After a day off, we were ready to hit the parks again!  Friday it was Hollywood Studios.  Thankfully we didn't miss the first bus. :)  While we were waiting for the park to open, the girls met Daisy and Stitch. Hollywood Studios and Epcot tier their fast passes.   You still get 3 at the park, but you only get one choice of these: - Rockin Roller Coaster -Toy Story -Fantasmic We chose Toy Stoy because we knew we could go to Rockin Roller Coaster first.  Since it has a single rider line, it didn't take long for Chad to ride and then Addison and I were able to ride using the rider swap. Waiting on Daddy to ride... Addison didn't want to ride.  We left it up to her and she kept saying no.  When I got in line, I turned around and asked one more time if she was sure, and she changed her mind and came with me.  Having ridden the ride many times, I was honestly a little nervous for her to ride.  Thunder Mountai...

After our first trip, we learned never to plan a busy day after staying up late for the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom.  In an ideal world, we would have a one day on, one day off plan for the parks.  While I know many people love Disney vacations, I have heard many people say that they are so exhausted, stressed, etc...during a Disney trip.  I know for us, these off days save us from burning out.  Every moment of our vacation wasn't perfect, but honestly most of it was so great.  Relaxing and having fun.  So, day 4 was spent hanging out at the hotel and the pool.  In the afternoons, there are organized games for the kids around the pool, which our girls loved.   Addison was always doing gymnastics - even in the water! For lunch we decided to walk over to the Art of Animation Resort for lunch.  We had wanted to stay at this resort, but no rooms were available at the military rate during our stay.  After walking over ...

Wednesday was a full day at Magic Kingdom - my favorite day!   While I was getting ready, Mya hopped in to comfort Lucy. :)  Before we went, we looked at a couple Disney travel blogs and crowd traffic predictors.  We have always taken advantage of Magic Hours (extra hours where the parks are only open to guests staying at Disney resorts) - specifically at Epcot and Magic Kingdom.  The advice we listened to this time said DO NOT go to parks on the day of the magic hours because over all the park will be more crowded because more people will go there.  We decided to try this theory out.  We went to every park on "green" days - supposedly the least crowded days, but we didn't see any difference in the crowds. For example - the Magic Kingdom opens Tomorrow Land and Fantasyland during extra magic hours.  Most people head to Tomorrow Land.  During extra magic hours, we have been able to ride every ride in the older section of Fantasyland ...