Hollywood Studios day started early for Ben and Ethan to get signed up for Jedi training. Caden was old enough to participate this year but he decided he did not want to. Mimi, Caden, and I met them at the park a little later before the park got too busy. The first thing we saw were the toy soldiers looking for volunteers to start soldier training. Ethan was all about it while Caden hung back.
Salute!
March Out
Then it was time for Toy Story Midway Mania, a park favorite for our family!
We had a long line for the ride even though we fast-passed it(but they gave us another fast-pass!) so by the time we got finished, it was time for lunch. This was the first time we had ever dined at the Sci-Fi Dine In Theater and we were excited! I had passed it up in the past years because I thought it might scare the boys. This year, they loved it! It was such a neat experience! Who would have ever thought about making a restaurant centered around cars at the drive-in.
They showed all kinds of old movie bits
Then it was time to go ;-)
After a bit of exploring, we saw the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, another family favorite, especially for the boys!
Hilarious!
And the boys got to see Tori again! She works on the set and we met her last year when we were at the show. Last year, we were allowed to sit next to the sound booth and Tori was taking pictures for promotions. She was SUPER SWEET to Ethan and Caden and gave them a play by play of the whole show and answered their million questions. Afterward, she took the boys down to meet the stars of the show and they all got to take a picture together. They have talked about her for a year so it was awesome that after the show this year we were able to find her and she remembered them!
This year, she asked one of the staff to bring the "precious idol" over that encapsulates the show and the boys got to take a picture holding it.
After the show, it was time for Jedi training!
Getting ready
Practice
Showtime
Success
After Jedi training and a break for ice cream, it was time for Disney Junior: Live On Stage
The boys still love this show and seeing the characters!
Clapping along with the songs
Then dance time
After the show, Ethan and Ben headed to Tower of Terror and we got settled for dinner. We all had a yummy dinner, then headed to Star Tours. I'm not sure why I don't have any pictures of that :-(
After Star Tours, it was time for the Star Wars Dessert Spectacular, one of the park's new Star Wars events. It was super cool for the kids to get to walk around with the Stormtroopers and whatever these things below are and see table after table of desserts, drinks, and ice cream.
We even pulled out our ears for this picture!
The dessert party gave us priority seating to the park's new Star Wars Galactic Spectacular fireworks show.
Which, I must admit, was spectacular. They used a combination of laser, fireworks, and projection all in the same show.
A long, hot day but a good one :-)
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