tThe Thursday of our week long stay was our "Random" day. This was the day where we would be able to go back to parks we liked and not stay at the park all day.
We decided to go back to Hollywood Studios so we could ride Toy Story Mania! again. I love this ride! We were at the park when it opened so this time I battled the crowds at the Fast Pass station and got two Fast Passes. Then we got in line and got to ride it without much of a wait. However, when we exited there was already a 45 minute wait!
We went and rode the Rockin' Roller Coaster until it was time to use our Fast Passes for Toy Story Mania!. We made the mistake of getting in the Single Riders Only line at Rockin' Roller Coaster. We soon discovered that it would have taken just as much time to be in the regular line. After the coaster we were able to ride Toy Story Mania! again without a wait using our Fast Passes. By the time we got off this time, the wait was 60 minutes, and by noon it was 100 minutes!
I'm not sure who was Player 1 and who was Player 2, but I do know that I won the first time we played/rode and JP won the second.
We did the Studio Backlot Tour, which we had not done the first day we were there.
We left the park by noon and took the boat over to the Beach Club which is a Deluxe resort. We were going to eat at Beaches and Cream, but once we got there we decided we would rather eat somewhere else. However, it was cool that we got to see the Beach Club's pool which is probably the coolest pools I've ever seen. If I ever go back t o Disney World, ok WHEN I go back, I want to stay there.
We decided to walk over to the Boardwalk to eat at ESPN again. It is here that we learned Chipper Jones tore his ACL and will be out for the season.
We headed back to the hotel. We attempted to swim, but JP thought the pool was "gross" because there were too many "grimy" kids in it. So we rested for a few hours. I'm pretty sure I took a long nap, which is rare for me!
That evening we went off Disney property to find a WalMart so we could replace the breakfast food we had run out of. In the process, we had to run through a Toll because we only had dollars and no change. (Hey, in Dallas I was told that you could run through 3 tolls a month without getting ticketed, so we were hoping it was the same in Orlando). After completing our WalMart trip, we found another Chickfila for dinner. Yum.
On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at Downtown Disney. I really wanted a Disney World cup because I have found that cups are the most practical souvenir you can buy. All the lots close to where we wanted to go were noted as FULL so we were going to have to walk quite a ways. However, JP noticed that Disney's CASTING building was right across from where we wanted to park and they had an almost empty parking lot.
He insisted on parking there despite me saying no. I did check and there were no signs that said we couldn't park there so we did. This saved us tons of walking, and JP was quite proud of finding us a close place to park, although I still wouldn't have parked there if he hadn't been with me!
Downtown Disney has the biggest Disney merchandise store I have ever seen. They have a huge kitchen section and I saw so many things I wanted but I only purchased a cup. I love my Disney cup!
After returning from Downtown Disney, we took the bus back to Hollywood Studios so we could watch the late showing Fantasmic!, Hollywood Studio's fireworks show. Here we are waiting for the bus to come. JP says one day I will look back and laugh hysterically at the glasses I have on. He is likely right.
We decided to see if there were any rides without waits to ride instead of waiting in line to get into the Fantasmic! stadium. So, we walked right on to Tower of Terror. When we were getting off the ride, we found out that Fantasmic! had been canceled for the evening. We were very sad since basically we ended up coming to the park just to ride one ride. Oh well! We still had fun.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Disney World- Day 2: Main Course of Hollywood Studios with Magic Kingdom for Dessert
Our first day at Disney World started out well. The parks open at 9am, and I wanted to leave at 8am to make sure we got there before the park opened. The earlier you get there, the less likely you will have to wait in long lines! I didn't know how much JP would like getting up at 7:30am Eastern aka 6:30 our normal time, but he got up every morning without complaining!
One way we decided to keep costs down on the trip was to bring breakfast to eat in the room instead of spending $10 per person for breakfast in the food court. Before leaving Birmingham, JP went to our favorite breakfast place, Magic Muffins, and got us a ton of muffins to eat for breakfast.
JP and I arrived at Hollywood Studios around 8:30am and were, therefore, able to be there when the "gates" were opened. If you've never been at a Disney World Park at opening, it is quite a site! There are a ton of people are walking as fast as they can (running is not allowed) usually to the same one or two rides. Many of these people have strollers and small children by there side. JP and I found this whole process quite humorous! We walked quickly, but we definitely got passed by a whole lot of people.
The first attraction we quickly walked to was Toy Story Mania! which is the newest addition to Hollywood Studios and an attraction I had never experienced. We were able to virtually walk right on since we hadn't gotten there at park opening. Later in the day we noticed that the wait time was 60 minutes!
