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Friday, June 5th Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekend When I first planned this trip I didn't know if I wanted to try Star Wars weekend or not. I had read trip reports and saw how crazy it was but my big kids love Star Wars. So we did it. The original plan was that my parents would come with us, but they were tired. I told the kids that we had to get there as early as possible. We didn't get there super early but we managed to get there right before 8am. I sent them on with no bags so that they could go get in Chewbacca's line. Even though the bag line was long it didn't tak

Thursday June 4th and our 5th park day Epcot! By now we were tired. Really tired. I was exhausted. I don't sleep well in hotels so I was staying up until around 1 and then waking up by 6:00/6:30 everyday. So for that reason we didn't make it to Epcot until around 10am. We had fast passes for Soarin which means we'd have to wait in line for Test Track. Unfortunately, our late arrival meant that the line was already really long so no test track for us this trip. Arrival picture... Chase is already in a mood. I think by this point he was done, too. Also, in case you happened

Sounds like my kids! My youngest pulled his stroller's sunshade down over him whenever someone tried to talk to him. Yeah, I am not a fan of being up high. But they may have convinced me to try it next time we go. Thanks! I am so glad we got time to ourselves, too. We really needed it and it has carried over to home. I was babysitting at 11 so now we've been leaving our 13 year old with the other two for an hour or so. It's been nice to run to the store together without kids! I read a bit of your blog. I am looking forward to your big adventure. :)

Oh man, bummer on getting your wallet stolen. What a great view from your room! Looking forward to more. :)

We suck at taking food pictures but my husband and I ordered the steak, my son got the pork dish and Natalie got the grilled cheese and soup. She didn't like her grilled cheese. Our steaks were good and Bryce thought his pork was the best. We did remember to photograph the desserts. We split them 4 ways and all had a bite. We agreed that the chocolate and lemon cupcakes were the best. When it was time to meet the beast he went on break right before our turn. So that meant my husband and kids had to sit in his chair. After that we took a train ride Got

We are half way through our Disney park days. It goes by so fast but my feet and legs were so tired by now. On Wednesday, June 3rd, we went back to the Magic Kingdom. Again we had no plans of making it for rope drop but we still managed to get to the park pretty early. My parents were going to take it slow and meet up with us whenever the got over there. My daughter wanted to wear our matching shirts today so we did. We decided to meet Tinkerbell first. We probably should have started with Talking Mickey but all three of my kids love Tink so we got in that line first. Sadly, we d

It was amazing. I am going to need to recreate it at home one of these days. Thank you. What are the ages of your kids? Sometimes it's a bit difficult because I have such a big age range between my oldest and my youngest. They are 10.5 years apart, but we make it work.

Everything is interesting and I like looking at the pictures but I don't think I need to visit Disneyland Paris now that I have read your report. On the other hand I do want to visit Disneyland in California because of your other report. :)

The Aqua Duck looks like a lot of fun. Nice costumes! Looking forward to reading about Pirate night. :)

Day 5 - Wednesday, June 2 Break day We had a much needed break day planned but it ended up not feeling like a break at all. We had breakfast reservations at the Kona Cafe for all 7 of us so we got up and drove over to Shades of Green around 9:30, met up with my parents and we all walked over to the Polynesian. I had the Tonga Toast. I thought I took a picture of it but I can't find it. It was delicious! We paid extra for Chase to have a cup with a light up Buzz Lightyear. He played with it the rest of the trip. Then Natalie decided she wanted the light up Tinkerbell.

Yes, Woody and Buzz were our favorites. :) Disney working with food allergies was such a nice blessing. I didn't worry at all while we were there. :) Makes sense!

So just a note about Hollywood and Vine. Even though it doesn't show on their faces my big kids and the rest of us really enjoyed it. I thought the character interaction was good and just the right amount of time. We actually saw all the characters twice except for Sofia. They also had good spacing. We were able to go up to the buffet and not feel rushed getting back to our seats before the next character. And we got a 10% discount using our Disney Visa. Woot! After Toy Story we walked around Streets of America for a bit. Saw Cinderella's carriage Taking a break

For second I didn't believe you about the cartwheels, either. How fun! My son would have loved to run around that room, too. :)

Hollywood Studios--Monday, June 1st My parents opted not to come with us today. They decided to drive to Cocoa Beach instead. So it's just the 5 of us and we had breakfast reservations at Hollywood and Vine. Chase loves Disney Jr so I thought it would be perfect for him. Problem was I didn't make our reservations until after 10am and he was starving. Since he's an allergy kid it takes longer to get him food. Would we have a meltdown or would things be okay? We hadn't planned on getting to Hollywood Studios super early but we still made it by 9:15. We saw I think it was Goof

Thank you both! Yes, I really think our time alone was the best part of the trip. My husband and I really needed that. :) And we get time alone again this weekend. My friend is getting married and we are going to the wedding without kids. woohoo! I am going to try to get our Hollywood Studios day started and finished. Chase is watching Big Hero 6 so he's busy for the moment.