Monsters, bugs, and… Jack Sparrow!? Final Update 7/13!!!!

Hi there. It looks from your report that you got to Hollywood Studios right when it opened, went pretty quickly to Toy Story Mania, and yet your fastpasses didn't have you return until after 1:00?? So - I'm guessing going straight to Toy Story is required?!

Yes, definitely go straight there! There were tons of people there and the standby line was already really long. We did "waste" probably about 20 minutes getting our pictures taken by the hat, so we didn't go right there, but close. (Of course we did go in June which was right after TSM opened!)
 
Irky the broiler really isn't that bad. Just turn it to broil, let it heat and be careful to keep an eye on your food because it can go from just done to burned pretty quick.
 
The smores look really good! :goodvibes

I'll have to try that with the pie crust. I love Smores and have experimented with different ways to make them in the toaster oven and the grill with various results.
 

Ooooh, those smores look so good! I love smores. :thumbsup2
 
The smores look really good! :goodvibes

I'll have to try that with the pie crust. I love Smores and have experimented with different ways to make them in the toaster oven and the grill with various results.

Ooooh, those smores look so good! I love smores. :thumbsup2


The smores were excellent! I highly recommend trying them.


I just bought Animal Crossing and got way into it and that's why I haven't updated in a while. I am going to work on an update right now!
 
Chapter 28 - Rides and Characters!

After the parade, we had FP's to use for RnRC. We headed over that direction and found some PhotoPass people.

I love this picture! It's framed on my desk at work.
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ToT didn't have much of a line so we decided to get on that before we rode RnRC.

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I like this ride even though it has always scared me because of the theming and the music!

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The we headed over to ride RnRC...it was all of our first time riding.

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I didn't like this ride and neither did DBF or DSis. I don't know why. It is way down on my list of favorite roller coasters ever. (In fact, except for BTMRR, I don't really like any Disney coasters...:confused3 )

Oh well. We saw on our guide sheet that lots of characters were out, so we decided to head over to try and meet some and get my bag signed.

On the way, DSis saw Oprah. She loves Oprah and had to continue the pictures with statues trend! (I took a picture of Oprah's house in the Bahamas just for her on our cruise 3 years ago!)

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DBF wanted to meet Monsters, Inc monsters, so we headed over there first since it was actually a character he was into. (If I haven't mentioned this, DBF's parents left us because they didn't want to meet characters anymore...they told DBF he could go with them if he didn't want to either, but he stayed with us. He secretly wants to and likes meeting characters! :lmao: )

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More impersonating statues
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There was almost no one in line! I think their spot was back out of the way and you had to go looking for it to find it. Mike and Sulley did not seem like they were in a very happy mood, but we got our picture anyway. Neither of them sign, so no bag signing!

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After Monsters, Inc. we decided to go meet Toy Story people. (More DBF wanted to see!) On the way over there, we came across Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. DSis and I have a thing with Rufus, the naked mole rat (we named our dog after him!) and so we had to stop and see them, especially because the lone was short. DB didn't want to see them. He's not into face characters.

Kim and Ron signing and admiring my bag. They made fun of Pooh for signing so big and the fact that no one was signing next to Pooh. Kim wouldn't either so Ron said he would do it.

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After Kim and Ron, we made a quick stop in San Fransisco (my best friend lives there and I wanted to show her we were thinking of her!) before heading over to see Buzz and Woody.

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The line for Buzz and Woody was huge and out in the open (they were in the process of moving them to the new place over by TSM but they hadn't done it yet) and really hot. There was a green army man walking around by the line and DBF really wanted his picture taken with him, but there wasn't really any line and little kids kept running up and jumping in with him, so DBF felt weird about getting the picture. Just as he was about to go up, the Green Army Man left. DBF was sad.

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We eventually got up to the front of the line and got to meet with Buzz and Woody.

I love Woody's signature and Buzz used a stamper.

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We loved the cow buggy!!
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Up Next: Our first try at Toy Story Mania!!! (The ride that is tied for my favorite ride ever!)

