Hollywood Studios, what can I say about it? It has more fun skits and funny drama on the streets than your average theme park. We saw Evie Starlight in her cute white car with her driver! We waited a few minutes watching her hold babies for a picture, little girl climb up and sitting with Evie as she is talking in a 1940’s voice. We talked for a minute as she asked what Twinkie’s name is, that started a fun exchange! Then, Tooti went to get her picture and I heard, “Well, if her name is Twinkie, what is your name?” The driver said, “Zinger?” “Haha, my name is Tooti.” Oh, that got Evie to talking and said that she wanted to be in our family, and asked what nickname would we give her. After a few seconds, I said, “Bubbles!” She loved it. Fun time.
We started to walk off when a little dude came from behind me telling her it was his Birthday, she came down and took his little hand and they walked to the center of the road and she yelled, “Hey everyone this is his Birthday, he will be 5. Say Happy Birthday!” Too cute, then she told him that was his gift and then, gave him a kiss on his cheek! His dad was out of battery on his phone, so we offered to take the pic, and his mom just walked up as we were getting ready to email it to them! FUN!
Walked up to the cross street and saw the “Funniest” Citizens of Hollywood, listened to their skit of impromptu jokes, really funny. Then we looked around at one of the stores nearby. I love the architectural style of the building! This store carries a good selection of merchandise, including the Disney Vera Bradley line and Disney bracelets by “Alex and Ani” (made in the USA!). My girls love their bracelets, especially since they are fun to collect and you can wear different ones at once!
Off to look around in the Animation Building… There are characters you can meet and lots of fun things to look at!
Before leaving home, we ate a small snacky lunch and we decided to grab a meal at the ABC Commissary. Disney is testing a new gluten-free menu at a few select locations and this was one of them. (Usually, we have to speak with the chef or a coordinator and they will go over options that we can have and sometimes we have to read the ingredient list from their special binder as well before we make our selections, so this is really nice!) We picked the GF chicken tenders and split two between the three of us since each basket comes with four chicken tenders each… More than enough for one person!
While we had a moment to wait for the food, we checked out the wait times… Got to love this time of year! Toy Story Mania only had a 45 minute wait… It’s usually at least 90+ mins. during busier times.
We ended up in the Streets of America, I love it, my favorite is all of it, but I love seeing San Francisco. As we were walking we saw the Frozen Show Ticket for the sing-a-long. Only about 45 minute wait, so we grabbed a cup of coffee at the Writer’s Stop. We sat for a few minutes as Twinkie browsed the books. Then it was off to the Sing-Along!
As the Sing-Along started, I found myself tearing up. I thought why am I tearing up so much? Then, I listened quietly and heard the voices of all the Dads and Granddads singing along with the little ones! Oh, my! My tears were huge to hear these mighty voices singing along side their kiddos. The play is so worth it. I would not miss this for anything!
What a wonderfully cool day!
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