Hollywood Studios

We spent Friday morning relaxing at the pool and recharging. Both the students and the adults needed a little breathing space and to rest.

Friday afternoon we went to Hollywood Studios. I took a leisurely stroll down Sunset Boulevard which was mostly restaurants and shops. There are some rides but more shops than rides.

This is the first park we saw a lot of Disney characters  out, about, and interacting with the guests. At the Magic Kingdom you could get in a line to have your pic taken with Mickey or Snow White, but you did not see them walking around the park. At Hollywood Studios they were everywhere!

We saw quite a few and took pics of some of the kids with the characters.

Like Thursday, it was brutally hot. I’m not exaggerating when I write that. Mid 90’s with high humidity. We wandered through shops just to soak up some air conditioning and enjoyed the Hollywood Great Movie ride.

We ate dinner in a nice air-conditioned restaurant with a drive-in theme. We sat in cars and watched black and white movie trailers from the 60’s.

Hollywood Studios has 2 fireworks shows. A large one in a ampitheater at 9 pm and a Star Wars themed one in the center at 9:45 pm. We were too late leaving dinner to get a seat at the ampitheater and had a great spot to see the Star Wars fireworks. The show was spectacular and had a Star Wars soundtrack and music synchronized with the fireworks.

Many of the students made lightsabers and put on an imrpromptu battle while we waited for the buses.