Hollywood Studios

Our first day we headed straight to Hollywood Studios to check off Colin's big bucket-list item: see Lightning McQueen.  But before we got to Lightning we decided to ride the Tower of Terror.

Pro-tip: don't take wimpy little girls on the Tower of Terror for their first ride at Disney.  I didn't think we'd be able to get them on ANYTHING after that!  They were thoroughly terrorized.

The men/boy went to go see the Star Wars ride and while they were gone we women-folk were recognized as VIP movie stars!  Yep, as we walked up to The Great Movie Ride the attendants got very excited and apologized for not being prepared for us, shook our hands and told us how excited they were to meet us.  Then they got on their radios, announced they had VIPS coming in, took us around the whole queue of people, put us directly in front of the line and put us on the very next car -- in the front row -- all the while gushing about how wonderful it was to meet us!  Claire and Madeline thought it was so funny that they were mistaken for movie stars.  Disney World cast members really gave us a magical experience!

We ate some fabulous food, Colin saw Lightning McQueen, we saw the Beauty and the Beast musical and we watched the Fantasmic fireworks and light show.  Definitely lots of fun for our first day in the parks.