Month: November 2016

One great thing about Hollywood Studios is the unexpected meet & greets!  Sure there are some set spots for meeting some of your favorite characters, but there are also places where different characters appear throughout the day.  One of these is in front of the Chinese Theater or The Great Movie Ride. We were lucky…
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We had a great time decorating out house for Christmas!  We wrapped the tree in 1200 lights!  No pre-lit trees for us!!! The boys pitched in to help decorate the tree (including our awesome Disney ornament collection) and the rest of the house and then everyone went to the front yard to get our ‘Clark…
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Ethan finally gets food!  Poor kid, you would have thought we never fed him…   Lunch at Mama Melrose We have an amazing lunch at Mama Melrose’s in the newly named Muppet Courtyard and it was AMAZING!!!  We had booked the Fantasmic Dinner Package since we were on the Disney Dining Plan (hint, it doesn’t…
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We are huge fans of Jedi Training Academy and especially of the newest version Trials of the Temple.  This is a wonderful show that brings the kids (ages 4-12) into the world of Star Wars.  They are broken into two groups and trained to use the force and taught the skills to use a light…
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Finally… Cameron and Colby get to go on their first ride of the trip!  They both passed on Rockin’ Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror, so Toy Story Midway Mania is the first for them.  We break up into teams for this competition…  Ethan and Colby and the blue team, since they are both wearing…
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We have been pin trading for several years now and had a bunch of pins that were just sitting in a box when we were not at Disney.  So we finally decided to do something with them.  We went to the store to buy premade shadow boxes, but they were about $15-20 each and we…
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I don’t know about you, but one famous Disney snack that has people dreaming of another taste is the Dole Whip…  That sweet and tangy frozen concoction does something to our taste buds and links the taste to wonderful memories at the most magical place on earth.  So who wouldn’t want to experience this at…
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It’s our first day at a Disney World park and we are at Hollywood Studios for rope drop!!!  We make a beeline for sign ups for Jedi Training Academy and then on to Rockin’ Roller Coaster when the park opens.  What a way to get your adrenaline pumping first thing in the morning!!!  Then on…
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