The Mooster and the Bean: Disney, Day Three: Hollywood Studios

(Some scenes from the revamped Playhouse Disney show -- see below for actual text of post, I forgot to add these originally so they got tacked on here! Now you know why we had to go to this Hollywood studios though -- the Bean continues to have a Little Einsteins obsession!)

We started the next day off by sleeping in, as we had decided "Extra Magic Hours be damned, we are on vacation!!" Plus, it was Father's Day, and what Dad said went, and Dad said he wanted sleep. We decided to spend that day at Disney's Hollywood Studios, which was having one of it's Star Wars weekends. We were greeted by Storm Troopers at the front gates, and some other type of evil minion at the actual park entrance, who announced that he had no pants on, and now that he had

our attention, he opened the park!

This was the day that we tried out our "Fast Pass" strategy, which we later perfected at Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. I have to say, it is a GREAT system and allowed to really minimize our waiting times -- with the exception of Dumbo, I don't think we waited more than 20 minutes if that long in line for anything. We grabbed Fast Passes for the new Toy Story ride and then headed over to the new Playhouse Disney show (see pictures above). The girls loved the updated show and really got into dancing and singing along. For those who have not yet had the chance to go on it, The Toy Story ride was a lot of fun (Dad says it was one of his favorites from the whole trip)--it's like the Buzz Lightyear ride from the magic kingdom but more elaborate. We also very much enjoyed some old favorite, like the Muppet 3D and Voyage of the Little Mermaid shows. The Moo got to go on the Star Tours ride with her Dad and loved it, but Mom was not risking taking the Bean on, as she seems to have a real aversion to shaky, bumpy rides with sudden dips (Mom, who has never been a big roller coaster fan, totally sympathizes).