We came all the way to Florida to visit Hollywood?

July 18, 2014

Running a day behind, but like I said the wi-fi isn’t great in our room.  I’m in the food court of our resort, and here it’s much better.  Yesterday, we went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  While my heart is still at Disneyland where I went with my own family as a child, I do see some advantages of Disney World.  The size of the whole resort area forces a different approach – a slower pace.  You can’t try to see everything and get on all the rides in one day.  But the parks themselves are a little smaller than Disneyland and California Adventure.  Especially with the new fastpass options, it’s easy to see all you want to see in a single park in one day.  In fact, we’ve seen more shows than we normally do (still not a parade family though) and we’ve ridden all the rides we wanted to (some multiple times). 

Today was much better after a full night of sleep.  At Hollywood Studios, we all get a kick out of the Tower of Terror which we rode twice.  Everyone (except dad) also loved the Rockin’ Roller Coaster with Aerosmith (I’m glad I had the experience and rode it once, but since I’m more of a Willie Nelson fan, I sat out when the rest of the family rocked out a second time).  We saw a new adventure that we hadn’t seen before on Star Tours.  Even The Great Movie Ride was fun.  Can’t go wrong in my book if you tip your hat to Cowboy Clint.  We did everything and still made it back to the resort in time to swim.  Then the kids watched Princess and the Frog on the outdoor big screen (appropriate since we are staying at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort).  All in all, a great day!