May 7, 2008 - Day 13: Disney Hollywood Studios & Downtown Disney

I actually slept until 9:30 today, what a lazy sod! Anyhow, the others slept until after 10 and we managed to get out before 11, this seems to be the theme of how things are going here.

We went to DHS today, and managed to ride the Great Movie Ride before heading to Toy Story Pizza Planet for lunch. Had pepperoni pizza, salad and saved my dessert, a rice krispie Mickey head. From there we did Muppetvision 3D and then on to the Backlot Tour. It was getting extremely hot so we headed towards the front of the park but did pick up a photo as we received a voucher for a free one with our hotel package. Matt contacted Brynna around the same time as he was there for the parade (on his day off, go figure) so she stayed with him for that while we went back to the hotel.

We actually went swimming today in the bowling pin pool, it’s quite cute actually. They play 50s music too. Got a bit, just a bit, of sun and then decided we’d better get ready for dinner. When we got back Brynna was back in the room so we all gussied up a little and went to the Grand Floridian, 1900 Park Fare to be exact. It was a buffet, character meal. The food was pretty good, not a ton of choices but that’s good. They had international type cuisine like paella, asian stirfry, the typical carved beef or ham, pasta, mashed potatoes, salads and a wonderful dessert selection of teeny tiny carrot cakes, cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, fruit tart, mousse, twas all yummy. The characters were fun, Cinderella, her Prince, Lady Tremaine (stepmama) and the 2 ugly stepsisters who were very entertaining. We got several photos.

We decided it was so early when we were done, 6:30ish, that we would go to Downtown Disney, scout the shops (Matt is taking Brynna shopping tomorrow) and see Made of Honor. The stores were crazy busy as usual so Gary sat on a bench outside and watched the sun set. The movie was pretty funny, sure do like Mr. Dempsey.

We got back to the hotel around 11:30 so just read before lights out at 1 am.