So with our 3 free fast passes each we arrived at Hollywood Studios which used to be MGM. Not too busy so hoping it won’t have long queues today.
Our first stop was Starbucks for coffee as we had left home a bit later but caught lots of traffic as there had been an accident on the motorway. Trying to find our way into the park via a different route to save sitting in the jam was fraught so we need a calm coffee before we set off on the rides. Adi and the boys wanted to do the Tower of Terror
and luckily they had fast passes because without them they couldn’t ride it as they also had technical problems! They soon joined us again and we wandered round the shops until we came upon a StarWars outside stage set. Lots of people had gathered to watch the show and when it finished we continued to watch the story of Walt Disney’s life in a theatre. Checking the plan Indiana Jones stunt show was about to start so we sat to watch the 30 minute show. Not sure if my memory is faded but I feel that it’s not as dramatic as it was 20+ years ago? The boys enjoyed it though so that’s what we are here for. Next was the Star Tours a virtual 3D space ship ride followed by a street show of characters playing a gang doing a quiz show, lots of audience participation and fun.
The boys were in need of another thrill ride so Rockin n Rollin rollercoaster was next up –
mary, Bob and I decided to miss out on this as the Star Wars ride had upset my tummy. Glad I did because it turned you upside down and went backwards ugg! Instead we had an ice cream sitting people watching in the warm sunshine.
Beauty and the Beast show was due to start soon so we hung around and found seats. Unfortunately I had a couple of really rude people behind me who kept talking so I couldn’t hear. I turned round and stared at them firstly but when this didn’t work I turned again and told them to shush. Lovely show 30 minutes of singing, dancing and telling the story. Charlie however said they didn’t do the story right they missed out loads – bless .
While we were still near the tower of terror and the rollercoaster ride and had free fast passes Adi and Dan went in the tower and Lucy took Charlie on the rollercoaster once more.
Time to move on to a different part of the park and have a go at the Toy Story shoot em up ride. Even though this was aimed at younger children we had a great time shooting targets as we moved round the course and Adi got highest score of 170,000 points.
We tried to see the Frozen show three times but each time we were either too early or just missed it so we carried on to the muppets 3d show and it’s still the same after all these years !
We had done several photo shoots during the day with different characters as we came across them as you will see when I can get the photos to load up onto the blog – having 1 or 2 technical hitches ourselves.
Charlie was desperate to go crazy golf and had been asking for a few days so we decided as this park doesn’t have much else we wanted to see we could leave and get an early dinner at Applebys (recommended by Lucy) then go crazy golf.
The first Applebys we came across we went in and ordered, looks nice, food selection good but quality wasn’t 🙁 . Shame because Lucy sent hers back, mine was dry and everyone else said it was just ok. Never mind Pirates Cove Crazy Golf here we come.
Best part of the day, great fun, lots of laughs everyone got at least 1 hole in one and Bob got 4 in a row! By now it was way past 10pm and we were all tired.