Hollywood Studios

Here we are at Hollywood Studios - wrapped up in sweaters and blankets:

The girls loved the penguin blankets we got for them:

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Show

We went to the live Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show at Hollywood Studios. They had puppets for the 6 main characters. Toodles flew through the air and each of the tools were characters from another Disney show: Handy Mandy, Little Einsteins, and My Friends Tigger and Pooh. It was actually quite clever how they incorporated 4 of their television shows in one attraction.

We all had to sit on the floor. Frankly, the girls could stand because they were so short. That made it easier to dance and yell with the puppets.

The Clubhouse portion:

The tools from Handy Mandy:

Handy Mandy running a bubble machine:

Puppets of the Little Einsteins:

Sabrina calling out "Oh Toodles!!!!"

Pooh and Tigger puppets:

Catherine dancing during the show. We all had to sit on the floor - toddlers and parents.

Meeting June and Quincy

After the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show, we got to meet some of the characters. We did not meet Handy Mandy, but we did see him walk by:

We did get to meet two of the Little Einsteins, June and Quincy:

June and Catherine practicing their plies (June wears ballet shoes and is a dancer):

After this Catherine kept telling me over and over again how much she loved June's purple dress. It never ceases to amaze me how much meeting the characters impacts the children:

Movie Posters

The girls standing in front of enormous Tangled movie posters:

Meeting Lotso Bear

If you have seen Toy Story 3, then you know that Lotso Bear is a mean character. He is the villain. I was shocked that Disney World had a character meet with him. I am not sure if the girls remembered his character well, because they did not seem to upset about meeting him:

High fiving Mommy:

Random Hollywood Studio Shots

The girls in front of a huge drawing of Snow White:

Daddy and Sabrina on the backstage movie tour:

I have no idea why water towers are so special, but the tour guide really bragged about theirs:

The Theater: Beauty and the Beast

At Hollywood Studios, they have a 30 minute live production of Beauty and the Beast. It was fabulous, very well done. The Beast of course makes an entrance in the beginning:

Belle singing in the French village:

Belle reading a book:

We were so lucky to be able to sit in the front row:

Gaston, the "stud" from the French village who thinks Belle should love him:

The dancing clock:

The little teacup Chip:

When all the household implements (which were people and are now sort of inanimate objects) treat Belle to a fancy dinner, they dance and sing for her:


The Beast joined the dance:

The girls are not so sure they like the Beast:

Belle's look of fear as the Beast is surrounded by a cloud and turns into the Prince:

Even the Prince is surprised that he is no longer a Beast:

The grand finale is a huge dance number:

Sabrina loved the theater: