Disney Vacay---Magic Kingdom

Every blog or book you read regarding tips with youngsters tells you to take a break in the middle of the day to relax and then go back in the evening.  We figured we would just go with the flow and see how the kids did each day, the day we went to the Magic Kingdom, we open and closed the park, 14 hours in the park!  It was the weekend, so there were more lines then we were used to, so that took up some more time, but we did do alot there.  The Peter Pan ride, Mickey's Philharmgic---which was awesome, the Barnstomer coaster...twice, the Dumbo ride, Tomorrowland Speedway, Stitch's Great Escape, the Buzz Light year shoot out, and probably a few others that I can't think of.  One thing we found and LOVED there was a pirate treasure hunt.  You used a map to go to certain areas and find different amulets to lead  you to the next clue.  It was linked to the kids wrist bands, so they were in control and really enjoyed reading a map.  It was fun to see the new Fantasyland that looks alot like the land from Rapunzel.  They even had some hidden Pasqual's, the chameleon, from the movie hidden.  We only found the one that was pointed out to us!  The kids enjoyed Tom Sawyer Island, Big Thunder Railroad and Splash Mountain.  At the end of the night we caught the electric parade and the evening parade, the light show on the castle and Wishes fireworks spectacular.  It was an exhausting, fun and exciting day.  (I need to learn how to switch put pics the right way, so I will apologize in advance if you get an upset stomach looking at them :) )

Disney Vacay--Hollywood Studios

I think Hollywood Studios was possibly my favorite park at Disney.  Because it seemed smaller, we didn't plan to spend a ton of time there.  We were wrong on that part.  Both times we were there, it was later in the day.  It took us the second trip there to find the playground from Honey I shrunk the kids, and that was at 4:45 when it shut down at 5:00 pm.  I wish we would have gotten more time there.  Although, what we did spend time there, we loved!  We discovered Toy Story Mania--a 3d shooting adventure.  That was the busiest attraction, so we only rode it 2 times in our visit.  Next was the Star Tours ride, a 3D adventure with friends from Star Wars.  Both boys loved and it, and one was even scanned and named the 'Rebel Spy' which was the person we were protecting on the ship.  We got our one autograph at Hollywood Studios.  Most lines were so long, and the kids would rather ride rides, but when we saw Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and a short line, we made an exception, since our youngest's current hero is Jake, so much so he writes Jake on his papers for school!  He was overjoyed to meet him and his brother was excited that he got to meet him as well.  We got to see the Indiana Jones and Car racing Stunt show.  Even though it was before Thanksgiving that we went, they had all their lights up to, and there was an awesome light display synced to music.  Very pretty and festive!

One thing I will say about Disney, is they know how to keep you entertained.  While waiting over 2 hours in line for the Toy Story Mania, at every turn in the line they have something new to look at.  They even had an animatronic Mr. Potato head telling jokes.  It was fun to see props from the movie that made you feel like the size of a toy.