Our last full day of Disney.
Most everyone had left already. Uncle Craig and Aunt Ali left on Sunday, the grandmas took Andy, Natasha, and the cousins that morning (Tyler cried as they drove away), and Mala's Grammy and Aunt Emily were the only ones left besides me, Ryan, Tyler and Linh. The other two decided on a kid-free Magic Kingdom day while the four of us ventured to Disney's Hollywood Studios.
On a side note, Ryan likes to make fun of me because I call this park Disney's MGM Studios. I could have sworn that was what it was called but when we looked it up, he was right. Then Grandma Barb informed us that it used to be Disney's MGM Studios so I was still right!
Anyways, it was a much shorter day since this park didn't have a lot of baby-friendly attractions and we wanted to go to bed early since we were leaving the next day.
We first watched the 3D Muppet show, which they have at Disneyland. It was fun but way over Tyler's head. And he didn't want to wear the 3D glasses so it was probably super obnoxious to watch the screen. Afterwards we had lunch at Pizza Planet, which was super cute and looked very similar to the Pizza Planet in "Toy Story." I tried to convince Uncle Linh to win Tyler a stuffed animal in the claw game but after he analyzed it he decided that none of the toys were in an easy position and it would have been a waste of a dollar.
So after lunch we went to the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure, which was basically a big playground for little ones. Tyler had so much fun running around, watching the water splash down (and staying out of it, thank goodness), and exploring the tunnels. If he had it his way he would have stayed there all day! But unfortunately for him the big people had fast passes they needed to attend.
The Studio Backlot Tour was closed that day, much to our dismay. Both Linh and I really wanted to do that tram ride. So we did The Great Movie Ride instead and Tyler was quite scared. There were a lot of loud noises (gunfights and explosions) and some scary themes (ghosts or zombies, I'm not sure what they were) so he was not a fan. Us big kids weren't fans because the ride was cheesy and we were expecting something more similar to Universal Studio's backlot tour.
After the disappointing ride we got to meet Pluto and Goofy, Tyler's favorites!!! Grandma Geri has a picture of Daddy as a baby kissing Goofy on the nose so Mama's mission was to replicate that picture. Tyler is not the type to give out his kisses just to anyone though, not even Goofy. He did reach out to touch his nose and whiskers and that was close enough for me. Both characters were very playful and very sweet towards the baby. We brought both our Pluto and Goofy stuffed animals and they were excited to see themselves. At one point Tyler pointed to Goofy's shoes and he did a little dance. It was very adorable.
We then went to Voyage of the Little Mermaid, which was once again too dark and scary for Tyler. They started off the show with colorful fish singing "Under the Sea," Ariel came out and sang "Part of Your World," and then Ursula came in and ruined it all for our baby. So afterwards we went across the way and caught Disney Junior Live on Stage! Poor Uncle Linh, he probably didn't know any of the characters. Tyler had a blast. He got to see Mickey and all his friends (including his favorite, Goofy!), Sofia the First and her friends, Doc McStuffins and her stuffed animals, Jake and his pirate friends, and Captain Hook and Smee! He got to stand up and dance, he moved his arms like a crocodile (he's been doing it since every time we come across a crocodile or alligator...which is surprisingly often), and he jumped up and down in excitement when he saw characters he's familiar with. It is such a good show to bring a little kid, all the other kids loved it too. Even though Linh was probably bored out of his mind I'm so glad we did it.
Since we were already in the area we decided to look around the Animation Courtyard and we found even more characters to meet and greet! Mickey had a super long line so we decided to skip him. Wreck-it-Ralph was also there but we skipped him as well since we haven't yet seen the movie and Tyler wasn't interested. As we were leaving we saw Frozone and Mr. Incredible come back to their station. Tyler pointed and was super excited to see them so we let Uncle Linh look around the gallery while we waited in line. When it was finally our turn, our baby suddenly turned shy. Instead of being excited like with the other characters, Tyler clung to Daddy and seemed scared of Frozone. We still got a really cute picture:
And after all the cameras were put away, Tyler and Mr. Incredible had a moment. They high fived, fist bumped, and Tyler even cracked a smile. It was really sweet. The people in these costumes are amazing. They are incredibly patient, go out of their way to cheer a child up, and truly give you a magical Disney experience.
Because it's a much smaller park than the others, we did't stay for too much longer. We walked around the park after Tyler fell asleep. He missed out on Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater and we waited for a while in case he would wake up but he didn't. So we left the park and ate at a Golden Corral, our first experience with the chain. Tyler loved it. It's crappy buffet food but it was good enough for such a late night.
And we managed to get our family photo in early that day:
The rest of the night was spent packing and cleaning and getting ready for a long day of travel.
