Day two
I get up early prepare my
backpack of electronics for the day. I have a10 am adr
at Boma, so I have a little time. Today I am using the
scooter. My leg is ok, but aches slightly more then usual.
My scooter and my backpack on the bus
Again, it’s the same issue of
going from one resort to another, cant do it without a transfer at a theme
park.
I went to the bus station for
animal kingdom, saw it almost full, so I didn't want
to get anyone angry, so I waited for the next one, which pulled up while the
first was still loading.
As the first bus pulled away, I entered the wheelchair line. The second bus
driver didn't see me, and started loading the passengers. I went and mentioned
I was there; he stopped loading people, asked those sitting in the wheelchair
seating to kindly move. This was a bus that I can drive on. He helped me out to
drive on, strapped me in and we were on our way to animal kingdom.
I had a short wait for a bus for akl. I arrived at
the lodge at
Food was typical breakfast except for corn beef from the carving station which
was good. I tried the special Boma juice, it was ok,
but prefer Apple juice instead.
It was interesting to eat Here, but not worth the effort of getting here.
Next stop the studios.
I enter the studios (Disney
Hollywood Studios) and head to Guest Services for the priority pass and Guest
Assistance card.
The line for guest services
is out the door. And I am thinking how can I stand for all this time, but I don’t know what else I
can do, so I stand in line and wait for my turn.
I get a….. I don’t know the
correct term… Exchange CM from
She does find the correct
file (?) and I
ask a
I ask about the GAC card, and
here is where the language problem gets in the way, she doesn’t understand what
I am asking about. With my leg bothering
me from standing, I go, ok, and leave.
I go next door and check out
the questions at Sids.
1)
Who lives at
2)
Who wrote Gone
with the Wind? Margaret Mitchell
3)
What are the
names of the three hitch hiking ghosts at the
4)
What kind of
Dinosaur is Aladar in Dinosaur? Don’t know
5)
What was the last
Disney film Walt personally drew some images for? Don’t know
6)
What is Donald Ducks middle name? Fauntleroy
So I need some help, I place
the photo on twitter and wait for help.
Terrie replies back iguanodon
for number 4. But I need the others too.
I head to Toy Story. I see a CM moving baby carriages around, and
I ask her, about what should I do with the scooter I am riding. She tells me to park it there. Wasn’t sure what else I could do. I head towards the fast pass return line,
show them my pass and go right inside, walking.
When I get to the place where you pick up the 3d glasses, I see they
have a special ramp for people who enter on their scooter. As I take the normal route, walking up and
down the stairs, with my leg aching, I also think I got a mosquito bite right
in the area where I hurt my muscle. I know I did this wrong. I should have
entered the queue riding the scooter. I
score 128,400.
Riding away from Toy Story, I
see the fast pass machines are closed, they are out of
FP’s, its
I do the Backstage
tour next. I am waiting to video tape
when they bring out the guests for the water fx portion, but there are no guests. They show all the effects without guests,
bummer.
I head to Muppets next. There is a CM manning the entrance, I ask
about what I should do with the scooter, he says just go right inside with it.
When I get inside, I see there is a special section for scooters to the right,
but no one indicates that I should be there.
This is getting to be a familiar theme, no CM’s to help me with where to go. So I back up and go to the special section
for scooters and wait for the preshow to end and head
into the main theater. There is another
person riding a scooter, but she is on the wrong side, so I let her enter
before me to the last row. The 3d
effects in the last row seem pretty good.
After that, I head to the
Great Movie Ride.
On the way, I am stop and listen to Lee Majors
sing Unknown Stuntman from the TV series.
Its one of those moments that makes you smile. J
I enter the queue and they
head me to the special boarding area for wheelchair parties. As usual for wheelchair parties, I am in the
last ride vehicle. Not the best seat in
the house. We seem to be stopped for a
long period of time entering the final room where they show you the movie
clips. When we do enter, the clips
already started and are almost over. And
I notice that CM’s are manually opening and closing
the doors. So I guess that explains the
earlier delay.
I have about an hour before
my adr at
I try and check in a little
early, but you cant check in too early. For my
I wander around and take some
photos of the refurbished props from the Indiana Jones movies.
