These Kids Make Me Wish You Could Curse on the DISBoards (May '11 Trip) - DONE 9/14
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Actually, we were underwhelmed by the movie. On it's own, it was decent, but it did not measure up, IMO, to the other three. There were some very cool scenes, though.
You can still enjoy the nail polish, though
Thanks! It makes me wish I were there, too.
Hmm, I'll have to look for that. Thanks!
Gorillas are fine. It's the chimps that I worry about. Especially when they're flying airplanes, like in "Project X", or driving golf carts like in "Speed Racer".
LOL
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We get up for Day 5, our 4th park day and the final piece of us hitting the WDW cycle. We get through this day, and rest is gravy.
We get up and rush out the door. We've got a system in place now for the mornings: I get up with the wake-up call and get ready, then Kristin gets ready. I pull Dylan out of bed with the usual "if you want to go on Toy Story today, you need to get up now" or "they'll be all out of Tower of Terror FastPasses" lines. When I think about it, foretelling Disney-type doom to get the kids to behave is kind of funny
Each eat a muffin from Rix, and every day there's a fight over who gets the chair. Disney Hype gets turned on, only to have Kristin turn it to the weather channel, where we hear, "near record highs again tody", then the TV goes off. We load up the bag with all the water, meds, autograph books and other bare necessities of WDW life, then we head out. Repeat the next day.
Kristin suggests trying Bus Stop 2, after our three consecutive days of, "I don't think anyone wants to go to Downtown Disney now! Stop sending those busses!" at Bus Stop 1. We get to the stop, and within minutes, a bus is there. Empty. Nice!
We get to HS in time for rope drop. It's Mothers' Day, so they're handing out flowers. Kristin doesn't want one, but Emily does, so we get her one. Emily takes the flower and prompty deposits it in the undercarriage of the stroller, where it will stay until we throw it out when we leave tonight.
We split up, with Kristin and Dylan heading up and to the right to line up for the Toy Story 5k. Emily and I stay back, but not too far back. As we wait for the show to begin, a boy (about 11) asked Emily if she wanted to pin trade. They made the deal, exchanged titles, and then listened to the opening cermonies.
"Lights, camera, action...HOLLYWOOD, HERE WE COME!"
I think they should change that to "TOY STORY, HERE WE COME!", because that's obviosusly where everyone is headed. Kristin runs on ahead while I move at a slower pace with the kids. Kristin grabs FPs, we get in the standby line, and we're in.
*Whew*
That is an exhillarating 15 minutes. We still have about 15 minutes to wait until we get on, but we're riding first thing in the morning and have FPs for later.
Love the queue and general area of this ride. Also a great ride. I ride with Kristin, Dylan rides with Emily. Kristin and I get ultra-competitive, but I take her down.
We already have one of our favorite attractions down, so let's head over to a few of our others...
We get up and rush out the door. We've got a system in place now for the mornings: I get up with the wake-up call and get ready, then Kristin gets ready. I pull Dylan out of bed with the usual "if you want to go on Toy Story today, you need to get up now" or "they'll be all out of Tower of Terror FastPasses" lines. When I think about it, foretelling Disney-type doom to get the kids to behave is kind of funny
Each eat a muffin from Rix, and every day there's a fight over who gets the chair. Disney Hype gets turned on, only to have Kristin turn it to the weather channel, where we hear, "near record highs again tody", then the TV goes off. We load up the bag with all the water, meds, autograph books and other bare necessities of WDW life, then we head out. Repeat the next day.
Kristin suggests trying Bus Stop 2, after our three consecutive days of, "I don't think anyone wants to go to Downtown Disney now! Stop sending those busses!" at Bus Stop 1. We get to the stop, and within minutes, a bus is there. Empty. Nice!
We get to HS in time for rope drop. It's Mothers' Day, so they're handing out flowers. Kristin doesn't want one, but Emily does, so we get her one. Emily takes the flower and prompty deposits it in the undercarriage of the stroller, where it will stay until we throw it out when we leave tonight.
We split up, with Kristin and Dylan heading up and to the right to line up for the Toy Story 5k. Emily and I stay back, but not too far back. As we wait for the show to begin, a boy (about 11) asked Emily if she wanted to pin trade. They made the deal, exchanged titles, and then listened to the opening cermonies.
"Lights, camera, action...HOLLYWOOD, HERE WE COME!"
I think they should change that to "TOY STORY, HERE WE COME!", because that's obviosusly where everyone is headed. Kristin runs on ahead while I move at a slower pace with the kids. Kristin grabs FPs, we get in the standby line, and we're in.