I should be able to update Friday because DBF has hockey tickets and I have no plans. As long as Animal Crossing doesn't suck me in again or I don't fall asleep when I get home from school, I should have an update soon! I hope everyone had a happy St. Patrick's Day!
 
I just bought Animal Crossing and got way into it and that's why I haven't updated in a while. I am going to work on an update right now!

Ohhhhh I am way addicted to Animal Crossing. :laughing: My town kind of stinks though. We don't have our Wii connected to the internet which is a bummer because I really want to visit other people's towns! :sad2: Hopefully one of these days we'll do that so I can travel!

And great update! The first picture of all you guys is really cute. :) TOT used to freak me out but now it's one of my favorites...though I have to admit I do still get a little nervous once we're on the elevator. haha
 
Ohhhhh I am way addicted to Animal Crossing. :laughing: My town kind of stinks though. We don't have our Wii connected to the internet which is a bummer because I really want to visit other people's towns! :sad2: Hopefully one of these days we'll do that so I can travel!

And great update! The first picture of all you guys is really cute. :) TOT used to freak me out but now it's one of my favorites...though I have to admit I do still get a little nervous once we're on the elevator. haha

Haha. If you ever get wireless, let me know and we can visit!

Thanks!
 
Great pictures!

Looks like fun meeting the characters.

Woody's signature does look cute in the Photopass!
I hadn't seen his before.
 
Lol I love animal crossing too and my town sucks too because I do not travel either. It does totally suck you in though and you can lose hours, days etc without even realizing it!
That was a nice update Irky and I know what ya mean about RNRC. IMHO it is way overrated (sorry for anyone who I might offend by saying that!) I do love TOT though! As soon as the elevator takes the first plunge though I am like holy crap why am I on this ride again! Then as soon as the ride is over I am the one shouting "let's do it again!"
I wish Josh and Aaron would do as many character meets as you guys managed to do. I will just have to pick and choose and then deal with who I can convince them to get but they are going to the fairy hollow place in toontown. That is one I will win no matter what. Even if I meet no other characters the entire week I WILL meet Tink and friends!
Anyway, I can't wait for more!
 
Great update. I like the photo of all of you in front of ToT also. The photo of all of you on the ride is funny. All three of you are calmly sitting with your hands in your lap like it is just another day.:laughing:

The cow buggy is great, haven't noticed it before. This is why reading TR's is so much fun, you always learn something about the parks you didn't know.
 
Great pictures!

Looks like fun meeting the characters.

Woody's signature does look cute in the Photopass!
I hadn't seen his before.

Thanks!

Woody's signature is one of the best!

Lol I love animal crossing too and my town sucks too because I do not travel either. It does totally suck you in though and you can lose hours, days etc without even realizing it!
That was a nice update Irky and I know what ya mean about RNRC. IMHO it is way overrated (sorry for anyone who I might offend by saying that!) I do love TOT though! As soon as the elevator takes the first plunge though I am like holy crap why am I on this ride again! Then as soon as the ride is over I am the one shouting "let's do it again!"
I wish Josh and Aaron would do as many character meets as you guys managed to do. I will just have to pick and choose and then deal with who I can convince them to get but they are going to the fairy hollow place in toontown. That is one I will win no matter what. Even if I meet no other characters the entire week I WILL meet Tink and friends!
Anyway, I can't wait for more!

Haha! Yay for Animal Crossing! We just got started so we have a lot to do still.

I'm glad I'm not alone in my feelings on RnRC!

I don't even know how I managed to talk them into so many character meets! When we went to MK with my step-brother, he pouted when we tried to meet a character and so we only met one the whole day! It somehow became my goal to get my picture taken with as many as possible. (Partly why I want to go to MNSSHP!)

Good luck meeting the fairies! I don't like meeting face characters as much as the costumed characters. Haha. I don't like talking to them...I'm too shy and feel awkward talking to them like they're the character!

Great update. I like the photo of all of you in front of ToT also. The photo of all of you on the ride is funny. All three of you are calmly sitting with your hands in your lap like it is just another day.:laughing:

The cow buggy is great, haven't noticed it before. This is why reading TR's is so much fun, you always learn something about the parks you didn't know.

