We arrived at Hollywood Studios before they opened. And it was actually not to crowded! YEAH! They let us through the gates about 15 minutes before the park opened and down the street. Where they held the crowd at bay until the opening time. There was a short opening “show” and we all watched and laughed. We ran down Sunset boulevard and the family got into line for the Tower of Terror and I went to Fast Pass the Rockin Roller Coaster. I caught up with the family right before they were going to enter the first room. There was so little wait. We watched the movie about the Twilight Zone and headed into the “basement” and walked right into the “elevator.” Our ride didn’t seem very exciting, but Jacob was done with it when we were through. He liked the actual ride part of it, but all the physiological part of the ride messed with my little boys brain a little too much. So we moved on.
We headed over to the Rockin Roller Coaster to find that Jacob was 1 centimeter too short to ride. We were all devastated. So we moved on.
We headed over to Star Tours, which we walked right onto, and really showed its age. Everybody enjoyed it, but it could really use an update. After Star Tour s we stopped and waited for the next Jedi Academy to take place. It was interesting to watch the little kids go up on stage and fight Darth Vader. Unfortunately our kids didn’t get picked.
We scooted over to MuppetVision 3D. The kids had been enjoying the other 3D movies we had seen, so in we went. It was silly and ridiculous, just like anything Muppet related should be. We poked around and headed over to the 50’s Prime Time Café for lunch. We enjoyed the food, but our server was from someplace where they have VERY thick accents and we could hardly understand her. The food was ok, and after we headed over to the Indiana Jones Stunt show. We were some of the last folks to make it in and we barely found a seat. I was excited to have the kids watch this, as they both enjoyed the movies and this was a neat show. We really enjoyed it, especially the part with the giant rock! Jacob thought that was amazing.
As soon as the show was over we raced out of there and literally ran over to the Lights!Moter!Action! Stunt show. This is a show that shows how the movie making folks choreograph all the fancy car chases. The kids and Josh enjoyed the show, I wasn’t thrilled, but, that’s ok. It isn’t all about me.
After the show we were headed out of the park, but got caught by the parade! This is a new parade that is really fun! Lots of high energy cast members and LOTS of character interaction.
After the parade was over we decided to head back to the hotel for a break. The week was catching up on us and the kids were hot and tired. Once we got back, the kids and Josh went for a dip in the pool and I sat. It was wonderful. Once I finally became human again and went to join them at the pool, they were heading back from one pool, to head to another. Apparently the first was too crowded. We hung by the pool for a while, but we were anxious to head back to the parks!
We cleaned the kids up and headed back to Hollywood Studios. It was nice because the air had cooled down, the crowds were not bad at all and we just strolled through the park. We hit up the great movie ride, which I love, the backlot tour in hopes of getting wet, we didn’t and saw a few characters.
We had made it down to see Mickey, finally. Jacob had been on a bit of a mission to meet Mickey. I think we had sufficently brain-washed the boy to love all things Disney at that point.
When we had gone back to the hotel we had changed Jacob’s shoes in hopes that he would be able to ride the Rockin Roller Coaster, but he was still just a hair too short. So Emily and Josh went on the ride and Jacob and I had ice cream. Once Emily and Josh came out of the ride Josh ran across the park (literally, to the demise of his knee) over to Star Tours and he and Jacob rode the ride twice without having to get off.
Emily and I went onto the Rockin Roller Coaster and then thought we could get one last ride on the Tower of Terror before they closed down. We did, there were only 3 other people in the ride with us, and we were the last ones to ride it for the night! We had a great time and caught up with Jacob and Josh at the big hat and walked through the shops on the way out and beat the crowds, since we didn’t make the nighttime show, Fantasmic! But we did beat the rush back to the hotel and got ready for a great, big full day tomorrow at Epcot.
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