Hollywood Studios

Oh Hollywood Studios...such a toss up on which park is our favorite between this one and Magic Kingdom.  There is so much to see and do at this park for our boys!

This doesn't have anything to do with anything.  They posed themselves with this cutout as soon as we walked in.

We all know where this army guy is from...Toy Story!

They LOVE this Indiana Jones stunt show.  Even though it's the exact same show we saw two years ago (that we saw twice then) they were glued to it and wanted to see it again.  It was pretty exciting!

There are 3 or 4 different "scenes" that they "shoot" and explain how they do the stunts after.  Pretty cool.

And of course we had to eat at Pizza Planet.  Not the best pizza we've ever had but they were super excited to eat there!

We saw the Muppets in 3D.  This was the waiting area before you go into the theater.  Most lines for rides/shows have waiting areas with entertainment so it doesn't feel like you're waiting so long.

I snapped one quick pic before the lights went out.  Those are the grumpy old men muppets up in the balcony.

Phineas and Ferb.

Cars.  No, they didn't move or talk...kind of lame-o.

Making a wish.

It was so hard to get a good picture of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area because everything was so huge!  The kids would've stayed here all day if we would've let them.

Waiting in line to ride Toy Story Mania...our favorite ride at this park.  So fun!!

It's like waiting in Andy's toy box.

The Mr. Potato Head in the background talks and moves around.

You sit in these cars and they ride along on a track and you shoot at big screens to earn points.  It's kind of hard to describe.  But all you need to know is I'm good at it.  And I'm undefeated.  Yep, Mondo hasn't beat me yet.  ;-)

Caleb and Mommy are awesome at Toy Story Mania.  ;-)

Just doing some hula hooping.

We were SUPER excited to meet the Wreck it Ralph characters! 

The last time we went to Disney, Caleb wasn't big enough to ride the Tower of Terror so him and Mondo sat it out and I rode with Ethan.  He was finally big enough so we were all 4 going to ride it together.  We asked him numerous times if he wanted to and he always said yes.  Once we got to the top and were about to load I started to get nervous and thought it probably wasn't the best idea and told him he could back out and he said no.  Well...a few seconds into the ride he wanted off but it was too late.  It's basically a creepy elevator ride through hallways of an old spooky, ghostfilled hotel.  But I forgot how dark it was and that freaked him out.  Then it finally opens to the outside...and drops you to the ground....then you fly back up, then drop back down...you get the idea.  He didn't like that.  He never cried.  But he HATED it.  He has told us, repeatedly, "I DO NEVER want to ride that again.  EVER!"  Ok.  Got it.  Our bad.  I think he might be scarred for life.  And he said it wasn't the darkness or the ghosts.  He said it was the way it made his stomach feel when it dropped.  Huh?!

We saw Fantasmic for the first time this year.  It was AMAZING!!  Look at that sea of people who went to see it!

Caleb had his popcorn.  He was ready!

Pictures don't even do it justice.  It had lights, music, characters, and fireworks.  It was greatness!

Epcot

We love all the parks at Disney...but Epcot is probably our least favorite.  There isn't a huge amount of things to do there.  It's more of a tour of the world with lots of places to eat and minimal rides.  But of course there are a couple of awesome rides that we have to check out each time we go!

Waiting in line to see Pluto.

It amazes me how the characters can sign the books when they can hardly see or feel the pen!  I guess they've had lots of practice!

It was super bright outside.

These guys are pretty talented.  They play the drums on construction equipment like paint buckets, tool benches, and ladders.  They drew quite a crowd!

Getting ready to watch the Finding Nemo musical.

Caleb hanging out inside a shark.

There is a great indoor place at Epcot to meet a lot of characters.

Waiting to ride Test Track.  This ride is one of the awesome ones we look forward to!

This year there was a new feature.  We went into a room and scanned our Disney cards.  We were then able to design our own car to be tested on the test track.  They boys werer TOTALLY into this!  During the ride after each "test", it would show how their car ranked so they kept track of who did the best.  It was a lot of fun!  This was Ethan's car.

This was Caleb's car.

This is a picture of us on the ride.  That's me in the front in the purple stripes with Ethan in the red next to me with his ear's plugged.  Mondo is in the back with his hands up and Caleb is next to him with his hands up. 

We ate at a tasty restaurnant called the Garden Grill.  The whole restaurant rotated around showing different scenes but it moves super slow.  Of course, I could still feel it especially since I was still getting over an illness.  :-/  But the food was great and there was a lot of it!

 

The boys loved coming across this place.  They said, "Look!  It's El Macho's lair!!"  (From Despicable Me 2).  On the inside there was a Mexican restaurant, a store, and a little boat ride kind of like the cave ride at 6 Flags.  Fun little place.

Haha!  Love these two!

We stayed until the park closed to watch the firework/light show on the water called Illuminations.  It was pretty amazing!  Except that we were at the back of the park so next time we'll position ourselves to see it from the front.  But it was still amazing.  Thanks to photographer Ethan for this pic.  :-)