Family Trip to Orlando: Hollywood Studios

Another last minute decision (this whole trip was thrown together on a bit of a whim while jumping through department hoops and waiting on some out of state travel approval) when Hollywood Studios (that previously been showing as sold out) opened up with vacancies for park reservations, Aaron jumped on it.  

The kids’ minds were blown, once again.  It was so fun to surprise them over and over this trip.  It was like Christmas but on crack. The kids were thankful recipients every time and expressed gratitude over and over for this unforgettable week of thrills and yes days.  upon yes days upon yes days.  Aaron might have been more excited than the children to see Galaxy’s Edge. I took over with the younger three this day and while big kids did star tours, drank blue milk, and build an R2D2 at the droid depot, I rode Mickey’s runaway railway, waved to Anna and Elsa in the Frozen sing a long, got our dance party on with Doc Mc Stuffins in the Disney Jr. corner, and later spent a couple hours in a sensory-safe-relaxation-room with an angry little guy who needed one on one care.  Disney gets an A plus taking care of guests with special needs. 

Between the times we split to do big guys and little guys activities, we did things as a family. We were at the bottom of a looooonnnng standby wait in a virtual queue all day for Rise of the  Resistance.  But an hour before closing, our number group came and we scored tickets to ride at the very last minute! And because the two little girls did not want to ride, they let the adults swap out so the 5 other kids got to ride it twice! Amazing! 

There are SO many great pics from this day but I don’t have it in me to sift through and black out my babies, so this is my offering for the blog. 
Memorable moments: 

-Sloane’s “pizza gum” that she managed to hang onto throughout dinner at Rizzo’s pizza

-the fact that I loathe the muppets and my family chose to dine in a place with a miss piggy fountain and creepy servers who walk around holding a baby fozzie or Kermit on their arm and ask you to hug them/get covid.  

-Corbin spending a big chunk of his turn as a millennium falcon pilot during smugglers run turned around to make sure I was firing correctly. 

-Adrian’s snack talk to the first order interrogators on Rise of the Resistance. 

-The magical bubble “snowflakes” that fell from the sky in the Frozen Sing Along

-Esme’s daddy daughter date on star tours 

-$7 Disney churros (churro inflation is the worst kind of inflation) 

-Quincy loving all the 3D interactive rides 

-no rain! Only little sprinkles 

-being together as a family