DAY THREE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 1ST, PART FIVE
When I got off Great Movie Ride I headed off to get one of my favorite souvenirs, especially since it's free!! I headed into the Disney Animation building...
...then went to the Animation Academy.
A class had just started a few minutes before, but there were already several people waiting. In fact by the time my group was let in there was a LONG line of people waiting. They had every chair filled, all the extra clipboards and benches filled and had people that had to go back out to wait for the next class. I've never seen it that busy before!!
Our teacher for that class was very nice and funny, and I wish I had written down his name. We drew Winnie the Pooh and I think mine turned out pretty darn good!
When we were finished I walked around to see how long the line was for another class, but the CM there said they had enough people waiting already to fill the next
2 classes, so I decided to move on to something very new, in fact it wasn't even officially open yet! The Legend of Jack Sparrow!
There was a bit of a line already, but the sign said a 20 minute wait and I had heard a CM earlier that day telling people it was closing earlier than the rest of the park since it's official opening was still 5 days away, so I hopped in line. Unfortunately I had an obnoxious, large family behind me that were yelling at each other, talking loudly on their cells and complaining non-stop about the wait. Once we walked in for our group though I moved away from them and it was fine.
Without giving everything away for those that haven't done it and plan on doing it during future trips, I will say it was nothing like what I thought it would be. Basically it takes place in two rooms and uses some minor special effects to tell a little story that you "participate" in. While it was nice, I was underwhelmed for sure. I did get some pictures though.
Jack himself (AKA Johnny Depp) was on screen for quite a while talking and moving around, but I couldn't get a clear picture of him since he never stopped moving!!! Seriously, this is the best picture I got of him:
The good news was once I came out from there I was feeling much better, almost completely back to normal again. The bad news was the sky was looking like this:
I decided to head across the park to ride my favorite rides again. I grabbed a Fastpass for ToT, then headed into the area for RnRC. I should have headed there first and got a FP there, as the stand-by line was 45 minutes there and only 30 for ToT, but it was too late by then. I got in the Single Rider line for RnRC, hoping that would be shorter than the stand-by wait. It wasn't. I waited 45 minutes in the Single Rider line before finally getting on, with a group of 25 teenage boys in front of me being annoying to everyone around them the whole time. Not bad enough that a CM needed to be involved, but annoying enough to have me in a bad mood by the time I got on the ride. But before I get too ahead of myself, here are some pictures I took while waiting in the (very long!) Single Rider line.
My mood was not improved by the fact that I could not get a good picture of Aerosmith during their portion of the pre-ride spiel.
Thankfully once we passed that portion it only took another 5 minutes or so until I got a seat on the ride. But I did get another shot in the "garage" before getting into my limo.
And my ride photo for this time around...
I love how I look high and the kid next to me looks like he is going to puke. Don't worry, he was just faking it for the photo!!!!
CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST
: Only slight though.
