NikkiMouse's Trip Report: Now with Day 4 and pictures!

A beachball! My daughter carried that thing like it was a Grammy all through the resort!

Day 4! Today was my husband's day as we were heading to his happy place, Hollywood Studios. He just loves everything about it, though, even the Star Wars stuff was getting to him a little bit. Now he is a fan, but not as much as other people. He would love it to just remain as it was.

My friends have boys so they waited on line for the Jedi Training thing. My daughter got on line but decided that it was not for her, so we went to grab a quick breakfast. There are so little breakfast options in HS, especially with Celiac, so I had cereal and a banana. Not my best breakfast on vacation, but it gave me enough energy to get moving. We had FastPasses for ToT, Toy Story Mania and Star Tours. I wound up skipping 2 out the 3 due to worries about my vertigo. Star Tours is always a no go for me and I was concerned about ToT activating something. TSM was fantastic as usual and well worth the FastPass due to the almost 2 hour wait when we arrived. (So much for a crowd level of 2!)

After the rides we went to go see Journey of the Little Mermaid. I am a complete Ariel nerd, so this is a must do for me. We were close to the Star Wars meet and Greet at this point and there was a special area for Visa holders, so that is where we headed. We met Chewy and Darth Vader. Then we went to the Visa meet and greet and met Vader again, so that was kind of strange
I have to admit, Darth was pretty intimidating!

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We had ADRs for 50's Primetime Cafe. It was fantastic! I loved the whole vibe and our waiter was so great. I forget his name, but he was from Morocco and it was clear that he really loved his job. My daughter was on her best behavior, but my friend got yelled out for not having her napkin on her lap and my husband was chastised for looking at his phone rather than paying attention to his family. We would definitely go back in the future.

After lunch, the 3 of us headed back to the resort. Our friends stayed behind to do the Jedi Training. We swan and just relaxed for a while before heading back to HS for the fireworks. My husband also wanted to ride Rn'R, which I am afraid to do, so he did that with my friend while I waited with my daughter and her husband and kids. This is where things got interesting....

We did not take into account how early the park was going to close, so we went to go eat and everything was closing. Ugh. So we decided to go to MK to eat, but the bus was packed as there were EMH that night, so we got on the bus for Epcot and decided we would take the monorail over to the park. So at this point, it is 8pm. We have kids and 4 adults who have not eaten since 1pm after walking miles. We are taking all forms of transportation to get food. Kids are dragging...I am dragging...everyone is cranky. We finally get on the monorail and we just sit there.... and sit there. 20 minutes later, we are off. As we get in the MK, my husband is once again not so randomly selected for extra security check (9 times for him, 11 times for my friend's husband). It got to the point that they just started taking stuff out of their pockets before they were even asked

We finally get in and all paths are closed off for the parade. Now I was starving at this point, but there was no where to go and saw there was no crowd over by where the parade starts. We got to watch everyone come out with no one even around us.

It was great and the little one loved all the attention from the characters!

We finally made it to Casey's Corner and got some food in the kids and in us. My husband a hotdog that was ridiculously topped, but looked delicious. The gluten free option was just a plain dog, but it was still very tasty. After eating, we talked about getting on some rides, but we all agreed that bed was looking like a pretty great option right now. It was great timing actually as we only waited a few minutes for the bus, but 2 huge groups of the Fifteens got behind us in line leading to a super long line for the bus. Luckily we got on and headed back with all the kids falling asleep on the bus.

There are so many great places! My favorites, so far, have been BOG, 50's Primetime, Contempo Cafe and the waffles!