Thanks! I never noticed that about the ride photo until you pointed it out! :lmao:

I'm glad you knew what a buggy is! I realized awhile after I posted that it's local slang and people might not know the word, but I forgot to go change it! DBF never knew what I meant by buggy when he first moved here from Buffalo! (He had to figure out many other words, too! I think we have a ton of words nowhere else uses!)
 
So glad you liked the smores...makes me want some too now...may have to do that tonight.

Love the update...I want to ride ToT but not sure anybody else in the family will...

Why do the Monsters Inc. charactes look like statues too? I mean I know they can't make faces or anything, but I found most of the characters would get animated...hmmm...strange...
 
So glad you liked the smores...makes me want some too now...may have to do that tonight.

Love the update...I want to ride ToT but not sure anybody else in the family will...

Why do the Monsters Inc. charactes look like statues too? I mean I know they can't make faces or anything, but I found most of the characters would get animated...hmmm...strange...

I don't know. The Monsters Inc. guys barely moved or interacted at all. They might as well have been statues. I understand Sulley, because the costume is probably like Beast's and really heavy and hot, but Mike?


lol. I know!
 
I've been meaning to update but Animal Crossing has been sucking up my time.


On top of that, we are finally having our pre-construction meeting tomorrow! :banana: That means construction on our house will begin this week!!!!! :yay::yay:It has made me start looking into stuff more for decorations and ideas for paint and stuff. I might need some opinions, if anyone is up for it!

I'm going to try to work on an update right now!
 
Would that be animal crossing on the Wii??? Want to swap friend codes! I am addicted too!

I am Twinkle. I live in Startown
my code is

3738-4178-6351

Lx
 
Would that be animal crossing on the Wii??? Want to swap friend codes! I am addicted too!

I am Twinkle. I live in Startown
my code is

3738-4178-6351

Lx

Yup! Hahaha. We just started so our town doesn't have much order yet, but you're welcome to come visit!

I am Kris and live in Kerber.
Code: 2192-3392-1825

DBF plays a lot also. I'll have him add your code as well.

He's Kev (also in Kerber)
Code: 0345-5033-7838
 
Chapter 29 - Stunts, Props and Toys

After we had met some characters, we decided to do a couple rides. We still had some time to kill before our TSM FP's, so we headed over to Lights, Motor, Action! because there was a show starting soon.

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We all liked this show (especially the "backwards" cars), but it was HOT! It felt like there was no air moving at all and with so many people crammed into the seats and the fire going off, it made it very miserable.

Here's some pictures, I managed to take.

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After the show, we decided to hit the Backlot Tour because the line wasn't very long. Unfortunately, we got to the front and they stopped letting people in one group before us because it was full! Grrr....I hate it when that happens!! So we had to wait another 10 minutes or whatever it was until they could let our group in. We liked this one, too, but I don't think I would wait in line for it again.

More pictures....

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Narnia props
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It was getting so hot!
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Herbie
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Was this from Pearl Harbor? I don't remember. Anyone know?
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I liked the cages from Pirates!
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Catastrophe Canyon (I made DSis sit on the wet side...she was not pleased when she thought she was going to get wet. She didn't though!)
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Haunted Mansion Tombs
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More from Pirates
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Enchanted...(love that movie!)
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Finally, we were able to use our FP's for TSM! I was excited to try out the new ride. Even with the FP's we still had a long wait, probably about 25 minutes. I was kind of bummed we didn't get to see the talking Mr. Potato Head, but I wasn't waiting 90 minutes or longer to see him!

Here's some pictures I took. (I thought I took more, but maybe that was the next day...)

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The necessary glasses picture
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Of course, DBF beat me!
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I loved this ride! The theming was awesome and it was so much funner than Buzz Lightyear! It was easier because you can see where you're shooting stuff. I loved the different games. This ride is now tied for my favorite rides ever (being tied with Spiderman and The Mummy, of course!). I think I could have ridden it about 10 more times! I'm at my picture limit, so I will have to continue this later.

Up Next: A very interesting and big experience at Fantasmic.
 












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