Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Disney Studios

Today was an extra excursion day for us, we didn't plan this park at first.  We wanted to do something but didn't know what.  At our condo, one of the channels on tv was a Disney travel channel so we figured why not.

We knew that we would have to pay $97 extra per person, kind of pricey but we are on vacation.  We got to the ticket booth and it was then that we found out that we could have added it on our original two day ticket at a discount, we had to buy it before we left.  The little things they don't tell you.

Lesson learned, when you visit Disney in Orlando just go ahead and pay for the 4 day ticket.  You might as well see all four parks while you are there.  We did not go through Epcot.

One of the highlights in this park was Cinderella's coach from the new movie that just came out.  It was hard to get a photo without people, but I did manage.

Had a fun time, this is a small park so didn't take too much time to wander around and look at things. Not a lot of rides but the only one Jennifer wanted to do was the Star Tours.  This was the main reason we visited this park.  Star Tours is a 3D ride, not a roller coaster.  It really made us feel that we were in the pod car race, dodging astroids and such. We watched the padawans fight Darth Vader, that was cute.  We also rode the little train through the Magic of Movies, this ride took us through all the genre's of movies.  Very interesting.  We did wander through the Disney museum.  It was interesting to see all the stuff, then at the end you watch a short 15 minute film about Walt Disney and his trials and tribulations.  We did watch the Indiana Jones Stunt Show.  Very interesting how they do the stunts and the different between a stunt man/stunt woman and a stunt actor.

We did watch the Fantasmic Show, it was very entertaining with light shows, fireworks and the Disney characters.  Thought we were going to witness a fight in front of us.  One lady was saving seats for 8 people, the theater was filling up fast with people.  It is a first come first serve theater, meaning you find a seat it's yours.  Many people sat down, but left in a huff when she told them she was saving them.  Finally about a half hour before the show started, people sat down in her saved area and they weren't budging.  There was an announcement that you needed to have your whole party with you when seating in the theater.  Her party finally arrived, they were in the line to ride the roller coaster.  They managed to sit all together and everything was fine.

Disney owns ABC Studios so there is a commissary in this park.  Many people thought they were going to see the stars from the tv shows here.  I was silently yelling at them that the ABC Studios where they actually film the shows is in  Hollywood California.  Jeez.

Here is our fun:
The only time I was able to get a photo of us together.









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