At first we had thought that we wouldn't go to Hollywood Studios at all - none of the attractions sounded like the boys would be excited about them anyway. But as we looked a little more, we realized that some characters that our boys would really like to see were only at Hollywood Studios so we got there right as they were opening on Wednesday morning.
First up was seeing Lightning McQueen and Mater. The boys were really excited to see them, but I think Jacob was trying to figure out why they weren't talking or moving.
After seeing our Cars friends, we headed over to see Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear. We had to wait in line for a while and the kids got really restless, but they were really excited once they finally got to see Woody and Buzz.
Next we headed over to see Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. We were a little worried about how Jacob would react because at home he cries and screams when we try to watch Monsters, Inc when he is home. He kept saying "no" when we said anything about Mike or Sully, but he seemed okay when we finally got to see Mike. We never got to see Sully because even though he was scheduled to be there with Mike, they said he was "taking an exam".
After visiting with Mike, we headed over to see Ralph and Vanelope from Wreck It Ralph. We were happy that they were there because around this point in time Wreck it Ralph was definitely a favorite movie for the boys.
We had contemplated riding some rides, and we tried to get some fast passes while waiting in line to see Buzz and Woody, but by that time the fast pass times were hours away and the lines themselves were a little ridiculous, especially considering the fact that we weren't even sure if the kids would like the rides.
This is where my memory gets fuzzy - you know, since all this happened over a year ago. But I'm pretty sure that we headed straight over to Epcot. We knew that there wasn't a lot at Epcot that would entertain our boys either. One thing I know they liked was seeing Pluto just inside. There was no line to see him, but also no photographer (even though there was supposed to be).
At Epcot we rode Spaceship Earth, which was way too slow moving for Grandpa Mac, and we rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. We went to Turtle Talk with Crush, and I really thought we did something else too, but can't remember for sure. I always think of Epcot as being more for grown ups, walking around to all the countries, etc. But the kids had reached their limit and we decided to call it quits.
We had the twins nap a little later thinking that they might be able to handle going to Magic Kingdom that night since it would be open late again, but we could tell after they woke up from their naps that they would not be very fun to take back. Add in the fact that Jacob doesn't nap, and has serious behavior issues when he stays up late and we decided that going back to the park wasn't the best thing to do.
Once again, Grandma Mac offered to stay with the kids and Grandpa Mac went back with me, Justin and Justin's dad. This time we decided to ride rides instead of watching all the fireworks and parades. We timed it very well - we got in line for Space Mountain in the middle of one of the fireworks shows and we only had to be in line for about 20 minutes. We contemplated riding it again but the fireworks had ended and the wait for the line was now over an hour long.
We went around riding all the rides that seemed more like grown-up rides, but of course since we were at Disney everything seems tame compared to the roller coasters of Six Flags Over Texas. Justin and I also worked on a plan for the next day as we went through Magic Kingdom this time. We knew we were bringing the kids back here in the morning and we wanted it to go smoother than it did our first day.
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