Hollywood Studios

We are back from our spring break in Orlando.  Our group consisted of thirteen of us:  our family of four, my sister's family of four, my parents, Ryan's parents and our niece, Kelsey.  It was a big group!  We stayed at a gorgeous resort off Disney property.  Ryan's parents own a timeshare and generously put us all up at the resort with their points.  So wonderful, there will be pictures of the resort soon.  Ryan, Layla and I stayed there about three years ago and it was even better than I remembered!

We arrived on Friday and we swam and ate dinner that night.  On Saturday we hit the ground running, heading to Hollywood Studios.  The grandparents and Kelsey hadn't arrived yet so it was just the eight of us on Saturday.  First up was the Disney Jr. breakfast with Handy Manny, Agent Oso, June the Little Einstein and Jake of the Neverland Pirates.  The breakfast was wonderful.  I would recommend it to anyone that has a child that likes any of the characters.  The breakfast is very intimate, meeting the characters again and again.  We could not believe how great it was.  The food was served buffet style and it was really good too.  Cassie's boys have allergies and they were well taken care of by the chef (seems to be the standard in Disney).

Our favorite character of the hour, Handy Manny!!!

Grady was very intrigued with the characters.  June was very sweet to him.

Layla loved looking at the maps all week.  Jake helped her out here :)

Beauty and Beast.  We all loved it.  Layla got a bit scared when the Beast came out but loved the rest.  Grady literally danced his way through all of the songs.  I know it sounds crazy to say a 10 month old enjoyed a play, but I really think he did.

Ahh, the fan.  We borrowed it from our good friends before we left.   It was adorable and kept Grady nice and cool during his naps.  It then got stolen while we were watching "The Little Mermaid."  Major bummer!  I went to the lost and found to see if by chance it was turned in.  It was not, but one of the Disney Team members wrote me a Disney check for a new one.  Their customer service is crazy wonderful in these Disney Parks.  Such a rarity in 2012 and very much appreciated.


The biggies that we did:
Disney Jr. breakfast at the Hollywood & Vine restaurant (recommend!!)
Disney Jr. show (awesome!!!)
Little Mermaid show (great but Ursala was HUGE and was a bit overwhelming to Layla)
Beauty and the Beast show (loved it)

Bummer:
We missed the parade.  I don't know how or why but somehow we were in the arcade and missed the parade.  I was sad because I had heard it was really good but we will be back when  Grady is older!!

The park was REALLY crowded.  These were the longest lines we would face all week.  This was probably because it was a weekend and travelers overlapped on this day.

All in all, a great day at Hollywood Studios.  The kids were so good.  The little ones napped on-the-go  and the older ones loved the park.  Great start to the trip!