Most everyone had left already. Uncle Craig and Aunt Ali left on Sunday, the grandmas took Andy, Natasha, and the cousins that morning (Tyler cried as they drove away), and Mala's Grammy and Aunt Emily were the only ones left besides me, Ryan, Tyler and Linh. The other two decided on a kid-free Magic Kingdom day while the four of us ventured to Disney's Hollywood Studios.
On a side note, Ryan likes to make fun of me because I call this park Disney's MGM Studios. I could have sworn that was what it was called but when we looked it up, he was right. Then Grandma Barb informed us that it used to be Disney's MGM Studios so I was still right!
Anyways, it was a much shorter day since this park didn't have a lot of baby-friendly attractions and we wanted to go to bed early since we were leaving the next day.
We first watched the 3D Muppet show, which they have at Disneyland. It was fun but way over Tyler's head. And he didn't want to wear the 3D glasses so it was probably super obnoxious to watch the screen. Afterwards we had lunch at Pizza Planet, which was super cute and looked very similar to the Pizza Planet in "Toy Story." I tried to convince Uncle Linh to win Tyler a stuffed animal in the claw game but after he analyzed it he decided that none of the toys were in an easy position and it would have been a waste of a dollar.
So after lunch we went to the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure, which was basically a big playground for little ones. Tyler had so much fun running around, watching the water splash down (and staying out of it, thank goodness), and exploring the tunnels. If he had it his way he would have stayed there all day! But unfortunately for him the big people had fast passes they needed to attend.
The Studio Backlot Tour was closed that day, much to our dismay. Both Linh and I really wanted to do that tram ride. So we did The Great Movie Ride instead and Tyler was quite scared. There were a lot of loud noises (gunfights and explosions) and some scary themes (ghosts or zombies, I'm not sure what they were) so he was not a fan. Us big kids weren't fans because the ride was cheesy and we were expecting something more similar to Universal Studio's backlot tour.
After the disappointing ride we got to meet Pluto and Goofy, Tyler's favorites!!! Grandma Geri has a picture of Daddy as a baby kissing Goofy on the nose so Mama's mission was to replicate that picture. Tyler is not the type to give out his kisses just to anyone though, not even Goofy. He did reach out to touch his nose and whiskers and that was close enough for me. Both characters were very playful and very sweet towards the baby. We brought both our Pluto and Goofy stuffed animals and they were excited to see themselves. At one point Tyler pointed to Goofy's shoes and he did a little dance. It was very adorable.
We then went to Voyage of the Little Mermaid, which was once again too dark and scary for Tyler. They started off the show with colorful fish singing "Under the Sea," Ariel came out and sang "Part of Your World," and then Ursula came in and ruined it all for our baby. So afterwards we went across the way and caught Disney Junior Live on Stage! Poor Uncle Linh, he probably didn't know any of the characters. Tyler had a blast. He got to see Mickey and all his friends (including his favorite, Goofy!), Sofia the First and her friends, Doc McStuffins and her stuffed animals, Jake and his pirate friends, and Captain Hook and Smee! He got to stand up and dance, he moved his arms like a crocodile (he's been doing it since every time we come across a crocodile or alligator...which is surprisingly often), and he jumped up and down in excitement when he saw characters he's familiar with. It is such a good show to bring a little kid, all the other kids loved it too. Even though Linh was probably bored out of his mind I'm so glad we did it.
Since we were already in the area we decided to look around the Animation Courtyard and we found even more characters to meet and greet! Mickey had a super long line so we decided to skip him. Wreck-it-Ralph was also there but we skipped him as well since we haven't yet seen the movie and Tyler wasn't interested. As we were leaving we saw Frozone and Mr. Incredible come back to their station. Tyler pointed and was super excited to see them so we let Uncle Linh look around the gallery while we waited in line. When it was finally our turn, our baby suddenly turned shy. Instead of being excited like with the other characters, Tyler clung to Daddy and seemed scared of Frozone. We still got a really cute picture:
And after all the cameras were put away, Tyler and Mr. Incredible had a moment. They high fived, fist bumped, and Tyler even cracked a smile. It was really sweet. The people in these costumes are amazing. They are incredibly patient, go out of their way to cheer a child up, and truly give you a magical Disney experience.
Because it's a much smaller park than the others, we did't stay for too much longer. We walked around the park after Tyler fell asleep. He missed out on Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater and we waited for a while in case he would wake up but he didn't. So we left the park and ate at a Golden Corral, our first experience with the chain. Tyler loved it. It's crappy buffet food but it was good enough for such a late night.
And we managed to get our family photo in early that day:
The rest of the night was spent packing and cleaning and getting ready for a long day of travel.
No comments:
Post a Comment