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01-12-2010, 11:23 AM
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Day 4: Hollywood Studios, 50's Prime Time and a Dragon!!
Day 4
Finally, the day I had planned most painstakingly had arrived—our full day at Hollywood Studios! If you can believe it, in all of our previous (shorter) trips we had never dedicated a day to Hollywood Studios! The only things we had done was ride Toy Story Mania, and play at the Honey I shrunk the kids playground, so this whole park was new to my family.
We got up EARLY! We got to the park long before park opening, but it seemed everyone else did too! We watched the preshow from the middle of the crowd and when it came time to go into the park, it honestly felt a bit like Black Friday at a small town Best Buy!
Awaiting the Land Run!
We got to TSMM and while the group got in line, I got everyone fast passes. This is when we had that awful run-in with the rudest, most obnoxious CM I’ve ever encountered! After he insulted my elderly, handicapped father for misunderstanding the difference between the handicapped line and the fastpass return line, we got back into a now 60 minute line. Also, I think he might have been terminated after we spoke to the ride manager. We didn’t see him again after that. I love what the manager said, “that is not magical at all!” I use that phrase a lot now. 
 From our first wait in line.
 Our second wait in line.
Well, unfortunately bad luck continued to poo on my beautifully constructed plans! The whole ride broke down when we were about midway through the line. They told us all to exit and return later. No matter! We went to breakfast at Starring Roles instead of getting down. Great, yummy pastry goodness there too I might add. They gave us so much food for one counter credit! Sugared up and happily fed, we decided to split into our pre-designated groups: Crazies, Oldies, ToddsnRent. The Crazies had a thrill ride fiesta, riding Rockin’ Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror several times. The Oldies ditched their bad knee approved plans in favor of hanging out with the Todd(ler)s (a)n(d)(pa)Rent. We saw Playhouse Disney and Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Jager LOVED seeing his morning show buddies live on stage and my dad declared Voyage of the Little Mermaid to be as good as “Science Fiction!”—the classic techno-nerd compliment from a career mechanic and lover of all things engineered.
I know we did a lot of other stuff, like running in the rain to The Great Movie Ride and stuff, but I don’t recall it all as well. So I’ll skip ahead. We finally got to ride TSMM after waiting in line again… don’t know why we did that when we had fastpasses, but we did. After that, we were all starved, but our ADRS for 50’s Prime Time weren’t until 5! We went to the restaurant anyway, and I’m not too proud to admit that I begged them to seat us three hours early. Well, after a 20 minute wait, they got us two tables! “Mom” is the best!!! We ate like her dirty, sweaty school children after a day riding bikes in the cul-de-sac. The kids were especially grateful… as you can see.
Oh, and whoever recommended that PB&J milkshake is my new hero! I was about to explode, but I couldn’t waste a drop!
After our late lunch, DF, DM, and DD needed some rest, so they returned to the cabin. DS, DH, DG and myself stayed for some more park time. We went back to TSMM with EVERYONE’S Fastpasses and rode it over and over and over! Mickey and Minnie were smiling down upon us. Again, I have no idea what all we did after that, but it was fun enough that Christina, the roller derby booty blocker with stamina to spare proclaimed her fatigue and we parted ways with DH and DS.
It seems the boys got their second wind when we left and they stayed until well after dark. My son discovered Star Tours and they rode it about 10 times in a row! No joke. They did the 3D Muppet show, a bunch of other stuff and DS got a big dragon painted on his face--his choice, not my husband’s. Enjoy the montage…
They returned home 1 part unconscious. All in all, it was a good day.
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May/June '96 - WDW Off Site, May '07 - AKL, May '08 - Pop Century, September '09 - Ft. Wilderness Cabins, May '10 - POFQ, December '10 - WL, July '11 - DL - Offsite, November-December 2012 - Contemporary, May '13 - DCL Fantasy & WDW Art of Animation (Nemo Suite), September '14 - Ft. Wilderness Cabins, April '15 - Beach Club (Club Level), May '16 - AKL (Arusha View) / Universal - LRPR...
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