Up and at ‘em early for our day at MGM. Hopefully, we can do a few more attractions today than we did yesterday! ;-)

Its an early entry day, so off to catch the boat by 7:30am. The first one didn’t even stop at the Boardwalk – just YC/BC and Swan/Dolphin. We got there in plenty of time before opening, and they didn’t start letting us in until right around 8 o’clock. Maddy and I headed for Tower of Terror (ToT) and Kristen and Brinn headed to Rockin Roller Coaster (RnR) to get fastpasses. Brinn won’t ride ToT and Kristen doesn’t mind skipping that one in the least! ;-)
 

Maddy and I pretty much walked right on and even got front row seats. It was a great ride with lots of trips up and down the elevator. We bounced for quite some time. But all too soon the ride was over and we left to meet back up with Brinn and Kristen. Since we could now come back for RnR anytime, we’ll save that for later. We headed across the park and got to the Great Movie Ride just before it opened at 8:30am. We were on the first car of the day – just made it in the back row. Fun as always, and as we excited Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy, Pluto, Chip, Dale and others I think were headed out for some picture and autograph sessions. It was fun seeing them all in their Year of a Million Dreams attire and after a few pictures we went on to Star Tours.

The kids love this one and it was fun as always. Only about 10 minute wait so no problem. The family then dragged me out of the store kicking and screaming without a R2D2 robot! ;-) Just won’t let me get one! :-D

By this time the fact that we had skipped breakfast was making everyone hungry. I ran off for Little Mermaid FastPasses while the girls went for breakfast. The ABC commissary serves breakfast so we went there. It was pretty good, but the CMs were a bit surly. Oh well – guess everyone has a bad day now and again.

After eating we went off to watch the Little Mermaid. Great show as always, and afterward we even talked the girls into seeing Goliath (Is that his name?) – the lion from the Jojo – circus show. Since the girls are getting older, I’m not as familiar with these characters, but our goddaughters love them so a picture of the girls with him will go over big. :-)

THEN we waited for about 15 minutes for High School Musical Pep Rally. They have been WAITING for this one, and it was a must see! :-) Of course, the waiting spot we had was in full sun and way hot. But the girls enjoyed the show and even got to shoot some hoops and learn a dance. It was fun.

After that we were getting pretty hot. We decided to go see the Cars Characters on the Streets of America and then head back after a bit of shopping. On the way we ran into Kim Possible and Ron Stopable and took the chance for a photo and autograph. Then we found Lightening McQueen and Tow Mater a bit farther on.

We had no desire to watch the shows today – so Belle, Indy and the Stunt Show were off the list. The muppets will have to wait for another day and after hitting several stores where the girls shopped and I cooled off it was off to the boat and home.