McDowell Family Blog

McDowell Family Blog

Saturday, August 10, 2013

End of Summer

Summer is officially at an end! School starts on Monday. The kids and I did a few extra special things this last week. Of course we spent some time in the pool:







 
 
We also decided to have a character day at Hollywood Studios. We tried to get there for opening (9:00) but we were a few minutes late. By the time we got over to Toy Story Mania, about 20 minutes after the park opened, the wait was already 75 minutes and Fastpasses were for 4:00pm! We were disappointed but we'll have to try that one another time. However, we did get to do the Backlot Tour, which the girls really like, play on the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground, have a Mickey pretzel, meet the monsters from Monsters University, and meet Ralph and Vanillope, Handy Manny, Jake, and Mr. Incredible and Frozone! That was a first for us. It was hot and crowded but we had a fun day.
 

 Waiting to meet Wreck-it Ralph--Liam is a huge fan!

Of course, he was TERRIFIED when we actually got to the front of the line, LOL. Luckily the cast member/handler was able to take a photo for us.



 I REALLY wish I had this part on video. The characters do not talk, so Frozone was trying to get the girls to pose. He pointed at Bailey, then showed her what pose to do. It was with one hand out in front and one bent behind. She did it. Then he pointed at Emily and showed HER a pose, which was to stand with her legs apart and her hands on her hips. Both girls did THAT pose. Then, he pointed at B again, showed her the pose she was supposed to do, and both girls switched to THAT pose! I finally had to intervene and here is the picture:



 They are waiting to meet Jake. There was only one other family in line. Liam was super excited (again)  but I knew he'd never go up there.

And of course he didn't, but another cast member helped us out.

 
Now it's off to bed because we have to start getting up early for school soon!



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