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| Disney World: Disney's Hollywood Studios |
As we had only 3 days in Disney World, we had to choose
either Animal Kingdom or Hollywood studios for our final day. The girls and I went
over the attractions of each park and decided that we have seen enough animals and been to enough safaris to skip Animal Kingdom.
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| Disney World: Disney's Hollywood Studios |
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| Disney World: Disney's Hollywood Studios |
We arrived at Hollywood Studios upon opening and headed
straight for Rock n Roller Coaster. After lining up for 15 or so minutes, we finally
got to the front of the line. Then, the ride shut down, much to the
disappointment of everyone who was set to go on this one for their first ride
in Hollywood Studios. We wasted about an hour but got Fast Passes to come back
when the ride was working. Guess we could still consider ourselves lucky as
some folks were actually stuck in the coasters, with the harness still locked!
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| Rock n Roller Coaster: Hollywood Studios |
We went to the Great Movie Ride next. Wait time was not
indicated so we figured it wouldn’t be so bad. Wrong again, it took us about 25
or so minutes to get on this ride which was in need of an update. And it took another
20 minutes for the actual ride. By the time it was over, we barely had time to
get to Star Tours to redeem our fast pass. Of course, we had to get out in time
for the Frozen parade so it made it quite difficult to make our way to the Echo
Lake area. With only minutes to spare, we managed to get in. Good thing it was a cool 4D
ride. Our morning was saved!
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| Star Tours: Hollywood Studios |
Then it was already time for lunch. Where did our morning
go? We were getting quite disappointed with this park having been on only one
ride so far, so we decided to have some decent lunch. We met up with some relatives
who were also in the park and headed for the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater for lunch. Like a 50’s drive-in, the tables were set up
like you were inside vintage cars. A large movie screen was up ahead showing old,
black and white sci-fi movies. It was a fun experience and the food not bad either!
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| Sci Fi Dine In Theatre: Hollywood Studios |
We rested a bit after lunch and allowed our food to digest
before we went to redeem our fast pass on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
DD#1 had been waiting to get on this ride! And as soon as i get my heartbeat under control, I will let you know that it was such a fun ride! We
rode an “elevator” and made our way up the hotel to be plunged into the
darkness below--all the while with some scenes from The Twilight Zone. I was
screaming the whole time and am not sharing our photo on this one! It also scared
7-yr-old DD#2 a bit but she was ok a few moments later.
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| Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: Hollywood Studios |
And, as we were already
back in the area, we redeemed the fast pass on the Rock n Roller Coaster. It
was a blast—literally, as Aerosmith screamed through the speakers all
throughout the ride. Ok, this one was definitely worth that fast pass!
By this time, there were only a couple of Indiana Jones
shows that were left that afternoon. So, deciding to forego the Frozen show (as
no one seemed keen to do a sing-a-long), we redeemed our fun Fast Passes for
Toy Story Midway Mania, where I (ahem, ahem) beat the rest of the gang in
getting the best score! Weeeee!
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| Toystory Midway Mania: Hollywood Studios |
We also managed to check out the Voyage of the
Little Mermaid while waiting for the next Indiana Jones show. It was a nice
theatre show where the talented Ariel had a clear singing voice. On hindsight,
though, we should have watched something else as this was pretty redundant with
the Little Mermaid ride we took in Magic Kingdom.
We made our way back to the Indiana Jones location and got
into the second to the last show. By then it was standing room only. Luckily,
some folks squeezed in the benches and we managed to get seats, albeit not altogether.
Hubby and I were super glad we had the girls watch the Indiana Jones series a
few months back. Now, they were able to relate to the scenes and characters. It
was a wonderful show!
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| Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular: Hollywood Studios |
Before calling it a day, we decided to check out one last
ride/show and we went for MuppetVision 3D. The intro was quite long but the 3D
show was entertaining.
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| Muppet fountain: Hollywood Studios |
Again, we did not stay for the Fantasmic show as we were
just exhausted. Maybe when we come back, we’ll plan our days later in the day
to catch these shows and fireworks. We still think Hollywood Studios was a better choice for our
family over Animal Kingdom. It was smaller than Magic Kingdom and Epcot, but
worth seeing as well.
In a nutshell:
If you don’t have fast passes, head here first: Rock
n Roller Coaster
Where we used our fast passes: Star Tours, Tower of
Terror, Toy Story Midway Mania
Be sure to check out these shows: Indiana Jones and these
which we missed: Frozen, Beauty and the Beast
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