Friday,
October 11, 2013
Hollywood
Studios
Daughter woke
up not feeling very well this morning. She
was warm, lethargic and feeling miserable. We had 10
am fast passes for Toy Story Midway Mania followed with 11:30 reservation for
the Sci-fi Dine-in Theater Restaurant. I
tried to change our fast passes to a later time but it appeared all of the fast
passes had been handed out for the day. I had software issues with the app, it doesn't seem to play well with android devices. We talked as a family and decided we would let the fast pass go and make it for our restaurant reservation. This would allow for all of us to rest a
little and maybe daughter would feel better. We also considered canceling the reservation and just hanging by the
pool but daughter would have none of that.
Eventually we caught the bus to Hollywood Studios. Hubby was having mobility issues right away so we just went ahead and rented a wheel chair rather than waiting until later in the day. We headed straight over to Sci-Fi Dine-In for our reservation.
This restaurant is Hubby’s favorite in Hollywood Studios. It is set up like a drive in movie and we are seated in a “car” and watch old B sci-fi movie clips. Your cast member waiter is like the old style car hops that come to your “car” and take your order. It was really cute. We had the girls sit on the front seat of our car, we sat in the middle seat and we had a couple of "hitch hikers" who sat in the back. We took some photos but they are not great because of my broken camera and there is no flash on the cell phones or tablet.
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| View from our "car"/ |
We all ordered the build your
own burger. I got the cucumber salad as
a side but everyone else got fries. I
decided to splurge a little and got a cocktail called a Magical Star Cocktail
which was X-fusion organic mango and passion fruit liqueur, Parrot Bay coconut
rum, pineapple juice and a multicolored glow cube (which I got to keep).
Click here to see a movie of the drink because the photo does not do it justice.
Next we headed to Star Tours because we had a fast pass. While at the Star Tours fast pass line, as I pushed my husband in a wheel chair up the ramp, the very nice cast member suggested that hubby get the
DAC (Disability Access Service Card). The cast member thought it would be a better option for us instead of using fast passes. Hubby had decided not to do this since we
had rented a wheel chair. His issue is
standing or walking for long periods of time and felt that had been addressed
with being in a wheel chair. So we went
on the ride and were seated in the front row. The ride was fun, but sitting so close to the screen made me really
motion sick. Disney wisely placed a water
fountain and several benches in the hallway where guests exit the
ride. I took advantage of that for about
20 minutes. After I started feeling
better we went to the Star Tours gift shop.
My husband and daughter are both HUGE Star Wars fans so this was like
Mecca for them. They made their own
light sabers, bought some trading pins, and explored all the other Star Wars
goodies.
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| Build your own light saber |
We decided to watch the padwan
training show that was getting ready to begin. All the kids were really cute and Darth Vader kept posing for me. Daughter was putting on a brave face but I
could tell she was still feeling bad.
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| Padwan training |
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| Darth Vader |
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| One of the older Padwan's using "The Force" |
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| Daughter faking a smile |
Next we
decided to head over to the Studio Backlot Tour. Hubby and I had been on it about 20 years
before (during our honeymoon) and it was basically the same thing except for the “museum”
portion. I think the girls enjoyed it
though. The special effects area used to
have bleacher seats but they had been removed so we had to stand. (sad face) The show consists of a special effects
show where audience members become a
submarine crew during a war and “film” different portions of an attack. In the end it is all put together and played
for the audience. It is pretty cool and is actually very comedic.
Next we take a tram tour
through various sets and props used in movies.
We also get to pass Disney set design and costuming areas.
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| Herbie the Love Bug |
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| Flight of the Navigator |
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| New York City Street |
The tram goes into catastrophe canyon, which
is another special effects area. In this
scenario there is a release of water that causes a semi to slide down some
rocks and blow up. When it is over they
reset the scene and we go to the back of the set to see all of the hydraulics
and mechanisms that make the scene work.
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| Catastrophe Canyon |
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| Catastrophe Canyon |
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| Catastrophe Canyon |
After we disembark from the tram we enter a sort of museum. There were costumes and props on display from
Superman, Titanic, Gladiator and Oz Great and Powerful. This leads to a gift store that sold movie
themed collectibles and gifts.
We headed
over to the Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller coaster. My husband had no desire to ride either of
these rides so we found a rest area and parked him in the wheel chair. We
got him a drink and he did a little people watching and talked with other guests also taking
a break and not riding the roller coasters. The girls and I had fast pass for Tower of Terror and had arrived at our
window so we headed on up. I love this
ride. I hate it too, but I love it. I love the theme, the cast members the
story and the drop. I also hate the
drop, but I love it. There was no bar to
hold onto so I made the girls hold my hands.
We shopped for a short while in the gift shop. I bought key chains for everyone except
me. I bought a black and white classic
Mickey and Minnie plushies for me. I LOVE them!
We checked in with hubby who was doing fine and headed over to Rock ‘n’ RollerCoaster. We did not have a fast pass but the wait wasn’t super bad at about 20-25 minutes. That was the longest we waited in any line the while trip. Daughter however was feeling really bad. I told her that she could go back to the room with mom or dad and the other parent would stay with BFF but she didn’t want to miss anything. BFF took care of daughter though, making sure she was drinking water and letting her learn on her. Daughter was miserable but stayed at the park. None of us had ever ridden this roller coaster before but we all LOVED it! It was so much fun and I again loved the theme and the story line.
We had 6pm reservations at Hollywood and Vine with the Fantasmic diner package. Hollywood and Vine is an American Cuisine buffet that serves such items as pork loin, salmon, chicken and steak, pasta, and vegetables. There is also a chocolate fountain with fruit and other goodies, cobblers, and soft serve ice cream. It was all really good, but we were all still kind of full from lunch. We headed on to Fantasmic!
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| Hollywood and Vine murral |
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| The Girls at Hollywood and Vine |
Fantasmic
begins with a bit of a comedy game show that involves the audience with lots of
singing and guessing the song or finishing the next line of lyrics. It was a cute show. Fantasmic is an extravaganza of water
projection, live action and fireworks! Sorcerer Mickey falls asleep and the villains try to take over through
his dreams, but goodness and bravery save the day! We cheered, we clapped, we oo'd and ah'd.
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| Pocahantas live action |
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| Villians water projection |
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| Mickey saves the day! |
After the
show we caught the bus back to pop. Daughter was still feeling pretty bad and went straight to bed. We discussed or schedule for the next day and
had no reservations until 2 pm. We
decided we would just sleep and not go to the park until our 2 pm reservation so
everyone could get the sleep they needed and hopefully it would help daughter recover. No one wants to be sick at Disney.
You can check out our day 6 album on Flickr.
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