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."

 

This was a wonderful interactive, immersive production!

Great preshow, in the studio with Aerosmith...and then we
got a great limo ride with our "backstage" passes

Think....do, do, do, doooo....do, do, do, dooooo  Awesome thrill

Real animators...working on Mickey & Minnie

Some examples of drawings for Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph & Vanellope...LIVE

As Walt said, "Remember, it all started with a mouse!"

The original attraction here....great scenes from some favorite movies



Follow the Yellow Brick Road



The Wicked Witch of the West

Fun, fast-paced Toy Story attraction

Some of the LARGE toys at Toy Story Mania

 

Back Lot special effects

Touring the prop storage area...a dragon, reminiscent of "What's Up Doc"



The costume shop (for Katy, Jessica & Noelle!!)

Backstage Tour..."Catastrophe Canyon" stage



Fire



Flood with thousands of gallons of water pouring down upon us

Walt's propjet that made hundreds of trips to explore Florida for
his amazing dream "Walt Disney World" and "Epcot"

New York City Street set

Lightning McQueen stunt car

 

Ahhhhhhhh....a falling man

Stunt car drivers on two wheels



Motorcycle stunts



Jet ski get-away

Stunt motorcyclist....ON FIRE!

Chase scene THROUGH the second floor of a building

Disney Channel Rock Show...10 dancers & 4 singers

Indiana Jones...stunt show (Indy's at the top, on a rope

Indy "whipping" one of the many BAD GUYS

The grand finale of the Indina Jones Stunt Show

Mickey on "Top of the World" as we exit the park

Wonderful barbeque dinner with all the Fisher Family at Four Rivers Barbeque
in downtown Wintergarden, Florida