MissMichelle
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CAST: Again listed on days prior 
WHEW, I need to take a breather, but I am rearing to post these. Then I can clean my house, do some laundry (OMG it's taking over the house), put away luggage...OK on to day 4.
Determined to hit a park opening we got up @ 6, showered, dressed and headed to the food court. Ate as QUICKLY as a human can and headed to the bus. WOOHOO first bus to arrive--MGM, we get to the park 30 min before opening and hang out.
10 of it is through the turnstiles with a dash----to the ROPE. we stop and get ready to bang a right onto Sunset BLVD, along with EVERY OTHER guest and their kids, with people pushing and yelling. We watch the lil opening with Mickey down the end of the road and quickly sneak by a stopped crowd and run as soon as the rope drops---Off to Tower of Terror. I had absolutely NO idea that this ride took you though the lil dark maze first---then onto the drops...That really made the anticipation rise. My son was whimpering ever so slightly with fear of the unknown but said "I can do this" and he did! He said it was ok but wouldn't do it again. I actually enjoyed it, all but my pocketbook that rose up and floated in front of my face--CREEPY. WHEW--I swear there were 7 drops. It was a really cool experience.
Next to RnR, which had a 5 minute wait--WOOHOO, I grabbed a child swap pass and headed in, with mom to look after the kids. What a rush! I hadn't recovered yet from ToT but was so filled with adrenaline I could have burst! I came out glowing and passed off the FP to my mom who who has always been Miss Motion Sickness, who proclaimed her unity to this ride. She said it was the best roller coaster she had EVER been on.
From here we decided to head towards Star Tours. My son was in love and made us ride----3 times. UGH it gets old but we did it 2 more times later this trip. Next up Muppet Vision 3 D...I LOVEd the bubbles, very cute. I am a 3D freak. I really enjoy those shows, but thought there was a better selection elsewhere (see It's tough to be a bug day 5). Time for lunch as it is about 11:15 so we wait for Backlot Express to open. We were the first in and ate quickly. I liked the food here but if not on the dining plan probably wouldn't pay the $$ for it. Total $47
We decide to head back to the hotel to swim but stopped off @ Drew Carey's show, I didn't like it. I have no issues with the dark, but sitting there for 7 minutes in the dark got nerving.
so we head out and go swimming @ POR. The air was cool, so we didn't stay long, plus the pool was crowded. so off to shower and head back to MGM for dinner @ Sci-Fi. We popped in just in time for the parade which was AWESOME and we got nice front viewing, and then decided to have a leisurely walk around the park, meeting up with the Power Rangers over @ Streets of America. I am really bummed for my son as the Power Rangers are his fave, but the lines had already formed SO long and we had ADR's @ Sci-Fi, we had to skip them
So we took a few photos sitting on some stoops and posed by some "movie set" store fronts.
We headed for our 4:45 ADR's and enjoyed every second of this meal. I got the shrimp pasta--To DIE for, and my mom got the salmon, which she LOVED. I can't say enough about how good my meal was, and the atmoshere was tied with 50's for our favorite. Total: $101. This DIning plan stuff really ROCKS.
We then ended up being dragged over to Star Tours for 1 more ride of the day (with 1 more later that week to come)before heading out of the park ---yes we missed Fantasmic, but we were ok with that.
Next up: Day 5 AK. Who can ride Expedition Everest 4 times and still want more?!?! ME! ME!
I will try and post day 5 later..I really need to get back to the cleaning I neglected yesterday
WHEW, I need to take a breather, but I am rearing to post these. Then I can clean my house, do some laundry (OMG it's taking over the house), put away luggage...OK on to day 4.
Determined to hit a park opening we got up @ 6, showered, dressed and headed to the food court. Ate as QUICKLY as a human can and headed to the bus. WOOHOO first bus to arrive--MGM, we get to the park 30 min before opening and hang out.
10 of it is through the turnstiles with a dash----to the ROPE. we stop and get ready to bang a right onto Sunset BLVD, along with EVERY OTHER guest and their kids, with people pushing and yelling. We watch the lil opening with Mickey down the end of the road and quickly sneak by a stopped crowd and run as soon as the rope drops---Off to Tower of Terror. I had absolutely NO idea that this ride took you though the lil dark maze first---then onto the drops...That really made the anticipation rise. My son was whimpering ever so slightly with fear of the unknown but said "I can do this" and he did! He said it was ok but wouldn't do it again. I actually enjoyed it, all but my pocketbook that rose up and floated in front of my face--CREEPY. WHEW--I swear there were 7 drops. It was a really cool experience.
Next to RnR, which had a 5 minute wait--WOOHOO, I grabbed a child swap pass and headed in, with mom to look after the kids. What a rush! I hadn't recovered yet from ToT but was so filled with adrenaline I could have burst! I came out glowing and passed off the FP to my mom who who has always been Miss Motion Sickness, who proclaimed her unity to this ride. She said it was the best roller coaster she had EVER been on.
From here we decided to head towards Star Tours. My son was in love and made us ride----3 times. UGH it gets old but we did it 2 more times later this trip. Next up Muppet Vision 3 D...I LOVEd the bubbles, very cute. I am a 3D freak. I really enjoy those shows, but thought there was a better selection elsewhere (see It's tough to be a bug day 5). Time for lunch as it is about 11:15 so we wait for Backlot Express to open. We were the first in and ate quickly. I liked the food here but if not on the dining plan probably wouldn't pay the $$ for it. Total $47
We decide to head back to the hotel to swim but stopped off @ Drew Carey's show, I didn't like it. I have no issues with the dark, but sitting there for 7 minutes in the dark got nerving.
so we head out and go swimming @ POR. The air was cool, so we didn't stay long, plus the pool was crowded. so off to shower and head back to MGM for dinner @ Sci-Fi. We popped in just in time for the parade which was AWESOME and we got nice front viewing, and then decided to have a leisurely walk around the park, meeting up with the Power Rangers over @ Streets of America. I am really bummed for my son as the Power Rangers are his fave, but the lines had already formed SO long and we had ADR's @ Sci-Fi, we had to skip them
So we took a few photos sitting on some stoops and posed by some "movie set" store fronts. We headed for our 4:45 ADR's and enjoyed every second of this meal. I got the shrimp pasta--To DIE for, and my mom got the salmon, which she LOVED. I can't say enough about how good my meal was, and the atmoshere was tied with 50's for our favorite. Total: $101. This DIning plan stuff really ROCKS.
We then ended up being dragged over to Star Tours for 1 more ride of the day (with 1 more later that week to come)before heading out of the park ---yes we missed Fantasmic, but we were ok with that.
Next up: Day 5 AK. Who can ride Expedition Everest 4 times and still want more?!?! ME! ME!
I will try and post day 5 later..I really need to get back to the cleaning I neglected yesterday
