Saturday, February 1stHollywood Studios
Today was the day I had been most looking forward to because this park had Grant’s favorite characters in Toy Story Land!! Again we got up early and caught the bus around 8 am getting to the park before it opened. We made it through bag check and the ticket line and headed straight for our first fast pass of the day: Toy Story Mania. It was so awesome bypassing the long line of people and waiting in a very minimal line. This ride was by far one of Grants favorites. From the minute we stepped in to the que he had the biggest eyes and was in awe that he was in Andy’s room. These are some of the memories that I will remember forever.
The car for this ride had little canons that you shot virtual balls at screens throughout the whole ride. It was a 3D ride that required you to wear glasses for and Grant thought that was so cool. He rode with me and I couldn’t even focus on aiming the canon because all I could see was his ear to ear smile.
It was cold and raining this morning (really most of the day) but we didn’t let that stop our fun. When it rains at Disney, you put on a poncho, straighten your tiara and keep going!! And that’s exactly what we did.
We were able to walk on to alien swirling saucers after about a 20 minute wait for our next ride. This day was also a big day for me professionally as well. It was Pomifera Launch Day! I was expecting to get to sign up at 10 am and I was hoping to plan it so that we could be on a rest break around that time. Well that didn’t happen so I decided to sit this ride out and try to get signed up as it was literally 10 am on the dot when we got to the front of the line. Very funny, world! Anyway the massive influx of interest in pomifera broke the internet and I wasn’t able to get signed up for many hours later but I’m so thankful for my awesome up line that helped me and my team out so much so that I could put the phone away and enjoy time with my family! I got some really awesome videos and pictures while sitting this ride out so it wasn’t a waste at all!
After this ride was over, I noticed a line starting to form so I jumped in it while Mom, James, and Grant were getting off the saucers. It was a meet and greet line for Jessie and it wasn’t long at all. It had stopped raining for a few minutes and they brought the characters out! We all had on Toy Story shirts and Jessie loved them! She pointed out my shirt, which was representing her, and also pointed to my red hair and her red hair. I feel we had a moment!
After this we made our way back to the Animation Courtyard to pass some time and get out of the rain by doing covered Character meet and Greets with Vampirina and Doc McStuffins. I was wearing a pullover that had a stethoscope around my monogram and Doc went crazy over it. She just pointed and pointed and jumped up and down clapping her hands. It was so cute.
Then it was time for our next fast pass: The Voyage of the Little Mermaid. This was a great show that Grant loved. I might be pretty partial to it too! and it was inside out of the cold rain.
After this show we headed to An Incredible Celebration Area and met Mrs Incredible in the street. Mr Incredible had just got called to a crime fighting emergency so we didn’t get to meet him till later. Momma needed some coffee to warm up since it was still nasty and rainy out and Grant decided he needed a Jack Jack Num Num cookie, yep you guessed it…Another chocolate Chip cookie. My boy does love his cookies! James got yet another Mickey pretzel lol and then we went to the Edna Mode character meet and greet. We also found a memory maker set up in this area too.
Next up we went to Echo Lake to use our 3rd fast pass of the day at For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing Along Celebration. I LOVED LOVED LOVED this show. Grant was so very happy watching it and literally sang every word of every song! It was a perfect memory for me! And again I was happy we were inside out of the cold rain. Yes I’m a wimp these days. But that didn’t last long because after the show we went outside to wait in the line to see Olaf. This was probably one the longest lines we waited in the entire trip. But Grant really wanted to see Olaf and give him a hug so we did it. It was worth it for all the smiles!
After this we passed back by Incredible Celebration Area and Mr Incredible had made it back from fighting crime so Grant got to meet him and take pictures flexing their muscles. Mr Incredible has nothing on my boy!
We were starting to get hungry so we got a quick service lunch. James and Mom ordered burgers from Backlot Express while I ran(literally) back to Toy Story Land and got Grant and I grilled cheeses from Woody’s Lunch Box. We sat at the Picnic Tables around Echo Lake and ate lunch and rested for a while.
Mom was able to snag us fast passes to ride tower of terror so we went on our way to sunset boulevard while the boys went back to Toy Story Land. They were able to walk on Toy Story Mania thanks to some Disney magic letting them go through the fast pass line even when they didn’t have one! Mom and I rode Tower of Terror and while we really liked it, it wasn’t nearly as scary the second time around as it was during our first trip 6 years ago. Still a fun ride though.
After we got off this ride, James called me and told me they were in line for Alien Swirling Saucers again. He knew how upset I was that I missed riding it with Grant the first time so he made sure we rode it again. I left the stroller with mom and literally ran as fast as I could from Sunset Boulevard to Toy Story Land. Boy did I get some weird looks lol. I made it just in time to (shhh) hop the line and make it to the last loop before they got on the ride. It was so much fun to ride this ride with both of my boys especially after I had to miss it the first time.
After we got off this ride we stood in line to meet Woody and Bo Peep. While waiting for them, we watched the army man parade. Grant loved meeting Woody and Bo! They both loved our shirts and Woody noticed my birthday button. He asked me if I was 21 and told me my face looked so young. Bo loved moms shirt and buddied up with her!
We got in line to meet Buzz next and while we were in line noticed a memory maker in front of the Toy Story Land sign so we left mom in the line and ran down to get some pictures made with the perfect photo prop for my Toy Story loving boy!
Meeting Buzz was definitely a highlight for Grant. He loved all the characters but he had the BIGGEST smile on his face when we got to Buzz. He gave him huge hugs, high 5’s, asked to press his reset button and Buzz let him. When Grant pushed it, it turned Buzz off and he fell over. Grant had to hurry and press it again to turn him back on. So cute and Grant was ecstatic that he got to turn him on and off. They saluted each other and buzz stamped Grants Autograph book.
We were able to score another fast pass to the Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage Show. So we hightailed it back to sunset boulevard and made it just in time for the show to start. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite movie and Belle is my favorite of the princesses so I really loved this show even though I saw it on my first trip.
After this show Grant fell asleep in his stroller and and on me when I had to take him out to get in line for dinner. He slept until it was time to go in at our 2nd character meal: Hollywood and Vine. He got to meet Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Daisy and Donald again but this time they were dressed up in their very best outfits. This was a buffet style meal again with lots of different choices. Including the best cheesecake dessert and Grant enjoyed soft serve Ice Cream with sprinkles.
After dinner, as we were making our way back further on Sunset Boulevard we spotted a memory maker so we stopped and got another picture taken. Grant and my hubs were troopers with all my picture taking. I love pictures and I was all about making sure we got our money’s worth out of that photo pass package. Mom even obliged on some pictures too!
To close out our park time this night we again had VIP tickets From Hollywood and Vine to watch Fantasmic. This was a good show but not nearly as good as ROL for me.
We made it back to our resort about 10 pm. Again another rope drop to close day but my whole gang were troopers. James, Grant, and I went to the food court again where he picked out a brownie sundae to eat (yes at 10 pm) while we let Mom go get a shower.
Sleep came easy this night for everybody. We were exhausted after two very full days.
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