Star Wars Weekend

We started Friday bright and early with breakfast at The Wave of American Flavors inside the Contemporary Resort.  It was delicious.  Jonathan got the buffet which includes all their signature dishes, including the Bacon and Cheddar grits that I am still craving more of.  I had their Sweet Potato Pancakes with Walnut maple butter.  Mmmm, mmmm good!  The Wave makes the favorites list, for sure.

And the great thing about breakfast at the Contemporary is that you can walk over to the Magic Kingdom.  We were there for rope drop, which allowed us to beat the crowds and the heat.  We rode Buzz Lightyear, the Peoplemover, Goofy's Barnstomer, the carousel, It's a Small World, the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, got the boys french fries and had ice cream cones all inside 2 1/2 hours. Then it was back to the hotel to relax and swim.  The pool was a huge hit with the boys.  Eli was even saying "swim" and "pool."

After our afternoon swim, we had a late lunch at Beaches and Cream at Disney's Beach Club Resort.  It is fashioned after an old-timey soda shop.  I loved my milkshake and I thought the cheeseburger was okay.  Jonathan loved his burger and shake.  It was a little pricey for a burger meal, though.  I was glad we finally got to try it, but we probably won't go back.

We then walked over to Hollywood Studios to check out the Star Wars action.  The lines to meet the characters were all very long, so we actually only waited to meet one.  We tried to meet Boba Fett but by the time we got to the front of the line he was replaced with Jango Fett.  That's less cool.  Rather than wait in long lines Jonathan decided we could just "reverse photobomb" all the characters so we could have pictures of them with us in them.  Genius.  It was fun to hunt down all the characters and find angles to get us and them in the shots.