We went back to Hollywood Studios and I was initially frustrated because I was using last week’s schedule for Extra Magic Hours so we didn’t know that the park opened earlier than it did and ended up wasting some valuable time. Time really does feel valuable here – 2 weeks is a long time but there is so much to cram into these days and I want to make sure that we don’t miss anything out.
We started the morning with an awesome ride – Toy Story 4D shooting game. You have to compete against each other to see who can shoot the most targets using laser gun – it was really brilliant. I offered $5 in a sweet shop to the winner but I got off the payment because I won!! Luke was not far behind. He couldn’t get a rematch because the ride is so popular and we couldn’t go again.
Then on to Rock ‘n Roller Coaster which was amazing. From standstill to fast enough to loop upside down in a couple of seconds – the story is that you’re in a fast limousine racing to a red carpet through Hollywood.
All these rides start with a queue that is themed to the ride. So the Toy Story ride was like being in a massive playroom with oversized toys all over the place and Scrabble and Snakes & Ladders on the ceiling. Rock ‘n Roller Coaster had a ‘preshow’ which was a little skit about some famous rock band needing to get to a premier and ordering a limo that needed to get them there super fast.
We were silly enough to go on the sickening falling elevator again and it was just as bad the second time.
I loved the Star Wars simulation flying through space. In the queue up to the show, there was lots of Star Wars stuff including a robot that told jokes. When we passed him he said, “What’s that? A camera? You mean you’ve got to remove one out of a case? You're Kidding!” That really made me laugh.
We went to a couple of shows where they showed us behind the scenes in stunt shows so we saw massive explosions, cars turning over, lots of skidding and smoke, guys jumping off buildings, heaps of fighting, a man on fire, motorbikes jumping over 2 trucks. You know, the usual Hollywood stuff.
We also went to a museum exhibition of Roy and Walt Disney and watched a film about their lives. What a wonderful dream – to build a place where people of all ages can have fun and be together. I think he’d be really proud of his world.
We started running out of steam after lunch, so we went to the Muppet show and then left HS without finishing everything – I was torn about leaving before we’d seen the Little Mermaid Voyage, but hopefully I’ll have time to go back and squeeze it in before we go.
Then we headed off to Blizzard Beach water park. Oh my goodness – that was a huge amount of fun. Luke and Ali just loved it. We climbed up the stairs about 20 times in 2 hours to whoosh down waterslides on tubes for 1, tubes for 2, tubes for 6, sledges or on our backs with our feet crossed and our hands crossed over each other in front of us – down the highest slide in the world… and gushing into a wall of water with a wedgie! We had limited time before the park closed and lots to do so we didn’t stop for a second and ran most of the way. Ali was so funny on the way up to one of the rides. She got tired on the stairs so she revitalised her legs by doing a handstand! Heaps of cartwheels from slide to slide as well. Luke suggested that we do the water park the ‘traditional way’. “What’s that?” I asked – he said that we should just do our own thing and meet back afterwards. What a funny chap – what’s the fun in that?!! He did head off on his own, but we hooked up again 30 mins later and carried on untraditionally and it was great to be able to enjoy it together. When we did split up, Luke headed straight up to the highest, most scariest slide and did it all on his own. It took Ali and I two hours to get up the courage to tackle the toughest one and, when we finally did it, we were lucky that we were the only people up there because Ali needed a few minutes to psyche herself up. But she did it and then raced back up to do it again before the park closed. The lifeguard guy at the top, who had helped persuade her that “while she’s here she might as well do it”, said, when she game back, “Are you for real!!?”
This evening, we headed to Downtown Disney. We probably should rather have just taken it easy but I was hopeful that we could go to Disney Quest – an indoor gaming area that I know Luke will love. It didn’t turn out because they closed early and it’s an additional expense so I didn’t want to spend anything if we weren’t going to get the full enjoyment. We went for dinner and the waitress must have thought we were really odd ordering 1 portion of chicken, 1 salad, fries and a side of seasonal veggies. That’s probably a normal meal for 1 healthy American and we shared it. It was a great meal and, for the first time, we managed to finish it all! Luke was so funny – the 4 plates were on the table and the fries were in front of him so he just ate the fries. I wasn’t happy with him starting with the unhealthy stuff so we moved the plates around so that the salad was in front of him. He carried on vacuuming up the food as if it was chips. Then we moved the plates again and he just carried on his vacuuming. I don’t think he cared what he was eating as long as it was food and, if it made me happy for him to eat the healthy stuff – so be it! We had a good giggle. Another really funny thing was that 1 portion of chicken wings consisted of about 10 wings (huge), the salad was very generous and so were the chips (good ‘American’ portions), but the seasonal veggies were served in what looked like a tot glass!! We each had 1 piece of asparagus, a green bean and a pea!! These Americans do not have a clue about a healthy diet! Not a single comment from the kids that we drank 3 bottomless glasses of water – I’m definitely winning them over on that one!
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