HollyWood Studio's Day 4

On Weds my father was working so my Mother, Kenn and I set off by boat
to Hollywood studios (or MGM as I will always call it)
Our hotel is in close proximity so they transport you only by boat.
Below is our hotel.
If I haven't mentioned its called the Boardwalk, and is based on Coney Island.
It has stores and food shops, people spinning plates
and juggling etc all night long. It was a really neat place
(we are really spoiled during this trip if you couldn't tell)

Brandon waiting for our boat. his legs are JUST a little to short to put them both up

view of MOST of the hotel from the boat.

After we got in, we first went to the new Disney Junior show.

Brandon was REALLY excited,
its a puppet show made up of 4 different cartoons that he watches

Handy Manny

B popping bubbles from the bubble machine that was fixed

Little Einsteins

Brandons FAVORITE show
Jake and the Neverland Pirates

Using his spotting scope

Pretending to be a crocodile to scare captain hook away.
He liked this part so much he was talking about it later.

catching gold doubloons!

Then it was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse celebrating Minnie's Birthday

After that we went to brandons 2nd favorite thing the Pixar section

The line for the new toy story ride was an hour so we jumped in line.
Luckily B was zero trouble waiting and the inside decorations were amazing!

getting our 3D glasses on for the ride

what you do is 2 people in the "cart" are pulling that string to shoot things or "throw" things
on a 3D screen like an old time amusement park.
(Just like his video game at home! thank you Aunt Cathy and Uncle Bryan)

We went on the Great Movie ride which shows all the old movies and I thought once again
Brandon wouldn't be interested in it... loved it. Although kenn held his eyes shut for the
Aliens movie part...
We had lunch reservations at my moms favorite place the Prime Time cafe.
But directly next to it she noticed this...
So just like any good mom she gave up her lunch so we could eat at a buffet
and brandon could meet his favorite characters.

Dancing with Leo and other kids

After lunch we did the Muppet 3D ride (thanks to bugs life he was just OK with it)
Then we raced off to "lights, Motor, Action: extreme stunt show"
which is about cars and motorcycles racing around doing tricks and showing how they do
it in the movies (doing jumps, fire, fast pace racing)
as you can see... Brandon LOVED IT!

He had the BEST time during that show. Yelling at the cars etc!

Next my mom took brandon to see the Little mermaid show and the Pixar Parade
(I was sad to miss that)
Kenn and I ran over to the Areosmith roller-coaster (which we had never done)
and MY Favorite ride the Tower of Terror.
We learned that if you ride the single riders line you cut down the wait by 3/4.
Its deff a tip we will use in the future.

We came back to find GrandMom and B checking out the map
B liked to point out all the smoking sections so we wouldn't go there.

It started to rain on our way home, we went back to the hotel to change and hang out
then went to downtown disney for dinner.
I tried to get reservations for T-Rex before we left and it was booked all week.
Everyone said we had to go though... So I thought we could take a shot and
see how long th wait was. We were successful!
Basically this place is the sister of RainForest Cafe...
Every 20 Mins they have a Metor Shower, and the place is broken up intwo 4 different areas.
Ocean, Iceage, Jungle, Desert

Sorry pics aren't that great, its really dark in there.
Ocean ceiling that looked like a squid.
Everyonce and a while the animatronic animals would move.
B said "oh the squids eye moved"
So i said "oh i didn't see it"
Brandon - "Be PATIENT mommy!"
So the rest of the night he kept telling me that so i'd see it.
Clearly he must hear that a lot during this trip.

The food was REALLY good... B got a seizure inducing light up cup.
and kenn got me a cottoncandy martini that was awesome.
Here is a picture of us on the way out dinner where we first put the poncho on Brandon.
we did some shopping...
Brandon bought just about every pirate toy they had (a second time)

By the time we were off the bus he was OUT.
Now when i say out, i mean OUT.
He has NEVER been this out in his ENTIRE life!
We undressed him and put him to bed without him waking up ONCE.

