The Science of Pixar

Marina had the day off from school, so we went to the nature and science museum. We had tickets to see the Science of Pixar exhibit. We arrived a bit early, so we checked out the other temporary exhibit – Beyond Human Limits. This one contained examples of extreme sports. The activities included a paragliding simulation, copying a cat’s movements and a Ninja obstacle course. Marina enjoyed trying these activities.

We had a little time before our Pixar entry, so we wandered through the animal dioramas, we especially liked the African animals.

When it was our time to enter the Pixar exhibit, we got in line. It started with a short video explaining the process of making a Pixar film. Then we entered the exhibit. It contained many activities which demonstrated the many steps it takes to make the movies. Since the exhibit wasn’t too crowded, Marina got a chance to try most of them. She also enjoyed posing with the life size models of the Pixar characters.

Incredible Movie

The movie The Incredibles came out the year Marina was born. When she was two, it was her one of her favorites to watch. She dressed as Violet that year for Halloween. Despite all that time, we were both excited to see the sequel. Tonight was the preview night, so I got tickets to take Marina to see it this evening. She wore her Incredibles skater dress for the occasion.

We were to our favorite theater and arrived early to order dinner. It arrived before the previews started so we were pretty much finished when the movie started. The move was very funny and full of action. Marina loved it. I think she also liked that she is right around Violet’s age now!

Disney World - Day Five

We had another late morning after last night's fireworks. So we took our time this morning. When we arrived at Hollywood Studios Marina spotted The Voyage of the Little Mermaid. We were able to get into the next showing. It was a 15 minute live version of The Little Mermaid. It was a bit choppy, but the performances were good. Naturally, Marina loved it.

We did a little shopping and had lunch. Then we went over to see the Beauty and the Beast show. Marina had worn her Belle dress for the occasion. She loved this show too.

We went back to the Animation Courtyard where Marina wanted to meet Handy Manny. A cast member asked if we'd wait for a Make a Wish family to meet with him. I said, "Of course." Then she told me about an unannounced character meet and greet time. She told me there would be characters Marina would like. Naturally, I assumed that meant princesses, so I made sure we were there.

We went over to The Art of Disney Animation to meet the Incredibles and Frozone. Marina found some fun activities to keep her busy and we looked at animation from the next Disney movie Tangled.

And then, right on schedule, a whole group of characters came in. We saw Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Chip and Dale and Minnie Mouse. While we waited to see Aladdin, Marina said she saw Belle. So as soon as she was done with him, she ran off after Belle. Sure enough, we found Belle by herself in the gallery. Marina got quite a lot of time alone with her. When that group of characters left, another group came in. This group had the Genie, Jafar, Snow White and Mulan. It was quite a lucky break to be there.

Marina wanted to see the Playhouse Disney show. After that, we had dinner at the ABC Commissary, then went to see the Muppet Vision 3D show. It was much like Philharmagic. Marina loved it. When we exited, we saw Luigi's Garage with Lightning McQueen and Mater. She was excited to have her picture taken with them.

We planned to see the Fantasmic show, but it was canceled for technical reasons. So we left a bit earlier than planned. But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. We would have loved to see the show, but we were tired.