One evening we went to Hollywood Studios. By the time we got there we were all starving, so we shopped around for a restaurant inside the park. There were several that smelled delicious, but all had pretty long waits. So, Pops found us a "Sci-fi Drive-In" themed restaurant that could seat us in "flying saucers" immediately. Oh boy. We walk in and literally, everyone is sitting in old 50's style cars eating dinner facing a huge screen with very strange "oldie movies" playing. In the back, they had little picnic style tables that we soon learned were our "flying saucers". So, hungry and ready to move on to the rest of the park, we decided to try it out. The food was pretty good, and Caroline seemed confused but interested in whatever was playing on the movie screen. They did serve beer and margaritas, so things were looking up :) We finished dinner and tried to hit 2 shows for Caroline - Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. Unfortunately, Beauty and the Beast stopped at 5:30 so we missed her, but Little Mermaid ran until 9:45. We decided to try to squeeze in the 2 adult roller coasters and then head back for the LM. As soon as we got out of the roller coaster I got Caroline in the stroller and my mom and we booked it back to the LM. I swear the wheels on the stroller had smoke coming off of them we were going so fast to make the last show. When we pulled up, the girl was just putting the chain back on the rail and said we had missed it. Could she not have let one more person in?? Poor Caroline was saying (loud enough for her to hear), "Mommy I just want to see Ariel. Please." To which I replied (also loud enough for the girl to hear), "Baby, they won't let us in. Mommy tried to get us here but they told us Ariel had already gone home." So we promised to try to come back another day - didn't happen - and we wearily strolled around the gift shop until the rest of the group got off the last ride. I definitely wish we could have done Hollywood studios again for Caroline. I know those 2 shows would have been great.
The following morning we had breakfast with all the characters at Chef Mickey's. This is inside the Contemporary Hotel, which the monorail rides through, and Caroline has begged us to stop in several times on our way to the Magic Kingdom. Well, after the disappointment the night before, I was certain we could make this one happen. She was very excited about just getting to inside the hotel, and when we got to our breakfast table and she started seeing Pluto, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, and Mickey walking around from table to table, she was ready to meet them all. Goofy was the last one to stop by, and in her defense, he was very tall. So she was a little uncertain about him, but it was pretty good food and a great place to see all the characters up close and personal. The only one we really missed out on was Daisy. She was VERY hard to find. A great excuse to go back, right!!
This is Caroline and I posing for a picture in front of the Mrs. Piggy fountain at Hollywood Studios.
Here's a picture of us waiting for our "flying saucer" tables at the Sci-fi restaurant. My mom french braided Caroline's hair that afternoon b/c we didn't have time to dry it before we left. She loved it and thought she was so big girl.
These next few are all at the character breakfast at Chef Mickey's restaurant inside the Contemporary Hotel. It was great!
Waiting for Mickey to come to our table...
Not very sure about Goofy...Had to get the lovey out.
Definitely not letting go of Daddy. Might be pulling a layer of skin off his chin!
In front of the restaurant before we left.
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