DAY 6: Hollywood Studios PM: Heat & Rain! But we still had fun!
When I left off we had just finished up lunch at Pizza Planet. After lunch we looked around the arcade for a couple of minutes, then went over to see Muppet Vision 3D. We did a few pictures by the fountain, then made our way inside.
We had to wait about 15 minutes for the next show, but we got into the queuing area right away so it wasnt a bad wait nice and cool and could watch the tvs. It was a pretty cute and funny show more great special effects and the 3D effects were really good, everyone liked it.
From here we headed over to Lights Motor Action, which all of the crowd seemed to be moving toward. It was still quite a while until the show, like 45 minutes, but we got in line and waited McQueen was really looking forward to this show so we didnt want to miss it.
We had to wait a while in line, which did get a bit boring for the kids, but they managed to keep themselves somewhat entertained.
They seated us after about 15 minutes and then we had another 20 minutes until the show. The place was PACKED and I was surprised at the crowds that just kept coming in! Even when the show was starting they were still big groups filing in. The show began and it was pretty good some decent action and the boys loved the cars and all of the chase scenes and skidding out they did.
McQueen was completely mesmerized with the show he just stared and watched and I dont think his eyes ever left the set, he completely loved it.
Mater complained that it smells stinky after the smell of burning rubber was in the air, but he liked the show too and watching the cars and stunts. It was a somewhat long show and it was getting very hot and stagnant in the stands. About half way through Dan and I looked at each other and we were both getting hot
very hot. We had filled up the kids water bottles before we came in and we made sure they both kept drinking, and we took a few sips ourselves but wanted to save the water for them. Once the show was over, we left and Dan wasnt feeling well, so we got some water and hit the restrooms and took a little break. We all needed water and we drank some water and filled up our water bottles. Dan drank some water and cooled off in the restroom for a little bit.
I felt okay, I think I got to the water just in time, any longer and I would have been feeling sick too. Then we walked over to
Pixar Place where we stopped again so he could use a restroom and cool off a little bit more. Kids and I sat and drank more water, we all needed it. This was the first time all week that the heat really got to any of us, and I felt really bad that Dan wasnt feeling well. He was a trooper though and after taking some time to cool off, we decided what to see next.
I was happy that we finally made it to Pixar place and finally made it over to the other side of the park we spent all day only going through one half, and it was almost 3:00pm already! There wasnt a real lot to see since Toy Story Mania and One Mans Dream were down and some of the other attractions are more girl specific. So we stopped to meet Handy Manny! It was a cute meet, the kids know that show well, and both did great up by Manny.
After the meet we decided to make our way over for a snack and a spot for the parade. We got a great spot right just starting down Hollywood Bvld, but very close to the hat. Dan and they kids sat and held the spot, and I ran to get snacks Mickey ice cream sandwiches and water.
Right before the parade was set to start it started to rain the first shower all day, just in time for the parade! It started coming down a little harder and we pulled out the ponchos and umbrella and got everyone covered up. It ended up being a quick, but heavy, 10 minute shower! The parade started (and about 3 minutes into it the rain stopped) but they did not do the show stops along the way, so it was a really short parade it was done at 3:06pm! It was cute though and Im glad we saw it, the kids liked seeing the characters again, especially Buzz, Woody, and Jesse! By the time the parade was over the rain had completely stopped, so we took off all our gear again and packed it back up!
We left the parade and went right over to catch the next showing of Playhouse Disney Live at 3:20pm it was a really cute show and we got right in and got a spot on the floor. A lot of the shows the kids dont watch anymore, but they used to when they were littler, but they seemed to like it and had a good time. During the show I asked McQueen if he remembered Higgly Town Heros (they were playing the song) and he said he didnt remember
.it made me a little sad since he used to LOVE that show and watch it every morning. But it was a long time ago and Im not surprised that he didnt remember.
From here we went back over to Indiana Jones and got into the next show for that! McQueen was also looking forward to this one, so I was glad we were able to see it, he was talking about it all day and kept asking me if we were going to be able to see it. Mater was a little bored and bouncy, but we got through it and he seemed to like the action scenes.
Once we were done, it was time for some dinner we headed down Sunset Strip to some of the restaurants down there, since we had not been down in that area yet. Dan got BBQ pork sandwich from Fairfax Fare and I got a Caesar salad from one of the other stands. The kids got mac n cheese which they ate very little of, they didnt like it, it was too cheesy.
It was sprinkling again and we decided to go over to the Animation Studio to see if we could see any more characters, and we got to see Mr. Incredible and Frozone.
McQueen got the autographs but Mater didnt want to do a picture, so McQueen did it alone. Mater was tiring out, and I think had had enough, he wasn't in the mood to do more characters. We asked the kids if they wanted to do more characters and they didnt really want to, they were getting tired by now too, it was about 6:00pm by now. So we made our way to the front, Mater was lagging behind so I carried him for a little while, and we found our bus stop. It was a short wait and the bus came, and we were back at the hotel very quickly another great ride on Disney transportation!
All in all we had a great as at HS, and got to see all of what we wanted. Today we saw:
*Great Movie Ride
*Star Tours
*Honey I shrunk the kids playground
*Studios Backlot Tour
*Streets of America
*Muppet Vision 3D
*Lights Camera Action show
*Block Party bash
*Playhouse Disney Live show
*Indiana Jones stunt show
*Characters: Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater, Handy Manny, Mr. Incredible, Frozone
Todays best moments:
*The boys seeing Lightning and Mater. They were so looking forward to seeing them and it was really cute and fun to meet them. They really seemed to enjoy it. As soon as we could see the Cars from a distance I shouted out whos up there and they both started grinning ear to ear! They also saw Herbie today!
*McQueens excitement for the stunt shows. He was really excited to see both Indiana Jones and the Lights Motor Action. He seemed just mesmerized watching the cars and watching them do their stunts and tricks. He still talks about those show they were his favorite part of HS.
*Mater meeting Handy Manny this was the first character Mater went up to alone, without McQueen. It was good to see him do it alone and not be afraid. Even though he didnt want to go by Mr. Incredible, he still did really well today.
Up Next: Day 7: Our "No Park Day" becomes a "Park Day". Stranded on Tom Sawyer Island?? Almost. And who will sleep through Wishes??
My boys love Pizza Planet and it's usually a must-do for us! Glad your boys enjoyed it too!!
Helen got more out of Playhouse Disney than Gabe did, Gabe is more into Phineas and Ferb now. He did want to see Manny but his line was super long when we were over that way!
I mean, I did believe it since I had read that some of them don't work, but I couldn't believe it! Hiked it over to the main building for change, by the time I got back I was sure ready to hop in the pool! 
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shopping at DTD!! So fun!
