1st full day at Disney

We started out the morning at Hollywood Studios. They opened an hour early for resort members, although we didn't really benefit from that. Kids slept later than usual, then by the time we got something to eat and showered and got the bus, it was almost regular park opening anyway. But we also had lunch reservations at Hollywood and Vine, so we thought it'd be smart to just start the morning there.

 

We walked in and saw Daisy almost immediately, so we had to get to a souvenir place immediately to get autograph books and pens. We also decided to start their pin collecting right away too. We are rookies at this, but apparently you can trade pins with people that work within the parks. This will be something they will get into when they are older maybe, but they have the lanyard now and 5 pins each.

 

Rowan was into the first couple characters, but her interested dwindled after that. And Eddie had no interest from the start.

After we got the first few signatures we wandered around looking for things to do (honestly, not a good park for preschoolers/toddlers) But we had to entertain ourselves until lunch time.

Then it was time for a character lunch at Hollywood and Vine. Took a little bit for Rowan to get into it, but by the end she was hugging all the characters and smiling pretty as well as dancing around the restaurant with the other kids. It was perfect. Eddie was still skiddish with the characters, but did better.

We got to see, June from Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso and Jake (from Jake and the Neverland Pirates). Jake played a little peek a boo with Eddie and got him to laugh for a minute.

After lunch we headed back to the hotel for a quick swim and nap. Then we headed to Magic Kingdom for the night. We did several rides, the TeaCups, Dumbo, etc...and managed to be in the right spot as they were starting to rope off the street for the Electrical Parade so decided to sit and wait with great seats in the end. Kids got some lazers for the parade and did great waiting patiently (probably an hour at least) there were plenty of people to watch!

Here is our front row view of Mickey's Main street Electrical Parade.

And shortly after the parade were the fireworks.

Ended up being a late night, but the kids really did very well, and loved every minute of it.