Ariel, Big stars, Chip & Dale, Epcot (round 2)

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On our last full day at Disney World, we started with some fun at Hollywood Studios. This park was by far the emptiest park that we had seen upon arrival. We walked right onto the Star Tours ride, getting a rider switch pass since A was again too small. She and Grandpa watched some kids fight Darth Vader, which she was fascinated by but Grandpa thought it was too hot. After the rest of us finished, we traded duties. Grandpa, J, and C returned to Star Tours while Grandma, M, and A wandered. We stumbled upon a line forming to meet Chip & Dale. 





C managed to get in a photo with Chip & Dale as well. Minnie & Mickey were on C's most wanted list and there was supposedly a 30 min wait, the shortest we had seen. It turned out to be more like 40 minutes to meet Minnie + another 10 minutes to meet Mickey. The girls both tolerated the line to Minnie fairly well, but little A's bladder could not hold it through to Mickey. Grandpa had cold drinks waiting for us and we headed over to the Voyage of The Little Mermaid, an air conditioned stage show. The girls loved it!




We managed to get 2 Fastpasses for Toy Story Mania due to a delay in our first fastpass for the 3D Muppets Show (we got an extra fastpass for anything, anytime). We had a rootin' tootin' good time in the 4D shooting gallery. Then we had a lunch break at the ABC Commissary, followed by our second ride on Toy Story Mania. 

We wandered a bit, met Goofy and then decided to head over to Epcot. Grandpa headed back to the room to change out his contacts. The rest of us opted to go to Epcot and ride the Monorail for "quiet" time. C slept, but the Monorail was too exciting for little A.

Bambi & friends


The girls really enjoyed the Canada exhibit.


 C decided this Tinkerbell photo op would do since the "real" Tinkerbell lines were never under 40 minutes! She was disappointed that we missed Mary Poppins by about an hour.
We enjoyed dinner and dessert in France.




After dinner, we wandered through the rest of the world showcase, stopping just outside of Mexico to wait for the fireworks. We found a pretty good spot, but we all agreed Magic Kingdom's fireworks were much better. The girls still thought they were worth the wait, and we managed to beat most of the crowds to the buses.



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