We definitely got a late start. Jesse’s phone died overnight and his phone doubles as his alarm clock so when I woke up at about 8:20 I was pretty confused about why we were still in the rooms instead of already out there waiting for the shuttles. I ended up having to go bang on Jesse’s door to wake him up. We finally got out and on to the shuttle to go to Hollywood Studios, but we missed their opening ceremony (if they had one, which I don’t know!)
Ooooh, Aaaahh. Pretty.
The first thing we went to was Star Tours, which turned out to be a mass motion simulator. It was pretty dorky fun though, the guy who let us in to the simulator had us “use the force” to open the doors. It was funny. Anyway, I don’t really remember what happened in the simulation but I think it was just flying through space and going in to lightspeed and then probably being in mortal peril at some point. Haha.
After that, we went to Jedi Training Academy, which we accidentally almost stood in line for, but the line was for kids who wanted to be IN the academy, not for people who just wanted to watch. So we went to the side of the stage (it was like a thrust stage, but only 2/3 of it were places where you could sit). It was a really funny little “show”- the kids got dressed in the brown Obi Wan Kenobi type cloak things and all got “training lightsabers” which were the ones that you flick to extend.
Jedi Master guy... but I forgot his name... probably something weird.
The all learned like 4 different attacks, then Darth Vader came out and they fought him with their attacks one by one.
Eek!
Not gonna lie... I like a man in THIS uniform...
The funniest part was that when he said “DUCK!” it took the kids like 2 seconds to register what he had said and they would like stand there with a blank look on their face and then duck, and the jedi master said things like “Nice timing!” or to one kid who was like 2 feet tall he said duck! And the kid never did so the jedi master said “Diiiidnt really have to.” HAHAHA
Hilarious pin we saw on the way to the water fountain...
After that we were going to look for the Honey I shrunk the kids playground but ran in to the MuppetVision 3D show so we went in and watched that. It was really funny. All of the 3D shows we saw were pretty much great, even if we do get splashed or attacked by bubbles every time. Hahaha
Random door on the way in to MuppetVision 3D
After MuppetVision, we found the Honey I Shrunk the kids playground, so we played around there for a while. I came down a big leaf slide and almost died cause it was really fast and went all the way to the ground so when my feet hit the ground I kept moving forward. Hahaha. Oops.
& the big guns...
I wonder if it would still be non toxic if you ate THIS much of it...
He likes Tinkertoys. Its kinda cute.
We walked around a bit and I found Sulley from monsters inc! there wasn’t a line to meet him (probably cause it was off the beaten path a little) so I pretty much went straight to him! Haha.
After that we were headed somewhere but ran into the Studio Backlot tour line, which was a 20 minute wait, but I don’t think they had a fastpass option, so we went ahead and waited in that line. It was covered area so it wasn’t a bad wait.
The tour itself was pretty neat. First we saw this special effects bit over the water (I think they were showing us how they did stuff in the movie Pearl Harbor),
That building got flooded. It was pretty awesome.
then we walked through the “props department”, and then on to the part of the tour where we sit in trams and get driven around for a guided tour!
That took us through a thing where they showed us how they create explosions and rain and stuff… they pretty much caught a set on fire and then drowned it.
There was the Boneyard, which was the home to props that are too large to put inside like cars and planes and the bonecage from one of the Pirates movies. So that was cool. They also have their own greens department for “filling in” places on set.
Greens Dept.
A horrible shot of the Mickey Ears tower... the camera was being gay...
Entrance to the boneyard... thats the thing from the Pirates movie- or atleast a cool recreation...
After the riding part of the tour, we walked through a walking tour bit of villians from movies.
Of course I took a picture of this section... its like I can never forget my summer there...
I’m pretty sure we ate lunch after that. We went to Pizza Planet (like the arcade restaurant from Toy Story) and it was pretty good.
After all of that, we finally went to get in line for Toy Story Mania. The wait was LONG though… like I think it was 40 minutes to an hour. We went over to get fastpasses but they had all already been distributed for the day (which was crazy cause it was early). I was asking a worker there what time we should come back for the least line wait time when, once again, our good timing luck chimed in and some guy handed us FastPasses for the ride. We got in in what was probably no more than 15 minutes.
An 8 foot tall kids drawing in line for Toy Story Mania!! I love when they make it seem like you are in the movie!
More of the awesome line dividers and such on the way in to Toy Story Mania!
It was crazy cool because we were wearing 3D glasses FOR the ride! It was pretty much a little car thing that you sit in and there is a “gun” on the front (like space ranger spin) and you shoot your gun virtually at the screens in front of you. It was really cool. The best part was that I won!! Not just of me and Jesse, but of the other two people we were up against! WHOO! Ha.
We went to the Prince Caspian behind the scenes thing, but it was pretty lame… basically we all just stood there and watched the Cliff’s Notes for Prince Caspian… but the stone table in the middle of the room was cool, I guess.
The cracked stone table.
At 2 something, we went and saw Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage. It was cool. It was pretty much the whole story condensed into 20 minutes of song and dance! I recorded the whole thing, so hopefully I can put it up somewhere soon.
Not a great picture, but I was just excited to be there.
After B&tB, we went to the Block Party at 3:45. It was fun, but they wanted us to get up and dance, but we just sat and enjoyed the craziness. I would LOVE to be in a parade/show like that.
Toy Story Float
Monsters Inc. Float.. I wonder if that is the same Sulley I saw earlier?
Boo! She got in our faces when they said "everyone screeeeeam!!"- I guess we weren't enthused enough. Haha
Two of the monsters from Monsters, Inc.- the orange one has the "23-19!" on his back!! (the kids sock) hahaha
A Bug's Life float! I love all the detail they put in to it!
That thing had to be at least 9 feet tall...
We rode tower of terror again. The people beside us were FREAKING OUT, which made the ride even more enjoyable for me. Hahaha.
The lady and man on the bottom left of the picture were flipping out. It was awesome.
Next we went to the Indiana Jones show. It was really really cool! There was so much that happened I can’t even begin to describe it… it is just something you have to see in real life! Haha
We went back to the resort to watch LOST, but it was only like 7:30 so we went to the main pool (the one with the 3 amigos or carabillos or whatever they are called in the middle) for about an hour.
I was passing out during LOST, so when I went back to my room, I think I pretty much went straight to sleep.
