We don’t have a lot of pictures from Hollywood Studios.  There weren’t as many picture taking opportunities there as the other parks. We did get to ride the new Toy Story Mania ride twice and we saw the Finding Nemo musical which was just AMAZING!

As we were walking along, we found the Little Green Army Men – do you recognize them as the plastic soldiers that every boy has?  Boo thought they were funny and wanted to stay and watch them.  Next thing he knew, he’d been recruited.

Later, the children found a Star Wars vehicle to ride.

And wandering around the backlots, we found this snowman.

Nicholas and Charlotte wanted to take it home with us.

This was our fourth day at Disney World (we’d been back to the Magic Kingdom on Day 2) and it was our last day of nice weather.  It rained while we were at lunch and overnight, setting up some wicked humidity the last two days.

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We spent day 2 at Epcot.  Nicholas wasn’t able to go on many of the rides here, so he and Lorri spent a lot of time waiting for the others.  Once those high thrill rides were over, we moved on to meeting some characters and visiting other attractions more to Nicky B’s liking.

We met Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Pluto.

But the highlight for Boo was meeting Donald Duck.  He has an affection for Donald that surpasses all reason.  While we waiting in line, one of the cast members told Boo to ask Donald’s handler for a permanent marker and Donald would sign his hat!

First, Donald was happy to see Boo in his hat.

Then after signing autograph books, Donald did indeed sign Boo’s hat.

Everyone was happy to meet Donald, who is fluffier in person than he appears on TV.  (Or so I’m told.)

Most of all, Boo.

Later we did a world tour.

Here we are in Norway.

And China.

And Germany.

We also walked by Morocco, Italy and stopped by France.

The weather continued to be great – in the mid 70’s and actually chilly in the mornings and after sunset.

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We spent our first full day at Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom.  Everyone said we’d like it better than Disneyland…it was great, but Disneyland is still number one!  Boo and Charlotte were Disney veterans already and knew which rides they wanted to go on.  Nicky B got the hang of it soon enough and enjoyed every minute of it!  Charlotte is now old enough to ride Dumbo by herself, and she and Boo both love the other rides like Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain.

Charlotte and Nicholas met Ariel, the Little Mermaid.  She was the only princess Charlotte hadn’t met yet, so it was worth the wait in line.  Ariel said that Nicholas was a “handsome little sailor” and she gave him a kiss on his forehead.

During lunch, the boys waved to the people on the It’s A Small World ride.

Sometimes the people waved back!

The kids tried to pull the sword from the stone and become the King of England.

Or Queen.

We had a really funny Jungle Cruise driver.  Towards the end of the ride, he called Boo up, traded hats with him and let him drive the boat!  Look carefully at the picture (click to enlarge) and you can see that the driver isn’t holding the wheel.  Boo got to drive all the way through the dark, fallen temple.

They kept each other’s hats even after Boo finished driving.

At the end, Boo got an official “Guest Skipper” license.

Nicholas was just tall enough to ride Goofy’s Barnstormer.  He got a little card saying “congratulations on your first roller coaster experience.”

The weather was great that first day and we had the absolute best time!

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