9/28 - Its a miracle I finally found some time to start on my trip report again. I also think it had to do a little with denial who knows when Ill get to go back again, and Ive actually been avoiding the Disboards
.anyone else ever get that feeling? I knew you guys would understand!
So its MGM day actually a day I had been dreading. Why because of this
On our past three trips weve always had other people with us so I did not have to accompany DH on the Tower of Terror. Now Ive ridden just about everything else, but did not want to go on this. I think it just reminded me of a fancy Edge that was a ride we had at Great America where it would lift you up and drop you
until the day it broke and a bunch of people were hurt. And while I do not mind the stomach dropping on coasters, I just did NOT want to do this ride. Except that this time we had no one else with us and DH did not want to ride alone. He kept telling me that last time he went on it was lame I had nothing to worry about. Yeah right. All I wanted to do was get this over with. He wanted breakfast - - go ahead then I was not eating anything. I think I burned calories that morning just from being so nervous!!! So we get to MGM late (as is now usual) and head directly over to the TOT and RNR. Awww the line for TOT is too long, so we cant ride it. Except for those darn FPs which we grab. Great now its been put off for another hour. We then jump in line for the RNR a ride I didnt even know if I was going to be able to enjoy because I was so darn nervous about the TOT. It was only about a 15-20 min wait for this much shorter than the wait for TOT. We ride; I enjoyed it a little, but was still way more nervous about the TOT.
Well RNR took just the right amount of time and now we go to TOT. I had gone through it once before to the chicken exit so I had already seen part of it. Was I enjoying the preshow nope, too nervous. I was not happy. DH couldnt stop laughing because I was so nervous he tried everything to reassure me all would be fine all I wanted was a divorce! So we finally make it past the chicken exit and I am gripping the bar like Ive never held anything before. And then we drop. And then DH yells to open my eyes and I do and Im looking out high above MGM my eyes close VERY quickly. And then we drop again and again and again and again
.is this never going to end???!!!!
YEAH ride is over. DH declares how much better it was this time around than last time as it went up and down waaaaaay more. Im just glad I made it through and truthfully the buildup in my head was probably a lot worse than the actual ride. Although, I hope on our next trip we have someone else with us so I can sit it out. Its now around 11 and DH is hungry since he skipped breakfast with me that morning. So we eat at Rosies All American Café (I think) across from the Beauty and the Beast Theatre. Theres a showing at 11:30 and Ive never seen this show so it was on the must do list for the day. After eating a not very tasty meal and battling the love bugs which have all decided to congregate at MGM we walk in to the theatre about a minute before it starts. We still had great seats in the upper left of the theatre. I really enjoyed the show. One of the things we wanted to do today was try and see a lot of the shows for some reason we always seem to skip them.
I then wanted to grab FP for Lights Motor Action so we headed over that way. We had to stop to take a few pictures along the way as well.
And we took the millionth picture outside Star Tours, a ride we have not been on since our first visit to MGM and I am a HUGE Star Wars fan. But DH absolutely CANNOT handle the ride. He ended up on a park bench the first and last time we went on it for hours while his mom and I went around and saw the rest of the park. So now we just stand outside and take pictures.
We saw the NY streetscape and both of us thought it could use a little paint its really looking faded. Then we saw the new San Fran streetscape and that made the NY one look even worse.
And Im not sure if these lights are up all year or if they had already started putting the Christmas lights up, but I totally pointed these out to DH and stated for the millionth time I want to come back when they are all up.
He just smiled and moved on
.meaning we will not be coming back when it is cold!
We finally made it to LMA, and the CMs said that it was too slow right now for FP so they were not giving them out. OK I guess well just come back later then. Sooooo now that we had time to kill what should we do
..lets do the backstage thing. WOW we actually had a small wait for this. We always do this but this time it wasnt Catastrophe Canyon we had to worry about, it was the bugs. They were EVERYWHERE. DH doesnt get grossed out and even he was starting to. I dont know if there was some reason they were congregating at the entrance where you get on the trams but it was BAD. Everyone around us was making comments about it. This was the only day the bugs really bothered us and I cant even imagine what they were like at MGM at their height!
During the ride they point out the new SF streetscape and state that they will be adding a Chicago one next YEAH. I inform DH we MUST come back to see that ASAP. He points out I see it everyday outside my window at work. I remind him it will not have any hidden Mickeys like the one down here will
.he once again stays silent as he knows I will not let it go if he tries to reason with me. So we finish that ride, brush off the bugs that have now landed on us and head into the AFI museum. I make DH stop because I need more pictures of the characters from Star Wars
he just sighs and gets the camera out again.
And I think after you walk through the AFI part is where you can do the picture where they replace your face in some scene from something. Which, we of course did. They get us every time.
It was finally time for LMA and we arrived about 10 minutes before it started. We were in the center in the upper bleachers. There were seats a little closer, but I remember getting a tip somewhere on where to sit, so that is where we went. They were excellent seats and the show was awesome. This is a do not miss attraction.
We have some great video from the show as the pictures could not do it justice.
Back past the SF streetscape DH actually notices the hidden Mickey before I do
scroll down really fast past it if you do not want to see it (although if it were any bigger it would have smacked me on the head!)
I think it might have been around this time that we went to Drew Careys Sounds Dangerous. DH was really looking forward to this as it was another attraction we had always skipped. Im going to go off on a small tangent here so bear with me. There are a million warnings that this will take place in TOTAL ABSOLUTE darkness and anyone afraid of the dark should not go in. Its not a quick in and out of darkness, but for something like seven minutes. Which can be a lifetime to some. This attraction is all about the sounds you hear and using your sense of sound. But I guess we needed a million and one warnings because we had a couple that did not use any sense and proceeded to bring in little children. Well as soon as it went completely dark, guess what happened. Yep instead of enjoying the sounds we were supposed to hear, we were treated to a couple of screaming children who would not stop. Totally wrecked the experience. Please, please do not bring young children into this if they are even slightly afraid of total pitch blackness. I know as a child I would have reacted the same way. OK sorry for the tangent, but from the grumblings we were not the only unhappy people there.
We then headed for At Movie Ride I mean The Great Movie Ride
perhaps Disney needs to replace a few lights???
Hey we can still make the 4pm showing of Indian Jones another show Ive NEVER seen. It was great we were about 7 rows from the stage in the center section. The only bad part was when they asked for audience participation members they never even looked our way boo hoo. Show was great though.
It was now close to the time for our 5pm Fantasmic Package dinner ressie at the Brown Derby. DH really wanted to eat here, and the package was actually a great deal so that was what we did. Food and drink was excellent as we remembered from 2000.
We had a little time to kill before we needed to be at Fantasmic, and I really really wanted to go to Journey into Narnia. Ive loved this story ever since I was little and there was no way I was leaving without seeing it. We walked in and only had about a five minute wait before it started. DH wasnt thrilled with it, but I loved it
but Im sure that has more to do with me being a fan for such a long time.
We then slowly made our way over to Fantasmic
we arrived about a half hour before and grabbed seats in the reserved section. I know Ive heard that people think they are to far over, but this is the second time weve sat in the reserved section and I still think they are great seats. On the trip with my parents in 04 we actually sat up high dead center and those were no better than the reserved seats. Of course, our camera only took blurry pics so I have none this time around just video.
We then headed back to the WL and upon entering our room had our first (and only) towel animal of the trip very cute.
Up next - its time to climb a mountain!!