Toy Story Mania! is definitely a good example of what makes Disney World unique. You can tell that so much time is put into detail. For example, the waiting line area is not surrounded by bare concrete walls, but is actually a magnificently decorated area.
Even the ceilings are elaborately decorated!
The ride itself was quite fun!
The ride takes you through a Midway. The games are 3-D and on your car you have a gun which you pull the string on to launch pies, rings, darts, and other things in order to hit things to score points. It was definitely a lot of fun and one of my favorite attractions!
After completing our game in which JP scored more points than me, we headed over to the other two top attractions at Hollywood Studios...
Rockin' RollerCoaster- which we both give 5 stars for it's super quick start and upside down loop

And Tower of Terror- which JP loves but I, who can ride roller coasters all day, hate that straight dropping feeling.
Other attractions we saw that day were:
After lunch, we were both very tired and went back to the room for what became our daily afternoon break/nap.
Around 8:15pm I decided that we needed to go to Magic Kingdom and see the parade.
After watching a minute of the parade, JP and I decided to skip the parade since most people were watching the parade leaving lines short. So we took advantage of short lines and rode Pirates of the Caribbean and
Buzz Light Year's Space Ranger Spin.
Buzz Light Year, which is a shooting game to score points, was definitely NOT my talent. JP slaughtered me. My score is on the left, and JP's is on the right.
We got out of Buzz Light Year just as the fireworks were ending. We decided, instead of joining the massive crowd on their way to the buses, we would take advantage of the last 30 minutes the park was open to ride a few more rides with no wait. We rode Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion, which is JP's favorite.
We exited the park as it was closing and hopped on the crowded bus back to our hotel. Once there we were very hungry and decided to go to the McDonald's that was about a quarter mile from our hotel.
One way we decided to keep costs down on the trip was to bring breakfast to eat in the room instead of spending $10 per person for breakfast in the food court. Before leaving Birmingham, JP went to our favorite breakfast place, Magic Muffins, and got us a ton of muffins to eat for breakfast.
JP and I arrived at Hollywood Studios around 8:30am and were, therefore, able to be there when the "gates" were opened. If you've never been at a Disney World Park at opening, it is quite a site! There are a ton of people are walking as fast as they can (running is not allowed) usually to the same one or two rides. Many of these people have strollers and small children by there side. JP and I found this whole process quite humorous! We walked quickly, but we definitely got passed by a whole lot of people.
The first attraction we quickly walked to was Toy Story Mania! which is the newest addition to Hollywood Studios and an attraction I had never experienced. We were able to virtually walk right on since we hadn't gotten there at park opening. Later in the day we noticed that the wait time was 60 minutes!
Toy Story Mania! is definitely a good example of what makes Disney World unique. You can tell that so much time is put into detail. For example, the waiting line area is not surrounded by bare concrete walls, but is actually a magnificently decorated area.
Even the ceilings are elaborately decorated!
The ride itself was quite fun!
The ride takes you through a Midway. The games are 3-D and on your car you have a gun which you pull the string on to launch pies, rings, darts, and other things in order to hit things to score points. It was definitely a lot of fun and one of my favorite attractions!
After completing our game in which JP scored more points than me, we headed over to the other two top attractions at Hollywood Studios...
Rockin' RollerCoaster- which we both give 5 stars for it's super quick start and upside down loop
And Tower of Terror- which JP loves but I, who can ride roller coasters all day, hate that straight dropping feeling.
Other attractions we saw that day were:
- Light! Motors! Action!
- Muppet Vision 3-D
- Star Tours
- The Great Movie Ride
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
After lunch, we were both very tired and went back to the room for what became our daily afternoon break/nap.
Around 8:15pm I decided that we needed to go to Magic Kingdom and see the parade.
After watching a minute of the parade, JP and I decided to skip the parade since most people were watching the parade leaving lines short. So we took advantage of short lines and rode Pirates of the Caribbean and
Buzz Light Year's Space Ranger Spin.
Buzz Light Year, which is a shooting game to score points, was definitely NOT my talent. JP slaughtered me. My score is on the left, and JP's is on the right.
We got out of Buzz Light Year just as the fireworks were ending. We decided, instead of joining the massive crowd on their way to the buses, we would take advantage of the last 30 minutes the park was open to ride a few more rides with no wait. We rode Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion, which is JP's favorite.
We exited the park as it was closing and hopped on the crowded bus back to our hotel. Once there we were very hungry and decided to go to the McDonald's that was about a quarter mile from our hotel.
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