*Whew*
That is an exhillarating 15 minutes. We still have about 15 minutes to wait until we get on, but we're riding first thing in the morning and have FPs for later.
Love the queue and general area of this ride. Also a great ride. I ride with Kristin, Dylan rides with Emily. Kristin and I get ultra-competitive, but I take her down.
We already have one of our favorite attractions down, so let's head over to a few of our others...
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After Toy Story, it's over to Tower of Terror. This is Kristin' favorite ride, and one of Emily's least favorites. She agrees to ride, though.
***PHOTOPASS UPDATE***
Our Photopass CD should arrive this week, which means I can actually post pictures of things we didn't take our own pictures of. Tower of Terror is one of them.
Anyway, we ride, and Emily does NOT like it. She doesn't get upset about, but says she won't ride it again. I think it's the darkness; Kristin thinks it's the drop. Emily says it "makes her belly tickle", so Kristin's probably right.
I think my big knock on ToT is that the storyline part of the ride is too short. Still a great ride, and I guess the story is secondary in this case, but I do not consider it "top ten" for me. At least Em and I have THAT in common!
Since we got FPs for TSM so early (return time was around 10:00), we are actually able to get more in a few minutes. Kristin takes Emily to get them, while Dylan and I head over to Rock 'n Roller Coaster. I keep reading that the Aerosmith deal will eventually be up, though I don't know how true that is. If they ARE picking a new band to be the soundtrack, I can suggest a few, though I don't know if they're necessarily "Disney material"
Dylan and I are doing single rider this year for the first time. His first, that is - I did SL with Kristin's Dad a few years back. I'm a bit nervous, not because I don't think Dylan can handle himself, but because I think he'll talk the ear off of whatever poor fool is forced to sit with him. I am a little concerned about the meet-up afterwards, though we've been over it a hundred times. Big parenting moment here
He starts talking to the slightly-older-than-he kid behind us, and they hit it off instantly. After a short wait, the three of us get called in. I'm in the second-to-last row, and he's in the second row. With his friend. Apparently, the ones they were each going to be seated with offered to sit with each other, so the two of them got to share a car. Pretty cool
I expect to be able to hear the two of them over Steven Tyler during the ride, but they strangely hush up. We meet up after the ride, and grab some pics:
And even though Emily didn't ride, she wanted to be in on the fun:
Hey, look, I DID get a Tower of Terror picture!
But back to RnR: if single rider works for you and those you plan to ride with, I recommend it. You can save your FPs for the other big rides (can't have enough for Toy Story!), and still get on this quickly. Maybe even more quickly than if you have FPs.
After RnR, we stopped into Villains in Vogue for some Vinylmation buys and trades. Emily, as seems to be her M.O., immediately trades the "Cutester" she just bought, and gets something cool (though I don't recall exactly what).
Kristin checks out some cool Pirates mouse ears (in a collector's case), but if we want that, we'll get it at World of Disney, because we'll get a discount with our Disney Visa cards. The CM tells us we can get that in any store...really? Is that new? I didn't think it was always the case, but maybe I'm wrong.
We still don't buy the ears, and instead make our exit in some random direction on the way to Sci-Fi for lunch. I swear, I will NEVER learn how to navigate this park. Animal Kingdom is much easier that this.
We eventually find it...
...but that's an update for tomorrow. See you then!
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***PHOTOPASS UPDATE***
Our Photopass CD should arrive this week, which means I can actually post pictures of things we didn't take our own pictures of. Tower of Terror is one of them.
Anyway, we ride, and Emily does NOT like it. She doesn't get upset about, but says she won't ride it again. I think it's the darkness; Kristin thinks it's the drop. Emily says it "makes her belly tickle", so Kristin's probably right.
I think my big knock on ToT is that the storyline part of the ride is too short. Still a great ride, and I guess the story is secondary in this case, but I do not consider it "top ten" for me. At least Em and I have THAT in common!
