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Saturday, June 10, 2017 - "The Best PIZZA on the PLANET"
We had a little bit of a later start this morning. I got up around 7:30 am and started getting ready. Today we were headed to Hollywood Studios. The park opened up at 9:00 am, and I think we made it inside by 9:30! First stop as always is a little bit of breakfast. We used to get the breakfast sandwiches at all of the parks, but now we are really happy with our croissants and coffee breakfast. It is always really quick because most people are headed to rides when the park opens, but we are able to grab something, walk around and take in the morning of hustle and bustle before we start riding the rides! Even though we didn't really need it our first Fast Pass this morning was for Star Tours! It was cool to see all of the construction in person and the magnitude and scale that these new areas of the park were going to be!
We hardly ever ride The Great Movie Ride, but we checked the app and the wait times and thought hey why not, who knows how much longer this attraction will remain the same with the rest of the stuff going on at this park. It is definitely not our favorite thing to do, but when there is no wait and you are passing by, why not! I did take a moment for a photo op outside of the theater though!
Hey Look! It's Mary Poppins, Ya'll!!!
Once we finished riding The Great Movie Ride it was time for another Fast Pass, and that was our 2nd favorite competition, Toy Story Midway Mania! So we walked over toward the Pixar Studios area and again checked out all of the construction going on in the distance!
After just a few minutes we were on the ride, it is so much fun, I remember when the lines to ride this were wrapped around outside, today though, I don't know if it is because of all the construction or what, but even the standby line was only around 30 minutes. But for me, it is so easy to make a fast pass on the app, you don't even need to wait that long! First round...Jeremy 0 - Andrea 1
Since the half of the park beyond Toy Story Midway Mania is closed off now, and the next thing we wanted to go towards was Muppets, you have to walk all the way around, so we passed back by The Theater and decided to stop by and let Jeremy get his handprints cast! Just kidding, but it is a pretty funny photo station!
I am seriously shocked at how low all of the wait times have been, not just at this park but yesterday at Animal Kingdom too, I mean we can pretty much just walk on to a lot of the attractions, and if we can't, we can get a fast pass for an hour or so out and do other things while walking over to them. Summer maybe be a little warm and I am the first one to advocate going to Disney in Fall/Winter, but geez, with crowd levels like this, this trip is fantastic! We made it over to Muppets and guess what, 10 minute wait, and the only reason it is that, is because we walked up just as the show started, so we just had to wait for the next one.
The muppets show is still pretty funny actually, and by now it was about lunch time! Our absolute favorite go-to place at Hollywood Studios for lunch was always Pizza Planet! The theme has definitely changed now since they updated it, but at least the sign still pas tribute to what came before, cleverly as "The Best Pizza on the Planet"
We were thrilled to find out that the pizzas are still the same ones! They have not changed these to flat breads or anything, just those amazing little standard round Disney pizzas that are getting fewer and fewer locations that serve them, they used to be everywhere! We actually really love the new theme of this restaurant! It is pretty fantastic. We decided to go upstairs and found this awesome little ballroom where there was disco ball and lights to the music and everything! Super fun, and bonus, it was not busy at all and we pretty much had the room to ourselves the entire meal!
The lighting in here is a little crazy but I had a vegetable pizza with Caesar Salad and Jeremy had a cheese pizza with Caesar Salad! They were just as delicious as I remember. They may not be for everyone, but they are a guilty pleasure food of ours! Definitely something that you can pretty much only get at Disney and just a nostalgic type of food that I am sure will eventually be phased out. You can tell that the lighting in here was crazy, but we loved it! The rest of the restaurant is like an Italian style eatery/pizza place and looks great! I didn't take any photos out there, but I think they did a great job!
For dessert, we tried the Tiramisu, and that for us was a miss. I think it had way too much liquid in it and it was very soggy and watery. We finished up lunch at about 12:40 and started heading over to the Star Wars Launch Bay, we have yet to see all of the memorabilia in there. Last time we were here, it was still the Animation area. So we were very interested in how everything looked now with all the Star Wars meet and greets and stuff!
