Check in!
Saturday Morning we got up and loaded the car to head to the Animal Kingdom Hotel that we were staying at! We got there, checked in and unloaded. This hotel was awesome. I am so sad I didn’t think to take anymore pictures. They have two different “ houses” we stayed in the Kidani house. It was the smaller of the two but more like apartments and much more room for our group. When you first walked into the Lobby they had a huge Christmas tree decorated with African masks. When you walked past and down the stairs you were outside in the middle of an African Savannah. It was so cool. They even had a fire and night goggles in the evening to see the animals with . Our room was so far away from the lobby but when we finally got there it was perfect! The living room was huge and had a pull out chair and couch for the boys . It also had a full kitchen for us to make our breakfast . These boys eat a HUGE breakfast so this was perfect. The bedroom was so cool and decorated with African art. The bathroom was just as cool. The tile that lined it was the safari shadow scene from the Lion King. Both boys noticed it right away. The best part was the balcony. When you went out the animals were seriously right there! Nolan loved eating his breakfast on the balcony every morning with his animals. Every night when we got home they would rush out to see which ones were by the room and checked off the checklist of animals that the hotel gave them.
Hollywood Studios
After we checked in we decided to head over to the Hollywood Studios, formerly MGM Studios. It threw me off big time having to call it Hollywood Studios since I worked at MGM . I don’t like change Disney! ah ah a.
When we got there we headed towards the back of the park to work back to the front. On our way back we saw the line to meet Phineas and Ferb! Nathan has always been a fan of the show so he was excited. When it came time to meet them Nolan really wanted to part of it so he stood back and watched from a safe distance. After hanging with his new friends we walked around the corner and saw........ Lightning McQueen and Mater!!!!!!! The boys were pretty star struck. Nolan was just standing in line with his eyes glued on Mater. When we got up to meet them Nathan just wanted to chat with them and Nolan wanted to sit on Mater. Neither of which are allowed. :) It was pretty cool for them since they are both fascinated with the Cars movies. We walked around a bit more and decided to go into the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground. This has been there since I worked there. I am not trying to make myself look old but lets just say it has been quite some time! ha ha ha. It is definitely different with the boys. I never appreciated the coolness of it from a little persons eyes. The boys climbed on things like blades of grass, rode on giant ants, climbed a giant spiderweb and slid down an old roll of film. It was very cool and the boys got to run around and get all their crazies out. Next we headed over towards the Toy Story area. On our way down the main street we ran into a Green Army Man! Nathan ran over and got his picture with him . Nolan did not.
The line for the ride they had was almost 2 hours so we passed and kept walking to see what else was around. We came across the Playhouse Disney show that was awesome! It had all the characters from Playhouse Disney in it that we watch every morning while eating breakfast! This was probably Nolan’s favorite thing. He was so into it and answering back to all the characters when they asked questions. There was dancing , bubbles and even confetti at the end!
As we came out the Little Mermaid show was starting so we hoped into line for that. Once we got in and the theater went dark Nathan flipped out. Nathan has always had a problem with loud noises and he gets so panicked in dark places like this. I feel so bad for him and have to remind myself to be patient with him because he can’t help it. We walked out and left Daddy and Nolan who were loving it.
We were wandering around and came across Jake from Jake and the Neverland pirates! It was perfect timing to turn Nathan’s frown upside down. Daddy and Nolan were coming out of the show right in time to get in on the meet too. Nolan was very comfortable with Jake unlike the other characters he had seen. As we were walking off we ran into Handy Manny!
Daddy took Nathan back over to the Toy Story Area to wait in line to meet Buzz and Woody. It took forever! These guys must be very popular.
When they came out Nathan was so excited and told us all about it! he was cracking up . We also got our pictures taken with the characters from Monster Inc.
It was starting to get late and the boys were getting tired so we headed back to our room for a quick nap before our friends came to visit us!
Later one of my oldest friends in Florida came to visit us with her family ! I haven't seen her little girl since she was a tiny baby. She is good to send me pictures but I couldn't wait for the boys to meet her! As expected they LOVED her. She is adorable and came in her Christmas dress that Jessica said she wanted to keep on to show the boys. They ran around and had a blast. Nathan and her played on his camera with the games and took pictures while Nolan was being his normal wild self. It was such a great day ended perfect visiting old friends!
