florida trip- part 6. (disney studios & a visit)

Our last day at Disney (and the last day I took any pictures during the trip).

Camie (my college roommate who lives in Orlando) and I were FINALLY able to get it together so we could visit this trip. She dosen’t travel, so the ony way I get to see her is if we go to Disney. She was able to get us (all 9 of us!) reservations at the Grand Floridian Cafe for breakfast. I haven’t seen her husband Chris in we don’t even know how long…but a long time! The kids got reaquainted very quickly and were soon running around like old friends. After breakfast and quite a bit of chatting we took a loop around on the monorail (my last view of the Castle) and said our goodbyes. It was a very nice (although very brief) visit! I’m still working on convincing her to start flying and coming to ny for a visit next time.

Please overlook my lovely roots. I did get my hair highlighted after getting back home. Couldn’t get an appointment before we left no matter how much I needed it!!

After leaving our friends, we went over to Disney Hollywood Studios for an abbreviated day. We tried to get Fast Passes to Toy Story Mania (which is pretty much the sole reason for visiting the park.) but they were sold out and I was told they were gone by around 10:15 that morning! The wait was 110 minutes, but we knew we would have to suck it up and wait. In hopes that the lines would get a bit shorter, we went over to see the Indiana Jones show (which the boys loved again- Timmy was so excited he was literally shaking!) and then I took the big boys on Star Tours. Timmy was a little too short still.

By the time we got back over to Toy Story Mania, the line was down to 90 minutes. Yes, we waited. And waited.  And waited a little more. But the cue area was really decorated well and Toy Storyish, so at least that was something. And the Mr. Potato Head barker was cool once you got close enough to see him. The ride (we all thought except maybe John) was worth the wait. It was so much fun. Next time, we’ll get there earlier and get those FP’s right away so we don’t have to wait 90 minutes for a 4 minute ride.

Instead of taking us a little over 3hrs to get back to Hallandale like it was supposed to, it took almost 4.5 because someone had to go to the bathroom. every. five. minutes.  Seriously, we stopped at every single reststop on the Turnpike between Orlando and Ft.Lauderdale. We ended up eating dinner at Padrinos at 9pm. Whatever, it’s vacation.

Regardless, can’t wait to go back!! Hopefully next year. I can’t stay away from Disney for too long.