Disney World Day 2 - Hollywood Studios

We went to Hollywood Studios on day 2. I was super excited about HS because my girls are big Disney Jr. fans. They love it all but Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sofia, Jake, and Doc are their favorites. 

Getting ready to go:) John is a great daddy, but he is a FANTASTIC girl daddy!

Loved their Sofia outfits!

It was so nice to walk in HS and it not be so crowded. Again - it was not a crowded time, but there are just so many more people at the Magic Kingdom each day. I have a cute picture of us in front of the hat, but it's on the Memory Maker that I'm still working on getting fixed. Our first fast pass was for the Disney Jr. Live Show. We were going to stop at Sofia's character spot and waited for a few minutes before deciding to get in line for the show. That put us at the front of the line for the show, so we got right down front.  Disney Jr. Live is basically a big puppet show with a host and skits from the girls' favorites - MM Clubhouse, Sofia, Doc, and Jake. Meyers likes the princesses, but she loves these Disney Jr. characters. We are always pretending and acting out scenes from her favorite episodes (clearly we probably watch too much TV!), so she was in heaven being there to see her favorite characters and getting to be involved (calling toodles, singing, looking for tic toc croc). It was so much fun! Both girls loved it! And John and I were those parents that sang along and knew all the words to the theme songs. Nice!

waiting for it to start

We were pretty close!

I mean.....look at that face!

This one is pretty excited, too!

After the show, we went to ride Toy Story Mania. So.Much.Fun!!!!! The ride is a little jerky. I had to hang onto Emery each time it would turn to another screen. The girls were too little to be able to shoot the toy guns and aim and they were still not interested in wearing 3D glasses,  but they still liked it. John and I LOVED it!

We walked around after that, and Meyers did some hoola hooping. So did I, but thankfully, that was not captured on film:) We went to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area next. We probably could have saved some money and just done this for 5 days because the girls thought it was SO great! It was fun, but it made me a little nervous keeping track of them because there were so many tunnels and twists and turns. Meyers cried when it was time to leave, so we made sure to come back later in the day.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area

There were American Idol tryouts going on that day at HS. On our way to
lunch, these AI crew stopped us and asked if we minded them filming some
girl trying out singing and interacting with our kids. Meyers was not
interested, but Emery hopped right out of the stroller and danced with
this girl while she sang:) How random is that?!

American Idol hopeful and AI crew

After we were seranaded:), we went to our lunch at Hollywood and Vine. I was SO excited about this lunch with all the Disney Jr. characters. I knew from the day before that Meyers was not a fan of the costumed characters, so I wasn't sure how it would go. She was fine to get up and dance near them, but she still wasn't a big fan of hugging them. As fun as the characters were, this was a hectic meal. This was probably the least organized character meal we went to. We saw everybody sometimes twice, but we had to wait it out for Doc. It was stressing me out, because Emery was so tired but I was not leaving without seeing Doc:) Turns out it was a good thing, because I was able to get Emery to sleep while we waited for probably 20-30 more minutes for Doc to make her way to us. And miracle of miracles, she even transferred to the stroller afterwards without waking up!

Chubby little finger spotting Sofia from across the room:)

Sofia!! We have a character spot picture with her with us all and we are all looking at the camera on our Memory Maker.

Handy Manny!

Smiles for Jake!!

Parade with Sofia!

LOVE this picture of Meyers dancing. It was like she finally relaxed and had fun:)

FINALLY Doc made it to us just in time for Emery to be OUT!

Looks like she's doing some good sleeping:)

We left Hollywood and Vine, and John and I took turns riding Rockin Roller Coaster in the single rider line.  The single rider line was perfect for us since our girls were too short to ride any big rides, and the single rider lines are so short, but riding roller coasters by yourself is kind of anti-climatic. It's a little strange and you feel like a weirdo standing in the single rider line waiting to ride with some other family by yourself:) I'm glad we were able to ride some big things, but it would have been more fun to ride together.



After we finished, Emery was still sleeping, so we took Meyers back to Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. I went in with her, while John strolled Emery. She woke up a little while later and got to play too. We watched the Beauty and the Beast show next, and it was really cute. I wasn't sure if it would hold Emery's attention, but it did.

watching Beauty and the Beast

On our way to our last FP of the day, we jumped in the short line to see Sofia and Jake at their character spots. The last thing we did was the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. We ate a quick service dinner at the ABC Commissary where the girls did a little WWE action (thank goodness it wasn't crowded) paid way too much for two mickey balloons, and went back to our resort for an early night. I think the exhaustion from the day before had caught up to us:)

This is what happens when it takes forever for John to get our food and I'm "over'" it:)

It was a mix of loving on each other and wrestling:)

We took out a 2nd mortgage to pay for these! Ha! John said that was the last time he would tell the girls they could get something without asking how much first:) They WERE pretty cute balloons, but I think they were like $16 a piece! Geez!

We loved sneaking in to see the girls asleep every night. They were holding hands until John took the picture.

Favorites:

Meyers:Hugging Jake at his character spot (I don't have the picture yet, but she gained some courage between our lunch and seeing him that afternoon. He was the first costumed character that she willingly hugged and got close to:) and Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area.

Emery: Disney Jr. Live show

Beth: Toy Story Mania

John: Toy Story Mania