Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Disney Hollywood, formerly MGM

We told the kiddos to sleep in since we were up late the night before.  We were all rested but it caused us to miss something I knew they would love to do!  I told them this might happen, and here they are intently watching!

Jedi Training Academy!  You have to be there in the first hour to sign up for one of the shows.  Here young Padawans get a chance to lean a few tricks and fight Darth Vader for a few minutes.  They so wanted to do it, but they were all filled up.

So we went to the build your own light saber station in the store,
 oh conveniently located,
 at the exit of the Star Wars ride!


Then it was off for a roller coaster, some ice cream, yes they had Dairy Free ice cream!, and then a trip on the back lots excursion.

At the end of this ride, they have a sort of Hall of Fame/Infamy.  I noticed that on the board of top 50 villains of all time, Jack Nicolson played three of the parts.  Well, it did create a photo op for the kiddos favorite villain with their newly acquired weapons!

Outside, we where surrounded with a set remake of New York some 50 years ago.  The stuff behind Karl is all Trompe l'oeil, that is French for fooling the eye.  It is a painting!

I couldn't resist taking this picture to show that right in the middle of secular Disney, they had a Nativity and a later on the same street a Menorah.  Karl said it is because it was representative of 50 years ago.

Then another table meal at the Sci-Fi Drive in Theater.  The chef again came out and talked us through the menu and made suggestions.  For ease, we sat the two allergy people together.  Sorry to my friend's restaurant, but I think it was one of the best burgers I ate.  Karl got his beloved Ruben, while Isabella went all out with steak.  It was fun and the kiddos got to see some B movies, previews and old sci-fi cartoons.  Our server was fabulous!

We ended up walking out just in time to see the Osborne Light Display light up.

Hundreds of thousands of lights blinking to music in the NY section.  It was really cool and the fake snow, dense bubbles the same as in Magic were being blown out also.

It was very impressive.  Then we headed across the park for a last go on the Rockin' Roller coaster before sneaking out before the crowds.