Saturday, April 6, 2013

WDW: Day One

We flew out of Houston this morning to visit Disney World and burn off a bunch of Hilton points.  We were lucky enough to be upgraded to first class and I don't think Finley ever wants to go back to coach.  She devoured her huge breakfast, especially loving the warm cinnamon roll, so much so that she wouldn't even share one bite with me.  Once we arrived in Orlando and got our bags (first off the carousel, I think all the rest of the bags were sent directly to WDW) then walked over to rent our car.  No shuttle, which was really easy.

We wanted to get to Hollywood Studios by 3 pm for the Pixar Pals Parade.  Today is the last day EVER for the parade and there is no replacement parade lined up.  So if Finley wanted to see her favorite Monsters, we had to make the parade.  We got checked into our room and headed over to the park.  We got there in plenty of time, so we grabbed a bite to eat and fastpassed Star Tours.  We got our same great viewing spot for the parade and ended up next to a big group of castmembers who were obviously also bidding the parade farewell.

Three rides of Star Tours later, it was on to the Great Movie Ride and the new Disney Jr show.  Finley is obsessed with Doc McStuffins, so she was thrilled to see Doc and all her animal friends live. I  have a feeling we will be seeing this show again.  We walked through an exhibit about Walt Disney on our way to the Studio Backlot Tour.  Finey loved the water effects, but was afraid of the fire.  We played a little bit in Honey I Shrunk the Kids and decided to call it an early evening.  We will be returning to Hollywood Studios again tomorrow to get Finley in the Jedi Training Academy!
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