Hollywood Studios/MGM

On Saturday we went to Hollywood Studios.  This was the only day it was rainy, but it still wasn't bad.  The first thing we did was get fast pass tickets to the Tower of Terror and the Rock N' Roller Coaster.  Then we went to see Beauty and the Beast-Live on stage.  The kids really liked one.  While we waited for our fast pass times we went to see the gang from Toy Story.  We really lucked out with that one.  We were the first in line and we didn't have to wait long for them.  They are kind of hidden so you have to know where to go.  They were great!  They spent a lot of time with the kids and it was so awesome to see the expressions on the kids faces.  Afterwards we went to see Muppet 3-D.  I think my mom had more fun at these type of shows!  It was hysterical watching her, or should I say hearing her!  My sister and I would fight over who got to sit next to mom!  Finally our fast pass time for the Rock N' Roller coaster was up and we headed over to it.  My sister, her husband, Brian and I all went on it.  Bailey would have, but she wasn't tall enough.  She would have loved that ride.  It was totally awesome.  I think that is one of the best roller coasters I have ever been on.  It is something totally different.  You are flying in the dark going 60 mph with black lights and neon signs and hearing Aerosmith blasting in your ears.  It was so cool.

Next, we went on Tower of Terror.  Brian, Bailey and I were the only ones to go on that.  It was okay.  It scared Bailey.  I don't think it would have been too bad if it wasn't for the kids in our car telling Bailey that she was going to die!  Afterwards we headed to the Indiana Jones Stunt Show.  Ok, this was one of my favorite parts because they selected me out of the crowd to be part of the show!  It was so cool!! I got to dress up as a villager and meet all of the actors and I was on stage the entire time.  I got to see everything close up.  They only chose a few people, so I was really lucky to be chosen.  We got chased by ninjas, stood next to a car that blew up, got in the middle of a knife fight.  Like I said, it was really cool.  After the show we decided to head back to our hotel.

Oh, I forgot to talk about lunch.  We ate at 2:45 at the 50's Prime Time Cafe.  It was really good food.  Our waiter was really rude, which is what they are suppose to be, but I don't think my dad liked that very much.  He feels it wasn't portraying the 50's correctly!  Whatever.  Besides, he said he doesn't like to spend a lot of money on a meal where the people are rude.  Everyone else thought it was great.

Well, it may take me many different blogs, but I will eventually get all of the vacation blogged about.  Right now I have to take the kids to swimming lessons!

Our Disney Trip

Well, I can finally blog about our wonderful family trip to Disney.  We left on March 18th, one day earlier than my sister and her family and my mom and dad.  We wanted an extra day to unwind before we headed to the parks.  I am so glad we did that.  On Wednesday we had 87 degree weather and we spent the day at the pool and at Downtown Disney.  The rest of the family arrived later that night.  

On Thursday we headed to Animal Kingdom.  Brian and my brother-in-law headed straight for Expedition Everest to get all of our fast passes while we headed to the safari.  It worked out great.  They were able to get all of our passes and there ended up not be any line for the safari.  It was great.  We saw all kinds of animals and we actually had to stop for awhile because two rhinos stood in the path.  We could actually touch them, although we were too scared to do so!  They were leaning against the jeep just staring at us.  It was really cool.  Also, our family was the only ones on the jeep so that was pretty cool.  We felt like we were getting our own personal tour.  After that we had so breakfast snacks and then headed to Expedition Everest.  I knew my parents wouldn't go on it and we had 4 kids that couldn't or wouldn't go on it.  Brian, Bailey and I went on first and then my sister, brother-in-law and their oldest went on.  It was awesome!  It flies you backwards in the dark for what seems like forever.  I couldn't believe Bailey liked it so much.  Her and I went on it again later on in the day.  We saw It's Tough to be a Bug, which was really cute.  We also saw the musical for Finding Nemo and the Festival of the Lion King.  Those were pretty neat, but I could skipped Finding Nemo.  Then we headed to an awesome dinner at Boma's which was in the Animal Lodge.  It had such great food.  The hotel is beautiful and after dinner you can walk around and see the animals in the savanna.  They have big rocking chairs around a huge fire and we just relaxed and took in the beautiful weather.  Afterwards we headed back to our hotel (Port Orleans Riverside) and hung out at the restaurant and enjoyed the entertainment from Bob the piano player.  

The next day we went to Magic Kingdom.  My niece had a high fever so my brother-in-law stayed back with her in the morning while the rest of us (10) left for Magic Kingdom.  When we walked in we saw Snow White and Dopey.  Of course we had to stop for autographs and pictures.  Then we headed to the Flight of Peter Pan and It's a Small World.  Throughout the day we went on Space Mountain (which was Bailey's favorite ride), Splash Mountain (which was her 2nd favorite), Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion (which of course we got stuck on in the dark!), Hall of Presidents, Buzz Lightyear's Space Rangers Spin.  I think that was it.  We did a lot, considering we had 12 people.  We also celebrated Bella's 4th birthday at Crystal Palace.  It was so much fun.  She received a card from Pooh and his friends and they announced her birthday and everyone sang Happy Birthday to her.  It was great.  We stayed there and watched the fireworks and the night time parade.  Then we rode the monorail around and I think we got back to our rooms after midnight.  We got a lot accomplished that day.

Well, I will have to blog about the rest of our trip later.