Disney – Day 3.5
Today was a recovery day. MaryBeth went to visit her grandmother in Lakeland, FL, while the kids and I stayed back at the condo. (Originally, we were thinking that all of us would go to Lakeland to visit with great grandma, but we found out before we left that Peggy might not be up for all the activity of our kids.) While we were at the condo, the boys worked on their homework that they got before leaving, while my daughter and I played with dolls.
By the time MaryBeth got back to the condo, we got everyone ready to go to the park, loaded the car, drove there, etc., it was about 4p before we got into Disney Hollywood Studios. My goodness it was crowded. We spent a lot of time at various shows. The kids really enjoyed the Great Movie Ride, the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, and Muppets in 3D. We were also able to get into Buzz Lightyear (one of the big attractions at DHS).
As for characters, the lines to the characters were exceptionally long, except to see Prince Caspian (my daughter did wonder a little who Caspian was, but she liked the fact that he was a Prince). The general consensus among the family, though, was that the Journey to Narnia “attraction” was less than worth the wait. Essentially, the “attraction” was video clips from the movie. Bleah…
The kids did enjoy traiding their pins, though. For those of you who don’t know, Disney has pins that people can buy. Folks put the pins on their lanyard, on their hats, or on some other thing and folks can then trade pins with one another and/or with a cast member. Well, one of the books we used to do our pre-trip research (okay, we’re geeky) suggested that kids with the need to develop social skills might benefit from pin trading. So I went on Ebay and bought 40 pins that we divided between our kids. So now they go up to cast members and try to trade pins. It’s pretty fun to watch. My daughter is trying to get all princess themed pins; my older son is looking for pins with “hidden Mickeys” on them; and my younger son is going for an all pirate theme. For those of you who don’t know (as it was described to me), the “hidden Mickey” pins are unique in that they are not sold in stores; they are distributed through the cast members. Whether they are valuable or not, my older son thinks so and is enjoying looking for them.
Tomorrow we finish out the first four days at Disney by going to the last of the parks, Animal Kingdom. More to report tomorrow.
Merle
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