Since we got FPs for TSM so early (return time was around 10:00), we are actually able to get more in a few minutes. Kristin takes Emily to get them, while Dylan and I head over to Rock 'n Roller Coaster. I keep reading that the Aerosmith deal will eventually be up, though I don't know how true that is. If they ARE picking a new band to be the soundtrack, I can suggest a few, though I don't know if they're necessarily "Disney material"
Dylan and I are doing single rider this year for the first time. His first, that is - I did SL with Kristin's Dad a few years back. I'm a bit nervous, not because I don't think Dylan can handle himself, but because I think he'll talk the ear off of whatever poor fool is forced to sit with him. I am a little concerned about the meet-up afterwards, though we've been over it a hundred times. Big parenting moment here
He starts talking to the slightly-older-than-he kid behind us, and they hit it off instantly. After a short wait, the three of us get called in. I'm in the second-to-last row, and he's in the second row. With his friend. Apparently, the ones they were each going to be seated with offered to sit with each other, so the two of them got to share a car. Pretty cool
I expect to be able to hear the two of them over Steven Tyler during the ride, but they strangely hush up. We meet up after the ride, and grab some pics:
And even though Emily didn't ride, she wanted to be in on the fun:
Hey, look, I DID get a Tower of Terror picture!
But back to RnR: if single rider works for you and those you plan to ride with, I recommend it. You can save your FPs for the other big rides (can't have enough for Toy Story!), and still get on this quickly. Maybe even more quickly than if you have FPs.
After RnR, we stopped into Villains in Vogue for some Vinylmation buys and trades. Emily, as seems to be her M.O., immediately trades the "Cutester" she just bought, and gets something cool (though I don't recall exactly what).
Kristin checks out some cool Pirates mouse ears (in a collector's case), but if we want that, we'll get it at World of Disney, because we'll get a discount with our Disney Visa cards. The CM tells us we can get that in any store...really? Is that new? I didn't think it was always the case, but maybe I'm wrong.
We still don't buy the ears, and instead make our exit in some random direction on the way to Sci-Fi for lunch. I swear, I will NEVER learn how to navigate this park. Animal Kingdom is much easier that this.
We eventually find it...
...but that's an update for tomorrow. See you then!
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Yep, that was pretty much drilled into our heads every morning. That and the Arnie affair and the Casey Anthony trial.
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Thank for the early morning read. 12 hours without power???? I hate that. I am never prepared and my computer and phone never seem to be full charged when that happens.
Another great update. I suggest you get yourself in better shape so you can participate in next years. Toy Story 5K. I am really curious to see how Star Tours affects the TS rush. Personally, I can't wait to go on Star Tours next trip. I would pick it any day over TSM, but that might be because I stink at it.
Not sure what my strategy is going to be when there are actually 4 rides I want to ride there all at once.
As always, looking forward to more!
Another great update. I suggest you get yourself in better shape so you can participate in next years. Toy Story 5K. I am really curious to see how Star Tours affects the TS rush. Personally, I can't wait to go on Star Tours next trip. I would pick it any day over TSM, but that might be because I stink at it.
Not sure what my strategy is going to be when there are actually 4 rides I want to ride there all at once.
As always, looking forward to more!
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I wasn't sure about this either but I was able to get the 10% Disney Visa card discount on any purchase in any of the parks for anything over $50. At least that's what the CM's told me every time I asked about it (and I asked with every purchase). It saved my DSis $35 on a sweater and me $5 off on perfume in Norway in Epcot! It did require the CM to manually put in the discount.
Also I bet your tip to ride RnR single rider IS faster than using a fast pass on that attraction. Our longest ride wait was RnR with fastpass at 2pm on SWW - it was 20 minutes wait. 8:40am standby was faster (only 5 minutes wait - really the only wait was for being allowed into the studio). I'll try single rider next time!
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We also heard an awful lot about the flooding in the Midwest, and that Phineas and Ferb were making a title sequence.
I am really curious to see how Star Tours affects the TS rush. Personally, I can't wait to go on Star Tours next trip. I would pick it any day over TSM, but that might be because I stink at it.
We just missed the new ST, but I can't wait to see it next year. I was less than impressed with it before, but that's probably because it's so dated. Love the queue, not crazy about the ride.
I would imagine that TSM will still be crazy, just because it's still the newest ride there.
We actually bought an extra item at Panchitos to get our total up over the $50
Did I read correctly that this is your first DISboard post EVER? **HONORED!!**
Thanks for reading!
I'm in!
I'll have to go back and read the last one.
Where have you been? We've already started!
I have to re-read the last one, too, because I'm sure I'm just recycling a lot of the same complaints and "jokes" that I used in that one
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LOL, I'm slow this morning. It took me 3 or 4 looks at your username before I finally realize who this is
LOL, I'm slow this morning. It took me 3 or 4 looks at your username before I finally realize who this is
I knew you would figure it out.
lol Monica keeps asking me what do the CM's do when you pull the sword out. Do you get a free ice cream? Spot in a parade? The British crown? A pat on the back and a "good job!" from the CM?
