Disney World Day 5

Monday, June 21, 2010

I was already starting to be a little sad about the trip coming to a close today when we had less time left than had already passed.

The kids already excited for the day. We had to wake them both up today to get to Hollywood Studios by 7. They were in a super good mood nevertheless.

Coffee in hand, kid in stroller, bags packed with snacks and cameras and we were off on our short walk to the ferry that would take us about 15 minutes down the water way to Hollywood Studios. I set my coffee down to take this picture and forgot to pick it back up. I'm such a nerd.

We got to pose with Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater (although Lennon calls him Rusty and won't let anyone get by with calling him by his real name.) We wished they had let the kids play around in the cars, but they wouldn't even really let you touch them very much. Weird.

Aunt Bethany being silly.

Just starting our Studio Backlot Tour. We got to see a flash flooding of a canyon and an instant fire and lots more cool, behind the scenes stuff.

Grandaddy helping Lennon with his $18 water spray bottle. Disney is lots of things, cheap is not one of them.

Riding some kind of Star Wars flying motor cycle type thingy

Eating at The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre. The booths were convertible cars and they were all facing a giant drive in screen that showed really old "horror" movie clips. Stuff like "The Man Who Wouldn't Stop Growing." It was really funny.

After lunch Lennon fell asleep in the stroller so Shelby took him back on the ferry to nap while Mia and I hit a couple more rides one more time. Early in the morning everyone except me, Lennon and Granmommy did Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster before meeting up with us at Toy Story. We thought we'd get fast passes for use right away since that was the first thing we did once inside the park, but we still had to wait like three more hours before riding it. It's so crazy popular. So, while the other guys rode the big rides Granmommy, Lennon and I waited in line for 20 minutes just to obtain the fast passes then rode The Great Movie Ride. While on Tower of Terror Grandaddy lost his clip on sunglasses. Later, when Mia and I went back we thought we'd try to be the heroes and check if they'd been turned in. Miracle of miracles, they had! And they were in one piece. I was worried that if I put them in my back pack they'd get crushed, so I just carried them gently in front of me and we were heading straight to the ferry. About one minute later, I dropped them and they broke instantly upon hitting the ground. So, in the end we got to tell him "the good news is, we found your sunglasses. The bad news: we then broke them."

There is a picture of Jeremy doing this the "stud" sign near this same car from a trip to Disney when we were both still in high school. This pic was for Jer.

LeNan was always so good and prepared for meals. Her kids were perfectly behaved during dinner every night. Here is sweet little Reagan with her coloring book.

Aunt LeNan got in lots of cuddles with the four kids during the week.

All our dinners were great, but this night we ate at Epcot at The Odyssey Room. It was a special International Dinner with reserved viewing of the night time fireworks, laser show. Dinner was great because there were so many different types of food to choose from. Everyone got plenty to eat. There was also lots of entertainment. Here, the kids have joined in a congo line.

Mia loves her family so much!

One of the best pictures of my kids ever. I love this one.