Today, we started the day at DownTown Disney. We had never been there before and it was fun to check it out. We had breakfast at a big McDonalds that is right next to the Lego store (and also wasn't busy at all!). We took pictures by huge LEGO statues outside the store and the boys had an awesome time in the store. Their favorite part was getting tubs and filling them with all different Lego pieces from bins. Like kids in a candy store! We did a little shopping in "The World of Disney" (that store has everything!) and then had to go to "Once Upon a Toy" to make Light Sabers. Jim got the honor of helping the boys make their light sabers, with a whole lot of help from a castmember. I had to go to the Scrapbook store (which is really a photography, frames, etc... store) and bought a 2007 Disney Scrapbook (my big treat!).
Next we drove to MGM (we took our rental car this day) and parked in the "FILM/Goofy" section, row 30 (the boys wanted that to be noted in the journal since they had to help us remember where to go back to). We walked right to the Streets of America area and met the Power Rangers. Best tactic was to have Jim wait in other lines for the boys so they could see more rangers. The highlight was meeting the new Yellow Ranger from Operation Overdrive, but they never got the chance to meet the pink, Mystic Force ranger. Next time! Next it was time to go on the Backlot Tour and then the boys used FastPasses to go on Star Tours. I walked them up and while we were trekking thru the fast pass lane, a storm trooper walked right past us! Cool! The boys said the ride totally rocked, which didn't surprise us. We then were able to walk right into the Muppets 3D show, which we all think is hysterical and never get sick of it. We were able to meet Buzz near Al's Toy Barn and then went to Mama Melrose's for dinner. We thought the restaurant was well themed and enjoyed our meal . Jim & I loved the carafe of Sangria! Slurp. The boys and I found 4 Hidden Mickeys in the waiting area of this restaurant, too!
After dinner, we saw the Lights, Motors, Action show. Jim & Andrew love this show. I think it's pretty cool and Matthew is a trooper and tolerates it (the loud noises and fire aren't exactly his speed). To expend some energy, I took the boys into the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Play Area while Jim fielded some phone calls. We lucked out and got onto the Great Movie ride with only a minimal wait and then needed to get to "Oscars" near the entrance to go into the Fantasmic Auditorium. The wait wasn't exactly fun with two antsy boys, but they got a kick out of doing the wave with the whole audience. The show started at 8:30pm and it was really wonderful. It was hard to take pictures in the dark, but I think I got some good shots. The show was also a first for our family and we really enjoyed the chance to get to see it. Afterwards, it was back to the Lodge, writing in our journals and in bed by 11pm. See a pattern? :)
From Andrew's Journal....Favorite MGM ride is Star Tours. Favorite Show in MGm is Fantasmic. Favorite characters to meet are the Power Rangers. Favorite character is Darth Vadar. Special thing that happened today was making his own light saber. He and Matthew also got a Darth Goofy plush doll and a Jedi Mickey one. They're so cute!
From Matthew's Journal - Favorite MGM ride is The Great Movie Ride. Favorite shows are Lights, Motors, Action & Fantasmic. Favorite characters are the Storm Troopers. Special things that happened this day was getting Legos and making his own Light Saber.
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