I have never heard if anyone ever moving it before.
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Great update, Jon. I'm with your wife on this one...LOVE Tower of Terror...it's in my top 3! And I no longer do Rock & Roll -- DH has to do single rider line for that one now.
I'm with you...I'm always getting turned around/lost at the Studios. I don't know what it is about that park.
Tell Kristin that I will be sure to send her a private message after we stay at AKL in September to let her know what we thought about it.
I'm with you...I'm always getting turned around/lost at the Studios. I don't know what it is about that park.
Tell Kristin that I will be sure to send her a private message after we stay at AKL in September to let her know what we thought about it.
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Great! She'll love that. Thanks!
Before last year, Kristin had heard that they do a daily ceremony where a kid gets to pull it out, and they give him a crown or something, but both times Em got it "out" last year, it was completely out of the blue. All she got was a one-up on her brother, but I don't think she's complaining
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Sci-Fi is just opening for lunch when we get there, and Kristin puts our name in immediately. There are a few other famililes here, but not too many, so we should get in relatively quickly.
As we wait, I read the posters on the wall. I love old horror and sci-fi movies...well, I should say, I love the concept of old horror and sci-fi movies. Most are rather tough to watch in their entirety, though there are a few gems out there. The original Night of the Living Dead. Freaks. The Tingler. I watched a documentary of William Castle a few months back, and the guy made some pretty cheesy movies, but was a marketing genius. Anyone who can make people sign a release in case of "death by fright" before seeing his movie, only to have people later disappointed that they did not actually die of fright, has something figured out.
But I also love the bad special effects. The use of completely fake-looking monster costumes, instead of the completely fake-looking CGI monsters you get today. The overally sensational posters.
I mean, who wouldn't want to witness that?
Huh?
That's not your thing? Really? I don't believe you. Let me test you with a visual representation:
Now, c'mon. She's a girl in the first frame, and a plastic skeleton in the second. What is not to like about that? No mess to clean up afterwards, and you get a free Halloween decoration out of the deal.
Plus, almost every one of these movies reminds me of a Misfits song. If you've ever heard the Misfits, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't...well, let's just cut to the chase and get to lunch, shall we?
Um, shall we?
Kristin, why haven't they called us yet? Everyone else who was out here has been called, but not us. Better go check. Kristin asks again, and apparently there was some mix up. They can seat us now. Good thing I was busy going off on a William Castle/Misfits/woman-to-skeleton death ray tangent, or I might be really annoyed right now.
Speaking annoyed, our camera has decided to go wonky on us. Specifically, there's a small patch of dead pixels on the display all of the sudden. Nothing got wet, so I can't explain it. I'm able to determine that the pictures should be fine, and it's just the display that's...um...wonky, but it's still a little troublesome.
We're finally seated, and we got a front-on car table. The only way to experience this place, IMO. We ate here last year as well, so Dylan is looking forward to his favorite scene - the automated nursery, and I'm looking forward to mine - chimps in a mini Astro Orbiter-type ride throwing projectiles down at other chimps, who are on roller skates. What is commonly known as "entertainment".
I LOVE the show here. Old horror and sci-fi trailers, old space-themed cartoons, and hilarious segments, like one with chimps riding a mini - well, you know. There's also a trailer for the Amazing Colossal Man, which brings back memories of the Madball song "Colossal Man was a Skinhead".
"Hey, I thought you were done with the old punk references? Are you now? Good."
Now that I have that out of my system...
"Where can I hide?
I don't want to buy a bride
I'm alone as I float
Hey, there were others in my boat"
"Ok, quit it now!"
But it's got a Disney reference!
"Too bad. Enough."
Alright, alright. I'm done. Anyway, they have homemade vanilla and cherry cokes here; Em and Kristin get the cherry, I get the vanilla. I love everything vanilla - vanilla vodka, vanilla Coke, Vanilla Ice - so that's the obvious choice for me. Dylan gets the Oreo Cookie shake, which is AWESOME, but also so thick that you need a crowbar and a small shovel to "drink" it.
To eat, Emily gets a hot dog, Dylan gets a cheesburger (with extra mayo), and the adults get the Angus Chuck Burger.
Great burgers - this place is certainly not a Le Cellier, Kona, or Jiko, but for what it is, it's great. Perfect for lunch, especially since we are not really crazy about the Quick Service places in this park. Come to think of it, we really aren't that crazy about the restaurants in general in this park, though we admittedly have not tried them all.
