Toy Story Land

We went to bed early last night so that we could make it to Hollywood Studios before it opened.  Our objective was to ride the new attractions at the Toy Story Land addition that premiered at the end of June.  There was a crowd when the rope dropped at 8:45 with the majority of park goers heading to the Slinky Dog roller coaster.  Fortunately, we were toward the front of the pack and were able to make it on the ride with only a fifteen minute wait.  All three of us really liked it as it was just the right speed and smooth all the way around.  Since we got on Slinky Dog so quickly we had time to ride the Alien saucers as well.  It was fun, especially for younger children.  We had a Fast Pass for Toy Story Mania next and with that finished our first experience at Toy Story Land.

We spent a couple of more hours in Hollywood Studios.  The park just wasn't that big, so we could definitely ride everything in just half a day.  We finished our morning with Muppet Vision 3-D, Star Tours and Rock N Roller Coaster.  We were going to eat at Pizzeria Rizzo's, but it was closed.  Thus, Cam decided that we should return to EPCOT for lunch.  I was ok with that as we tried some new foods today with my favorite being the crab cakes.

We rested at the hotel for awhile this afternoon.  While we were there I talked to both my Mom and Doug.  Our big tree in the backyard by our porch became a vicim of the windstorm on Saturday evening.  My parents never saw it, so Doug was the one who found it yesterday afternoon.  It was ironic as I had just talked to Doug about the gap at the bottom between the tree and the ground.  We had agreed to have it cut down this Spring.  Guess we won't have to worry about that now.  It was a lot of work tonight for Doug and my parents.  Thankfully, our neighbor had a large chainsaw and offered to help. They were able to finish the majority of it before it got too dark.

I felt bad that we weren't there to help, but Cam, Meg and I did have a lot of fun at Magic Kingdom this evening.  It was crowded, but we were still able to ride many of our favorites including Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, Peter Pan, Ariel, the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean and Winnie the Pooh.  Somehow we even talked Cam into a trip through It's a Small World.