Who knew choking each other would earn us fastpasses?

[mickeystoontown]

I just had to laugh at your statement that you had trouble paying attention to the performance, but you could still snap pictures Said like a true DIS trip reporter

First off, I just noticed your new avatar....love it! Yes, I was thinking about my trip report as I was taking the Indiana Jones pictures. As a matter of fact, I think I even said something to Hunter about needing to at least document where we were at the time.

 

[dekkerdisneydreamer]

Hurray for Hunter! Yeah, I'd have no idea who Mr. Peterson is either/ I'm glad he was nice, anyway!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Hurray for Hunter! Yeah, I'd have no idea who Mr. Peterson is either/ I'm glad he was nice, anyway!

The only reason I knew who Mr. Peterson was because it was in a brochure I picked up. Of course, Hunter knew who he was.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Happy to hear you guys were able to finally meet up with Mr Peterson. I'm in trouble if Ashton develops a like for Star Wars; I know nothing about it except the most famous characters: R2D2 & his pal, Darth Vadar, Princess Lia, Luke Skywalker, at the moment that is it...big fat blank!

Happy to hear it was nothing serious concerning your mom. and I made a comment on Dana's thread about weddings...
Connie

 

[mickeystoontown]

Today seemed to be a day of just rambling around the park with no set plans. This is something very very unusual for me. While I don't ever say we are going here and then here and next here, I do have a semi-plan of what to see and do. Today, that all went out the window. And, you know what? I didn't really like it. I know I should have but I just felt like we were little lost souls amongst all these knowledgable people who had a goal and a purpose for the day. It seemed as if we were missing out on soooo much even though we probably weren't.

Anyway, moving on, once we had met Mr. Peterson, we decided we'd see what was going on in the Animation Building since we were the only people in the place (with the exception of the one lone castmember) earlier in the day. I took a couple of pictures along the way:

Before we went into the building, we all had to make a pit stop in the bathrooms. I came out of the bathroom and Hunter was admiring his Lorne Peterson autographs. I told him to hold them up so I could snap his picture:

Just as I took the picture, I felt a couple of droplets of rain. If you remember the pictures I took while standing the Mr. Peterson's line, you'll remember seeing those dark clouds. Maybe the rain would cool everything off 'cause it sure was hot. Hunter quickly stowed his pictures in the little bag a nice CM gave him and as soon as John came out to meet us, we ducked into the line for the Animation tour.

There were definitely more people in the building this time. I don't care how many times I see the little presentation that stars Mushu, it's still funny. I can just picture Eddie Murphy smiling his big ole smile when he's speaking for Mushu.

We saw that Sorcerer (is that spelled right 'cause it looks kinda funny) Mickey was out and greeting guests and I remember there being a couple of more characters out but, for the life of me, I can't remember who they were. I know we didn't get in line to see any of them so they must have been characters we had seen before or the lines were too long to hop in them.

We started to get in line for the drawing class but just before we got there, we heard the castmember tell the people in front of us that the class was full and they would have to wait for the next class. That mean we would too and we didn't feel like waiting. Don't know why we didn't because there wasn't anything on the agenda but we didn't.

I wanted to look around in the store a bit because it was raining outside still. Not a heavy rain but raining nevertheless. I took a few pictures of the figures in the store:

And, I loved loved loved this picture:

Look closely at the clouds. Once I looked at the price tag, I realized that I better just snap a picture 'cause that's as close as I was ever gonna get to owning it.

I didn't see John anywhere and Hunter and I looked around for him. We spotted him over in the corner talking to a castmember. Good, he wasn't lost. There was a Disney artist there in the store and he was drawing characters in Star Wars costumes. They were really cute. We stood and watched him for a while and then went to find John so he could come watch. He wasn't in the corner anymore. He was now at the cash register which meant he had made a purchase. Remember how I said we buy each other little surprises while in Disney? Well, that's what he was doing. Sweet man....I knew I married him for a reason.

John found us a few minutes later and we went to talk to the Disney artist a little. He was very kind and was answering questions about how he got his job for Disney, how long he had been an artist, etc.

I peeked outside and it wasn't raining any more so we decided now was as good a time as any to find something else to do. We also wanted to call Mama and see if she was ready to come join us. Here's the requisite "John's on the phone again" picture:

Mama didn't answer which didn't concern us because we figured she was either taking a nap, relaxing outside or shopping at Old Port Royale. John wanted to wander over to the Street of America just for the heck of it so that's where we headed out to. For some stupid reason, we went right down in front of Toy Story Mania. What a dumb thing to do....it's always congested in that area now. But, we did it and after we made it through all the folks, I turned around and took pictures:

A little further down the way, we ran into a couple of Stormtroopers. One kept walking:

But the other stopped and posed for pictures. We were second in line for pictures and two other families jumped in front of us. And, yes, they took forever and two Sundays to get all the pictures they wanted. Someone had what looked like an adult beverage in their hand and the Stormtrooper wouldn't pose with them. He motioned for them to put it somewhere and you know where they put it? In their baby's stroller on the little tray thingie in front! What a dumb bunny! When they walked away, the Stormtrooper just shook his head and motioned for Hunter to come over and pose with him:

The Stormtrooper shook Hunter's hand and we were back on the path to the Streets of America.

