Another New LO

Hollywood Studios

We only spent 1 day at Disneys Hollywood Studios. The 1st day i arrived.
I love this park I dont know why since there is not a ton to see.
My favorite ride is Toy Story Mania and we always go right there to secure a fast pass for later. This ride is definitely the most popular at Hollywood Studios. Unfortunately I was put in a broken seat and the ride was very boring. If we were not a group of 7 the cm's would have let me back on but I did not want to choose which child could go on again. I have to admit I left with a bad taste in my mouth :( The other members of our group loved the ride and the waiting area is not to be missed it is so cute!
I dont really know how SJ knows about the power rangers but he does and he loves them so when he saw them out meeting people it was a must stop for us. We met the yellow and red rangers this day.
We were going to go back to the hotel for a break but after waiting 30min for a bus we decided to just stay and stick it out. So we found a spot on the curb for the move it shake it parade. Last time we were here it was slightly raining and that made the parade never stop and party so it was pretty lame. This time it stopped and did its fully show! We were by the its a bugs life section. SJ was not shy at all and got out into the street and danced with the performers.

We had dinner at Mama Melrose for the fantasmic dinner package. The food and service were both just ok. not great but not horrible either.
SJ was excited to see Fantasmic! He calls it the show with Mickey and the dragon.
After Fantasmic we fought with the crowds and made our way back to our room where we all fell asleep pretty quickly.

Devons Hollywood Studios Must do's
toy story mania
little mermaid
fantasmic
restaurant 50's primetime cafe
Osborne Spectacle of Lights if you go during christmas season

Home from 5 nights 6 days at Walt Disney World

Yep that is right I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney World again! This time I was joined by my beautiful son, my dad, my aunt and uncle and their 2 children. R and C. R is the same age as SJ and C is 2.
We had connecting rooms at the Caribbean beach resort. A moderate resort on WDW property. We were in the pirate rooms! Disney did not miss anything when theming this room, the carpet looked like planks, the fridge was hidden inside a barrell
Here is a picture of the 2 beds.

SJ steered us to sleep every night.



The good:

1. the rooms were themed great
2. the rooms were always clean
3. we were right next to the bus stop which made it very convenient
   
4. Very friendly staff

The not so good:

1. we were far away from old port royale and never really enjoyed it
2. the buses were not running as smoothly as past trips one day we waited 45 min for a bus to the magic kingdom as we waited we saw 3 empty buses going to animal kingdom.
   

all in all the resort was fantastic and we will go back again but next time I dont think I will be getting a pirate room. I like a room closer to Old Port Royale.

Stay Tuned I willl be doing a review of every park we visited!

*these opinions are mine and mine alone, no one paid me for any part of this vacation*

Christmas Eve

Proud Mom Moment

SJ has finally gotten really into letters and writing. FINALLY! We were Skype-ing grandpa the other day and he said I know how to spell Oso (from agent oso on the disney channel) and said O S O then he said wait and went and got his magna doodle he started with the S on the bottom to show he could write a S. Then he said wait I can WRITE OSO and then wrote his very first word. OSO I was so proud he did it all by himself.

now we need to work on getting him to write his name.

Shutterbug

Garden

The aloe plant's bloom. Think this is the 1st time I have ever seen one. Isn't it beautiful?