Friday, we left home about 8 AM and headed to Disney Studios for the 20th Anniversary celebration. We had registered with WDW Celebrations (www.wdwcelebrations.com) to be part of their group and its associated activities. We arrived at the Caribbean Beach Resort about 10 and checked in. Our room was available, so after finding our room (we were in "Aruba") and unloading the car, we headed to the Studios arriving just in time to get the materials for the scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt was involved to say the least. The list included 69 items to locate and document and only 4 hours to do it. By 1:00, we had made it through less than half of the items and we had had enough! The intense sun and the heat made the saying “Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun” cross our minds a number of times!
We were getting hungry, so we headed to the Studio Catering Company to get lunch. We both had pulled pork sandwiches (YUM!!). By the time we finished our sandwiches, we were both too full to eat our dessert so we packed them up to eat later. After eating, we decided to head back to the hotel to cool off and take a nap.
We woke up about 4:00 and headed back to the studios. Earlier, while we were working on the scavenger hunt, we had gotten fast passes for Toy Story Midway Mania (TSMM). At 11:30AM the return time was 5:00. We had reservations at The Prime Time Café for 5:30, so we weren’t sure we would be able to take advantage of our fast passes. However, when we checked in with the hostess, she said to go ahead and have fun and come back when we were done. We rode TSMM and got back to the restaurant at 5:33! DH had pot roast and I had the fried chicken. We both had brownie sundaes for dessert and again, could not finish them.
After dinner, we headed back to TSMM, where the WDW Celebrations group was meeting to ride together. We met them and rode TSMM again. After the ride, we headed for the exit planning to take the boat ride over to EPCOT. However, our car was parked at the Studios and the boat was not returning to the Studios. We got off at the Swan and Dolphin stop and waited for the next boat going back to the Studios. We got our car, and headed back to the resort.
Back at the resort, we explored the resort and took pictures. We were really wiped out, so we headed for bed, not sure of what we would do on Saturday. When we woke up on Saturday, the heat and activities from Friday had taken their toll – we were beat!! We ate breakfast at the resort food court and then headed for home.
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