Day 7: Hollywood Studios - Part 2

One of the really great things about Hollywood Studio's was all of the shows

I wasn't sure Holly would respond to them

Or if she would be able to sit still and pay attention, but I had nothing to worry about

The first show that we went to see was Beauty and the Beast

We got to sit right down in the front using our Guest Pass,

but it was also our exit plan in case things went south

The show wasn't that long only 25 minutes

But it covered all of the most popular songs and story highlights

Holly really liked to see all of the character's come to life

Especially Chip since that was the character she played at magic Kingdom

The show was really good

Lots of dancing and singing of course

This was the scene for "Be Our Guest"

All of the silverware dancing around Belle to Welcome her

Holly had her Earphones on and her Blankie to help with any anxiety

She was a little scared when the Beast first came on the scene

He was super mad that there was a stranger in his house

But it wasn't long before the scene Merged into the song where Belle and Beast get closer

The one that Mrs. Potts sings, about "There must have been something there that wasn't there before"

Soon they were friends and starting to fall in love

But the setting changed quickly to Gaston going after the Beast

An angry Mob and the Beast was hurt

But there was the magic of Belle's love

Holly loved the show she was totally engaged

and then there was the Magic of the Beast turning back into the Prince

They changed the storyline around a little at this point

and had the scene of Belle in her Yellow Ball Gown at the end

Instead of in the middle when he is still the beast

It is though a nice way to end the story I have to admit

and when you are condensing it to only 25 minutes

Putting people's favorite part and the end isn't a bad idea.  Holly loved the show

Here we are outside again, in Back lot San Francisco

The twistiest road around, Lombard street

This is the Star Wars area, I had hoped Holly would be interested, but she was still too little

She was actually having a bit of a rough day, wanting to stay in the stroller a lot

Extra clingy and making Mommy do everything with her

Insisting she keep her headphones on, even when it wasn't super loud

In actuality Hollywood studios was pretty crowded and chaotic, it was not well laid out

and it was more overwhelming then the other two parks.

Here we are with Mike and Sulley from Monster's inc

A movie Holly likes and has seen quite often.  She loves Baby Boo

She was willing to meet Mike, but she was too scared to give Sulley a hug on her own

Opa had decided to meet us for lunch and we had some time to kill so we decided to do the back lot tour

I thought it would be low key, mostly sitting on the bus looking at things

I totally forgot that the first part was a scene reenactment

The was fire, there was explosions

There was a giant wall of water coming right towards us

My mantra was, its just pretend.  Holly was scared and did not like it, but she managed to contain herself

I was so proud.  After it was over she talked about the fire and water, I think it was just a little scary in the moment

But of course I think its meant to be, not knowing it isn't going to come and crash right into the audience

She had fun walking through the storage area and pointed out lots of cool things

and when we got to the Bus, she was happy to be able to sit and relax and cuddle Mommy

She did end up having a lot of fun looking around

and we saw a lot of really neat things

this is Herbie the Love Bug

and this is one of the back lot sets

towards the end of the ride we drove through the costume area

We both liked that a lot, seeing the cloth and materials and sewing machines

But also all of the beautiful dresses and the drawn designs for them too

The dress from Gone with the Wind above, and the Cape from the Original Superman below

I really wanted to go on the Muppet ride/show

Growing up I loved the Muppets,

and every Sunday Night at 8:00 PM we would watch the Muppet show

Great for kids, but always a special live action guest for parents entertainment too

Fun for the whole family.  Holly knows the characters but she has refused to watch the movies

Holly was getting very cranky and tired.  She felt warm but i just thought she was over heated and hungry

We met with Opa and started to walk around

We were having a lot of trouble deciding on a place to go for lunch and it was pretty late in the day already

We were all a bit tired and cranky at this point

and starting to push buttons.

Here is the Indiana Jones Stunt Show, another really fun thing, but Holly was too little

I noticed she fell asleep in the stroller and we almost decided to watch the show while she napped

But we were all way to hungry for that and my day had a Call time he had to be back for

So we found some food and all ate while Holly rested.

I saved some for her when she woke up

It was actually a really nice lunch, having my dad there cheered us all up from being tired and walking in circles

We were happy to be off our feet, it was a long day and we were doing a lot of back and forth

Since we only had one day at the park, there were show times we were trying to make which meant a lot of back tracking and a less leisurely approach to the day then the last two visits had been.

Now don't get me wrong, we did have a great time and we saw a lot of really cool things, but the day just wasn't as smooth as it could have been.