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Sunday 5th April 2009
It was back to the early mornings today so we were up at 7:30 and out an hour later. We parked up in Stage 42 and went straight into the park, although we were held at the end of the road until 9:00 when the park opened.
We headed straight for Toy Story Mania where the line again moved fairly quickly and we were on within 15 minutes or so, having skipped a bit of the line as the ride loader was looking for a party of two. Dad managed 56,600 with 57% accuracy and I came out ahead with 85,400 and 49% accuracy.
Once we finished the ride we got fast passes with a return time of 12:25-1:25. We then went over to Tower of Terror, which showed a wait time of 45 minutes but we were actually on within about 15 minutes. We had a sequence of 3 or 4 drops, got some good air time and both really enjoyed it.
From the Tower we walked round to Muppetvision 3D which I still really enjoy, especially the pre-show with the 3 synchronised monitors and my favourite line - Im Max. Debbie was sick so the union sent me.
After Muppets we walked round and sat by the backlot tour for a few minutes before going round to Sci-Fi Dine-In for our 11:30 reservation. For those who dont know, Sci-Fi is a table service restaurant, although the majority of the tables are in 50s style cars set up as though they are at a drive-in theatre with a movie screen at one end of the restaurant. The screen shows cheesy horror movies from the 50s with titles like Attack of the 50 foot woman, The colossal man and Devil Girls from Mars. They appear to be on about a 45 minute loop based on the time we were seated and the time they started repeating.
We both had a Reuben sandwich (corned beef and sauerkraut), I had a vanilla coke, Dad had a cherry coke and the total was $32.14. This is one of those restaurants that gets mixed reviews and although I would agree it is not a gourmet dining experience it is something different and I wouldnt hesitate to go back.
Once we came out of the restaurant our fast passes for Toy Story Mania were active so we made our way back there and were on within 5 minutes. Neither of us did so well this time, Dad scored 53,600 with 46% accuracy and I scored 75,500 with 43% accuracy. This is definitely one of the best rides in Disney World and I decided that I would get another couple of goes in before we go home.
The times for Lights, Motors Action hadnt worked in our favour and I decided that rather than hanging about for over an hour for the 2:45 show we would leave the park and come back for the 5:30 show. We had a browse in the shops and bought Mickey head salt and pepper grinders, Mickey head coasters and a couple of bottle stoppers.
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It was back to the early mornings today so we were up at 7:30 and out an hour later. We parked up in Stage 42 and went straight into the park, although we were held at the end of the road until 9:00 when the park opened.
We headed straight for Toy Story Mania where the line again moved fairly quickly and we were on within 15 minutes or so, having skipped a bit of the line as the ride loader was looking for a party of two. Dad managed 56,600 with 57% accuracy and I came out ahead with 85,400 and 49% accuracy.
Once we finished the ride we got fast passes with a return time of 12:25-1:25. We then went over to Tower of Terror, which showed a wait time of 45 minutes but we were actually on within about 15 minutes. We had a sequence of 3 or 4 drops, got some good air time and both really enjoyed it.
From the Tower we walked round to Muppetvision 3D which I still really enjoy, especially the pre-show with the 3 synchronised monitors and my favourite line - Im Max. Debbie was sick so the union sent me.
After Muppets we walked round and sat by the backlot tour for a few minutes before going round to Sci-Fi Dine-In for our 11:30 reservation. For those who dont know, Sci-Fi is a table service restaurant, although the majority of the tables are in 50s style cars set up as though they are at a drive-in theatre with a movie screen at one end of the restaurant. The screen shows cheesy horror movies from the 50s with titles like Attack of the 50 foot woman, The colossal man and Devil Girls from Mars. They appear to be on about a 45 minute loop based on the time we were seated and the time they started repeating.
We both had a Reuben sandwich (corned beef and sauerkraut), I had a vanilla coke, Dad had a cherry coke and the total was $32.14. This is one of those restaurants that gets mixed reviews and although I would agree it is not a gourmet dining experience it is something different and I wouldnt hesitate to go back.
Once we came out of the restaurant our fast passes for Toy Story Mania were active so we made our way back there and were on within 5 minutes. Neither of us did so well this time, Dad scored 53,600 with 46% accuracy and I scored 75,500 with 43% accuracy. This is definitely one of the best rides in Disney World and I decided that I would get another couple of goes in before we go home.
The times for Lights, Motors Action hadnt worked in our favour and I decided that rather than hanging about for over an hour for the 2:45 show we would leave the park and come back for the 5:30 show. We had a browse in the shops and bought Mickey head salt and pepper grinders, Mickey head coasters and a couple of bottle stoppers.
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Looks like you had fun at Sci-Fi - I love it there! 
I'd like to give Scifi another chance at some point, ate there in 2005 but got seated at one of the flying saucers (didn't know about ADRs etc back then!) and ordered some bad dishes, I think they key in there is to stick to the basics and be seated in a car 