Kristin gets a few more snaps:
Candid...candid photography...say no more!
"Ok, don't start going Python on us now."
Fine. I apologize. So where were we? Oh yeah, we're done eating. Back to the fun!
As we wait, I read the posters on the wall. I love old horror and sci-fi movies...well, I should say, I love the concept of old horror and sci-fi movies. Most are rather tough to watch in their entirety, though there are a few gems out there. The original Night of the Living Dead. Freaks. The Tingler. I watched a documentary of William Castle a few months back, and the guy made some pretty cheesy movies, but was a marketing genius. Anyone who can make people sign a release in case of "death by fright" before seeing his movie, only to have people later disappointed that they did not actually die of fright, has something figured out.
But I also love the bad special effects. The use of completely fake-looking monster costumes, instead of the completely fake-looking CGI monsters you get today. The overally sensational posters.
I mean, who wouldn't want to witness that?
Huh?
That's not your thing? Really? I don't believe you. Let me test you with a visual representation:
Now, c'mon. She's a girl in the first frame, and a plastic skeleton in the second. What is not to like about that? No mess to clean up afterwards, and you get a free Halloween decoration out of the deal.
Plus, almost every one of these movies reminds me of a Misfits song. If you've ever heard the Misfits, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't...well, let's just cut to the chase and get to lunch, shall we?
Um, shall we?
Kristin, why haven't they called us yet? Everyone else who was out here has been called, but not us. Better go check. Kristin asks again, and apparently there was some mix up. They can seat us now. Good thing I was busy going off on a William Castle/Misfits/woman-to-skeleton death ray tangent, or I might be really annoyed right now.
Speaking annoyed, our camera has decided to go wonky on us. Specifically, there's a small patch of dead pixels on the display all of the sudden. Nothing got wet, so I can't explain it. I'm able to determine that the pictures should be fine, and it's just the display that's...um...wonky, but it's still a little troublesome.
We're finally seated, and we got a front-on car table. The only way to experience this place, IMO. We ate here last year as well, so Dylan is looking forward to his favorite scene - the automated nursery, and I'm looking forward to mine - chimps in a mini Astro Orbiter-type ride throwing projectiles down at other chimps, who are on roller skates. What is commonly known as "entertainment".
I LOVE the show here. Old horror and sci-fi trailers, old space-themed cartoons, and hilarious segments, like one with chimps riding a mini - well, you know. There's also a trailer for the Amazing Colossal Man, which brings back memories of the Madball song "Colossal Man was a Skinhead".
"Hey, I thought you were done with the old punk references? Are you now? Good."
Now that I have that out of my system...
"Where can I hide?
I don't want to buy a bride
I'm alone as I float
Hey, there were others in my boat"
"Ok, quit it now!"
But it's got a Disney reference!
"Too bad. Enough."
Alright, alright. I'm done. Anyway, they have homemade vanilla and cherry cokes here; Em and Kristin get the cherry, I get the vanilla. I love everything vanilla - vanilla vodka, vanilla Coke, Vanilla Ice - so that's the obvious choice for me. Dylan gets the Oreo Cookie shake, which is AWESOME, but also so thick that you need a crowbar and a small shovel to "drink" it.
To eat, Emily gets a hot dog, Dylan gets a cheesburger (with extra mayo), and the adults get the Angus Chuck Burger.
Great burgers - this place is certainly not a Le Cellier, Kona, or Jiko, but for what it is, it's great. Perfect for lunch, especially since we are not really crazy about the Quick Service places in this park. Come to think of it, we really aren't that crazy about the restaurants in general in this park, though we admittedly have not tried them all.
Kristin gets a few more snaps:
Candid...candid photography...say no more!
"Ok, don't start going Python on us now."
Fine. I apologize. So where were we? Oh yeah, we're done eating. Back to the fun!
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The kids and Kristin head over to the Star Wars store, as I head across the park to get FPs for ToT. I get to the dispenser and (here it comes!) comment to the CM about how light the crowds are today. He says that's because there's no Fantasmic, and I tell him that's exactly why we're here today. The conversation somehow shifts to how Epcot is his favorite park by far, but before I waste too much time, I bid him farewell and off I go.
On the way back, I get a picture of this:
Great show! I'm not crazy about the feel-good endings they've been forcing on us this season, but it's still hilarious.
After meeting the rest of the clan, Kristin suggests hitting the Backlot Tour, which we've only ever done once before. We go in, and some randomly-selected strangers are subjected to this:
And this:
And this:
After the first part of the show, we head through the warehouse of stuff you may or may not recognize...
