Lights, camera, action we spent the day at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Today could be summed up in a word. Disney.

It's been a dozen years since the last time we were at the Disney parks and with Joan's daughter Elin flying in to Orlando with her friend Abby yesterday, we decided to stay in town and do one of the parks. In this case we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios.

We had been there previously, but a lot has changed. The weather was perfect, but our hope that a lot of people had already started north from spring break didn't appear to be realized as the crowds were huge and the lines at several rides were long.

The Indiana Jones adventure show was great as was "Beauty and the Beast" and the back lot tour. A 3-D Muppet Movie was fun and got us out of the heat for a little bit.

My favorite was the Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show which had some great driving and jet ski stunts. Lots of fire, explosions, car chases and shooting, so pretty much a testosterone packed adventure. The three women in our party seemed to enjoy it as well.

The Star Wars simulator was as we remembered it from before and the young members of our party went on the Rock 'n Roll Coaster with Aerosmith and seemed to like it.

We had lunch at the "Catering Co." and had a fine dinner at "The Brown Derby," which was a replica of the restaurant near where my grandparents lived in Los Angeles many, many years ago.

The women really liked the Toy Story ride and, of course, the two young women in our party had the best score on the interactive shooting game that is part of the ride.

At 9 p.m. we left the park for the long ride home, tired, but happy after a wonderful day. October was the last time we saw Elin when our grandson Griffen was born.

For the first time with our new trailer we had overnight guests and the blow up bed seemed to work pretty well. Today promises to be a little quieter.