The next morning we were supposed to get up in time to eat breakfast at Riverside Mill but we were so exhausted from the day before that we ended up sleeping in and eating lunch again instead. We got to Hollywood Studios around 1:00.
Once again DH and I split up so that I could ride the single rider line at RnRC and he could go get FPs for Toy Story Mania. The posted wait was 60 minutes at RnRC, but it took 20 for me to get in via the single rider line. I was really looking forward to this ride but didn't like it that much. I thought it went TOO fast to really enjoy the sights and the jerky start really hurt my neck. Maybe I'm just getting too old for this stuff.
When I got off the ride, DH reported that he could not get a FP for TSM but instead produced two FPs to Tower of Terror. I was genuinely shocked. As mentioned, DH really isn't into the "thrill" rides and it can be hard to get him on ANY ride (seriously, he worried about the dip on Maelstrom). He had joked about wanting to ride TOT when we were watching something about it on TV, but I didn't think he was serious. He said he really wanted to go because he didn't want to have to tell people at work he hadn't gone any thrill rides. FP return time was between 2:30-3:30.
We went on The Great Movie Ride, Muppets 3D, Star Wars (used to be one of mine and DH's favorites but its starting to look dated), and browsed the Streets of America. The Toy Story Mania waits continued to be 2+ hours so we decided to skip it since our day at DHS was going to be rather limited as it was.
Eventually, DH decided it was time for us to use up our FPs to TOT. This was the longest FP wait we had all week, taking about thirty minutes which naturally only heighten DH's anxiety. I assured him he was doing the right thing by conquering his fear even though I myself was a little nervous (no problems with thrill rides but I have had nightmares about elevators for the past 20 years). When the drop came and I was fine but DH freaked out. He was in the second from end seat and did not have access to a hand bar to hold onto so he was reaching across me to get it. At one point he became disoriented and instead of grabbing for me in the handrail,he accidentally grabbed the head of a little boy sitting next to him. Thankfully the little boy thought this was okay and even funny. The picture at the end was hilarious-- DH looks like he was trying to jump out of the car while everyone else is all smiling and raising their arms up.
I should have got the picture as it makes us both laugh every time we think about it but DH was still shakin up at this point and I didn't want to laugh at him. Now he's definitely come to have a sense of humor about it.
Next it was time for dinner at '50s Prime Time Cafe.
We had a small wait despite having ADRs which DH was fine with since he needed a beer from Dad's Liquor Cabinet after his "traumatic" experience. Our waitress was very in character lecturing DH about his drinking and telling us to do our "homework". She kept on yelling at the guy behind us and DH was so nervous she'd yell at him he was an angel the whole time. I, on the other hand, drank too much of my milkshake before dinner and then had to have DH finish my meal for me (although I did eat all my veggies first!), both incidences I got "yelled" at for.
After dinner we went to the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular which had some really funny volunteers. Next we headed over to One Man's Dream which I think is a really under appreciated exhibit. I can understand why children aren't thrilled with it but being history nerds DH and I found it extremely interesting and spent at least 30+ minutes browsing around before going into the movie.
Finally we did The Magic of Disney Animation. We found the movie kind of blah and not very informative but in the after area there are some cool exhibits. While we were there we noticed Sorcerer Mickey but there was a long line of kids so I took a picture of him from afar and went off to play with some of the exhibits.
A few minutes later I was playing a game and felt a tap on my shoulder. Sorcerer Mickey was standing behind us! He hugged both of us and made a big show out of us being married and made us hold hands.
I was so surprised I totally forgot to take out my camera and was sad because I didn't get another picture with Mickey all trip.
We finished up the night with Illuminations.
Tomorrow, a rush to get to a coveted character breakfast!
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