We had a little bit of a later start this morning. I got up around 7:30 am and started getting ready. Today we were headed to Hollywood Studios. The park opened up at 9:00 am, and I think we made it inside by 9:30! First stop as always is a little bit of breakfast. We used to get the breakfast sandwiches at all of the parks, but now we are really happy with our croissants and coffee breakfast. It is always really quick because most people are headed to rides when the park opens, but we are able to grab something, walk around and take in the morning of hustle and bustle before we start riding the rides! Even though we didn't really need it our first Fast Pass this morning was for Star Tours! It was cool to see all of the construction in person and the magnitude and scale that these new areas of the park were going to be!
We hardly ever ride The Great Movie Ride, but we checked the app and the wait times and thought hey why not, who knows how much longer this attraction will remain the same with the rest of the stuff going on at this park. It is definitely not our favorite thing to do, but when there is no wait and you are passing by, why not! I did take a moment for a photo op outside of the theater though!
Hey Look! It's Mary Poppins, Ya'll!!!
Once we finished riding The Great Movie Ride it was time for another Fast Pass, and that was our 2nd favorite competition, Toy Story Midway Mania! So we walked over toward the Pixar Studios area and again checked out all of the construction going on in the distance!
After just a few minutes we were on the ride, it is so much fun, I remember when the lines to ride this were wrapped around outside, today though, I don't know if it is because of all the construction or what, but even the standby line was only around 30 minutes. But for me, it is so easy to make a fast pass on the app, you don't even need to wait that long! First round...Jeremy 0 - Andrea 1
Since the half of the park beyond Toy Story Midway Mania is closed off now, and the next thing we wanted to go towards was Muppets, you have to walk all the way around, so we passed back by The Theater and decided to stop by and let Jeremy get his handprints cast! Just kidding, but it is a pretty funny photo station!
I am seriously shocked at how low all of the wait times have been, not just at this park but yesterday at Animal Kingdom too, I mean we can pretty much just walk on to a lot of the attractions, and if we can't, we can get a fast pass for an hour or so out and do other things while walking over to them. Summer maybe be a little warm and I am the first one to advocate going to Disney in Fall/Winter, but geez, with crowd levels like this, this trip is fantastic! We made it over to Muppets and guess what, 10 minute wait, and the only reason it is that, is because we walked up just as the show started, so we just had to wait for the next one.
The muppets show is still pretty funny actually, and by now it was about lunch time! Our absolute favorite go-to place at Hollywood Studios for lunch was always Pizza Planet! The theme has definitely changed now since they updated it, but at least the sign still pas tribute to what came before, cleverly as "The Best Pizza on the Planet"
We were thrilled to find out that the pizzas are still the same ones! They have not changed these to flat breads or anything, just those amazing little standard round Disney pizzas that are getting fewer and fewer locations that serve them, they used to be everywhere! We actually really love the new theme of this restaurant! It is pretty fantastic. We decided to go upstairs and found this awesome little ballroom where there was disco ball and lights to the music and everything! Super fun, and bonus, it was not busy at all and we pretty much had the room to ourselves the entire meal!
The lighting in here is a little crazy but I had a vegetable pizza with Caesar Salad and Jeremy had a cheese pizza with Caesar Salad! They were just as delicious as I remember. They may not be for everyone, but they are a guilty pleasure food of ours! Definitely something that you can pretty much only get at Disney and just a nostalgic type of food that I am sure will eventually be phased out. You can tell that the lighting in here was crazy, but we loved it! The rest of the restaurant is like an Italian style eatery/pizza place and looks great! I didn't take any photos out there, but I think they did a great job!
For dessert, we tried the Tiramisu, and that for us was a miss. I think it had way too much liquid in it and it was very soggy and watery. We finished up lunch at about 12:40 and started heading over to the Star Wars Launch Bay, we have yet to see all of the memorabilia in there. Last time we were here, it was still the Animation area. So we were very interested in how everything looked now with all the Star Wars meet and greets and stuff!
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