here is the rest of the TR for Sunday, April 30th, Day 11... I am afraid that I am starting to forget a lot of the little details from our trip since it's been like a month and a half! I hope the Cab driver story wasn't too hyped up for everyone, btw, I didn't mean for it to be
Anyway, I will post more TR from our day at Universal/Islands of Adventure too, just in case anyone would like to hear about that as well. I'll have that up in a few days, I hope!
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We got on the boat and headed to MGM.
On the boat to MGM, stopping at the Boardwalk on the way
The boat took a while to get to MGM, but it was better then walking in the sun for a half an hour. It was 1:45 by the time we got into MGM. I waited on a bench by the Crossroads sign waiting for jim while he was in the bathroom. When he came back he had bought me a Fantasmic t-shirt awww thanks, Jim!
Taking pictures while waiting for jim
mickeys of Hollywood
the cars were out making an appearance again
I never noticed the little mickey on top of the sign before
We walked to the Tower of Terror and there was only a ten minute wait. We got in line, and sure enough the wait was only ten minutes when we had waited an hour and a half the last time. Doh! Well, at least we got to go on it a second ride. I dont know if Ill ever get sick of that ride!
After we were done with the Tower of Terror we went back to the tip board to see what time the next show for Lights, Motors, Action car stunt show was on. The next show was at 2:45, which was less then 10 minutes away, otherwise the next show wasnt until 5:30, which we doubted we would still be at MGM at that point. Since I kind of wanted to see the show and it was our last day, we thought we would try to make it. I went into my speed-walking mode and walked towards the backlot area where the show was. As we were walking by Star Tours we saw they were doing the Jedi training academy thing for children, where a guy dressed as a jedi teaches children how to fight with lightsabers. It looked cute and I asked Jim if hed rather stop and watch that, but he said naah, so we went to the car show instead.
You can kind of see the jedi training in the background
We got there and there was still 2 minutes to spare. I figured that was good timing, but then they started directing everyone to behind the bleachers and all the way down to the very end, then they were only allowing like 10 people to go find their seats at a time. It seemed strange to me, I had seen from the other side that there were plenty of empty seats on that side, and they took us to the side that was pretty filled up. Then the car show started and we were still standing there behind the bleachers. Finally they let us go up, and we climb up all the way to the very top of the bleechers, all the way up, and all the way over. I was following the people in front of us thinking they were following the cast members, but then I realized everyone was just trying to find any empty seat. So finally I told Jim just to take the seat on the end of the bleacher, where there was space for one, and I sat next to him on the stairs. I was worried someone would come and tell me to move because it was a fire hazard, but I saw about five other people doing the same thing as me, so I stayed. The show had started already, but really it wasnt difficult to figure out what was going on.
our seat way up high in the bleachers
It was a good stunt show, but Im not a huge fan of stunt shows so I wont be seeing it again. It was kind of cool to see how they do some of the car stunts. I wont give anything away, but I thought the part where the car was driving in reverse and they showed how he did it was pretty cool. And then theres the guy setting himself on fire, thats always cool too. And the guy falling from the top of the building. It was cool, glad we saw it, but dont need to see it again any time soon.
We filed out of the theatre and there was a parade going on right by the exit. The power rangers were saying something like Power Ranger Roll Call! or something, and I was like lets get out of here to jim
I was 18 and on my own for the first time, if I wanted to go dance til 2 am at PI those girls weren't going to stop me. LOL! Or go to a late late movie, etc.... those are the perks to being on your own for once! Who goes and does a college program at WDW to sit in every night and watch sitcoms. I can do that at home!
On another group I'm on there was talk of people doing things like making multiple dinner reservations- ie, we'll be at the MK and who knows what we'll want so we'll make reservations for Liberty Tree Tavern, Tony's Town Square, and a restaurant at the Polynesian just in case. That sort of thing, and I guess Disney is cracking down on it a bit since obviously you're not going to eat dinner three times. LOL! Especially with the popularity of the dining package and that is already leading to more reservations than before. Sorry, I wasn't trying to be mean, I promise, just would hate to see someone go and find all their reservations had been cancelled and they were stuck eating Mickey Bars the whole time. Or is that really a punishment 
It's been great re-living the experience with you! 
That is so funny & sweet of your son to say that, it's definitely a unique compliment! 
