eecteacher82
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Hi guys! Sorry it has been so long! Things have been pretty nuts here! Between our amazing girls trip, getting ready for soccer season to start, getting Livy ready to start preschool, and general craziness I've been busy!
When I last left off my little princess had been made into a little Pixie and we still had some fun stuff to do at DHS!
We decided to try out something new (at least I'm pretty sure it was new for Olivia): The Backlot Tour. Let me just start by saying that I remember this attraction from trips as a kid and it has definitely gone WAY downhill! They have dumbed it down so much and taken out SO much of the real "backlot" type of stuff. Anyway, there was pretty much zero wait, so we walked right in and picked our spot for the first scene.
Olivia thought it was pretty neat with all the water soaking everything. This part could use an update as well...just saying. Olivia really enjoyed the rest of the tour and riding on the tram.
After our tour was over, I realized that Lights! Motors! Action! had a show that was getting ready to start in a few minutes, and since we both like the show, we pretty much ran over and grabbed some seats just before it started. About 5 minutes in, Livy started to be a pill. I knew it was because she was tired, and she wasn't being disruptive (unlike the child a few rows behind us who was screaming bloody murder saying that he wanted to leave and take a nap, and the father kept saying he didn't care because he paid good money to come to the park and he was going to get his money's worth). I managed to keep her pretty happy with some snacks and drinks and we both enjoyed the show. I'm fairly confident that the child who screamed the WHOLE show was not a happy camper!
After the mass exodus I decided that it was time for a real lunch instead of snacks and we headed to Backlot Express. I have no idea what we ate because I took zero pics and cannot find the receipt.
After we finished filing our bellies, we made our way to the front of the park to do some shopping/browsing. Along the way my little lady requested a picture.
After our shopping (I'm pretty sure I bought a couple of pins and possibly a new stuffed animal to add to Olivia's collection), we headed out and grabbed a bus back to POFQ. We hit the bathroom and grabbed a drink before headed out at 3:35. After a nice, uneventful ride, we pulled in the driveway at 5:15. With that our little girls trip was done!
Up next: A trip with a friend!
When I last left off my little princess had been made into a little Pixie and we still had some fun stuff to do at DHS!
We decided to try out something new (at least I'm pretty sure it was new for Olivia): The Backlot Tour. Let me just start by saying that I remember this attraction from trips as a kid and it has definitely gone WAY downhill! They have dumbed it down so much and taken out SO much of the real "backlot" type of stuff. Anyway, there was pretty much zero wait, so we walked right in and picked our spot for the first scene.
Olivia thought it was pretty neat with all the water soaking everything. This part could use an update as well...just saying. Olivia really enjoyed the rest of the tour and riding on the tram.
After our tour was over, I realized that Lights! Motors! Action! had a show that was getting ready to start in a few minutes, and since we both like the show, we pretty much ran over and grabbed some seats just before it started. About 5 minutes in, Livy started to be a pill. I knew it was because she was tired, and she wasn't being disruptive (unlike the child a few rows behind us who was screaming bloody murder saying that he wanted to leave and take a nap, and the father kept saying he didn't care because he paid good money to come to the park and he was going to get his money's worth). I managed to keep her pretty happy with some snacks and drinks and we both enjoyed the show. I'm fairly confident that the child who screamed the WHOLE show was not a happy camper!
After the mass exodus I decided that it was time for a real lunch instead of snacks and we headed to Backlot Express. I have no idea what we ate because I took zero pics and cannot find the receipt.
After we finished filing our bellies, we made our way to the front of the park to do some shopping/browsing. Along the way my little lady requested a picture.
After our shopping (I'm pretty sure I bought a couple of pins and possibly a new stuffed animal to add to Olivia's collection), we headed out and grabbed a bus back to POFQ. We hit the bathroom and grabbed a drink before headed out at 3:35. After a nice, uneventful ride, we pulled in the driveway at 5:15. With that our little girls trip was done!
Up next: A trip with a friend!
We had girls that would come into BBB with braids from the cruise + face painting and getting the princess make-overs with all of that as well lol. Only a few more days till Disney!!!! 
That stuff kinda makes me nuts sometimes, but it's a happy nuts. I can't believe that I'm still finding it in the most random places at home! 
Somehow I knew that he would decide to come at the last minute. Of course we didn't mind if he joined us, so that wasn't a big deal. The problem was that our house is the total opposite way of the direction I was going. I decided to just have him drive to my grandmas house and leave our car there since it was only a few blocks away from church. Problem solved. In my head I was trying to picture what he would forget while packing for himself! 
I didn't get my hopes up too high since I knew that CMs at the ride loading area would have the final say. Olivia was SO excited since she had never been told she was big enough before! I had to explain to her that we would have to wait in another line so they could check her one more time, and that they might say she was still too little and we might not be able to ride. She seemed ok with this, but I was pretty sure that they were going to check her much more carefully and we were going to be turned away, and then she was going to be a too short, sad princess. 
So were planning a big celebration trip next summer!! Oh I hope shes tall enough to ride!!! 
I can't wait to go back!
