We completed our masterpieces at the Animation Academy, rolled them up, and then headed down Sunset Boulevard. Along the way we ran into another photopass photographer. As is my custom, we got the first one with my camera.
You can tell we're on Sunset Boulevard because it says so on that trolley-looking thing behind us. Well, that, and the fact that ToT is looming in the background, which is at the end of Sunset, of course.
Uh oh, there's a sea of red shirts behind us!
Then some pictures from her camera. This first one caught me mid-blink, apparently.
She asked if we had any “magic” shots and we said that we had done Tinkerbell and Simba, but none from here. (Ooops, I guess the balloon picture would have qualified, wouldn’t it.) Anyway, the kids were excited to do some more. First, she told us to point at something coming out of the ground. There’s Marlene with that dramatic hand-over-the-mouth move again. But, look at yours truly….now
that’s good acting!
Next, she had us come over to this bench, leaving a little room for someone to join us, and wave.
Then she had the kids shift over for a different one. I guess the sun got to the kids….now why wouldn’t she retake this one?
Then she told us to act like there’s something disgusting on the bench. That kid walking through our picture isn’t too conspicuous, is he?
After that we continued on and got in line for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Well, all of us except Judy. Her neck was hurting from her Everest ride a couple of days earlier, so she decided that she should avoid the thrill rides for a while. The good news was that the Brazilian tour group people were nowhere in sight. I guess they were still congregating out on Sunset.
Hidden Mickey alert: while we were watching the Aerosmith recording session, I saw a hidden Mickey made from guitar cords on the floor.
When we went to the rollercoaster loading area I got a picture of a limo shooting off into oblivion. It's not an especially great picture, but it really takes me back. I can sense the anticipation I had when I was about to board the coaster, and can almost feel the G-forces now.
We enjoyed it as always. Here’s the redneck photo of when we took off. Marlene’s got that same eyes-shut-tight look as from the last time we rode it. I like James’ look too, and I’m surprised he’s got his eyes open.
We met Judy in the gift shop and she told us there was a photopass lady outside who would take our picture in front of the big guitar. So we did.
I know she took one with her camera, but I just now realized that we didn’t get it on our photopass CD. I know she did because I remember her saying, “Make a Rock pose. You know, hold your hands like this.” And she held her hand in a fist, but with thumb and pinkie extended (I think). And I remember this because I was taken off-guard and I wasn’t sure what hand gesture I was making. Whatever I did, I’m sure it probably meant something really bad in some culture somewhere. I wish I had that picture to show you.
From there we went over to Tower of Terror. I had gotten 5 fastpasses, but only Lauren and I would be going on. Here’s a redneck picture of our ride. We look pretty calm, but check out that guy in the third row, behind me. I mean, even the little girl across the aisle from me is calm. Oh, and I see some Brazilians in the back row.
As we left we gave our extra ToT fastpasses to a couple of people who were walking up to the standby line. They were very thankful.
After that we went back to Toy Story Midway Mania to use our fastpasses for our last ride before we left the park. This time I rode with Judy. Her score is on the left, mine on the right.
James reported that his score was higher, although I don’t remember what it was. Here he is talkin’ trash.
Notice that he rode alone. I’m still going with my theory that lone riders score higher.
Then we left the park to head over to Animal Kingdom. I took this picture of Hollywood Boulevard, looking toward the park entrance, on the way out.
In the next installment: July 4th at Animal Kingdom
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