Todays update is written by Cindy for a change!<\/p>\n
Yesterday we got up reasonably early again and had a leisurely breakfast at the villla, eventually setting off for Disney about lunchtime.\u00a0 We headed to Downtown to buy annual passes.\u00a0 When we were at Guest Relations we asked if we could get a Florida residents discount as we were home owners.\u00a0 To be able to we would need to get a Florida State ID card, not a dirvers license or Social Security numner.\u00a0 An english lady next to us showed us hers and said how easy they were to get.\u00a0 You simply make an appointment at Haynes City and register.\u00a0 They do take about 4 weeks to come through but defintely worth getting.\u00a0 Paul and I are defintely going to make an appointment to get them as you can qualify for lots of discounts.\u00a0 We had to go ahead and buy the full priced Disney pass but the guy on the desk kindly said that if we went back once we had our ID’s he would be able to apply the discount.<\/p>\n
We headed straight for Disney’s Hollywood Studios (or MGM as we all know it!)\u00a0Parking is free with our annual passes\u00a0which is good.\u00a0 We got into the park about 1pm and the weather was pretty good.\u00a0 When the sun was out it was really warm so we sat on a bench and soaked up some rays for a while.\u00a0 After having some Fairfax Fries (MickyD’s to everyone else) we decided to go over to Little Mermaid.\u00a0 Since we had just missed a show we thought we’d go to the Great Movie ride.\u00a0 As we went in we were held back just before the queueing area although it didn’t seem that full.\u00a0 When we did go in I noticed that everyone in the queueing area was wearing matching Mickey ears.\u00a0 I thought it was some kind of tour but then Paul spotted they were all “year of a million dreams” ears.\u00a0 Everyone had been given them as part of the Year of a Million Dreams promotion and we had missed out by litterlally seconds!!\u00a0 I was so gutted (I really wanted those big\u00a0ears!).<\/p>\n
We then headed over to the new Toy Story ride.\u00a0 The standby queue was 60 mins and all the fast passes had gone so we had to give it a miss.\u00a0 We will defintely come back to it in January.<\/p>\n
The Back Lot tour also had a longish queue which seemd unusual as the park did not seem that crowded.<\/p>\n
We walked right down to Lights, Motors, Action and eventually decided to head into the Muppets.\u00a0 Only a 5 minute wait and this 3D attraction is still pretty entertaining.<\/p>\n
Whilst walking around we saw the area where all the Chirstmas lights are.\u00a0 They are the Osborne family lights which are nothing to do with Ozzy despite my obsession that they were!!\u00a0 They are dedicated to some family from Arkansas who used to add more and\u00a0 more lights to their house each year to entertain their neighbours.\u00a0 Much more of a heartfelt Disney story than Sharon and Ozzy I suppose!!\u00a0 We did go back to see the lights when it got dark so more of that later….<\/p>\n
We headed into Voyage of the Little Mermaid to see Ariel for the 3:45 show and afterwards headed over to Indiana Jones – well It wouldn’t be MGM without doing Indie.\u00a0 No changes to the show but just as good as ever.\u00a0 Epsecially the audience reaction to the “plant” which when you know its a “plant” is even funnier than what he is doing!\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time we came out it was starting to cool down so we went for a coffee whilst waiting for it to get dark.\u00a0 At 6pm the lights\u00a0were turned on – all\u00a05 million of them!!\u00a0 They were quite spectacular.\u00a0 Literally\u00a0every building was covered in lights as well as trees, Angels, signs etc between buildings.\u00a0 They then ‘danced’ to the music.\u00a0 Defintely worth seeing and very Christmasy.\u00a0 Of course it snowed too – Disney style!<\/p>\n
We’d pretty much done all we wanted and were both tired again so decided to skip Fantasmic and head out.\u00a0 We headed to Celebration to see the nightly snowfall there.\u00a0 We got there for the 7pm fall (they are hourly).\u00a0 Since the 6pm fall had already occurred there was foam all over Market street.\u00a0 It looks really good as you look down the street and see people in T shirts comfotably enjoying snow.\u00a0 The kids also love it and loads of them were covered in foam, literally rolling in it on the floor!\u00a0 Celebration always looks good at Christmas and again many houses are really nicely decorated.\u00a0 Mind you, so are a few on Highgate.<\/p>\n
We finsihed the evening off at Applebees.\u00a0 Then came home exhausted once more!<\/p>\n
It’s now Tuesday AM.\u00a0 Today we are going to the Dolphin hotel for lunch so we can make the most of the weather.\u00a0 Maybe try to do some\u00a0 more xmas shopping too.<\/p>\n
More soon….<\/p>\n
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Todays update is written by Cindy for a change! Yesterday we got up reasonably early again and had a leisurely breakfast at the villla, eventually setting off for Disney about lunchtime.\u00a0 We headed to Downtown to buy annual passes.\u00a0 When we were at Guest Relations we asked if we could get a Florida residents discount … <\/p>\n