Day 3 - Epcot/Hollywood Studios

On Monday we all get up early because we have reservations for our "Princess Breakfast" at Epcot. I've never really taken the girls to see any sort of characters up close like that, so I knew this was going to be interesting!

Kyleigh pretty much wouldn't get into any of the pictures. We got only one with both of them below:

After breakfast, the crowds were still low, so we went and rode Test Track. I was excited that all of us could ride it (height restrictions were sometimes a problem with Reece) and we all loved it! Who knew our girls would like those fast rides? You should have seen their faces when that first drop happened, priceless!

After that, we went to the Nemo ride and also did Turtle Talk with Crush, which was great! We let the girls run around a bit in the play area there and headed over to the Soaring ride, which ended up being a 70 minute wait time. The girls did so great during the wait and the ride was so worth it! We ate lunch and decided to head on over to Hollywood Studios instead of taking on the rest of Epcot and all of the different countries.

At Hollywood Studies, we had to plan very carefully because there were several shows we wanted to see at different times. We had some time to spare because the "Little Mermaid" show started later and got some ice cream to cool off and then went in. The show was very interactive and great, but scary and a little too real at times for little Reece.

Kyleigh never left her grandma's side the entire trip!

Bobby wanted to check out the Lights, Motors, Action show, so we hurried as quick as we could over. This was a behind the scenes show about how high speed car chases and other car tricks are filmed. It was pretty cool, but definitely loud and did not make Reece's ears happy (note for anyone with little kids that don't like very loud noises, bring ear plugs to this one for your little one).

After that we rushed to the center of the park for the High School Musical 3 Parade and show they were having. We got there early enough to get right in the front for the entire thing. The performers did a great job and performed a 10 minute montage of different HSM3 songs.

Entranced........

Bobby and I then headed over to ride the Tower of Terror, a haunted hotel where the elevator drops you several floors at a time (not sure how many because I was too busy screaming!) and got in line for the Rock and Roll Roller coaster.

Sigh again here. I could not see how crazy this coaster was and was getting nervous every minute that passed....and it was a 60 minute wait!!!! We had just gotten to the door to enter in where people were boarding and there was all of this pushing as people were coming back out. Yes folks, just minutes before we were going to board, they shut it down for "technical difficulties". Gee that makes me feel warm and fuzzy for getting on another roller coaster!!

Bobby and I waited for the girls to get out of another show with his mom and we "attempted" to find somewhere to eat. 1- We didn't' know the park closed early on Mondays (FYI @ 7pm) & 2- Reece was having a complete meltdown....and everyone on that side of the park knew it. Have you ever tried to do a time out in the middle of Disney? Well I hope you have better luck than I did!!! We ended up just going through a Chickfila drive through, which was perfect for everyone and heading back to the condo. It had been a busy day and we were all tired and needed to rest. Tomorrow was going to be the biggest day of all for the girls.....Magic Kingdom!!!

On a side note, I was especially emotional on this day because this was my dad's birthday. He would have been 61 and it was hard to be with the girls experiencing one more thing that I couldn't share with him. Miss you so much Dad.

Savings

We got a Disney rewards Visa and put all of our bills, gas and groceries on it the last couple of months. You earn a dollar for every $100 you spend, so we would charge and then immediately pay off. We could use our rewards points for food all around the parks

The Princess breakfast at around $130 was completely free using our points!!!!

What was your favorite thing?

Brandi:"Soaring" ride at Epcot & "Tower of Terror" ride @ Hollywood studios

Bobby: "Soaring" ride at Epcot & "Lights, Motors, Action" ride @ Hollywood studios

Kyleigh: "Soaring" ride at Epcot & "Test Track" ride at Epcot. HSM3 show @ Hollywood studios

Reece: "Soaring" ride at Epcot. HSM3 show @ Hollywood studios

Anything to avoid/dislikes?

Beware how interactive the Little Mermaid show is at Hollywood studios. While we adults thought it was very cool, there were several scared little ones. You will have water sprayed on you, pressurized air blown at you and there are dark scary parts for little ones when Ursala comes out.

We all also thought the Nemo ride at Epcot was kind of boring and Turtle Talk with Crush was much better.