We did Animator's Academy for the very first time this trip, and ended up drawing my DW's favorite character, Eeyore. It was so fun that we have moved it to our "must-dos" (little shudder as I think of hearing Stacey's voice say this a billion times).
In the shop afterward, the artist who created the latest Hoop Dee Doo Revue pin was signing it. Since the HDDR is already a staple of our trips, it was like a double-dose of magic for our family.
And yes, there seemed to be, in the words of my DD, "a brazillion Brazilians" in WDW that whole week.