April 12, 2010
Day 2, Part 4 In Which We Become Space Mice, Because There Are No Cats In Space
I LOVE YOU MGM!
Uh, Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Whatever.
We always spend a ton of time here. I absolutely love the tone of this place. The perfect old Hollywood that never was.
AND THE AREA MUSIC. Best area music in Disney World if you ask me. I love MK area music, but it's extremely themey. Haunted Mansion - spooky area music. POTC - "Yo Ho, Yo Ho!!" area music. It's very classic Disney, Fantasylandy, dancing around in a princess dress kind of tunes. Gotta be in the mood. I LOVE Animal Kingdom's African beats, but again, you gotta be in the African music mood. Epcot's music is futuristic and cool. Space Mountain's music sounds a lot like Epcot music. I listen to the "Space Mountain Tunnel" one all the time. But at MGM... the music is not even Disney theme music for the most part. It's just music that happens to fit the park. And it's so... seductive. Fun. Beautiful. Even haunting, at times. As I'm typing this I have the hour long Tower of Terror area loop playing which is a mix of a bunch of 20's, 30's, and 40's music, some just instrumental, some not. And it's INCREDIBLE. And of course the Sunset Blvd Music, and Slow Boat To China! Can you tell music is my life?
My point is: I LOVE MGM / DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS / DHS / WHATEVER and it has the BEST area music.
Moving on.
We wander around a bit while heading to our lunch reservation at one of my FAVORITE PLACES EVER... The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre. If you haven't eaten here before, take the time to realize your fatal mistake. Let the regret sink in. Now let's take care of this mess - GO BOOK AN ADR FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP! Just trust me, I know this ish, ok?
Mom was SO excited when I finally told her where we were going, she adores this place too. And apparently, so does Tina Fey, because she brought her daughter there like a week after we were there!
I can't describe how much I love this place. Disney is just so amazing at immersing you in a certain experience, and if you've never been to Sci Fi, for the love of God, GO.
We checked in and waited about five minutes before being taken to our car.
I love saying that. Car, not table. Oh, Disney.
The waitress said, "You are now entering the 50's. Welcome."
I am very good at suspending my disbelief. I have a fully functioning imagination like that of a four year old.
Therefore, we were in the 50's. At the drive-in.
Have I mentioned we love this place? Everything about it. The movie loop KILLS US. I mean, we whoop it up in there big time. If you want to see everything from space mice to Walt Disney to gila monsters, please visit Sci-Fi immediately.
Another reason that you MUST visit Sci-Fi is the milkshakes. Holy mother of the Mouse are they THE BEST! The shakes here are comparable NOWHERE else in the world. To the point where I don't even drink milkshakes outside of Disney World anymore. It's like if you meet your true love and then get separated from them... you can date other people, but it's not going to be as good. Sure, you may buy a condo at the beach with them but the true, unconditional, I would die just so you wouldn't have to feel a second of pain kind of love isn't there. So, I just can't drink milkshakes outside of Sci Fi anymore. Is the point.
THE ONLY PLACE they are comparable is at Beaches & Cream (Beach Club Resort), another beyond fantastic place. I personally prefer Sci-Fi though.
We ordered milkshakes and cokes and started singing We Go Together from Grease. Obviously.
I tweeted:
I'm tweeting from the 1950's. I'm at the Sci-fi drive-in! I hope Danny Zuko stops by and tries to put his hand on my ****. 4:28 PM Apr 12th via txt
You're the one that I want!!!! WOOO HOOO HOOOOOO, Honey!
It was useless looking at the menu because we already knew what we were ordering. I mean, duh. We always get the same thing here, two appetizers, and we split them. 1. Onion Rings 2. Spinach and Artichoke Dip.
The onion rings here are the reason why I almost never eat onion rings outside of Disney World. See a trend here? Again, the onion rings at B&C are comparable. I don't know why. But they are beyond anything. Also, I'm weird and I just pull the battered part off. I can't actually eat an onion. Why would I? Really.
I'm a weird eater. I don't ever eat spinach. I don't ever eat artichokes. But I love dip. So one day my mom ordered Spinach & Artichoke dip here at Sci Fi and I tasted it. HOLY HECK DID I LOVE IT! Again, I don't eat this dish anywhere else. After I had it at Sci Fi, I ordered it at several other places back home and they make it at Sci Fi like nowhere else. It's not just me in a Disney daze, it really is the best here. I urge you to order this!! Even if you don't like spinach. Even if you don't like artichokes! I don't, I'm telling you!
Sorry I'm so bizarre. I believe I warned y'all about this but I can't be sure.
At this point I was bulldozing through the food like someone just said they were sewing my mouth shut for a month in two minutes, so I forgot to take pictures. However, many people eat exactly like us so I found some!
Thank you to whoever is not a human garbage disposal, therefore had time to take these!
When this actually arrived, I spoke to it as if it were a human being.
Lia: I missed you.
Mom: What?
Lia: Sorry, I was talking to my food again.
Yes, again. Don't ask.
Like I said, we really enjoy watching the crazy loop of nonsense they show here. I especially love the shorts they show. I wish there were more places in WDW you could watch shorts while eating. I know you can at Casey's Corner, but they're all sports themed. I really miss being able to have a break in the Main Street Exposition Hall and watch the shorts in there. I'm sooo bummed that's gone now! All those scenes you could pose in, and the Walt Disney timeline was so cool. I think it was really a special hidden WDW gem and I'm so disappointed they're changing it.
It's super hard to get a good picture of the inside, but I tried:
We ate every smidgen off the plate, and then our waitress brought us more chips. God bless her!
Around this time, the gila monster clip, which is one of my favorites (obviously) came up for the second time. I decided at that point I would have to call my mother a gila monster for the remainder of our trip. That's just the kind of relationship we have. I mean it as a term of endearment. It's not just us, either. Our entire family. Other terms of endearment include but are not limited to: "Ratso", "Ratfink", "Stinkweed", "Gorf", and many other things that are often just thrown together on the spot.
We love each other. I think.
Many chips later, we rolled out of there to head over to my favorite ride in all of WDW.
Up next: The next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of Hollywood, make sure you know what kind of vacancy you're filling.