 OK – Up and at ‘em to arrive at Disney Studios by opening
time. We caught a boat around 8:15am or so, and were there before
8:30am. They let us in around 8:45, but then made us wait at the
rope until exactly 9am – walking everyone down Sunset Blvd to prevent
running. They treated it as a game called. “Let’s not trample the
nice CM” :-) I grabbed fastpasses for Rock N Roller and
then met up with Kristen and the girls at The Great Movie Ride.
While this worked great during the  Christmas rush, the Movie Ride
took FOREVER this morning. It was around 9:40 before we finished
it! And there were not even that many people in front of us, it
was just running dead slow. The paint looked fresh and I noticed
small changes in the ride, but not too much else since this last
refurbishment. We had enough time to make Playhouse Disney so we
headed there. The kids loved this show, and it was the first time
I had seen it. Very cute. Bear in the Big Blue house,
Rollie Polli Ollie, Stanley and Pooh Characters from the TV
shows. Lots of fun for the little ones.
 OK, we were coming to the end of
our Fast Pass window for Rock N Roller, so I quickly grabbed fast
passes for Little Mermaid and we ran to make it to Rock N Roller.  We had to Child swap, and I hate
it on this ride. They make the second rider wait outside the ride
all together, so you have to wait in the fast pass line twice – once
for each person. Good thing this is a great coaster, because it
took almost an HOUR for both of us to go through! Which made us
REALLY close on our return time for Voyage of the Little Mermaid.
We ran,  and JUST made it before they let in a few standby
people. It was a great show as usual, but I did notice that the
part where Triton talks to Sebastian at the beginning had been cut
out. Made me wonder if anything else was different... I think
there was, but I’m not positive.
 The kids were tired and a bit cranky so we decided to
break early today. It was getting REALLY busy, but they told us
after entering the park that it was going to stay open late tonight,
and have two Fantasmics: 9pm and 10:30pm. So we opted for
returning to the resort – getting lunch at Beaches and Cream and then
enjoying a swim in Stormalong Bay.  The burgers and onion rings were very good but too
filling to leave room for dessert – and we wanted to try a Kitchen Sink
this trip. After swimming a couple hours we headed back to
B&C and ordered the HUGE sundae. They make quite a production
when it is served, and it was fun being dubbed ‘little piggies’.
:-) This thing is HUGE, but between the four of us we did pretty
well!
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We decided it was
nap time before returning to Disney Studios that evening. I left
everyone sleep until after 5:30 and then we headed back to the
Studios. Star Tours had about a 10 minute wait – then we just
made it into the last showing of the Indy show. We had never seen
this Stunt show before and it was pretty good! 
We all enjoyed
it. It was getting toward 8pm, and we found out that keeping the
park open until 10 didn’t mean much since so much closed early
anyway. All the shows were done. Millionare was done.
Even the Walt Disney exhibit was closed! So we watched the
Muppets show and then headed back to Sunset Blvd. Kristen took the
girls shopping while I headed to ToT to check the wait time. Over
65 minutes, so I passed and grabbed another Turkey Leg! :-)
Yum! 
Called the girls on
the radio, and met up in the Villains shop. They always have
great things, and we found several items for gifts for those back
home. Around 10pm we headed into the Fantasmic line. It was
already crowded, and but we still found room in the center, Sorcerer
Mickey section. Actually – the theatre was probably only about
2/3 full. I think I really LIKE these late showings! I
never minded a side view, but I have to admit the straight on view for
Fantasmic is even better. It was a great show, and we all really
enjoyed it. With the non-full theatre, the exit crowd was
not too bad tonight. We quickly found our stroller, and caught
the first boat back to Beach Club. Even had a seat! Not too
shabby! :-)