Day 3 Animal Kingdom

We started today with an amazing breakfast at our hotel
Kouzzina by Cat Cora (foodnetwork chef)
This was brandon's breakfast

Then off to Animal Kingdom.
First we met all the Characters (i will post separately)
and although cloudy and threatening most of the day it didn't really rain.
(Hooray!)

Tree of Life
above is MY picture. Below is Kenns

Then we Fast passed' it onto the Safari ride.
It was so cute B was taking pictures the whole time just like daddy.

Below are all kenns pics

kenn and my dad and I went on Mount Everest roller-coaster (below)

We watched the Nemo show which is like a mini Broadway musical of the movie,
Which Brandon LOVED.
Then lunch at the Dinosaur area.
Wow the sky actually looks blue here!

Digging in the sand pits

He played two carnival games, boy are we going to be in trouble when the real one comes to town. He lost the first one b/c there were like 10kids playing.
so B (and kenn helped) played the water one and he won against like 10 more kids!
Below his his winning toy. We ended up leaving it there b/c he won a bigger "Patrick" from sponge bob at universal and there are only so many toys we could bring back that he'll never play with again :)

We went back to the Tree of Life to go on the Bugs life 3D movie.
This pretty much ruined all 3D movies after...
Its basically "4D" they spray stuff at you give stinky smells etc.
Well he wasn't expecting air to be forced into his face so he did NOT like this ride.
The boy next to us (who looked older) left during it.
He didn't cry but he was a little freaked out and every 3D movie after he didn't really want to do or like much.


Our first parade...
He is so like his father.

my Mom got great seats and a lot of the characters came over to him.
His face was priceless. he kept looking back with a great big smile

that night we decided to go to the magic kingdom for the evening festivities while weather was on our side.
(the light parade doesn't start till 9pm and the fireworks at 10pm)
Below are 2 of kenns pics

We ate dinner and below is our view (my camera of course)
It was beautiful.

then in the HUGE crowd of people we found a place to watch the light parade

B got on my shoulders for the whole thing.
He of course loved it.
Below is him pointing at Captain Hook.
(there's that pirate thing again)

Then we moved to find a place for the fireworks.
I sat B up on this big rock which I thought was safe...
apparently it had a big drop on the other side so kenn gave me a look of "what a horrible mom" and got up there and watched the fireworks with brandon.
Below you can make out the castle lit in red

they both had a beautiful night and view.

Day 2 Universal

Day 2 we awoke to rain...
Below is one of the pictures of our amazing hotel
The Boardwalk

After walking into the park i realized I had left Brandon's jacket at the hotel room.
Because it was a pretty good consistent downpour we immediately went to a gift shop to buy a new one for him.
This is what he came out with....

an entire new outfit and a mini spider-man.
Due to the rain Universal didn't end up having any of their super hero's coming out to meet and greet. We were all a little sad b/c Brandon REALLY wanted to meet spider-man.
Trying to wait out the rain (which was impossible)
he did get to pose in-front of the gift shop statues.

doing the Iron Man pose

The main reason for going here was so that we could visit the Harry Potter area.
I was pretty geeked out about it.
Kenn and I did the dragon roller-coaster before the rain was too heavy,
and then we went on the castle ride while my parents did the walk through with B.
The line was about an hour long, which without rain i imagine would be much worse.
(we went on a second time later with my dad but that was quicker
b/c we did the single rider line)

We had lunch at the three broomsticks (B and I below)

The castle which had the BEST ride inside of it the whole trip.

Kenn and B inside the Owlery with his stuffed Hedwig

The candy store

The other favorite area (inside) was the Jurassic Park

Get it? B- A saur?
Brandon a saur?

Above was a "egg scanner" Brandon LOVED this thing

That night we were all exhausted and drenched so we ate at the ESPN zone at our hotel
Below is Brandon getting into his pirate goodies from the day before.

Just as we got into bed to sleep we hear that the rain has not stopped EPCOT from doing their fireworks. So we ran to the window to watch a little of it.