Day 2: Sunday, May 23

Woke up, packed up, breakfast at the hotel, then on the road to Disney World! We arrived at 12:30, checked into the Port Orleans, Riverside Resort and were able to get into our room asap. We unloaded the car and headed directly to Hollywood Studios to see if we could catch some Star Wars characters. Park was pretty crowded, plus we were figuring out how this whole Disney thing worked. Mistake #1, I forgot the camera. Boo! So, no photos of Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Sand People and any of the other Star Wars aliens we saw hanging around throughout the day. When we walked into the park, we were a bit overwhelmed, walked around a bit picked up a Fast Pass for Star Tours for the boys, then split up. Anna Jayne and I ended up at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse/Playhouse Disney show where she saw Mickey, Minnie and pals (puppets) along with Handy Manny, Little Einsteins and My Friends Tigger and Pooh characters. Lots of fun & dancing for her. We had a Mickey ice cream snack and then found the boys who had just ridden the Tower of Terror – according to Dean, it was “terrifying!” they also found a couple of fast passes for Rockin Roller Coaster, so Dean and I headed over there – fun, fun! Freaked Dean out a bit, but for my first roller coaster experience in many, many years, it was a good one! While we were on the roller coaster, Bobby and Anna Jayne went Beauty and the Beast. Then, the whole family did the back lot tour (OK), then it was time for the boys to do Star Tours. After that we headed back to the hotel, had dinner and the kids and Bobby went swimming while I unpacked all of our stuff to prepare for the big week ahead!