[JustaT]

Originally Posted by Experiment6-2-6

I am just now getting the spare time to read these Trip Reports.. It seems you have had a wonderful time! Kudo's to you for "remembering" about the surprises! Trust me, you would never hear the end of it if you hadn't..

Thanks for reading. By the way, you are SOOOO right. She still hasn't stopped about "the fog". "Mommy, does this grocery store have fog?", "Mommy, will this movie have fog"......poor baby. She would have REALLY never gotten over the other things.

I'll be back soon to post the rest of our adventures

[JustaT]

DAY 3- December 3, Disney Studios (it will always be MGM to me)

We started our day in the POFQ food court....then off to the bus stop to head over to MGM...oops I mean Disney Studios



We watched the High School Musical show....AWESOME (I'm not ashamed to admit that I know all of the lyrics by heart and my children don't even know HSM yet)

[JustaT]

Our reservation for Hollywood and Vine was at 10:20AM...we checked in and got a pager. We had about 40 minutes to kill so we thought we would run the kids over to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. On our way Avery spotted a face painting station. $15 for a face painting Are you kidding me?!?! Well, it was TOTALLY worth it.

Avery felt like a movie star....she chose Tinkerbell mixed with Snowflake (the lady doing it was excited about this challenge)







At the end they throw pixie dust (aka glitter) on and boy was that the best. The girls were so excited. Everytime I hugged Avery she would say, "be careful...I don't want to lose my pixie dust".

A note on the face painting...it doesn't get hard and flake off. Once it is dry it feels like foundation. Definitely worth it.

[allirella]

Originally Posted by JustaT

Our reservation for Hollywood and Vine was at 10:20AM...we checked in and got a pager. We had about 40 minutes to kill so we thought we would run the kids over to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. On our way Avery spotted a face painting station. $15 for a face painting Are you kidding me?!?! Well, it was TOTALLY worth it.

Avery felt like a movie star....she chose Tinkerbell mixed with Snowflake (the lady doing it was excited about this challenge)


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Beautiful!!

[JustaT]

Two little princesses



Avery and Saffy passing the time with a little game of "run around in a circle"


Lillian taking time to stop and smell the poinsettas

[JustaT]

Our pager began to flash and it was time to be seated. DH and I really enjoyed this character meal because we were able to relax a bit. Lillian and Avery really enjoyed the music and dancing. The food wasn't too impressive, but I would definitely recommend everyone with small children to do this one. It was as stressfree as a table meal can be with little ones. The kids actually loved the food selection (and I actually preferred the kids selection too).

Little bit of dancing


Leo


Goliath

[JustaT]

June



And the star (for Avery at least) Jo Jo

[JustaT]

After this we went right over to Playhouse Disney Live to wait in line. DH got us fastpasses for Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

We thought the Playhouse Disney Live thing was cute




DH had to leave with Lillian because she wanted to climb up the stairs.

[JustaT]

We REALLY loved Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Lillian fell asleep so my DH waited for us outside (and collected some fastpasses to Rockin Rollercoaster).

I have to throw this in because it was really funny. So you all know how bad her experience was at Tough to be a Bug. Well, she got a bit worried about being in the theater for this show. The first thing she asked me was will it be foggy to which I responded "I don't think so", next she asked if there would be water to which I responded "no" (I didn't feel any wet on the seats). I was wrong on both occasions, but she was fine. WHEW

[JustaT]

We went over to see Beauty and the Beast. This was a great rest and the show was fun. This is another one of those things that I would have probably skipped if I wasn't with the girls....glad I was with the girls.

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I desperately wanted Mema to ride Rockin Roller Coaster...I told her that she would it. Well, I was wrong. It took her a good hour to recover. She seriously looked like a ghost when we walked off. It's gonna take a while to build up that trust again But I REALLY, REALLY thought she would like it.

By the way, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED it!

[JustaT]

She swapped with John and took the kids over to the Playground while John and I walked onto Tower of Terror a couple of times. Boy I love that ride!

Then we raced to go and make sure the kids weren't being too hard on Mema.

I'll have to take a moment to just say what a blessing it was to have Mema with us on this trip. It made it so relaxing to have an extra set of hands. She is the best and I wouldn't have had nearly as much fun without her.

We went over to grab the girls and try and catch the Muppet show. Everyone really enjoyed that too.

Now off to see the Osborne Spectacle of Lights.

[JustaT]

The girls were really starting to get cranky at this point. In retrospect they were probably both just starving. It was nearly 6:00 pm and our last meal was Hollywood and Vine...OOOPS We grabbed a couple of pretzels and waited for the lights to start.

That got everyone in high spirits

Amost there


Getting Brighter


BRIGHTER


WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!

[JustaT]

I loved the Osborne Spectacle of Lights. The pictures don't really do it justice. It's really more of a feeling than a sight. It really got us into the Christmas Spirit.

Here are a few more

[dancing4disney]

What a great TR! I love the pictures of the girls. It is wonderful to see the magic of Disney in their eyes! I loved the Tinkerbelle/Snowflake face painting. It looked fabulous!