We've Decided to Go Back to Disney!-SLIDESHOW IS UP

Bill & I have had the itch for a while now. We have not been to Disney in over 6 months. I know, that is not that long. But for us it is. We are used to going up once a month as our family get away. We let our passes run out in Feb and decided to take a break. Well we wanted to go back so we bought annual passes. We left on Thursday and came back today (Saturday). We had a good time. We stayed at Port Orleans, Riverside. This is one of the few hotels that all 5 of us can fit into one room. It's tight, but cozy. We checked in on Thursday and decided to head over to Disney's Hollywood Studios (It will always be MGM to me). They have a new ride, called Toy Story Mania. So we headed over there and the line was out the door. So we kept walking. We did the Muppets 3D movie and then Bill, Tiff & Jadyn did Star Tours. Then we headed back to Toy Story and the line was not too bad so we went in. We waited about 40 min or so. The inside is really neat. It kept our attention while we waited. Then we finally got to get on the ride. It was fun. Bill, Abby & Jadyn sat on one side and Tiff & I on the other. We got through 2 of the games and then our car broke. The last 3 games we could not play. We were not happy. So when it was time to get off, we complained and they let us get back on (in a new car of course) and then we could play. Wow, what a ride. I loved it. It was so much fun! The girls loved it too. I have to say it's much better than Buzz Lightyear at Magic Kingdom. We left the Studios around 6 I think and went back to the hotel to eat dinner and call it a night. we were pooped.
We got up at 6 AM and headed back to Hollywood Studios. It was their "Extra Magic Early" day. Bill & Tiff went to Rockin Rollercoaster. They had a great time. Then we headed back to Toy Story Mania. On our way there, we saw Dale was out so the girls met him. Then as we're heading to Toy Story, we saw a group of about 75 kids walking that way. Well we were not fast enough. We were behind them. So we waited again and walked through the inside. They let that whole group go through and made us wait. Then they asked how many in our party, we told them 5 and they said "come this way". They had us go into the handicapped cars. We got to cut just about all of the kids in the big group! That was awesome. And again the ride was awesome. This time I sat with Abby & Jadyn and Bill was able to play the game with Tiff.
We left the Studio's and took the boat to Epcot. The girls liked the boat ride. We got to Epcot at the back of the park. The countries were still closed so it was a ghost town. Which was nice. But it was HOT! The girls were not happy. We got over to the front and Bill, Tiff & Jadyn went to The Land to get Fast Passes for Soarin. Abby & I found a tree and waited. We then went on the Figment ride, then Nemo's ride, then we ate lunch in The Land and then went on the ride in The Land. Then it was time for Soarin. We love this ride. It is so much fun. After Soarin we went on Spaceship Earth. We have not been on it since they re-did it. We really liked it. It was around 1 PM and we decided to head out and cool off at the hotel for a while. We all fell asleep and at 3 PM it was STORMING! The rain did not stop. So we were stuck at the hotel the rest of the night. We watched TV and braved it to the hotel food court for dinner. Then we put on Disney Channel and watched a movie. Everyone was asleep by 10 PM.
This morning we woke up at 6:30 AM. We left the hotel at 8 AM. Today was "Extra Magic Hour" at Animal Kingdom. We got there at 8:30 and headed to Everest. Bill & Tiff did that. The girls & I took our time getting there and I took some cute pictures on the way. The girls even took some photos too on my camera. Bill & Tiff waited about 15 min to ride Everest. Not bad at all. Then we headed over to Dinoland. Jadyn went on the Dinosaur ride. While they did that, Abby & I went on the Triceratop Spin twice. Jadyn came off the Dino ride and said it "freaked her out". But she said she'll go on it again when Marissa (her cousin) comes with her. Then we headed to the Safari. We saw a lot of animals today. And a Rhino even charged at our truck. Pretty scary. After the safari, we saw some bats & tigers. Jadyn liked that. Then it was time for lunch. After lunch we left to come home. It is very hot & humid today. We were all ready to come home.
We had a great time back at Disney. Our next planned trip is in Sept for Abby's 5th birthday. But we might make it up there again before that.
Enjoy the photos. I have 3 slideshows, one for each day.
Love, Debbie

P.S. The Slide Show program FINALLY WORKING! Enjoy