We were at Disney on the Wednesday and Thursday before Memorial Day weekend. On Wednesday we didn't wait longer than 5 minutes to ride anything at Magic Kingdom. As soon as we got off the monorail on Thursday, we could tell that the crowd level was DRAMATICALLY higher. So we burned through Day 2 of the Unofficial Guide touring plan (Space Mountain was fun, but a little scary. Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor was incredible! They told Jefferson's joke!) and bailed for Hollywood Studios.
We hadn't initially planned to go to Hollywood Studios. We didn't think we'd have time. We were so glad we went! Since everyone was at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios was deserted (by comparison).
We went to guest services to make dinner reservations at the Hollywood Brown Derby. The clerk offered us a time and I mentioned we might want to go later since we were planning to go stand in line at Toy Story Mania for 65 minutes (Fastpasses were gone by the time we got there). She said: "Well ... I want you guys to have a great day here today." She pulled a pad out of her desk and wrote us a Fastpass for Toy Story Mania, which was an extraordinary act of kindness! The ride was 100% all it was built up to be.
There's Toy Story stuff scattered all over this place!
Pizza Planet!
Ok. After we rode Toy Story Mania we decided to ride Tower of Terror. On the way to this monstrosity, Jefferson started psyching himself out. "Oh man. This is going to be terrible." That sort of thing. It was all very familiar. I started having 1979 Haunted Mansion flashbacks. Anyway, just before the elevator car went into the drop shaft, he started sobbing. During one of the drops he screamed: "I HATE THIS RIDE!!!!" I hated it too. The photo for sale at the end of the ride featured me and mom leaning over consoling our little buddy. The other riders were so kind, joining in to console him. Well, one frozen lemonade and one build-your-own-lightsaber later and we were back in business.
There was a ton of Star Wars stuff.
Jefferson got back on the horse at Star Tours, which was absolutely incredible. We rode it three times in a row and the adventure scenes were different every time. Two of the three times the rebel spy shown on the screen was mom! After the third trip, Jefferson built his own droid.
The Star Wars stuff was the perfect antidote to the trauma inflicted by Tower of Terror. In its own way, it performed a "These aren't the droids you're looking for" Jedi mind trick on Jefferson. And his journey into Star Wars fandom is complete. PS: He said "I'm prisoner ... kick me dad!"
Muppet Vision 3D was excellent!
We ordered the world famous Cobb Salad at the Brown Derby and it was delicious. We posed for caricatures to be hung on the wall. They didn't go for it.
It was 91 degrees and these guys were incredible sports, playing with Jefferson and poking fun at him.
Dad gum! Hollywood Studios was great!
We wanted to say goodbye to Magic Kingdom and saved Dumbo and Mad Tea Party for just that purpose. Look at how sweaty and done with it all we are!
We had an absolutely wonderful time. The Mouse opened his mouth and we joyfully crammed our money in. And we're so glad we did! Bye Disney.
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