...and finally board our shuttle. Well, I should say we board after taking 3 or 4 shots of someone else's car so I can get a "5" to denote this day in this TR. I'm onboard for real now, and off we go. Some sights along the way:
Pretty heavy on the Pearl Harbor theme here. Oh, and we saw this:
Does anyone else find that pose interesting? Are they insinuating that Jack Sparrow is akin to...well...we won't get into that here.
We pass some more things; some that are obvious...
...and some that I need someone to explain...
...and a spoiler for all of you who have never seen Lights, Motor, Action"
Ok, we have a few more; just bear with us:
The last picture was the closest we got to that "most confusing part of the most confusing park" this year, and I'm not upset. We can catch the Muppets next year, and since we're not doing Mama Melrose of LMA, we can stay away. Yay!
After the tour, we are directed through an area dedicated to the heels:
I took some crap for those last two pictures, but it was either get an upward-facing shot, or get a picture of me taking a picture in the reflection. Our little Canon is not a big fan of this display, though we love it. Davey Jones! Vader! Enchanted! The creators of Glee!
Ok, so I made the last part up, but they'd fit perfectly here, wouldn't they?
Wouldn't they?
Ok, maybe I'm alone on that one, so I'll cut my losses and make my "look, it's the complete lyrics to Madonna's 'Vogue'!"...
...joke before heading back out into that near-record heat. My standard response when asked about that has become, "I didn't go to Florida to be cold!"
It's still relatively early, though - we can probably squeeze a few more things in before dinner...
...but I don't think I can squeeze a few more updates in before bed! That's all for tonight. Tomorrow night, we'll learn all about what Walt Disney saw when he went to sleep, watch someone gliiiiiiiiiiiiide in the se-ea, and prove to ourselves once again why none of us are artists. See you then!
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On the way back, I get a picture of this:
Great show! I'm not crazy about the feel-good endings they've been forcing on us this season, but it's still hilarious.
After meeting the rest of the clan, Kristin suggests hitting the Backlot Tour, which we've only ever done once before. We go in, and some randomly-selected strangers are subjected to this:
And this:
And this:
After the first part of the show, we head through the warehouse of stuff you may or may not recognize...
...and finally board our shuttle. Well, I should say we board after taking 3 or 4 shots of someone else's car so I can get a "5" to denote this day in this TR. I'm onboard for real now, and off we go. Some sights along the way:
Pretty heavy on the Pearl Harbor theme here. Oh, and we saw this:
Does anyone else find that pose interesting? Are they insinuating that Jack Sparrow is akin to...well...we won't get into that here.
We pass some more things; some that are obvious...
...and some that I need someone to explain...
...and a spoiler for all of you who have never seen Lights, Motor, Action"
Ok, we have a few more; just bear with us:
The last picture was the closest we got to that "most confusing part of the most confusing park" this year, and I'm not upset. We can catch the Muppets next year, and since we're not doing Mama Melrose of LMA, we can stay away. Yay!
After the tour, we are directed through an area dedicated to the heels:
I took some crap for those last two pictures, but it was either get an upward-facing shot, or get a picture of me taking a picture in the reflection. Our little Canon is not a big fan of this display, though we love it. Davey Jones! Vader! Enchanted! The creators of Glee!
Ok, so I made the last part up, but they'd fit perfectly here, wouldn't they?
Wouldn't they?
Ok, maybe I'm alone on that one, so I'll cut my losses and make my "look, it's the complete lyrics to Madonna's 'Vogue'!"...
...joke before heading back out into that near-record heat. My standard response when asked about that has become, "I didn't go to Florida to be cold!"
It's still relatively early, though - we can probably squeeze a few more things in before dinner...
...but I don't think I can squeeze a few more updates in before bed! That's all for tonight. Tomorrow night, we'll learn all about what Walt Disney saw when he went to sleep, watch someone gliiiiiiiiiiiiide in the se-ea, and prove to ourselves once again why none of us are artists. See you then!
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minandmick
Mouseketeer
- Joined
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We love HS, but I can't figure out the purpose of the fake streets. 
Can any one help me out?
Can't wait for the next update!
Can any one help me out?
Can't wait for the next update!
nilla
Proud Disney Pixie Dust Snorter
- Joined
- May 23, 2008
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- 3,963
We love HS, but I can't figure out the purpose of the fake streets.
Can any one help me out?
Maybe Disney is trying to create the illusion of this park being even more poorly designed?
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