Monday, November 29th
Day 3 Disneys Hollywood Studios Day
Weather: high of 80 degrees, low of 68 degrees
What we wore: shorts and t-shirts
Day 3 of our trip was a day of highs and lows for me. By the end of the day I was in full fledged crying mode and ready to hop on a plane to come home. It was that bad. I dont remember one thing being the catalyst, just a general building of emotion throughout the day that peaked at one of the worst moments for me of the trip, hiding in a bathroom.
But lets get back to the beginning for now, shall we? Today was the first of two back to back days at Hollywood Studios. In the planning stages, I hadnt intended on having two consecutive days at DHS, but the way our ADRs and Fantasmic was scheduled, thats how it came together.
Coming off of a late night at the
MVMCP the day before, I hadnt scheduled a breakfast ADR, instead planning on heading to Starring Roles for the first time. Id heard so many good things about this place and I knew George would love the selection so I was looking forward to getting the day off to a great start with a bit of a surprise for him.
Turns out, George was not in the mood and didnt want anything at all. For whatever reason I took that personally and when he wouldnt even look around, it really bothered me. Strike one.
The kids piled up their goodies and we headed to a table to chow down.
I made sure Demetris treat was on the smaller side because the two of us were heading off very soon to a special lunch, just us. Before booking our ADRs for this trip, Id found out that Goliath had been replaced by Handy Manny at Play n Dine at Hollywood & Vine. Our family had been to Play n Dine before but Demetri had been a bit under the weather and I thought it would be a nice do-over for him with the added bonus of one of his favorite characters added.
Jessica (JPFamilyMom a fellow Spectrum Mom!) had the great suggestion of keeping it to a special surprise treat just for Demetri and I. Then we got even better news and found out that Jo-Jo had been replaced with another favorite Special Agent Oso! Perfect!
Demetri knew we had a special lunch planned, but he didnt know where. As our ADR time approached, the two of us left and walked to minutes around the corner to Hollywood & Vine. When he saw where we were going he seemed a little disappointed it was a place hed eaten at before. Can you tell?
Wed checked in outside and were sitting on a bench while we waited to be called in when suddenly, he caught sight of something in the window. His eyes lit up and he caught his breath quickly to ask, Is that Special Agent Oso?!? just as he ran to the window to plaster himself against it. Poor people at that window table didnt know what hit them! At that moment, we were called in to our table and we headed inside to see Handy Manny bopping by. Another jaw dropping moment for Demetri and he was a very happy little boy.
Perusing the menu
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I realized wed forgotten to bring the autograph book with us. I tried texting George or Alex to bring it over to us but got no reply the entire lunch. This upset me again why did we have our phones with us if they werent going to check the darn things for messages
and then just like the Ohana parade the day before, Demetri decides hes too shy to go sing and dance with Handy Manny for the little songs they sing between table greets. He only wants to stay at our table.
Just like Grumpy, er, I mean George not digging Starring Rolls, Demetri not singing and dancing with his two favorite characters were not quite how I thought this day would go. Strike Two.
We had just enough time to choose everything we wanted to try from the buffet and get back to our table when June arrived. Though he doesnt watch them nearly as often as he once did, the Little Einsteins are a favorite of his, and he still quotes shows of famous opera pieces or artists or places
. Meeting June, he was still having some residual shyness from the dancing.
It didnt take him long though to perk up and the next to come along was Leo.
He was a trooper and was trying all these different types of food, not just from the kids choices either.
Some were yummy
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Others, not so much
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But he tried everything hed put on his plate and when we went back for a second serving, he chose the chicken that he liked best, saving room for the awesome ice cream machine that was right beside our table.
Just as he was ready to get the ice cream, look who arrived!!
He spent a good amount of time talking with, er.. talking
to Special Agent Oso.
CONTINUED IN NEXT POST.....