Our Disney Vacation- Day 4- Disney's Hollywood Studios

On Tuesday, day 4 of our trip we visited Disney's Hollywood Studios. We didn't know a lot about this park, but had a great time.

Here are the things that we did:

The Great Movie ride- this ride took you through realistic recreations of memorable film moments, from old gangster movies to contemporary sci-fi classics.

Honey I shrunk the kids play area- the kids loved this play area where they were viewing things from the eyes of a bug, just like they were shrunk in the movie! Climbing, crawling, exploring- what's not to love?!

Muppets 3D movie- this was a hilarious, short 3D movie featuring the Muppets. There were surprise bursts of air and real bubbles- Maggie jumped in surprise a few times in this one!

Lunch with the Disney Jr characters! The kids LOVED seeing all of their favorite characters from the Disney Jr shows- Special Agent Oso, June from the Little Einsteins, Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and Manny from Handy Manny. The characters came around while we were eating so we could take pictures and then they had little mini shows where the kids could come up and dance and sing with the characters. This was a hit and we were really glad that we planned this! (At first, Maggie wasn't sure about the characters. She didn't want to touch them and didn't really want them near her either, but she liked seeing them from afar. By the time it was over, Maggie was chasing June around wanting to stand beside her and touch her!)

Toy Story Mania- this is an interactive 4D ride where you get to use your shooter to play along in midway-style games with the characters from the Toy Story films. Needless to say- the boys loved this!

Disney Junior- Live on Stage-the kids loved this show featuring all of the Disney Junior characters and their songs.

Everyone was a bit tired out this afternoon, so we headed back to the hotel to relax a bit. We hit the pool for a little swim and then let the kids play at the playground on site.

For dinner that night we went to a cool restaurant in Downtown Disney called T Rex. Yep- you eat dinner surrounded by animatronic dinosaurs! They also had a dino dig area, where you could use little brushes to "uncover the fossils" that were covered with little tiny pebbles.

After dinner we visited a huge Disney store where Aaron and Maggie used their "Disney bucks" to buy some toys. Aaron got a Cars 2 Spy Plane with a couple of little cars to hide inside and Maggie got a great stuffed Mickey Mouse.