Hollywood Studios - Walt Disney World

Landon and a Stormtrooper

and another Stormtrooper :)

My awesome s'mores dessert from the 50's diner.

view of the diner

the "living room" in the diner

Lightning and Mater

Lightning and Landon

Man jumping off the building in a stunt show...very neat show!

Handy Manny and LAndon

Can't go to Disney and not eat one of these!

Daytime Parade

Toy Story Soldier

He is going up, up and away!

Buzz, Woody and Landon

About to begin his Jedi training :)

Fighting Darth Vader

Landon and his Daddy rode this ride several times...it had a 13 story drop!

We finished off our vacation at Hollywood Studios!  Landon signed up for Jedi training right when we got there, but his training was not until 4:45 so we visited the rest of the park until then. 

We had our last "sit down" dinner at the 50's Diner and that was FUN and TASTY.  We were all treated like kids and our waitress was our "mother."   I loved the decorations...they went all out to make you feel like you were living in the 50's.  Not that I know what that is like first hand but it was neat!

The stunt show was one of Landon's favorites.  They showed us how they make movie scenes with car crashes, people jumping from bulidings, people/cars catching on fire, etc.  Lightning McQueen even made his appearance! 

Landon met Woody and Buzz again!  We rode the Toy Story ride which was GREAT!  Your car spins around as you shoot carnival type games! 

We rode the Star Wars flight simulator and then headed to Landon's Jedi training!  Landon and nine others were trained by their Jedi Trainer!  Landon was the youngest but he thoroughly enjoyed it.

The boys finished the day with 2 more rides on the Tower of Terror and then we were able to see an amazing light/fireworks show called Fantasmic!

We had a "magical" time and will definitely return with two kiddos next time!

Epcot - Walt Disney World

Welcome to Epcot!

Dinner with Mickey!

Mickey signs Landon's autograph book!

Bye Mickey!

Chip leaving his mark in the autograph book!

Lovin' on Pluto!

Getting Pluto's signature!

Landon is having fun with Dale!

The yummy dessert :)

Dale and Landon

The boys doing an Epcot version of "curling"...they are ready for the winter olympics!

Deep concentration :)

You had to slide a white disc over certain lit up areas!  I just watched but the boys sure had fun!

The second day of our adventure we made it to Epcot!  We found a ride, Test Track, that had SUPER fast race cars...the speed got up to 65 mph!  Landon rode this with his daddy several times.  They have a HUGE aquarium that has sharks in it as well as other saltwater fish that Landon is obsessed with, so we spent a lot of time in there.  They also had a Nemo and friends ride in the same building that was fun for all of us!  They did great things with technology on this ride!  We went on a ride that took us in the past and brought us to the present and even mentioned what our future would be like.  At the end, there was a room full of actvities for the kiddos.  We also went on a flight simulator that was really neat!  It was 3D and you truly felt like you were flying and in the scenes.  They even had the sent of pine blow in as we were flying over the pine trees!  We saw another 3D movie called Journey into Imagination with Figment!  Disney did not disappoint...it was another good show!

It rained on this day but we had our character dinner planned during hardest rain, so it did not really affect us!  We ate at Garden Grill with Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Chip and Dale!  The restaurant rotated as you ate and you felt like you were in the jungle!  The food was delicious there and we all opted for the kiddie dessert that night because it was an oreo mousse!  The characters made it around often so that made Landon's evening. 

We got to see another awesome light and fireworks show that evening as well!

Since we stayed at a resort on the property, we were able to stay at Epcot until midnight (magic hours).  The rides had absolutely no line, so of course Landon chose to ride Test Track some more.  I think we actually stayed until a little after 11, but we had done all we wanted to do and it had been a long day.  We had to rest up a little, so we could visit Hollywood Studios!

Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World

Meeting Donald Duck :)

Minnie Mouse giving a BIG mouse squeeze!

Goofing off with Goofy!

His favorite food item at breakfast :)

Lady was outside our Hotel!

Meeting Mickey

Meeting Minnie

Our Family with Minnie and Mickey

Have to take a picture in front of the castle!

Talking with Buzz :)

Gotta ride the Dumbo ride when you are at Magic Kingdom!

He loved playing with these snakes...eeewww!

Until next time Mickey and Minnie...thanks for a great day!

We started our Walt Disney World vacation with a character meal at Cape May Cafe!  Landon got to meet Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse and Goofy!  It was a perfect way to start our day! 

The first park we went to was Magic Kingdom, and it was Landon's favorite because it has a TON of rides!  He rode lots of kiddie rides and all the big boy rides he could with Daddy!  He missed Space Mountain by 1 inch...have to do that one next time!  His all time favorite ride was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster...I am pretty certain he rode this about 5+ times!  He also enjoyed Splash Mountain and managed to not get drenched which was nice!  We saw the best 3D movie, Mickey's PhilharMagic, at Magic Kingdom as well...you really felt like things were coming right at you and Landon kept putting his hands out to catch them.

Landon was thrilled to meet Mickey, Buzz and see Minnie again!  He saw other characters as we walked around and in the parades but these were his favorite!

We got to see a parade right when we got there.  He danced along with the characters and enoyed watching all the excitement!  The end of the night they had another parade and a light show on Cinderella's Castle and during hte show Tinkerbell flies out and Landon turns to us and informs us that Tinkerbell and her friends jacked up the castle!  Guess he was not impressed with the light show and was blaming the princesses for "jacking it up!"  Brian and I could not stop laughing.  They ended the night with an amazing fireworks show which we all enjoyed!

It is truly a "magical" place and we all had a FABULOUS time!