Once there, Hunter found a magic shop:

And John almost busted his you-know-what trying to pose in this picture:

Let's see if John can stand up straight in the next shot:

**Up next: Why haven't we ever noticed these cute things before?

 

[longing2Batdisney]

I was just starting to wonder about momma, and if she ever met back up with you guys...sounds like a great afternoon stroll through the animation bldg (and I love Mushu, too! Ashton thought he was great).

 

[johnsonmatt3]

Those party pooping moderators trying to do their jobs You should post a thread about whats going on in your life on the community threads or something. Great pictures of streets of america.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Those party pooping moderators trying to do their jobs You should post a thread about whats going on in your life on the community threads or something. Great pictures of streets of america.

Yeah, I get what Oh Mari's saying though. It's just so hard for me not to tell ya'll all about what's going on. I'll probably start a thread over on the community board or maybe even start a blog. I don't know. I do know that it's gotta be tough being a moderator sometimes. There's so many threads out there that get off topic and people who like to fuss that I bet they can't keep up with them all.

I remember when they added those backdrops to the Streets of America. I thought they were the coolest things ever and I still do. They just look so real.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I was just starting to wonder about momma, and if she ever met back up with you guys...sounds like a great afternoon stroll through the animation bldg (and I love Mushu, too! Ashton thought he was great).

Oh she meets up with us alright and she even gets in on some choking action herself.

 

[MaryAz]

Fun update. What a nice meeting with the Star Wars guy. I like the Stormtrooper. Hunter has such a great smile. What did John get you?

 

[mickeystoontown]

Fun update. What a nice meeting with the Star Wars guy. I like the Stormtrooper. Hunter has such a great smile. What did John get you?

I was very pleasantly surprised by how nice Mr. Peterson was. I don't know what I was expecting.

Hunter has a full-on smile and it just lights up the room. He makes this Mama proud.

John bought me a Jim Shore Tinkerbell. It's so pretty! I need to take a picture so I can post it.

 

[Caretames1]

I am excited to see the Streets of America, we missed it last time. I feel like we are going to be discovering alot we missed last time,

Carey

 

[rndmr2]

Great update, I like those storm trooper guys, they're cool. Crazy about that other person putting their "adult beverage" in the stroller...

 

[KatMark]

Great update, Lisa. I'm so glad Hunter enjoyed meeting Mr. Peterson (don't fret...I don't know who any of those people are either). I love the "John on the phone pic". Have you ever done the drawing at the Studios? We did it for the first time this year and really enjoyed it.

 

[MissLiz]

Hey Lisa!

Great updates!

Was that one picture a Thomas Kinkade? I have been eyeing his Disney pictures for about 2 years now and DH keeps saying I can get one if I really want it, but I just can't bring myself to spend the $$! The coolest thing with them is that if you dim the light that is showcasing the painting, the lights on the painting seem to brighten like someone really turned them on or up. So stinkin' cooooool!!!!! We saw a few of them at the Thomas Kinkade gallery in Savannah and the salesperson did it for us.

You know, I always feel like I'm wandering around aimlessly at Hollywood Studios. We usually go for rope drop and then do everything we want to get done in about 1-2 hours and usually have to wait for Pizza Planet to open for lunch. My oldest wanted to see the High School Musical show last May, so we had to hang out for that, but it was almost painful just wandering.

I like to have a plan! Not a "we have to be on Dumbo at 8:03, and then Snow White at 8:06" kind of plan, but a general idea of where we are going from one ride to the next.

 

[dismagiclover]

Fun update! Can I tell you I just love love love that print of The Darlings and Peter Pan flying over London! I may just get a big birthday splurge when I go in January. (I'm running 26.2 miles. I deserve it right.) That is pretty sad when a stormtrooper disapproves of someone's parenting. You know it has to be bad Can't wait for more!

 

[jenseib]

I LOVE that Peter Pan picture. That is SOOOO cool. Can I ask how much it was? Not that I am going to be buying it. Just curious. LOL!

Those party pooping moderators trying to do their jobs You should post a thread about whats going on in your life on the community threads or something. Great pictures of streets of america.

The Comunity board is VICIOUS!!!! I started a pre-pretrip report back in the late spring and I got attack right away. I had heard from others that there are several members who only stick to that section of the board and then get nasty with people.

 

[BPATSMouse]

Please keep this thread to WDW Trip related topics.
Thank you.

Those party pooping moderators trying to do their jobs You should post a thread about whats going on in your life on the community threads or something. Great pictures of streets of america.

Yeah, I get what Oh Mari's saying though. It's just so hard for me not to tell ya'll all about what's going on. I'll probably start a thread over on the community board or maybe even start a blog.

Not again. As you know I will follow you where ever you post. Your letting us in on Mama, the wedding, all the "mini trips" and all the "ETC" is what makes this report so fun to read and makes it last til the next trip.

 

[Caretames1]

Not again. As you know I will follow you where ever you post. Your letting us in on Mama, the wedding, all the "mini trips" and all the "ETC" is what makes this report so fun to read and makes it last til the next trip.

100 % Agree.

 

[natebenma]

All caught up now! Glad to see you are still having lots of fun with your Star Wars day. How neat that you just met up with the stormtroopers. Funny story about the other (RUDE) family.

I am so impressed and jealous of the pictures you got of Hunter and all of the characters and celebrities.

Thanks for posting that Peter Pan picture. It is VERY cool.

When you were describing the packed Indiana Jones show and how you had to leave, I was picturing the two of you having to do some acrobatics of your own to get outta there!