On our third day of Disney we headed over to Hollywood Studios or as some would call it "The Studios formerly known as MGM." The most important thing to me at HS was for my two young Star Wars fans to get to ride Star Tours and participate in the Jedi Training Academy.
As we entered the front gates we could hear the High School Musical Pep Rally. We watched from afar as we quickly trotted over to Star Tours for fast passes. To our delight there was not a long line so Tommy waited with the big kids while once again I went and sat with Connor. I had no idea that the little spot I had decided to perch was just feet away from where the Jedi Training Academy would take place and that they would be doing one within the next thirty minutes. I had kept it a secret from Jaden and Isaac so that they would not be disappointed if they were not chosen to participate. I prayed that they would get off of the Star Tours ride in time for the show. God heard me and they walked off Star Tours less than five minutes before the Master Jedi appeared to choose his ten or fifteen young padawan from an audience of at least fifty children. Another of things I had prayed about for weeks in advance was that BOTH boys would be chosen knowing that the one that wasn't would be crushed if they both weren't. (I had also planned that in the event that one or both of them was not chosen that we would be back for each subsequent show for the whole day!) Much to my delight Jaden and Isaac were both pulled from the crowd to participate. (Tommy says they used the force! lol) Once on stage the Master Jedi showed the young padawans how to properly use their light sabers. Isaac drew the most laughs from the crowd as each time they were instructed to "activate the light sabers" he would just sling his around hopelessly until the Master Jedi would stop and help him... always bringing the situation into the show. Jaden really got into it. I have some pictures of him where he looked so intense doing his stances and moves. Then came the moment of surprise. After the Jedi Master had finished instructing his students two storm troopers and Darth Vadar himself appeared. To finish out their training the students had to face their fears and battle Darth Vadar. My young knights did excellent.
After we finished up there and Jaden and Isaac had gotten their certificates declaring them official Jedi's in training, we headed to watch Beauty and the Beast. (Belle is Dacey's favorite princess.) The show was another secret that I'd kept and pulled from my bag to surprise the kids through the week. Dacey watched the show intently. The show was wonderful and brought tears to my eyes. Even Connor watched with enthusiasm and seemed to enjoy it.
We ate lunch at Pizza Planet. Well, it was more like we ordered lunch, sat and looked at it, packed it up and ran. lol The Lights, Motors, Action show was scheduled to start within twenty minutes of when we'd ordered lunch. I dumped our salads and shoved the pizza in the salad boxes and we ran over to the L,M,A attraction. We arrived and were seated five minutes before the show began and were able to sit and eat our pizza as we waited.
This show was one of Tommy and Jaden's favorite things at Disney. Before we had gone to Disney World we'd watched the movie "Twister." At that time Jaden had told me he was planning to be a storm chaser when he grew up. However, after seeing the Lights, Motors, Action show he now wants to be a stunt car driver! I see lots of praying in my future!!!
By the time the show was over it was close to 2:30 and I was sunburned. We decided to go back to our resort for a bit and rest before our 5:45 reservation at Whispering Canyon Cafe.
What can I say about Whispering Canyon Cafe??? The food was good. The kids had a blast. (Dacey says this was her favorite place that we ate!) But for a sunburned mom who just wanted to sit and eat, it wasn't the most joyful atmosphere at Disney World. It was cute, but I'm sure if I had been even just a bit more tired I probably would have hated the experience. Our waiter was great. His name was Al and he was the one and only and last Puerto Rican cowboy in the North West looking for one of his twenty-seven lost causes. lol
It was still raining when we left WCC so instead of going back to HS we went back to our resort. I really hate that we didn't get to see Fantasmic, but it will be high on the list of my priorities for next time....
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