June 24, 2009: Day Two, Part One Were Going to Hollywood!
We woke up to our very first Disney wake up call ever...and I agree, they need to do away with Stitch! I sprung out of bed, shook DH to wake up, and started getting ready.
Today we would be heading DHS (MGM) and there were so many things I was excited to see/do, did someone say Toy Story Mania!?!
DH took a while to get up, but we were making good time, not rope drop time, but good time nonethelessI think we were out the door for breakfast by 8:30.
We put our pins and bridal ears on and headed down to the lobby for breakfast. I was so surprised by all the choices they offered for breakfast. They had different cereals, Danishes, muffins, bagels, and breads. We decided on blueberry muffins, cheese Danishes, and banana bread. Everything tasted delicious and fresh. We were really loving this concierge deal. Again, there was no where to sit, so we sat on the couch in the lobby once again.
We had to get our car from valet, so we headed to the front of the GF to retrieve our car. We liked having our own transportation, even though we barely used our car. They quickly retrieved our car and we were off to DHS! We were parking our car in the lot in no time, we hopped the parking lot tram since one was loading as we were walking toward it (love when that happens). We were at the entrance, I have an eye for finding the fastest bag check line, I dont know why people dont know they can go on either side of the table. Oh well, makes it faster for me to get into the parks!
This time we remembered our IDs along with our KTTW cards, except this time, they didnt ask for our ID, it didnt even ask for our fingerprint, it just let us right in. The CM said that someone must have set it so that we can bypass that step, we would still be bringing our IDs anyways.
Once we were in, we knew exactly where we were headed...Toy Story Mania! And so was everyone else in the entire park apparently.
When we arrived to
Pixar Place, I couldnt not believe the amount of people...we thought we saw the standby line, however, we were informed that it was the FP distribution line! So we got in line, hoping they wouldnt run out!!
While waiting in this ridiculous line, I took a picture of this, I love the theming in this area of the park.
Us in line, you can see the line behind us, yikes!
At least the line was moving pretty fast. They had a lot of CMs assisting people who had no clue what to do once they got to the machines.
Our return time...at least we will be riding this today!! The standby line was already around 90 minutes or so. No thank you.
Feeling relieved to have secured Fastpasses, we decided to head the other part of the park that we love, Sunset Blvd! We wanted to ride either Tower of Terror or Rockin Rollercoaster.
Along the way, we stopped for some Photopass opportunities and the stalking of photographers officially began.
Looks pretty empty...that is because everyone was waiting for TSM!
I loved using Photopass on this trip simply because it is hard to get good pictures of us together without DHs outstretched arm in the picture.
We continued on our way to ToT and found another Photopass photographer.
Then the photographer told us to look like we were on the ToT....
As we approached ToT, we saw it only had a 20 minute wait, so we hopped right in that line. The line moved so quickly, I dont think it was even 20 minutes!
I love this ride, it just so spooky, you really feel like you are in an old, deserted hotel. We got in our elevator and were put in the front row. My stomach started to get butterflies as the ride started, because I knew what was coming. I tried not to think about it too much, I always get so jumpy on this ride. Before we knew it, we were high above DHS, only to be dropped a whole lot of times!
I love how this ride is always different. This time, I felt like it never was going to end! DH and I walked off laughing as always, and my legs were shaking, as always.
We decided to ride the Great Movie Ride next. On our way to the Chinese Theater we found another Photopass photographer and posed with our beautiful ears.
Getting a bit more crowded in the background now...
We made it to the theater and saw there wasnt much of a wait, until we made it inside where they show all the movie clips. It was weaving in there, I dont mind the movie clips, that is until they start to repeat themselves. Plus, it was so hot in there! I wish they would invest in some air conditioning. It was nice to get our of the 93+ degree temperature and sun, but it was still mighty stuffy.
We made it to the doors, but we had to wait for the next loading train. Darn! Oh well, we could now feel the air conditioning from the ride itself, so that was a plus!
It was finally our turn and we were in the second row, for some reason every other time we are in the back...it was a nice and welcomed change. There was a family in front of us and their young son was so funny because he kept asking the CM questions and telling her that he has been on this ride. He just kept going on and on, he was such a little chatterbox! The CM was so nice to him and answered all of his questions...he stopped talking once the ride began, so that was a good thing.
We started on way as we sang in the rain, dodged gangsters, and finally made it to Munchkin Land. I really love the concept of this ride, but I do think it is in need of some updating, there are a lot of movies that they could add to it, just to keep it fresh because I think a lot of people skip since they have seen it so many times.
When we got off the ride we checked the Times Guide and noticed that Indiana Jones was set to begin in about 10 minutes at 11:30. We hadnt seen the show in the last two trips so we figured it was time to pay Mr. Jones a visit.
We got some decent seats near the bottom right of the theater. DH and I were reminiscing how the last time we saw this show his brother got picked to be one of the extras. Those are some of the things I missed when going with a big groupsome of them are much more outgoing than us so they get picked for shows.
Man oh man was it hot in that theater, it got packed so quick and they kept making us squeeze together to make room for people.
We are so hot in this picture...(the sweaty kind of hot!)
Not to mention so tired looking!
Shortly, the show began!
I love the part when they bring in people from the audience, the one guy who they told to play dead was so not enthusiastic and the CMs were making fun of him. It was so fun! I love all the behind the scenes stuff, but having seen this one so many times too, I think its about time they bring in a new attraction, either using Indiana Jones, or using the same concept but with a different movie. All in all, though we had a fun time, and we were happy to go and grab our FPs for Rockin Rollercoaster.
continued in next post...
We were at DTD and then Epcot this day. We got soaked!
I usually love the boat ride, but not if it's raining!
So is the Swiss Family Tree House not worth a visit then? I have seen other peoples pics and it looks ok (we have never done this one before).
He must REALLY be against the finger scan to go all the way back to the resort for ID!
That might be the only way for me to even have a chance of winning! 
Can't wait to read more. 
