November 21st - Morning
 

Home Up


 

Thursday, November 21st, 2024            

Uncle Steven spent the night at my house last night so that we could get up and make the drive over to Disney today. I have previously made reservations to go to Disney's Magic Kingdom, but I learned that today was a "Good To Go" day for passholders, meaning that we didn't need any reservations to visit. Since there was a new popcorn bucket available at Disney's Hollywood Studios, I opted to head there first so that I didn't miss out.

We arrived at Disney's Hollywood Studios around 11:00am. We headed down Hollywood Boulevard, stopping at the popcorn stand at the end of the street. After seeing how long the line was and how slow it was moving, I opted to check out the stand closer to the Animation Courtyard. I found that line to be much shorter, and was able to grab my new Monsters Inc. Sully popcorn bucket. Unfortunately I quickly dropped the bucket onto the ground from Steve's wheelchair when the strap separated, and the "sack" of toys on Sully's back broke. Thankfully I was later able to exchange my bucket for a new one. Gotta love Disney customer service!

We decided to head down Sunset Boulevard next, as the wait for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror was short when I first checked. By the time we got there, however, the wait had increased quite a bit. We did catch a break, though, as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith did not have a long wait at all. We headed that way instead, enjoying our spin in the limo through Los Angeles.

Once the ride was finished, we headed over to The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror to get in the queue. The line moved at a steady pace, so it didn't feel like a long wait. This is always a good ride, and it is more enjoyable when there are guests on board who have never ridden before, which we did today. We got airborne quite a few times as well, which adds to the fun!

From here we headed across the park to climb aboard Star Tours – The Adventures Continue. Thanks to Uncle Steve's wheelchair, we were detoured over to the Lightning Lane/Handicap entrance, and had virtually no wait. I don't believe that I had ever experienced today's ride before, as we participated in a pod race as well as flew through the trench of the Death Star. I definitely enjoyed this, but I am quickly learning that 99% of these things go right over Steve's head. I know he enjoys it in the moment, but he doesn't realize what any of the references are anymore.

At this point we were both getting hungry, and neither of us really wanted anything specific in the park, so we headed out to eat at the McDonald's that is just outside of the entrance to the All-Star resorts that we would be staying at for the night.

 

Disney's Hollywood Studios


 

The entrance to Disney's Hollywood Studios decorated for the Christmas season.

 
 

A look at the preshow area of the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith ride queue.

 
 

Our view of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror from the queue.

 
 

Rodney enjoying the nice cool weather and the sunshine!

 
 

Rodney and Uncle Steve posing for a picture together.

 
 

A couple views of the hotel lobby in The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride queue...

 
     
 

The Twilight Zone intro on the TV during The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror preshow.

 

 

After lunch we headed over to Disney's All-Star Music resort to see if we could check in, even though we were technically early. Thankfully they had our room ready, so we were able to head to our room right away. I got Uncle Steve in the shower, only for him to try to get out about 30 seconds later, with a head full of soap. I forced him to get back in and finish his shower. Once that was over we both laid down to nap for a bit, as we were getting a bit snippy with each other and we had a long night ahead of us.
 

Disney's All-Star Music Resort


 

While heading from the parking lot while trying to find our room, I spotted the Oxford band trailer in the same lot as us!

 
 

Outside of the elevator area of our hotel are these giant cowboy boots.

 


 

[Home] [Up] [Current Events] [Past Events] [Studio Photos] [Blog] [Update List]

 

© Copyright 1999-2024 by RodneyPeters.com. All Rights Reserved.
No portion of this site may be redistributed in any form via any medium.