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August 21, 2008

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Disney Hollywood Studios

As Tropical Storm Fay sat stationary over the central Florida coast we made our way to Disney Hollywood Studios on our third day at Disney. It was drizzling when we got to the park in the morning.

Hollywood Studios  

Our first stop was Sunset Boulevard and the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith. We were able to ride this one twice, although Susan only went once, we still laugh when we remember her picture from the ride that they take inside.

Rock n Roller  

Next up was The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. This one was cool, taking us up and dropping us down over and over. Susan read the guide book and decided this one wasn't for her. The girls and I rode it twice.

Tower of Terror  

The wait at Toy Story Midway Mania was too long and the Fastpass time was too late for us, so we skipped it and decided to it it the next time. We moved on to the Muppet Vision 3-D.

Muppet  

Waiting inside to see the Muppet Show.

Girls with Fozzie

Waldorf and Stadler in their box seats with their 3-D glasses on.

Muppets  

Outside the Muppet store. I bought some Muppet figurines dressed up as the Star Wars characters and Gillian bought a bag with Kermits on it.

The girls with Kermit  

Muppet Store  

We Fastpassed the Star Tours simulator ride. We went through a Star Wars phase recently at home with the movies so this was cool.

Star Tours  

The girls posing with Mickey's Hat.

The Girls

We had a good 30 minute wait for the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular.

Indiana Jones  

Indiana Jones  

Pushing the ball back up the set.

The ball

The truck blowing up scene.

Truck  

We did the Sounds Dangerous - Starring Drew Carey, it is a show mostly in pitch black, you wear headphones and they take you through a television episode with just the sound. When he is getting a haircut all you hear are the barber scissors around your head. As you can see the skies were getting a little darker.

Sounds Dangerous

Snow White and four of the dwarves.

Snow White  

Mickey's Socerors hat.

The hat

The girls with Prince Caspian from Narnia. Gillian was trying to explain to him that we came to Disney by car, after he asked them if they came by horse.

Prince Caspian

The Girls and Prince Caspian

The giant barrel of monkey guys in Pixar Place.

Pixar Place

We did the Studio Backlot Tour ride.

Backlot tour

These were the Bone Balls from Pirates of the Carribean.

Bone Balls

Angela just before the water came down.

Angela

Flood

Angela with Darth Vader.

Darth Vader

Claudia with a Yoda backpack.

Claudia and Yoda

A big TinkerToy from the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure.

TinkerToy

Popping out of the big roll of film.

Angela and Claudia

As the rain starts again, we head down the Streets of America and head back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.

Streets of America

Whispering Canyon

Tonights dinner reservation was at the Whispering Canyon Cafe in the Wilderness Lodge. Here is a photo of the lobby of the hotel.

Wilderness Lodge  

So far our waits to go in haven't been that long. Our reservations are only for the next available table for our size group after our reservation time.

Sign

The lights in the lobby are Teepee's.

Light teepee

The girls hungry but still happy.

The Girls

It is a pretty neat restaurant, not the place to go if your looking for a quiet dinner. Halfway through they had the kids ride their ponies through the restaurant. Angela telling us parents to shush.

Angela and Claudia

Susan shaking the crumbs off her napkin.

Susan

Gillian doing the same with her napkin.

Gillian

Claudia relaxing after big country style meal. We all had the Skillet meal which had ribs, pulled pork, chicken, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, baked beans and peel and eat shrimp. Delicious!

Claudia

 

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