There was a
What was the first feature
length movie that Walt Disney made? Was it a) Steamboat Willie? b) Snow White
and the 7 dwarfs? c)..... (forget the answer, but this
gives you a 50-50 shot :)
A photo from the parade
Anyway, I go to check in at
the podium of h&v, they cant
find it. They have one
She explains to me there is a
new entrance. It hasn’t been Oscars for years, they don’t do it through the
normal entrance anymore, nor it is by Beauty and the
Beast Theater. You enter on Sunset Blvd past
Now back the lost adr. For those that don’t know. You need to guarantee your Fantasmic Dinner package (oh yea, on the receipt, it does
say Fantasmic Dinner Package) with a major credit
card. So in case you don’t cancel, and don’t show up, they penalize you. So
now, I am wondering, if the wrong name was entered in
the system with the right credit card, and I didn’t show up under the wrong
name, will they penalize me? I hope not, but keeping the receipt just in case.
I am hearing thunder now, and just looked out the window, its pouring. I wonder
if they will have Fantasmic or not? If this is just a passing shower??
I head back to my resort for
a rest.
Just some added thoughts from
today.
At Boma
this am, a young couple (no children) were having a
argument. The husband was talking a little loud, the wife, couldn’t hear her
speak. the complaint was about a ride that was broken,
and she was blaming him for it or something. didn’t
make sense.
A family leaving Muppetvision, the parents were having a little
disagreement. It seems at first, the parents thought the 3d glasses could be
kept. Then the husband finds out, they have to give them back. The kids are a
little unhappy about this, and want to keep them, the wife says, just lets keep it. the husband returns
it, or so I think he did.
Similar subject, I parked my
scooter by the hat, and notice sticking out of someone unattended bag, a pair
of 3d glasses sticking out.
That’s it for now.
Oh..
first full feature length movie Walt Disney made was
Snow White and the 7 dwarfs.
Its about
1)Who
played the Grinch in the movie released in 2000? Jim
Carrey?
2) What singer is Nicknamed the Divine Miss
M? Better Midler
3) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was one
of the first films created in what format?
Not sure
4) Tinkerbell is
modeled after what actress? Not sure
5) Name the animator who created Genie from
Aladdin? Not sure
So I head to Sunset
Boulevard, head pass
Some photos from the theater
They start making
announcements that due to bad weather, the show might be canceled.
Its
1 Jim Carrey
2 Bette Midler
3 Cinemascope
4 Marilyn Monroe
5 Eric Goldberg
I never would have guessed
#4.
They still do the wave here,
but I just sit.
Fantasmic does start and I do broadcast it live, but I only
notice someone is watching it towards the end of the broadcast, but I don’t
know who. Here is the video of the live
broadcast. Quality is poor because of ustream.
I stop by Sids and get 4 and 5 wrong L Two years in a
row now that I don’t get the certificate from Sids.
Now I may be nuts, but I
decide to park hop to the
Ellen from the travel-wdw yahoo group emails me that she did watch the broadcast,
so I don’t feel so bad. J
After waiting to get out of
the studios which took forever because thousands of people are trying to exit
at the same time, and the street isn’t wide enough to handle the crowd.
After finding the bus to the ttc, and waiting for the
bus.
After finding my way to the ferry.
After waiting to board the ferry.
Ok the trip across the lagoon was quick, but.....
After waiting in the bag check line.... that was too narrow for me to get
through the tables.
After trying to make it up main street while everyone
else on earth was trying to leave.
After waiting on a long line at cosmic rays.
After going to the toppings bar, only to discover, this side was missing the
cheese.
I am finally eating :)
its after
Even though I did not eat by
him, I stand and listen to Sonny Eclipse for a minute.
After eating,
trying to decide what to do. I head towards Fantasyland then
When I make it into the
stretching room, they CM directs me to this side of
the stretching room. So while everyone
else heads toward the hallway to get on your doom buggies, I am directed to
this hallway where I am told to wait.
And I wait.. wait. Starting to think, did they forget about
me? Finally another CM comes, opens a
rope, tells me to park the scooter by the tombs, which is the exit of the ride,
He walks me to the room where people usually exit their doom buggies, this is
where I enter the ride cars, so I am in the doom buggies going to the room
where people usually ride. There are no
guests. Waiting to board. I am guessing more people will be entering
when they cycle through the stretching room.
After the ride, I decide to
head back to my room.