Sunday, July 22, 2012

Disney - Friday (Hollywood Studios)

Friday we spent the day in Hollywood Studios.  Jonas and I woke up a little early, so we took some fun hotel pics while we waited for everyone to finish getting ready.

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From Disney 2012 - Friday


This is the one of the best pictures we got of the whole crew.
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Friday's character breakfast was Disney Jr, featuring Handy Manny, Jake (and the Neverland Pirates), June (Little Einsteins), and Special Agent Oso.  This was by far the most laid back breakfast, because it was significantly less busy than the rest.  The kids enjoyed the extra attention from the characters!

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From Disney 2012 - Friday


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From Disney 2012 - Friday


From Disney 2012 - Friday


We also saw a Disney Jr. show, which Jonas had fun dancing to.
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From Disney 2012 - Friday


One of the highlights for Jonas was the extreme stunt show, featuring Lightning McQueen.  A guy even rode a motorcycle through fire, what could be more exciting than that?
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From Disney 2012 - Friday


From Disney 2012 - Friday


Another meal at Pizza Planet:
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This picture has nothing to do with Jonas, but it's cute.  And, I love Mickey head bars!
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Pixar Parade - holds the record for the shortest Disney parade.
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From Disney 2012 - Friday


Mike Wazowski and Sulley from Monsters Inc. live in Hollywood Studios, so we lined up to see them.  It started raining, so they took the characters away for safety reasons, so we had the kids take a picture with our own Mike.
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A while later, they did come back, and we got a real one.
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We waited to see the Fantasmic for an hour in the pouring rain.  Mike, Mary and Hayden left before the show, but the rest of us made it.
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From Disney 2012 - Friday


From Disney 2012 - Friday


After that, we headed back to the hotel with wet, tired kids!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Disney - Thursday (Animal Kingdom & Hollywood Studios)

Thursday we started off at the Animal Kingdom with the Safari Mickey character breakfast, and then headed to Hollywood Studios for the afternoon.  

Abby was Minnie for the day
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Going into the Animal Kingdom
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


Walking in the parade around the restaurant - with instruments!
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


After breakfast we went on the safari.  It was pretty cool, but we were disappointed to learn that most of the trees and the termite hills were fake.  Oh well, the kids didn't know!
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


From Disney 2012 - Thursday


One of our rides (not the one Jonas and I were on) had to stop and wait for a giraffe to cross the road!
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They had a huge dinosaur themed playground that the kids played on for a while.
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


On the Triceratops ride
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Waiting for the Dinosaur ride, which was so scary it made Jonas cry.  A big Tyrannosaurus Rex roared right in his face!
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


After we rode Expedition Everest, a roller coaster with a big yeti that sends you backwards.  This one wasn't scary enough, according to Jonas.
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After that we saw "It's Tough to be a Bug"...another 3D show
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After that we headed to Hollywood Studios for the rest of the day.  The Laffertys went back to the hotel for a little break, so we passed the time by meeting some characters.

Jake and the Neverland Pirates
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Green Army Man (from Toy Story)
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Waiting in line for an hour and a half to see Woody and Buzz
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


We ate dinner at Pizza Planet - just like in Toy Story!
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Jonas' favorite ride was the Tower of Terror.
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


One of my favorites was Star Tours
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From Disney 2012 - Thursday


At the end of the night we listened to a concert for a while, that was really LOUD...and Jonas slept.
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Still sleeping, waiting for the bus
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And at the hotel, still sleeping
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Hollywood Studios again the next day!