How Not to Visit Disney's Hollywood Studios Part I

After a very late night at Magic Kingdom, we spent our first full day in Orlando at Disney's Hollywood Studios. I had ambitious plans for this park but, as you can see from the photo below, the kids were really not interested in what I wanted to do.

   

After two rides on Toy Story Mania and an aborted attempt to meet Woody and Buzz, the kids were grumpy. We tried to stand in line for Voyage of the Little Mermaid, but it was crowded and with about 10 minutes left until the show started, we left. If there was anything our family would like, it was Star Tours.

3D Glasses and a smile!

Scarlett was too small for this ride, so Tom and Luke went on the ride while Scarlett and I played with LEGO people and pretended to drive outside of the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater.

To Infinity And Beyond!

Then we did a rider switch and I got to do Star Wars with Luke, too. Yay, fun!

Next we headed over to The Magic of Disney Animation to meet Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, one of Tom's top character meetings. We had planned to meet Jake (of Neverland Pirates fame) while we were over there, but the kids weren't used to characters yet, and didn't want to meet him. Since the Disney Junior Live on Stage show was closed for renovations, we decided to just go ahead and get lunch. More grumpiness ensued.

We never did meet any other characters. No Sulley, no Incredibles, not even Lightning McQueen.

Sad.

We did spend a good hour at Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure. It was really fun, and tired the kids out just in time for a midday nap.

On our way out for rest time, everyone was happier.

We came back a few hours later with more mixed reviews. Part II is coming up.