THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 2013

 

Our adventure to Hollywood Studios was a first for us...so luckily Aaron Fisher, long time friend of John's from Kings Island, offered to lead the way. After a wonderful breakfast at our resort,with Aaron & his brother, Paul, Aaron drove us to this magnificent WDW park. Paul, who is a 9 year veteran of the Disney Organization, then met us at the park to "walk" us IN the front gate. Upon Aaron's advice we headed to the Fast Pass Kiosk for the newest attraction, Toy Story....Midway Mania. With that settled, we knew our time framework, and headed to the Rockin' Roller Coaster first....a Rockin' Road Trip through "Tinseltown"! Next came to the Tower of Terror, dropping 13 stories, at random, into another dimension. So within our first 30 minutes we had ridden our first two signature rides. Aaron had a conference call to attend to, so we headed for the Magic of Disney Animation. We watched Disney animators at work, saw Walt Disney's office, met Wreck It Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz, and of course, Mickey Mouse. We highly recommend the movie there sharing how a Disney character is brought to life. Meeting back up with Aaron, we headed to the park's original attraction, The Great Movie Ride. Finally, it was time for Toy Story...Midway Mania. It was a fun, fast-paced, game-playing adventure. Next we were ready for some real studio magic, so we headed to the Studio Backlot Tour. Then we "ran" up 8 flights of stairs to see the great car, motorcycle, jet ski stunt show. Both of these "behind the scene" events were amazing! We headed to the ABC Commissary to "eat with the stars" before completing the rest of this fantastic day. We'll let the pictures tell you the "Rest of the Story."