Hollywood at Christmas

Sometimes it seems like a long time between Disney visits. Today we were glad to be back at Hollywood Studios.  

The first thing we did was use our Fast Pass for Toy Story Mania. I used to be beat Randy's score on this, but we've been often enough that his practice has paid off, and now he regularly tromps me!
No matter, I still love this ride/game. The new Toy Story area is cute - the imagineers really paid attention to the details, so while children are excited by the rides and characters, adults keep saying "I remember that game!"

The next order of business was to walk over to Epcot and head for the Beach Club Resort for a look at their holiday extravaganza. They have created a life-size spinning carousel with 4 ponies, made of chocolate, fondant and gingerbread. They used 36 pounds of honey, 96 pounds of bread flour, 100 pints of eggs, 10 pounds of spices, 10 quarts of simple syrup, 150 pounds of icing, 50 pounds of dark chocolate, 50 pounds of modeling chocolate, with 200 gum paste flowers. They ended up with 2,109 pieces of gingerbread! There are supposed to be 19 "hidden Mickeys" in this creation, but I didn't bother looking for them. I was busy admiring that famous "attention to detail" that Disney does so well. 

Afterwards we walked back to Hollywood Studios, where we were in time for the March of the First Order. We strolled through the rest of the park but decided we didn't really want to stand in lines, so we finished the day by going to Guest Relations, where we bundled our 3 Disney gift cards onto one card (again). Hopefully this one won't get stolen!