We've not had great luck this trip making it to any of the big rides before the line up gets too long. This time we got stuck in the slowest bag check line at Hollywood Studios. By the time we got through and walked to the Toy Story ride the line-up was probably 500 meters out the door. On top of that we got word that the ride was temporarily broken down. Sometimes that type of breakdown is temporary but with a 90 minute wait already we decided to cut our losses and try to find something else to go on.
Hollywood studios doesn't currently have a lot of rides that interest us and we already had Fast Passes for the main ones so we checked out the Star Wars area where we could get a picture with characters including BB-8. I was a little confused when we walked into the room because he's not a big guy and he's kind of quiet. Later on we had fun watching a 10 minute show on the future Star Wars land. In the line-up two storm troopers showed up and I was wearing my "Galaxy's Greatest Dad" shirt with Darth Vader. They were kind enough to thank me for my support of their cause.
After a relatively unsuccessful magic morning our Fast Passes were coming due so we headed towards the Tower of Terror and the Rock 'n' Roller coaster where once again we bumped into Callie's friend. We have a general idea of where they are each day but I'm amazed at how quickly we find them in the sea of people. I got a break from rides for a bit because both of these rides have big drops. I lent my band for Tower of Terror to Callie's friend and Kerry took turns with the kids going on Rock 'n' Roller coaster. It's definitely one of her favourite rides.
Before lunch we went to the Indiana Jones stunt show. They had three separate scenes with huge rolling sets that moved out of the way for each scene. They asked for volunteers and I guessed early on that at least one of them was an audience plant. They pulled Zack from the back where everyone else was from the first few rows. It became pretty obvious when he got into a fight with the biggest stunt actor there and took each punch perfectly. The final scene was from Raiders of the Arc with fire and explosions. You could feel the heat 100 feet away.
For lunch we had our first lunch reservation. Any of the reservation spots tend to be more expensive so we limited it to two this trip starting with the Sci-Fi Theater. It's a fun concept where you are inside, sitting in a car as if you are at a drive-in movie theater from the 1950's. The movies are all authentic including Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. The food was good but we did have two issues. One was that the car was like a real car with a back and front seat meaning you weren't really interacting with your full group. The other was that it was too dark to see your food which was a bit unnerving for Callie. Overall still a fun experience.
We took a break in the afternoon to go back to the hotel and have a dip in the pool before heading back for some evening shows. The first show as Fantasmic. We've seen this show in Disneyland and the great thing about Disney World is that it's a proper amphitheater so you can to sit down instead of having to stand. The best part for me was the music for the pre-show. The songs being played were current popular radio songs and the crowed was really into it. The show itself was good too with more fire, light, fireworks and a mix of projected scenes and real actors.
Fantasmic got out just in time for us to see the Hollywood Studios fireworks show. This one is themed on Star Wars and I think it's the best one I've ever seen and we weren't even in a position to see the whole thing. They had scenes projected on to buildings around the central square, fireworks timed to the Star Wars music and even had the lights on the trees changing colour in tune to the music. Hollywood Studios is a one day destination right now but once they finish up Star Wars Land the place is going to be my primary destination.
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