit!  Then we took Kendall shopping for her Minnie Mouse doll - just like I got on my very first trip to Disney.  She sleeps with Minnie every night (she has two now, the pink dress one she got last year for her birthday and the red dress one she got on our trip).

Hanging out with a Buzz Lightyear built out of Legos

By the time we returned to our hotel, we were all wiped out!  We went 3 days at Disney non-stop, no naps, from sun up to sun down.  We got our money's worth for sure!  I'm so glad it worked out to take the kids.  Both kids had such a great time and it was fun to surprise them!  We were able to create some great  family memories!