Focht Family Blog

I am finally getting around to catching up. The next day we did go to Hollywood Studios. The first thing we went to was the new Playhouse Disney show. They have changed the line up of characters in the show. While we were waiting the kids decided to get their picture taken with some of the Little Einstein characters.

After that we went to lunch at the 50’s Prime Time. We had a very sassy waitress who enjoyed her role. The point of the 50’s restaurant is that you are having dinner at someone’s house and they will yell at you if you do not follow good manners and they make you set the table. If you do not finish your dinner they will embarrass you in some way. Some of the times we have gone there the waitresses have been too nice and didn’t get into their role. This one didn’t have that problem.

After lunch we walked around the park. We went over to the Star Wars ride to see if Josh was tall enough yet. He wasn’t and Timmy didn’t want to go on the ride. The kids found a Star Wars relic to pose on for a picture.

Timmy was mad because he wasn’t driving so after the others got off he got back on for another picture.

While we were in the same area one of the parades came through. Josh was enjoying dancing along while Nathan was holding him.

Once the parade passed we let Samantha ride the Rock-n-Rollercoaster once. There were mobs of cheerleaders at the park for some kind of competition so the lines were very long. I walked her through the single riders line and since we were not able to get on the same coaster, once she was seated I went around to meet her at the other end. Our last stop of the day was that we found Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc and we all got a picture with them.

The next day was spent at Animal Kingdom. We were able to go on the Safari ride where we were actually able to see the lions this time. Usually they are sound asleep and laying down at an angle that you can barely see them. Here is the lion..

And here is the lioness…

After the Safari ride we ate lunch and went on the Dinosaur ride. We had never been on this one before because I thought it was supposed to be scary. It was a little scary and very bouncy. After that ride Nathan had to leave to get something resolved for work. I took the kids over to the Dinoland section and let them play carnival games which I have never let them do. Most of them were a waste of money because there was only one winner and the kids were competing against adults. I even tried to play some of them with them but I guess the other adults were better than me. There was one game the kids did really well at. They had to throw balls into cups and if they got the ball in a colored cup they got a dinosaur. Timmy won two small dinosaurs. Josh won two small dinosaurs and Samantha won two small dinosaurs and a medium dinosaur. Timmy traded his two smalls in for a medium one like Samantha had. This is Samantha and Josh on the bus ride home hugging their dinosaurs.

That night it was late hours at Hollywood Studios so after dinner Nathan took the boys to the playground and I took Samantha back to Hollywood Studios to see how many times she could ride the rollercoaster. The lines were still long so we kept going through the single riders line. I managed to get a seat on her coaster two times…. but she rode the coaster five times!! She was thrilled. It was a late night though and the next day was a busy one.