Day 3: Hollywood Studios

We got a late start today but we had reservations for an early lunch at Prime Time Cafe.  This place always has good food, but the quirkiness of the staff is hit or miss.  We have had waiters who go all out; making you sing I'm a Little Teapot if they catch your elbows on the table, giving you a hard time if you don't clean you plate, etc.  This time was a little like that, but not so much as we have had.  It's all good fun though.

Our first destination after eating was Star Tours.  We decided we would ride this as many times as possible that day.  We had a fast pass, but whenever the line was under 30 min., we waited for it.  The mission is different each time, so we wanted to see how many we could do without repeats.  So far, six is our limit.  Lyla was even the Rebel Spy one time.

The Toy Story ride is always fun.  Everyone tries to see if they can beat Jason's score.  To date no one has.  

We always look forward to playing on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground.  It was pretty hot by this point too, so the sprinkler was much appreciated.

Jason is holding the grass up.

This always looks like a big tongue to me.

I've never seen the shows at Hollywood Studios, so I was excited to see the Indiana Jones show.  It was pretty cool.

The obligatory Star Wars speeder bike pic.  :)

As much as everyone loves to hate Frozen, the show was really fun.  Lyla refused to sing along, but I think she still enjoyed it.  The actors did a good job and the banter was funny.  And I enjoyed the singing.

Gwyn and Celee really wanted to ride the coasters this time, so I took them to the Rockin' Roller Coaster.  I didn't ride, but I did wait in line with them.  They loved it!  Celee wanted to ride again and again.  Gwyn liked it, but once was enough for her.  Thankfully, no one wanted to ride the Tower of Terror this time.

Day 2: EPCOT

We woke up in Disney World.  Ahhhh.  We had breakfast with the no-masked characters at the Grand Floridian.  When Lyla was little she was deathly afraid of all the characters that had fake heads.  She's over that now, but this is still one of the best character meals for her.

What a beautiful place!

In addition to pins, the girls are collecting smushed pennies.

And we're off to EPCOT.  I love EPCOT.  I love the rides, and the countries, and the exhibits.  We had some fast passes, but we also went to stand in line for some of the rides because the lines weren't too bad.  I suppose April is a good time to go to Disney.  Most people's Spring Breaks are over and the summer crowd hasn't come yet.
Anyway, we had to do Soarin'.

Nemo's ride is always fun too.  And it's usually just walk on.  

This time we knew we wanted to do Test Track as much as we could too.  So we waited in line and and had fast passes for that one.  It is such a rush to ride at 60 mph on the part of the track that goes outside.  Whether your car "wins" or not, its fun!

It makes me a little sad that the Figment ride never has many people in it.  I remember this ride from when I was little, and my girls like it too.  Lyla decided she especially likes Figment.  So her two favorite Disney characters are now Stitch and Figment.  All of the interactive things at the end of the ride are really cool too!  I guess it's good its never crowded because you don't have to wait to do the activities, but I wish more people thought it was as cool as I think it is.

The fountains outside in EPCOT are also super fun.

We all needed a little treat in the heat.

I remember the Kim Possible missions that they used to have in EPCOT that were pretty awesome.  Interactive displays are hidden all over the place in the countries.  Now they have changed the missions to Perry the Platypus.  Phineas and Ferb is such a funny show!  We all were excited to help Perry foil Dr.Dufinsmirtz's plans.  We did the mission in France and at the end we even got to see Perry zip-line across two buildings unbeknownst to the crowds below.

Sisters.  How sweet!

We saw some pretty amazing performers in the plaza in France.  There were two chair acrobats and then a really great juggler. Then we saw the acrobatics and clown skills of a troupe in China.  I think the girls are motivated to improve their circus skills!

My favorite fireworks show is at EPCOT.  The pyrotechnics combined with the lazer show on the lake is always my favorite.  We never get a good seat though.  There's always too much we want to do to spend time standing around to stake out a spot to watch the show.  So we settle for a second-best spot to watch from.  It's always still amazing.  

Day 1: Can I Get An Amen!

To begin our Spring Break trip, we drove down to Jacksonville, Florida.  We spent Saturday night there and then chose a church to attend Sunday morning.  Gwyn is taking Confirmation at our UMC so this would be a great experience for her to attend a very different church.  We picked a Southern Baptist Church to visit.  Ya'll.  They had golf carts to pick us up in the parking lot!  It was that kind of church.  They had an amazing choir and orchestra too.  It was a production, but it didn't feel like a show - does that make sense?  These people were praising the Lord!  I loved it!  The singing was on fire, the preaching was on fire (without the brimstone), and it was just one of those services that left me wanting to raise my hands and dance in the aisles.  (I restrained myself)

After getting our worship on, we made the rest of the drive down to the Happiest Place on Earth.  We stayed at the Floridian this time.  What a beautiful place!  I felt like we were at one of those resorts highfalutin people went to like in the movie Dirty Dancing.  The foyer in the building we were in even had a neat-O penguin fountain.

After getting settled in with Monty and Pop, we went to Downtown Disney to look around and eat.  We ate at Planet Hollywood, where the girls were super excited to see Peeta's suit from Hunger Games.

We also had to go to the Lego Store.

And of course shop for pins.  

And who can resist a ride on Pluto?  Apparently not Jason.  :)