samheatherwhite
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- Mar 7, 2012
We were getting hungry and had decided on Simpson's fast food blvd. for dinner. As we headed that way we heard the music for the HOP parade meet and greet start up so we grabbed a great front row spot to check it out. This was mainly for me because who does not need a picture with Carlos the angry Chicken.
There were not very many children around so my kids got a ton of attention from the characters which was really fun.
B wasn't feeling characters when the little musical show ended so G and I went to grab some pics. The pink Berets were really fun.
I was ridiculously pumped to take this picture, lol.
Nearly every single candy dancer came up to G and chatted with her and asked if she would like a photo. She is not a huge girly girl but loves anything dance related and she really had fun visiting with these sweet ladies.
The characters were still out so we headed over to see EB and the Easter Bunny himself. I didn't realize until later that while B and Sam were waiting for us, B decided that he would like to meet EB after all and Sam sent me the pic later. B is not usually as interested in characters as G and he is very rarely willing to meet one without his sister.
Now famished we headed over to Simpson's for supper. There was a short line for food but everything was efficient and moved quickly.
B went with the hot dog meal. Sam said that the server in that line overheard B ask him if his meal came with tomatoes, which were visible I am assuming for people that ordered hamburgers, and he dished him up a ton of slices. It was very nice of him and a totally unexpected kindness.
Sam went with a giant chili cheese dog. He really enjoyed this. Both of the guys food came with curly fries.
G and I shared the chicken and waffle sandwich. It came with tator tots. She was a little unsure about this but she ended up loving it as much as I did. That thing is delicious. The chicken coating is so crunchy and delicious and the chicken itself is so big it is hard to get a bite.
We really like the setup here. It works well for families in that it is easy to split up and get everyone what they want.
G really wanted to show Sam the Animal Actors show and the timing was perfect. We walked in right before it was about to start. Most of the tricks were the same but several were a bit different and a few were the same trick but with a different animal preforming it. This viewing was rather interesting in that several animals did not do what they were supposed to and I found it neat to watch how the trainers handled it.
As we were leaving the Animal Show we decided to watch the Minion parade show.
Plus I really wanted a picture with Gru's 3 girls in it.
One of the human dancing minions grabbed the kids and led them out to dance. It was so cool. G loved it and B was hilarious because he had n o idea what to do but went for it anyways.
This was a really fun meet and greet!
We knew that we would be meeting Gru on Thursday at our character meal and his line was huge so we skipped it and went to see Vector.
He is a hoot.
We had a super early morning planned for the next day so we decided to call it a night.
As we were leaving the Transformer arrival alarm sounded and B was ecstatic to see Bumblebee coming out. Meeting him was on B's must do list. I had carried his toy Bumblebee transformer in my bag all week as B insisted that he had to show it to the actual guy.
We were first in line
As he came out to music B was jumping up and down waving his toy shouting, "Bumblebee, I'm your biggest fan."
The transformer responded by singing I'm so Excited and totally made B's day.
You can see the toy in our pic
On the way I thought that it would be fun to stop at a bakery and get something fun and vacationy for breakfast the next morning.
I cannot remember the name of the bakery but it was on the main street headed out of the studios on the left. I'll start the next update with our choices and food reviews followed by our day at Clearwater.
There were not very many children around so my kids got a ton of attention from the characters which was really fun.
B wasn't feeling characters when the little musical show ended so G and I went to grab some pics. The pink Berets were really fun.
I was ridiculously pumped to take this picture, lol.
Nearly every single candy dancer came up to G and chatted with her and asked if she would like a photo. She is not a huge girly girl but loves anything dance related and she really had fun visiting with these sweet ladies.
The characters were still out so we headed over to see EB and the Easter Bunny himself. I didn't realize until later that while B and Sam were waiting for us, B decided that he would like to meet EB after all and Sam sent me the pic later. B is not usually as interested in characters as G and he is very rarely willing to meet one without his sister.
Now famished we headed over to Simpson's for supper. There was a short line for food but everything was efficient and moved quickly.
B went with the hot dog meal. Sam said that the server in that line overheard B ask him if his meal came with tomatoes, which were visible I am assuming for people that ordered hamburgers, and he dished him up a ton of slices. It was very nice of him and a totally unexpected kindness.
Sam went with a giant chili cheese dog. He really enjoyed this. Both of the guys food came with curly fries.
G and I shared the chicken and waffle sandwich. It came with tator tots. She was a little unsure about this but she ended up loving it as much as I did. That thing is delicious. The chicken coating is so crunchy and delicious and the chicken itself is so big it is hard to get a bite.
We really like the setup here. It works well for families in that it is easy to split up and get everyone what they want.
G really wanted to show Sam the Animal Actors show and the timing was perfect. We walked in right before it was about to start. Most of the tricks were the same but several were a bit different and a few were the same trick but with a different animal preforming it. This viewing was rather interesting in that several animals did not do what they were supposed to and I found it neat to watch how the trainers handled it.
As we were leaving the Animal Show we decided to watch the Minion parade show.
Plus I really wanted a picture with Gru's 3 girls in it.
One of the human dancing minions grabbed the kids and led them out to dance. It was so cool. G loved it and B was hilarious because he had n o idea what to do but went for it anyways.
This was a really fun meet and greet!
We knew that we would be meeting Gru on Thursday at our character meal and his line was huge so we skipped it and went to see Vector.
He is a hoot.
We had a super early morning planned for the next day so we decided to call it a night.
As we were leaving the Transformer arrival alarm sounded and B was ecstatic to see Bumblebee coming out. Meeting him was on B's must do list. I had carried his toy Bumblebee transformer in my bag all week as B insisted that he had to show it to the actual guy.
We were first in line
As he came out to music B was jumping up and down waving his toy shouting, "Bumblebee, I'm your biggest fan."
The transformer responded by singing I'm so Excited and totally made B's day.
You can see the toy in our pic
On the way I thought that it would be fun to stop at a bakery and get something fun and vacationy for breakfast the next morning.
I cannot remember the name of the bakery but it was on the main street headed out of the studios on the left. I'll start the next update with our choices and food reviews followed by our day at Clearwater.
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