Disney Day 4: I feel like I’ve been here before

We went back to Hollywood Studios today. We just couldn’t get enough on Tuesday and had to come back for more. Actually I didn’t get to the Incredibles on Tuesday and I will not leave Disney until I see them. I mean what’s not to love about a man with a big ‘ol head who wears red tights? Come on.

The second we stepped foot in the park (which wasn’t until 12:30pm) we sent Justis off to the Toy Story Midway Mania ride to get each of us a fast pass. And at 12:30 in the afternoon, practically still morning, they were all sold out. That’s how crazy this ride is. Later when we passed by the ride the wait time was 110 minutes. 110 minutes, people! It’s a fun ride, but 110 minutes? Really?!? I wouldn’t even stand in line for 110 minutes if the line led me straight to Brad Pitt. With no shirt on. (Ok, that’s probably not true.) But I sure as heck won’t stand in line for 110 minutes for the Toy Story ride. It’s a really cool attraction. And we had a lot of fun on it when we stood in line for an hour on Tuesday. But an hour was even pushing it.

So we started the day at the Lights, Motors, Action! stunt show. It rocked. Or as Caleb said as soon as it was over, “that was awesome.” Again, I have many pictues you cannot see yet because I’m too tired to transfer and process them. But I bet the anticipation of my vacation photos is just killing you.

With this stunt we got to see how they film those car chase scenes in those action movies. We got a behind-the-scenes look at all the different cars. Did you know when those cars in James Bond and The Fast and the Furious appear to be driving backwards they actually have the driving turned around? So he’s really driving forward in a backwards car? Pretty cool.

Then we took a Space Tour to the Star Wars universe. That was just my kind of ride. Zooming through space, trying to avoid enemy fire, swerving in and out of space rocks…and all without actually going anywhere. [No big roller coaster drops. Yeah.] But it really is so cool how they can make you feel like you are traveling through space with just a big TV screan and a moving platform. Rock on imagineers.

After the Space Tour we shrunk down to ant size and explored the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. I swear there was some kind of 3D show that went along with this big playground 10-years-ago. But there’s not anymore. Keaton and Justis found the playground to be a bit, um, juvenile. So we moved on.

Then we sent the big kids (Justis, Keaton and Lee) off to get fast passes for Aerosmith’s Rock ‘n Roller Coaster while me, mom and the three little kids headed in to The Magic of Disney Animation. We watched a very cute presentation on how the characters are created; from just a thought to many sketches to the final production. But the real reason for our visit was THE INCREDIBLES…and other Disney characters.

We got Frezone, Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, Pinnochio & Gephetto, the Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and then headed over to the characters from Disney’s new movie Bolt. The Bolt line was soooo slow I seriously thought my hair would turn gray and wrinkles would start to form while I was standing there. I don’t know what the deal was. I think some parents were taking multiple pictures and yucking it up with the characters. It’s nice that they want to have a good time, but could they keep that good time to just a couple minutes? Four at most. Geez.

The Rock ‘n Roller Coaster fast passes were all sold out, so the boys go fast passes for the Tower of Terror. And they got me one too. Apparently they thought they could guilt me in to riding that stupid ride. However, I feel no guilt. It does not bother me one bit that they completely wasted that fast pass. I feel quite secure in my wimpism, thank you very much.

Instead my mom and I left the kids to fend off crazy elevators all on their own while we headed over to the Streets of America (where Manhattan connects with San Francisco in a freakishly weird way). They have the streets all lit up for Christmas and the lights dance around to Christmas music. It’s way cool. But if you want to see it you better get their early. I’m pretty sure every single person in the park, along with some people who just came in off the street, were standing in the streets watching the dancing Christmas lights. It was so packed. I just wanted some pictures. And after waiting in the Bolt line for an hour just to get an autograph from a freaking dog, cat and hamster I was in no mood for big crowds. I so didn’t have my happy face on as I trampled over old ladies and small children to get a good vantage point for some photos. And I don’t even feel bad about it.

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